Benwell Lad Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Seems to be mentioned in almost every article relating to us at present. Total horseshyte in my opinion, there is not one easy game in the Premier League, every side has top quality internationals who will hurt you if you let them. Saturday's match at home to second bottom Wigan will not be easy and if any of our players were daft enough to think that they'll get a nasty shock. Thankfully Pardew and his staff would never allow such complacency. Wolves,Villa,mackems and QPR away were not easy and nor were Fulham and Blackburn at home - so called easy games we've lost all too frequently in recent seasons. OK, Man Utd and Artificial City will be sterner tests than anyone else season and anything would be a bonus, but we have 38 difficult games this season and so far we've done quite well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Quite a lot of games that we would previously have struggled in and returned a lot less points, that's the biggest thing that encourages me. Obviously we're due a humping by Man City et al, but that can be said about almost every team in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BottledDog Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Meh, we'll be bottom by Christmas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I just hope we can keep up the good spirit at the club after three (heavy) defeats to the Mancs and Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Based on the exact same fixtures last season we are 10 points better off (not including QPR) which is brilliant and shows the improvement we have made Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 We shouldn't lose heavily to Man Utd really, we are capable of scoring against them as well. Man City and Chelsea, aye they'll probably destroy us. But we should be prepared for that and not let it get us down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I just hope we can keep up the good spirit at the club after three (heavy) defeats to the Mancs and Chelsea. Anything at all will be an unlikely bonus in those games but Chelsea at home could be interesting. The way we dealt with the quality of Adebayor, VdV, Modric, Bale etc on Sunday quite heartens me. With our CM pairing and Colo behind them we shouldn't be lambs to the slaughter for anyone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Based on the exact same fixtures last season we are 10 points better off (not including QPR) which is brilliant and shows the improvement we have made That's an incredible stat... very impressive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 We shouldn't lose heavily to Man Utd really, we are capable of scoring against them as well. Man City and Chelsea, aye they'll probably destroy us. But we should be prepared for that and not let it get us down. Man U's defence is pretty much dodgy without Vidic there so we could very well nick a goal at Old Trafford. Norwich played well there so why can't we? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Based on the exact same fixtures last season we are 10 points better off (not including QPR) which is brilliant and shows the improvement we have made That's an incredible stat... very impressive. Aye. Canny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 In recent year when we played the likes of man united then i'd be thinking let's not get humiliated, now i honestly feel we can give them a game. Not saying we'll will like, but we've made massive strides forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 In recent year when we played the likes of man united then i'd be thinking let's not get humiliated, now i honestly feel we can give them a game. Not saying we'll will like, but we've made massive strides forward. Agree with this. Think we'll give all comers a good game this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 In recent year when we played the likes of man united then i'd be thinking let's not get humiliated, now i honestly feel we can give them a game. Not saying we'll will like, but we've made massive strides forward. Agree with this. Think we'll give all comers a good game this season. Particulalry at home. In fact when was our last home defeat in the league? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 In recent year when we played the likes of man united then i'd be thinking let's not get humiliated, now i honestly feel we can give them a game. Not saying we'll will like, but we've made massive strides forward. Agree with this. Think we'll give all comers a good game this season. Particulalry at home. In fact when was our last home defeat in the league? Everton? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 interesting the way we panic so much and give in to the likes of citeh and man utd. last season home and away V citeh we were hardly dominated, man utd trashed us in the game down there but we werent disgraced up here and chelsea up here was a deserved draw (i'll not count the away game as neither team really had anything to play for). too often teams go into these games already defeated, i'd like to think we wont do that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 We will beat one of the top 3 this season, probably at home. I also predict we will beat Spurs at their place next time. I am sick of being pessimistic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Anyone who can think for themselves will realize this argument is bullshit. We've drawn two teams in the believed top 6, the rest of the league is pretty much in the same group. Does losing to Man Utd or City mean this whole run of form was a fluke? It's not like we're fighting for the title, the most realistic option for us in Europa League, and we've so far beaten the teams we need to in order to be on that path. And obviously the fact we've picked up ten more points with these fixtures than last years proves what a shit argument it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 IT'LL ALL COME CRASHING DOWN WHEN THEY PLAY THE TOP 3 TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE no it wont, we'll take what we can like everyone else and pick up where we left off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 We've already got more points than anticipated so anything we pick up from those 3 games will be a bonus. It will be interesting to see how we do in the following games when we are once again playing against teams where we would hope to pick up points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 In recent year when we played the likes of man united then i'd be thinking let's not get humiliated, now i honestly feel we can give them a game. Not saying we'll will like, but we've made massive strides forward. Agree with this. Think we'll give all comers a good game this season. Particulalry at home. In fact when was our last home defeat in the league? Everton? Correct answer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 In recent year when we played the likes of man united then i'd be thinking let's not get humiliated, now i honestly feel we can give them a game. Not saying we'll will like, but we've made massive strides forward. Agree with this. Think we'll give all comers a good game this season. Particulalry at home. In fact when was our last home defeat in the league? Everton? Correct answer. Good home form then Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Only 2 defeats in the last 17 at home. That includes two Arsenal games, Man U, Liverpool, Spurs x2 and Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jukeboxromeo Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Out of interest, how many points do you think you would have picked up if you had our start to the season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 Been really heart warming to see our application in every game. A lot of hard work has gone into getting us into this position, whatever the "experts" say. And if we could get through the next three unbeaten as well, it would be fantastic; we'd be absolutely flying and have nothing to fear going into the big three. Whatever happens, if key players stay fit I just can't see this team getting a hiding anywhere at the moment, which is really reassuring. They're doing us proud. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 They can call it what they want. It's up to us to put in some performances against the top teams. If we manage to do that, they'll start sucking us off like they did with Tottenham. I can't stand the media for the most part, especially sports journalists. Generally just a bunch of fickle, spineless pricks who don't know what they're talking about. They are incredibly vocal when they're on a bandwagon and trying to destroy people's careers but are shit scared to make bold claims. It's the same with pundits on the television, they hardly ever say it like it is and as soon as a player becomes 'one of the chosen ones' a good touch by them is incredible where other players could do the same and get no recognition.... Can't wait for the fall of the dictatorial press Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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