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Won't happen. But if it did it would be f***ing amazing

 

Not so sure, they are running out of options and so is he, it might be a good fit for both parties. Just hope they get the Pardew post 18 months at any job or the one at Charlton as opposed to his usual form.

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Thought I would 'classify' and colour code Sunderland's fixtures (Aug & Sep) according to finishing position last year of the opposition: treating the top eight (including two relegated sides) as RED (least likely to beat), next eight as AMBER, and remaining seven (including promoted sides) as GREEN. Opposition sides moves up or down a category depending if home or away, i.e. if playing a RED team at home it becomes an AMBER fixture; and a GREEN team away becomes an AMBER fixture.

 

Whilst a bit random, it should give, based on last year's form/squads, a sense of how well they should be doing at the end if Sept given the relative difficulty of the start. So:

Derby H points predicted: 1 Got: 1

Norwich A predicted: 1 Got: 4

Sheffield Wed A predicted: 1 Got: 5

Leeds Hpredicted: 2 Got: 5

BarnsleyA predicted: 2 Got: 5

Sheffield Utd H predicted: 5 Got: 5

Nottingham Forest H predicted:8 Got: 5

Hull A predicted:9 Got: 6

Cardiff H predicted: 12 Got: 6

Ipswich A predicted: 12 Got: 6

Preston A predicted: 12 Got: 7

Presuming on average the points total for an average Championship side would see three points for Green games, 1 point for Amber and 0 for Red. 12 points by end of Sept would signal mid-table mediocrity. Less = trouble ahead. More = on course for top half.

There are 5 out of 16 Red games, 3 of 15 Amber, and 3 of 15 Green games. So relatively speaking more difficult first 11 eleven games.

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