Mattoon Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 When Ian finally lost patience with Pardew it was a real watershed moment for the forum Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 It truly was and you've gotta respect Ian in a way, actually. He defended Pardew relentlessly against all comers but the second he suggested Hatem should drop a few pounds.....well Ian wasn't tolerating abuse like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 It truly was and you've gotta respect Ian in a way, actually. http://www.stonewritten.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/4horseman-470x260.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astraguy Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Am i the only one worried with the games coming up? We have 8 straight hard games coming up unless we score a shitload winning by a narrow margin isn't in us like Brighton,reading or leeds Even Derby was lucky and 4 of those's games are on sky we are shit on tv Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 It was the Reading game that was my epiphany IIRC. Funny how everything looks different once you come to a realisation. Can't stand to look at the bloke now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Am i the only one worried with the games coming up? We have 8 straight hard games coming up unless we score a shitload winning by a narrow margin isn't in us like Brighton,reading or leeds Even Derby was lucky and 4 of those's games are on sky we are shit on tv You mean like when we won 1-0 against an in form Derby side just this past weekend? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astraguy Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 with a deflected winner and a header cleared off the line in the dieing minutes? We switch off with slim leads Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 with a deflected winner and a header cleared off the line in the dieing minutes? We switch off with slim leads That's basically the definition of winning by a narrow margin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gleebals Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 we have a tough few games but so do the others. I imagine the league will be much the same in 8 games, hopefully. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 It was the Reading game that was my epiphany IIRC. Funny how everything looks different once you come to a realisation. Can't stand to look at the bloke now. http://s2.n4g.com/news/1872890_0.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 with a deflected winner and a header cleared off the line in the dieing minutes? We switch off with slim leads Okay then, this season we have beat the following by a one goal margin: Bristol City (1-0) Norwich (4-3) Rotherham (1-0) Preston (2-1) Cardiff (2-1) Burton (2-1) Brentford (2-1) Derby (1-0) Thats 2/5 of our 20 wins this season that have been by a narrow margin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
astraguy Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 with a deflected winner and a header cleared off the line in the dieing minutes? We switch off with slim leads Okay then, this season we have beat the following by a one goal margin: Bristol City (1-0) Norwich (4-3) Rotherham (1-0) Preston (2-1) Cardiff (2-1) Burton (2-1) Brentford (2-1) Derby (1-0) Thats 2/5 of our 20 wins this season that have been by a narrow margin. Compare that to the pack chasing us? I get s*** scared with us leading a game by only 1- Villa (sky?) Norwich (narrow,sky) hull , forest (sky>) ,Blackburn (Sky) Qpr (sky) and derby (Sky) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Am i the only one worried with the games coming up? We have 8 straight hard games coming up unless we score a shitload winning by a narrow margin isn't in us like Brighton,reading or leeds Even Derby was lucky and 4 of those's games are on sky we are s*** on tv TBH, we've tended to fair better against the better teams, it's the poorer ones where we've struggled. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Feel a lot better after the weekend. Hope we can stay undefeated in these difficult away games coming up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 We have been shit generally for a good 6 weeks now but we are top on the same amount of games as Brighton. If we go on another good run which I think we will with Gayle back we will hopefully create a gap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted February 6, 2017 Share Posted February 6, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 A look at the final table last year is interesting: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/tables/9484389/Football-League-Championship-table-2015-16.html Brighton finished on 89 points for 3rd !! And of course the lottery of the playoffs (hate the system, were a team can potentially finish 10 - 15 points behind another and go up ahead of them) saw them fail. Sheff Wed finished 6th on 74 points , to match that we need only 4 wins. Our current points total coupled with our GD would have us finishing 11th last year, in early feb. It really is ours to throw away now but 90 points is the bare minimum we need. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Here are the final goal differences of the teams promoted in the last ten seasons or so. All positive, of course. Top 37, 53, 40, 27, 28, 39, 55, 28, 33, 29, 67 Second 32, 41, 35, 9 (79), 39, 25, 41, 17(83), 14 (79), 25, 30 The numbers in brackets are the points totals of teams with under +20 goal differences. The 55 is us last time and the 67 is Reading in the record breaking season. The numbers show that the only teams to be promoted with low goal differences did so with low points totals, i.e., in weak years. Given the teams chasing us, Huddersfield etc. have poor GDs, history does not point to them ending up with high points totals. It means the line for for automatic promotion is probably going to be lower than the normal 90 points. If its 87, that's only 25 points to go from 17 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 A look at the final table last year is interesting: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/tables/9484389/Football-League-Championship-table-2015-16.html Brighton finished on 89 points for 3rd !! And of course the lottery of the playoffs (hate the system, were a team can potentially finish 10 - 15 points behind another and go up ahead of them) saw them fail. Sheff Wed finished 6th on 74 points , to match that we need only 4 wins. Our current points total coupled with our GD would have us finishing 11th last year, in early feb. It really is ours to throw away now but 90 points is the bare minimum we need. Only needed 2 more goals over the course of the season for Premier League football. Heartbreaking. Can you imagine the pain if that happened to us? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Huddersfield and Reading have already surpassed the points total they got last season, Leeds are only 5 points off theirs. Ipswich and Cardiff have really slumped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintonsghost Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Most of the stats mean fuck all.its the here and now and this is Newcastle so fuck knows what ya gonna get. We will either pull away or end up fucked in the play offs.we dont do simple. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 with a deflected winner and a header cleared off the line in the dieing minutes? We switch off with slim leads Okay then, this season we have beat the following by a one goal margin: Bristol City (1-0) Norwich (4-3) Rotherham (1-0) Preston (2-1) Cardiff (2-1) Burton (2-1) Brentford (2-1) Derby (1-0) Thats 2/5 of our 20 wins this season that have been by a narrow margin. Compare that to the pack chasing us? I get s*** scared with us leading a game by only 1- Villa (sky?) Norwich (narrow,sky) hull , forest (sky>) ,Blackburn (Sky) Qpr (sky) and derby (Sky) Norwich wasn't on sky but Brighton, Leeds and Derby were, and we were very good in all 3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Gayle will get space, Shelvey will pick him out and we'll be fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Am i the only one worried with the games coming up? We have 8 straight hard games coming up unless we score a shitload winning by a narrow margin isn't in us like Brighton,reading or leeds Even Derby was lucky and 4 of those's games are on sky we are shit on tv You mean like when we won 1-0 against an in form Derby side just this past weekend? I think we probably underestimated just how important that win was. I only saw the second half and it wasn't good, but Derby are an in-form team challenging for the play offs after a bad start. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Can see Huddersfield lose/draw at QPR. Surely we can win 9 games out of 17 to reach 89 (more or less 90 with our GD) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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