louistoon Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Apparently we only need 7 more points and we can't finish bottom We already can't finish bottom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Yip. Rotherham can't catch us now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted February 11, 2017 Share Posted February 11, 2017 Most wins, 2nd fewest losses, most goals scored, least goals conceded. No way we're not going up man 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Villa are in more danger of another relegation than playoffs, got to say that would be delicious if it happened 7 points gap to 3rd bottom and they are losing virtually every week right now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankles Bennett Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 If we win 8 more games then Huddersfield will have to win 14 out of 16 games to go ahead of us and that's assuming we lose the other 8 remaining games so 8 more wins should guarantee promotion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 If we win 8 more games then Huddersfield will have to win 14 out of 16 games to go ahead of us and that's assuming we lose the other 8 remaining games so 8 more wins should guarantee promotion. Wrong. They have to win 11. 8 wins puts us on 89 points, 11 wins puts them on 91 points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 This Ankles Bennett guy really know his stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Maths is hard y'knaa Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 89 points wouldn't have got us promoted last season btw. Think we'll need to win 11, those 3 away games is the pivotal period. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Whoever wins out of the Brighton v NUFC game is all but guaranteed promotion. That'll be us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackandWhite Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 89 points wouldn't have got us promoted last season btw. Think we'll need to win 11, those 3 away games is the pivotal period. With the strong goal difference we have this season it would have. Can't see Huddersfield reaching 89 or any of the others. I would be stunned. I belive winning half our remaining games would be good enough but should be going for 90 + points anyway. Let's make the 2010 squad our competition we're 5 points ahead of their season at this point so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Whoever wins out of the Brighton v NUFC game is all but guaranteed promotion. That'll be us. Agree it is a pivotal game, not so confident of victory though. The 2-0 score line flattered us at SJP, imo; they had a man sent off early in second half and from memory still created more than us. I am less confident of winning the title now than I have been, but a win against Norwich will give a big boost. Still think Huddersfield are the best team I have seen us play. Seems their results are starting to match their performances, which is a more significant worry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ankles Bennett Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Maths is hard y'knaa I agree maths is hard!! Unfortunately we are only talking about arithmetic!! Must check my adding up before posting in future so the sums police don't catch me out again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Whoever wins out of the Brighton v NUFC game is all but guaranteed promotion. That'll be us. Agree it is a pivotal game, not so confident of victory though. The 2-0 score line flattered us at SJP, imo; they had a man sent off early in second half and from memory still created more than us. I am less confident of winning the title now than I have been, but a win against Norwich will give a big boost. Still think Huddersfield are the best team I have seen us play. Seems their results are starting to match their performances, which is a more significant worry. We were the better team in that win, but I'm wary of us at the moment. We aren't creating as many chances as we were earlier in the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Whoever wins out of the Brighton v NUFC game is all but guaranteed promotion. That'll be us. Agree it is a pivotal game, not so confident of victory though. The 2-0 score line flattered us at SJP, imo; they had a man sent off early in second half and from memory still created more than us. I am less confident of winning the title now than I have been, but a win against Norwich will give a big boost. Still think Huddersfield are the best team I have seen us play. Seems their results are starting to match their performances, which is a more significant worry. We were the better team in that win, but I'm wary of us at the moment. We aren't creating as many chances as we were earlier in the season. We're missing our goal machine - we'll win the league by at least six points! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 I think most people are jittery because they know that if we don't go up this time, that's it we're done. Rafa is gone and there will literally be no hope left for the club. There wasn't the same feeling last time we were down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 I'm jittery because this is Newcastle United we are talking about, we don't tend to do things easily. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Maths is hard y'knaa I agree maths is hard!! Unfortunately we are only talking about arithmetic!! Must check my adding up before posting in future so the sums police don't catch me out again! Well it did pretty fundamentally undermine your argument ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Maths is hard y'knaa I agree maths is hard!! Unfortunately we are only talking about arithmetic!! Must check my adding up before posting in future so the sums police don't catch me out again! Well it did pretty fundamentally undermine your argument ? He'll not get that, man, you used words with more than two syllables. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 89 points wouldn't have got us promoted last season btw. Think we'll need to win 11, those 3 away games is the pivotal period. With the strong goal difference we have this season it would have. Can't see Huddersfield reaching 89 or any of the others. I would be stunned. I belive winning half our remaining games would be good enough but should be going for 90 + points anyway. Let's make the 2010 squad our competition we're 5 points ahead of their season at this point so far. I always think back and imagine we won the division at a canter, but it was probably not that dissimilar for the first half of the season, then as we started pulling clear we started beating teams more easily. I'm hoping that will happen this time around as well, once we've got some clear space between us and the chasing pack, we'll start turning on the style a bit more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintonsghost Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 I'm jittery because this is Newcastle United we are talking about, we don't tend to do things easily. ive took nothing for granted, watching these since 1976, however we are in prime position, we are the big fish in this league and teams are raising their game. its a lot harder than i thought, however we are top and effectively 7 points clear of third still , i'd have taken that as this could have gone tits up really. let's keep rolling, another hurdle approaches on Tuesday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 8points Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Our away form is the huge positive for me. 11 wins and only 8 conceded is very strong form. I think our formation works better away. Keep our shape, hit the counter attack, focus on limiting any mistakes. And tbh 2 of those games we lost away were snide as f***. Forest for all the joke decisions, and Blackburn, we created a lot of chances. The next four away games are vital (Norwich, Brighton. Huddersfield, Reading). 7-12 points from those games and I think we are looking in great shape. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 With us playing Brighton, Huddersfield and Nothing away, it's very much in our hands. Rafa will have us prepared. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 12, 2017 Share Posted February 12, 2017 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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