Stifler Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Huddersfield, like us, have lost to some very ordinary sides, iirc. Some teams will be wanting to get into the play offs, some teams will be wanting to stay up. Next month they play at least 3 games a week, sometimes they have 3 or 4 games in a week. With their style of play they could easily be very exhausted in a lot of games. 4 games a week??!! Just double checked. I think there is a point where they play 4 games in just over a week. They do often play 3 games a week, which most teams do, but might be a bit much for them considering how they play games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 huddersfield have a straight forward run in. only really fulham at home looks tricky for them. Not sure that's strictly true - Norwich under a new manager (other than Pards) could well hit the ground running, Preston away isn't an easy match, Forest under Warburton could have a new manager bounce (and be fighting for their lives), Derby under Rowett could be a pretty good team. And Cardiff seem a different proposition under Warnock. And Fulham as you mentioned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 huddersfield have a straight forward run in. only really fulham at home looks tricky for them. Not sure that's strictly true - Norwich under a new manager (other than Pards) could well hit the ground running, Preston away isn't an easy match, Forest under Warburton could have a new manager bounce (and be fighting for their lives), Derby under Rowett could be a pretty good team. And Cardiff seem a different proposition under Warnock. And Fulham as you mentioned. Bristol City dropped into the relegation zone tonight, which means there game against them on Friday might be more tricky. For what it's worth I think every time Blackburn Rovers (who moved out of the relegation zone) have got out of the relegation zone this season, they have been sent back into in the next round of fixtures. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Of course the year we are back in the championship it ends up being the most competitive at the top in what seems like a dozen years. Ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Of course the year we are back in the championship it ends up being the most competitive at the top in what seems like a dozen years. Ffs Last season was just as competitive. Burnley only won promotion with 1/2 games to spare and Brighton vs Boro went head to head for the last automatic position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 We should be aiming for no less than 9 points from our next 3 IMO, if we do that, someone is bound to slip up and I think things would look a lot more rosy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Of course the year we are back in the championship it ends up being the most competitive at the top in what seems like a dozen years. Ffs Last season was just as competitive. Burnley only won promotion with 1/2 games to spare and Brighton vs Boro went head to head for the last automatic position. Last year 2nd finished on 89 points though, if that happens this year we're 100% up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Of course the year we are back in the championship it ends up being the most competitive at the top in what seems like a dozen years. Ffs Last season was just as competitive. Burnley only won promotion with 1/2 games to spare and Brighton vs Boro went head to head for the last automatic position. Last year 2nd finished on 89 points though, if that happens this year we're 100% up. It'll be higher than that, all the teams are on more points than this stage last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Of course the year we are back in the championship it ends up being the most competitive at the top in what seems like a dozen years. Ffs Last season was just as competitive. Burnley only won promotion with 1/2 games to spare and Brighton vs Boro went head to head for the last automatic position. Last year 2nd finished on 89 points though, if that happens this year we're 100% up. It'll be higher than that, all the teams are on more points than this stage last season. Which just goes to show that even if there are some poor teams in the championship, the few who are battling it out at the top are stronger than they've ever been. Just got to look at how Norwich and Villa have struggled this season to put things in perspective. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Last year was competitive in that it was close, but the points tally was low. I expect all 3 of us to top Burnley's 93 points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiedean Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Last year was competitive in that it was close, but the points tally was low. I expect all 3 of us to top Burnley's 93 points. I've said it before and I'll stick by it 3 teams won't get over 90 points if we hit 90 we are promoted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Someone need to smash some legs of Brighton and Huddersfield players and then add Ashley to the list at end for good measure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 My feelings at the moment are thus; if Brighton and Huddersfield can up this pace we're in the playoffs because imo we need them to both to slip up again soon, or at least one of them badly. We've played well against both of them but outside of that we've been poor for some time, not even going into how bad we are at home. Rafa is the man but I don't think the shower of shit he's working with are going to 'win it' from here, it'll take one of the other two to drop their pace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 My feelings at the moment are thus; if Brighton and Huddersfield can up this pace we're in the playoffs because imo we need them to both to slip up again soon, or at least one of them badly. We've played well against both of them but outside of that we've been poor for some time, not even going into how bad we are at home. Rafa is the man but I don't think the shower of s*** he's working with are going to 'win it' from here, it'll take one of the other two to drop their pace. Hyperbole. We've lost once in the last 12 games league games. We would have to go on an abysmal run, not seen this season so far, for that to happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 My feelings at the moment are thus; if Brighton and Huddersfield can up this pace we're in the playoffs because imo we need them to both to slip up again soon, or at least one of them badly. We've played well against both of them but outside of that we've been poor for some time, not even going into how bad we are at home. Rafa is the man but I don't think the shower of s*** he's working with are going to 'win it' from here, it'll take one of the other two to drop their pace. Hyperbole. We've lost once in the last 12 games league games. We would have to go on an abysmal run, not seen this season so far, for that to happen. It's not hyperbole at all. We beat both of them in 4 days and are still within touching distance. They're keeping an amazing pace with us, my feeling is our home form will end up costing us if they can keep it up. It's not that outlandish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I think Huddersfield will burn themselves out towards the end of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Gayle's back and there's no more fixtures against teams who keep the ball. We should be fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Out of the games left after Saturday Wigan (h) Burton (h) Sheff Wed (a) Leeds (h) Ipswich (a) Preston (h) Cardiff (a) Barnsley (h) I just can't see us dropping points apart from maybe Sheff Wed or Leeds - even though we will drop some at some point - but I don't see where which shows how unpredictable it is. The Wigan/Burton double header should be an already banked 6 points but screams banana skin as we haven't won back to back home games for a while iirc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 The good thing is we've already beaten them all apart from Sheff Wed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I think 9 points from the next 3 is pretty essential. If we get that I think we probably only need 3 wins from the last 6. I can't imagine any of the last four teams we come up against will have anything to play for at that point which should hopefully work in our favour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 I think Huddersfield will burn themselves out towards the end of the season. Except they've shown no signs of that at all. Even in losing to us they went at us until the final whistle. The best bet is they don't find their shooting boots as they don't look like they have natural goal scorers, but it won't be for lack of effort. We need to get back to winning our games, then it doesn't matter what they do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted March 15, 2017 Share Posted March 15, 2017 Haven't they only won one game by more than a single goal all season? Remarkable if that's true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 I think Huddersfield will burn themselves out towards the end of the season. You had better pray that they do.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Why is it we're the only ones who Huddersfield can catch? Can Brighton not be catched or are they invincible and winning all their remaining games like Huddersfield as well? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Fulham's result against Blackburn on Tuesday sort of reassured me. They are a good side, but Saturday's one sided victory was just a team who had a great day against a team who had a really bad day. A one off. One of those things which happen in football from time to time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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