HaydnNUFC Posted February 21, 2017 Share Posted February 21, 2017 I still am a 10 re: automatic promotion. But thought I'd have a deeper look into our remaining games, and only ours. HOME 25 Feb - Bristol City 11 Mar - Fulham 1 Apr - Wigan Athletic 5 Apr - Burton Albion 15 Apr - Leeds United 22 Apr - Preston North End 7 May - Barnsley AWAY 28 Feb - Brighton & Hove Albion (Sky) 4 Mar - Huddersfield Town (Sky) 7 Mar - Reading 18 Mar - Birmingham City 8 Apr - Sheffield Wednesday 17 Apr - Ipswich Town 29 Apr - Cardiff City At first glance our away fixtures are against tougher sides/sides that are close to us, where our home fixtures are teams further down the table, Leeds aside. Our away record is the best in the English leagues iirc, and we've only lost away at Fulham where you could argue we were finding our feet regarding team, tactics etc, Forest which was an utter farce and we were cheated out of 3 points by two utter cunts and Blackburn where if we played it another 9 times we'd win it each time. Stay unbeaten throughout the 3 games after Bristol City and I think promotion is nailed if it isn't already now. Lose to only Brighton or Reading my opinion won't be affected too much. Lose 2 out of 3 or lose to Huddersfield then I'll be looking over my shoulder, but I think we will stay unbeaten throughout the 3. We have the best away record and a manager who knows how to win these games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Worst possible result for us but hardly unexpected, they are on fire right now and awesome at home. It does mean though that barring a miracle Reading are out of the picture, it's firmly between Brighton, Huddersfield and ourselves. It's a shame we still have this stupid playoff system because those three have consistently shown that they are the best teams in the division and with the history of the playoff system highly likely that one won't be promoted. Honestly Brighton getting 89 points last season on not going up just isn't right, could be an even higher number for the 3rd place team this year. It's a myth that the 3rd place team hardly ever goes up, 3rd place team usually goes up. I don't really care above the stats here, I've not paid a lot of attention to the playoffs but the two instances I have are the time we were in them and of course I've looked back at last year on both occasions the team finishing 3rd didn't even get to Wembley, namely ourselves and Brighton. It's a horrible system, that only benefits the team who hit form at the end of the season. Psychologically it would be very difficult to overcome the disappointment for either Brighton or ourselves to have to contend with them after being in the automatic spot for how many months now ? There's a possibility that we could face a team who finished with 20 points less than us and they will prevail especially if it's someone like Sheff Wed who seem to be a recent bogey team for us. It is what it is though and we all knew the rules before the season started, I just hope we don't have to worry about the play offs because I'm not confident at all in our ability to get though them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Worst possible result for us but hardly unexpected, they are on fire right now and awesome at home. It does mean though that barring a miracle Reading are out of the picture, it's firmly between Brighton, Huddersfield and ourselves. It's a shame we still have this stupid playoff system because those three have consistently shown that they are the best teams in the division and with the history of the playoff system highly likely that one won't be promoted. Honestly Brighton getting 89 points last season on not going up just isn't right, could be an even higher number for the 3rd place team this year. It's a myth that the 3rd place team hardly ever goes up, 3rd place team usually goes up. I don't really care above the stats here, I've not paid a lot of attention to the playoffs but the two instances I have are the time we were in them and of course I've looked back at last year on both occasions the team finishing 3rd didn't even get to Wembley, namely ourselves and Brighton. It's a horrible system, that only benefits the team who hit form at the end of the season. Psychologically it would be very difficult to overcome the disappointment for either Brighton or ourselves to have to contend with them after being in the automatic spot for how many months now ? There's a possibility that we could face a team who finished with 20 points less than us and they will prevail especially if it's someone like Sheff Wed who seem to be a recent bogey team for us. It is what it is though and we all knew the rules before the season started, I just hope we don't have to worry about the play offs because I'm not confident at all in our ability to get though them. I agree going into the play offs isn't ideal, however the 3rd placed team has been promoted the most times, that is the only thing I'm disputing about what you said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Just don't get beat off Huddersfield and get at least one win our out of the next 3 games. Remember Rafa doesn't do losing streaks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 http://outside90.com/aaron-mooy-and-huddersfield-town-not-out-of-the-running-for-automatic-promotion-959/ Some Aussie journo thinks Huddersfield are on for no more than 91 points, with only us beating them. I've had us as finishing on anything between 92 - 97 for the last few weeks, but never below. Really hope they beat Man City tbh, a fixture pile up could be crucial. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 I still am a 10 re: automatic promotion. But thought I'd have a deeper look into our remaining games, and only ours. HOME 25 Feb - Bristol City 11 Mar - Fulham 1 Apr - Wigan Athletic 5 Apr - Burton Albion 15 Apr - Leeds United 22 Apr - Preston North End 7 May - Barnsley AWAY 28 Feb - Brighton & Hove Albion (Sky) 4 Mar - Huddersfield Town (Sky) 7 Mar - Reading 18 Mar - Birmingham City 8 Apr - Sheffield Wednesday 17 Apr - Ipswich Town 29 Apr - Cardiff City At first glance our away fixtures are against tougher sides/sides that are close to us, where our home fixtures are teams further down the table, Leeds aside. Our away record is the best in the English leagues iirc, and we've only lost away at Fulham where you could argue we were finding our feet regarding team, tactics etc, Forest which was an utter farce and we were cheated out of 3 points by two utter cunts and Blackburn where if we played it another 9 times we'd win it each time. Stay unbeaten throughout the 3 games after Bristol City and I think promotion is nailed if it isn't already now. Lose to only Brighton or Reading my opinion won't be affected too much. Lose 2 out of 3 or lose to Huddersfield then I'll be looking over my shoulder, but I think we will stay unbeaten throughout the 3. We have the best away record and a manager who knows how to win these games. Just winning the 7 home games would give us 90 points, which will probably be enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 It really hurts seeing folks on here already defeat our own club while were are in 1st, bravo to Mike Ashley and co for beating every ounce of fight out of some of the supporters of this club. Think that is a bit of a dramatic re-telling of what's happening here, Kanji. As if this place isn't emotive as fuck on every single result of our rivals just keep doing what we're doing and we'll go up. It's time to stand up and players perform. No Doubt in my mind that Rafa is ready with a plan for Huddersfield and Brighton and our players will perform. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matta Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Was negative after the small slump we had. However going into this period of semi-tough games now, i have total confidence in Rafa to get out of it stronger. 10/10. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 I still am a 10 re: automatic promotion. But thought I'd have a deeper look into our remaining games, and only ours. HOME 25 Feb - Bristol City 11 Mar - Fulham 1 Apr - Wigan Athletic 5 Apr - Burton Albion 15 Apr - Leeds United 22 Apr - Preston North End 7 May - Barnsley AWAY 28 Feb - Brighton & Hove Albion (Sky) 4 Mar - Huddersfield Town (Sky) 7 Mar - Reading 18 Mar - Birmingham City 8 Apr - Sheffield Wednesday 17 Apr - Ipswich Town 29 Apr - Cardiff City At first glance our away fixtures are against tougher sides/sides that are close to us, where our home fixtures are teams further down the table, Leeds aside. Our away record is the best in the English leagues iirc, and we've only lost away at Fulham where you could argue we were finding our feet regarding team, tactics etc, Forest which was an utter farce and we were cheated out of 3 points by two utter cunts and Blackburn where if we played it another 9 times we'd win it each time. Stay unbeaten throughout the 3 games after Bristol City and I think promotion is nailed if it isn't already now. Lose to only Brighton or Reading my opinion won't be affected too much. Lose 2 out of 3 or lose to Huddersfield then I'll be looking over my shoulder, but I think we will stay unbeaten throughout the 3. We have the best away record and a manager who knows how to win these games. Just winning the 7 home games would give us 90 points, which will probably be enough. I'm as confident of winning away games as I am the home games this season. We have often played awful stuff at home. Gayle being out is a real leveller. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDonis Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Looking at that your last four matches are going to be against teams who are playing for fuck all. Even if it does go down to the wire, that will help (unless Huddersfield and Brighton have similar, but it's unlikely - surely they're playing one or two who are going for the play offs or fighting for their lives?) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Nah mate, Huddersfield are going to win all their games and finish on 106 points, haven't you heard? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Our current points total coupled with our GD, would have been good enough for 7th last season !! Sheff Wed finished in the last play off spot with a total of 74 points. So if that holds for this year we are only 2 wins away from securing a playoff birth. Sad that, Sheff Wed also then knocked out a team that finished with 15 points more than them in the playoffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Read somewhere that Huddersfield have only gained one point on us since their run of wins started? And that the GD has increased. (in the last 8 matches) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Read somewhere that Huddersfield have only gained one point on us since their run of wins started? And that the GD has increased. (in the last 8 matches) Only Sheff Wed have scored less goals than them in the top 10 and their +8 goal difference is pretty laughable for a team so high up in the table. They are winning the close games obviously but rarely steamroll the opposition, you can look at that as a sign of character but how sustainable is it ? Can their luck hold out for the remaining 14 games ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Read somewhere that Huddersfield have only gained one point on us since their run of wins started? And that the GD has increased. (in the last 8 matches) thought it was more, they have won 8? and we have drawn some. could be wrong. a quick check- they have 21 points from last 8- we have 17 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 I don't think they've won 8 but that 1 point gained probably is during the last 8 games. Not sure how many wins they've had in the last 8. Oh. Alright Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Dont fancy our lot if we end up in the play offs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 It's totally in our own hands and we're fucking it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 It's totally in our own hands and we're f***ing it up. It's what we do best tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 I hate to overreact, but....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Will go to the final game. We seem to get good results for 6-7 games and then put in a stinker of a performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 Really worried atm. Could be well out of the top 2 in three and a half games' time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 If this stays the same I'm worried. Huddersfield 2 points behind us and winning no matter what week in week out. Our home performances and the next three games is concerning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-more Mag Posted February 25, 2017 Share Posted February 25, 2017 We had 69 points after 33 matches in the '09-'10 season. Obviously having the same haul this season feels very different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now