Holmowl 17,001 Posted December 1 Our fixtures to 1st Jan. Seven games in 23 days. BRENTFORD Derby Forest BRISTOL C Stoke CARDIFF HULL Yesterday’s strong showing and highly deserved 3 points put us two points off 5th and 3 points off 4th. We’ve 4 homes and 3 aways coming up, and none of them should fill us with fear. We have yet to be comfortably beaten. Not once by more than a single goal. In contrast, five of our wins have been by two or three goals. Some individual naivety and lots of bad luck have taken key points off us. Hopefully Monk is working on the mental side to eradicate the former, and hopefully our desperate luck hitting the goal-frame will change very soon. West Brom, Leeds and probably Fulham look a class apart. Fine - no worries. Our key rivals become Forest, Preston, Bristol City, Brentford, Cardiff etc.... and we can finish near the top of that mini-league. These 7 games come thick and fast, and can shape our season. Massive fingers crossed we come through them in great shape. 4 16 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
handworth52 1,718 Posted December 1 hopefully going on about 7 that Brentford wont be drinking 7up like yesterday ,lets take the fizz out of them this Saturday Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peacenocchio 3,264 Posted December 1 Think the first 4 could go either way tbh. It's the Championship innit. A lucky bounce, a defender switches off, a great strike. Very fine margins in this league. 6 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bradowl 7,092 Posted December 1 Difficult to predict outcome in most games in this league, who would have thought Hull would thump Preston 4-0 then a few days later lose 3-1 to Barnsley. 21 points to play for in those 7 games, a return of 14 points would be decent. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bouncing Owl 3,708 Posted December 1 A lot of these games are against playoff rivals so good chance to close the gap. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Owly Mowly 910 Posted December 1 Is it wrong that I’m a looking where we are with minus 15 points? Can’t help but look at the relegation situation 1 6 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wilfsmith 557 Posted December 1 The cloud of a points deduction which hangs over us is in danger of killing off any hope of play offs. I can't be the only one who is finding it increasingly difficult to be optimistic in threads like these while the EFL mandarins shuffle with our club's future. 9 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TodwickOwl 1,352 Posted December 1 5 minutes ago, wilfsmith said: The cloud of a points deduction which hangs over us is in danger of killing off any hope of play offs. I can't be the only one who is finding it increasingly difficult to be optimistic in threads like these while the EFL mandarins shuffle with our club's future. Same here Its like having VAR hanging over you, for 6 months 2 7 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Owls-Fan 1,331 Posted December 1 When we predicted the November games on this site I said 8 points and we only got 5 points. So I will predict 21 points this time so we can get 18 points. You’re welcome everybody 5 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sonny 20,211 Posted December 1 Looks like a fairly difficult run of games to me. Chuffed there are 7 games in 23 days though. FOOTBALL 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stoop 9,070 Posted December 1 I was saying to my dad yesterday that nobody has really given us a good hiding yet, even the defeats have been by fine margins QPR. Winning at half time, second half collapse Hull. Should have had a pen which would have been 1-1 Millwall. Battered their 10 men for an hour , couldn’t get the goal Blackburn. Best not to speak about that one WBA. Played well and got done at the end Cardiff, Swansea and Birmingham should have all been beaten too Could easily be sitting here with another 15 points, and sat top of the league Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sonofbert2 20,573 Posted December 1 7 games in 23 days......WOW!!! 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TrickyTrev 10,633 Posted December 1 I think we have to take 1 game at a time. The Championship is such a difficult league to call, anyone can beat anyone on their day. I’m just looking ahead to Brentford and that’s as far as it goes right now. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Owl999 9,242 Posted December 1 1 hour ago, Holmowl said: Our fixtures to 1st Jan. Seven games in 23 days. BRENTFORD Derby Forest BRISTOL C Stoke CARDIFF HULL Yesterday’s strong showing and highly deserved 3 points put us two points off 5th and 3 points off 4th. We’ve 4 homes and 3 aways coming up, and none of them should fill us with fear. We have yet to be comfortably beaten. Not once by more than a single goal. In contrast, five of our wins have been by two or three goals. Some individual naivety and lots of bad luck have taken key points off us. Hopefully Monk is working on the mental side to eradicate the former, and hopefully our desperate luck hitting the goal-frame will change very soon. West Brom, Leeds and probably Fulham look a class apart. Fine - no worries. Our key rivals become Forest, Preston, Bristol City, Brentford, Cardiff etc.... and we can finish near the top of that mini-league. These 7 games come thick and fast, and can shape our season. Massive fingers crossed we come through them in great shape. I agree completely would love us to properly in the mix to leave us with an outside chance when the FA deduct us 12 or 15 points Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ferkorf 672 Posted December 1 1 hour ago, Holmowl said: Our fixtures to 1st Jan. Seven games in 23 days. BRENTFORD Derby Forest BRISTOL C Stoke CARDIFF HULL Yesterday’s strong showing took us out of the relegation zone by a single point. We’ve 4 homes and 3 aways coming up, and none of them should fill us with fear. We have yet to be comfortably beaten. Not once by more than a single goal. In contrast, five of our wins have been by two or three goals. Some individual naivety and lots of bad luck have taken key points off us. Hopefully Monk is working on the mental side to eradicate the former, and hopefully our desperate luck hitting the goal-frame will change very soon. West Brom, Leeds and probably Fulham look a class apart. Fine - no worries. Our key rivals become Forest, Preston, Bristol City, Brentford, Cardiff etc.... and we can finish near the top of that mini-league. These 7 games come thick and fast, and can shape our season. Massive fingers crossed we come through them in great shape. Changed it for ya 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sonny 20,211 Posted December 1 I’m not reading all that again just to try and work out what you’ve changed. 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Holmowl 17,001 Posted December 1 32 minutes ago, Sonny said: I’m not reading all that again just to try and work out what you’ve changed. This bit Yesterday’s strong showing took us out of the relegation zone by a single point. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Great Big Galaa 2,945 Posted December 1 If truth be told we've been showing play-off form throughout 2019. Fletcher in particular has had a fantastic year with a month still to go. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tank_owl 171 Posted December 1 If we are going to make the Playoffs we need to be in there at the end of that 7 games. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nevthelodgemoorowl 10,454 Posted December 1 3 hours ago, wilfsmith said: The cloud of a points deduction which hangs over us is in danger of killing off any hope of play offs. I can't be the only one who is finding it increasingly difficult to be optimistic in threads like these while the EFL mandarins shuffle with our club's future. Think DC could and should challenge strongly on the basis that the EFL standpoint is a revisionist one. The decision had already been made. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
