Guest The Horse Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Currently watching this poor sod watch his beloved Forest team through to the bitter end. But my question is, why do bogey teams exist? We seem to have the hex over Forest but can't beat Derby when they're absolute pants. Is it just coincidence or do two clubs' philosophies about how they play trump the other? Who do you consider our main bogey team and who do you think can't seem to beat us? Something to keep us going on this miserable evening! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulva Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Shrewsbury. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldishowl Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 It’s a great question. Different managers, different players, different styles, the respective quality of the actual teams seems to have little influence on the result. No idea why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonofbert2 Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Rotherham at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzuki_San Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 I think a large part of being a professional footballer is the mental side of the game. How you prepare for your opponent, the crowds impact on your performance, especially if you go behind, etc. It's a big part of recruitment now, but historically, it was just word of mouth. "How is he in a battle? How is he when you're 3-0 down?"...which, when you're trying to sell someone, is easy to bullsh1t about! Any small negative in the game... anything hanging over a fixture can fester and really affect players, I think. It's why Derby's are mental, playoff fixtures are generally crazy. So a historical bogey team...I think it's like you're already at a disadvantage, mentally. That's my two penneth, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmchairOwl Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Wasn't Everton all ways a bogey team, although it's been that long I can't remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horny owl Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 One team in the championship who I don’t want us to get at ANY point in the playoffs Derby phookin County Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cognacbarnowl Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Bogey teams ?? Snottingham Forest, Snotts County, Mucuschester United, Whichever team Gough supports. FFS Take it away Owlstalk. I'm sure there's many more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horny owl Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Owling said: Wasn't Everton all ways a bogey team, although it's been that long I can't remember. Yes they were But Man United hated playing against us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnchanter Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 Burton Albion Until recently we hadn't beaten Wolves much. In fact we've only beaten them 3 times out of 26 since 2000. And we didn't beat them at Hillsborough once from 1964 to 2015. Shocking. Also Derby County away is impossible for us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnchanter Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 We've only beaten Hull 3 times out of the last 18. We've also only beaten them once at Hillsborough since 1990. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeonLeon Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 We always seem to get the better of Brentford. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Horse Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 1 minute ago, TheEnchanter said: We've only beaten Hull 3 times out of the last 18. We've also only beaten them once at Hillsborough since 1990. Seriously? What the AF is that about? Freakin' Hull???? Why???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnchanter Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 We've only beaten Preston once away from home in 14 visits since the early 90s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Horse Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 13 minutes ago, sonofbert2 said: Rotherham at home. God, yeah. That's soooo bizzare. I mean.. Rotherham. FFS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pablo Bonvin Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 3 minutes ago, The Horse said: God, yeah. That's soooo bizzare. I mean.. Rotherham. FFS. Weirdly the situation is reversed at their place though. Why on earth is that? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 We always seem to beat Barnsley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest The Horse Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 25 minutes ago, TINKERBELL said: Arsenal. Against us Ooooohhhhh. I think I hate that lot just (just) behind the Blavdes. I'll not consider our phoenix resurgence complete until we exact revenge on those flippers in an FA Cup final. Weirdly, they couldn't beat us for poo at Hillsborough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kobayashi Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 29 minutes ago, TINKERBELL said: Arsenal. Against us Away yes but not at s6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnchanter Posted December 18, 2019 Share Posted December 18, 2019 5 minutes ago, SallyCinnamon said: We always seem to beat Barnsley. Yep they've not beaten us for 12 games. They did win back to back games in 2008/2009 but thats their only 2 wins in the last 22 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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