David Somni Jennings Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 We've six games left until January, where Pulis could potentially get some players in. Huddersfield, Barnsley, Forest, Coventry, Blackburn, Boro These are the games where Pulis can start to pick up points IMO (or more needs to) Remember, our last four games have just been against teams who currently sit 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th in the league - Getting draws from these games was always the best we could hope for 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyCinnamon Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 To play devils advocate we said exactly the same about Luton, Rotherham and Wycombe.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owl Be Back Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Just now, SallyCinnamon said: To play devils advocate we said exactly the same about Luton, Rotherham and Wycombe.... ... Agreed but hopefully having Pulis rather than Monk will improve things for us. However, if you (often) can't score then you don't stand much chance of winning. That's a huge concern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 I’ve said this a million times but It doesn’t matter WHO you play in this league. Every team is of a very similar standard No one runs away with it Every game is winnable Which is why it’s so hard to predict fixtures and who we’re playing doesn’t mean anything to me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeadonowl Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Just now, FreshOwl said: I’ve said this a million times but It doesn’t matter WHO you play in this league. Every team is of a very similar standard No one runs away with it Every game is winnable Which is why it’s so hard to predict fixtures and who we’re playing doesn’t mean anything to me Norwich had a team full of players who won the league 2 years ago The guy who scored the winner was wanted by Barcelona in the summer They will win the league this year We frustrated them and if Palmer does his job we walk away with 3 points 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrickyTrev Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 We have got to make sure that the gap between us and 4th bottom doesn’t get any bigger than 5 points between now and January. Then come January, given the fact that it’s Chansiri’s fault we got a 6 point deduction, he owes it to us to dig deep and bring in at least 2 new strikers who know where the back of the net is because without more goals in this side we are destined to be playing third division football next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRightSide Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 7 minutes ago, SallyCinnamon said: To play devils advocate we said exactly the same about Luton, Rotherham and Wycombe.... under Monk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreshOwl Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Just now, yeadonowl said: Norwich had a team full of players who won the league 2 years ago The guy who scored the winner was wanted by Barcelona in the summer They will win the league this year We frustrated them and if Palmer does his job we walk away with 3 points 2 years ago though They were 15 points adrift at the bottom of the PL last season, which makes them easily championship standard I get you’re point, they are better than us but no one stands out in this league Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwellOwl Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Critical now, the job might be too big before we can sign anyone if we don’t get a few wins from those. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BarnsleyOwl96 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 minute ago, FreshOwl said: 2 years ago though They were 15 points adrift at the bottom of the PL last season, which makes them easily championship standard I get you’re point, they are better than us but no one stands out in this league Understand your point but I’d rather play teams nearer the middle or bottom the the top Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morganowl Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 lets not get too excited about jan 1st. exactly what decent signings have we made since 5years ago jan 1st 2016? nobody is sending us there star players . by then we could be 10-15points from 4th bottom . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0114 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Played 4 of the current top 5 under Pulis and only lost 1. As much as today was hard to take, we have improved performances and will be interesting to see us play against sides like Huddersfield and Barnsley. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 19 minutes ago, David Somni Jennings said: We've six games left until January, where Pulis could potentially get some players in. Huddersfield, Barnsley, Forest, Coventry, Blackburn, Boro These are the games where Pulis can start to pick up points IMO (or more needs to) Remember, our last four games have just been against teams who currently sit 1st, 3rd, 4th and 5th in the league - Getting draws from these games was always the best we could hope for We beat the team sat 2nd in the table not long ago, so I'm not sure the best we could hope for was a draw from each of these five games. Yes, we've had a tough run of fixtures, but in the position we're in, we simply have to find a way of picking up wins when we're not expected to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeadonowl Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 12 minutes ago, FreshOwl said: 2 years ago though They were 15 points adrift at the bottom of the PL last season, which makes them easily championship standard I get you’re point, they are better than us but no one stands out in this league They are still a team of top quality championship players If you look at TPs games so far 2 of them we have played with 10 men, today we play the best team in the league, Swansea bring on a 20m player who scored. To me the only disappointing performance was the Stoke game The games against the teams mid to lower table will define where we finish in the league We need to be looking for 4-6 points from the next 2 games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marshy Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 The problem come 1st January depends where we find ourselves at that point. I just don't see that anyone in their right mind would want to sign for a side that could look nailed on to go down. It's ok us expecting DC to fund a decent signing, but who would want to come? We might have to look to the loan market for someone who wants game time to perhaps get us out of the cart. It's a difficult one, it really is and certainly not easily solvable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davetherivelinowl Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 I suspect that playing against the top sides suits our style better. Today we nearly did a perfect job of sitting deep and catching them on the break. I'm not sure we have the personel to force the issue against weaker sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quinnssweetshop Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 40 minutes ago, FreshOwl said: Every game is winnable Unless you're us, who seem to have a team ethos of every game is loseable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddogbob Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 39 minutes ago, davetherivelinowl said: I suspect that playing against the top sides suits our style better. Today we nearly did a perfect job of sitting deep and catching them on the break. I'm not sure we have the personel to force the issue against weaker sides. Tbh I'd never thought about that. Can you imagine full defence mode... Against Coventry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brando Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, morganowl said: lets not get too excited about jan 1st. exactly what decent signings have we made since 5years ago jan 1st 2016? nobody is sending us there star players . by then we could be 10-15points from 4th bottom . Could be too late by the next transfer window,6 games,we still struggle and wycombe,derby etc pick points up . .we need points..now.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Road Runner Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Worryingly we could do what we usually do and sign them at the end of January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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