SiJ Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Owling with Laugher still pretending to be a Wednesday fan. Bizarre. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athelwulf Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Disappointing, but probably not that much of a surprise. We were all hoping/expecting that they'd lose players in the summer, but sadly it's not happened. Had Hecky been in charge all last season, then there's the very real chance that they would have gone up. We got away with it because of Joko. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Concrete Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, Athelwulf said: Disappointing, but probably not that much of a surprise. We were all hoping/expecting that they'd lose players in the summer, but sadly it's not happened. Had Hecky been in charge all last season, then there's the very real chance that they would have gone up. We got away with it because of Joko. To be honest pig fans I know are still worrying about Berge and Ndiaye going before the transfer window closes. I'm not reading too much into it so far regarding their start, I saw them against Boro and they were lucky to not lose that. Blackburn were already still fragile after the Reading defeat midweek and I don't think Thomasson will be in a job by Christmas. I think everyone knew they'd still be top 6 candidates in the summer, but there is plenty of time for them to mess it up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McRightSide Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 McBurnie’s misses in todays game good lord 20m?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athelwulf Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Johnny Concrete said: To be honest pig fans I know are still worrying about Berge and Ndiaye going before the transfer window closes. I'm not reading too much into it so far regarding their start, I saw them against Boro and they were lucky to not lose that. Blackburn were already still fragile after the Reading defeat midweek and I don't think Thomasson will be in a job by Christmas. I think everyone knew they'd still be top 6 candidates in the summer, but there is plenty of time for them to mess it up. You'd hope so. And, as you say, it's early doors. I guess that by default any ex-PL team is top 6, and if they don't finish top 2 then they're staying down. Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Big statement today from the pigs. Just hoping they get pipped for automatic and then do their annual play off bottle job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Of The Roasters Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 I really hate to say this, and I hope I end up being wrong, but they look to me to have the quality to see off most Championship clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlando_Trustful Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Looking ominously good so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiJ Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 3 hours ago, Roy Of The Roasters said: I really hate to say this, and I hope I end up being wrong, but they look to me to have the quality to see off most Championship clubs. This is my concern. Perhaps Watford and Burnley have better XIs, but that's about it. I just don't think there's much in the Championship to stop them this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WalthamOwl Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Will be back in the Prem next season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sova Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 it's early days. They've started well, but they've had 3 home games, in one of which they were practically gifted the win. Still, they look good for a playoff spot at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
latemodelchild Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Same points per game return as us. Same record as us I think. Are we basically saying that they're going up and we are too? Cos as it stands we're both looking good for promotion aren't we? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sova Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 15 minutes ago, latemodelchild said: Same points per game return as us. Same record as us I think. Are we basically saying that they're going up and we are too? Cos as it stands we're both looking good for promotion aren't we? You could argue that we're actually on target to get more points than the pigs, even though we both have 10 points from 5 games. We average 2 points a game both home and away, which would equate to 46 + 46 = 92 over the season. But the pigs are averaging 3 points a game at home (= 69 from 23) and 0.5 away (11.5 from 23), i.e. 80-81 over the season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markowl Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 15 hours ago, owls maniac said: Big statement today from the pigs. Just hoping they get pipped for automatic and then do their annual play off bottle job. Beating a team that Reading had just put 3 past? Let's wait a few months until the wànkfest starts. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Key Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 1 hour ago, latemodelchild said: Same points per game return as us. Same record as us I think. Are we basically saying that they're going up and we are too? Cos as it stands we're both looking good for promotion aren't we? If DM was their manager there'd be no end of rave reviews for him on here, wishing he was ours! Funny lot some of our 'supporters'! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWEDFM Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Apart from Watford on the opening day they've not faced any real challenge. I wouldn't expect any of Millwall, Sunderland or Blackburn to be in the top 6 come May Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls maniac Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 1 hour ago, IWEDFM said: Apart from Watford on the opening day they've not faced any real challenge. I wouldn't expect any of Millwall, Sunderland or Blackburn to be in the top 6 come May Tbf there are probably only Watford, Burnley and Norwich who is tip to be up there. The rest of the league are fairly ordinary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Rogers Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 Yup. The Championship is the weakest it's been for as long as I can remember. Hell, I'd even fancy Fleetwood's chances against most of the Championship this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWEDFM Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 1 hour ago, owls maniac said: Tbf there are probably only Watford, Burnley and Norwich who is tip to be up there. The rest of the league are fairly ordinary. True and I agree. Still very early to call though as they could lose 1 or 2 players before the deadline but the Championship does look very weak Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0742 Posted August 22, 2022 Share Posted August 22, 2022 (edited) It's a strange league again, Burnley are overhyped because of Kompany and after beating a poor Huddersfield team, Norwich have started pretty poorly too. If Watford lose Sarr and a couple of others they could look ordinary too. All that said, it's not going to be easy for the pigs to get out of the league this season. Edited August 22, 2022 by 0742 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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