S72 Owl Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 3 hours ago, SwellOwl said: Stoke win tonight could work in our favour? Saturday wouldn't be such a crunch game for them and might not be up for the occasion. Strange way of looking at it. If they lose tonight, we beat them, we’re level on points with them and it’s an extra team in the relegation fight. The more teams down there the better. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad_owl Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 (edited) 4 hours ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: Oh, ye all-mighty gods of football - have mercy on our souls. We know not what we do when we tempt you so. On behalf of @Brad_owl, we seek your forgiveness. Sir, this did make me laugh! I won't tempt fate again, i will say my confidence is such that i even have some salubrious surroudings booked at Ewood Park to watch the game where we all but confirm our survival. Edited April 10 by Brad_owl 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinger208b Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 6 hours ago, Umeeksk said: Found this really interesting. Stoke are playing away back to back, and we're home back to back and with an extra day's rest. Absolutely ideal time to play them (though what would be even more ideal is having Poveda, Ugbo and Bernard fit for selection as well). So not absolutely ideal then... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwellOwl Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 4 hours ago, S72 Owl said: Strange way of looking at it. If they lose tonight, we beat them, we’re level on points with them and it’s an extra team in the relegation fight. The more teams down there the better. I was thinking the way they have improved, might not be the end of the world but fully understand the viewpoint, the more the better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyingOwl Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 7 hours ago, Ever the pessimist said: Stoke seem to have picked up a fair bit since the managerial change, and a big away following will help them. Will be a tough, nail biting afternoon I expect They were 16th when he took charge in December and they're 19th now... By all accounts, their fans hate him. But they hate their owners more. Need to use the general good feeling round this club, Chansiri aside, to our advantage. We love Danny & I've bought into this team now too. Plymouth and Hudds are in free fall. Birmingham's manager had to step aside. Stoke and Blackburn never recovered from relegation and, after throwing money at it, are rotting they way we did. DC is not the man to take us forward but, that aside, the morale around this club needs using in the final few games. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Crawshaw Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 20 minutes ago, FlyingOwl said: They were 16th when he took charge in December and they're 19th now... By all accounts, their fans hate him. But they hate their owners more. Need to use the general good feeling round this club, Chansiri aside, to our advantage. We love Danny & I've bought into this team now too. Plymouth and Hudds are in free fall. Birmingham's manager had to step aside. Stoke and Blackburn never recovered from relegation and, after throwing money at it, are rotting they way we did. DC is not the man to take us forward but, that aside, the morale around this club needs using in the final few games. I'm not sure the fans hate the owners. The Coates family have kept the club afloat for years by pumping hundreds of millions in. They would have been up poo creek without them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emerson Thome Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 9 hours ago, Umeeksk said: Found this really interesting. Stoke are playing away back to back, and we're home back to back and with an extra day's rest. Absolutely ideal time to play them (though what would be even more ideal is having Poveda, Ugbo and Bernard fit for selection as well). Our away games this season (when we had played before within 3-4 days): Swansea 3 - 0 SWFC West Brom 1 - 0 SWFC Plymouth 3 - 0 SWFC Norwich 3 - 1 SWFC Coventry 2 - 0 SWFC Preston 0 - 1 SWFC Huddersfield 4 - 0 SWFC Leicester 2 - 0 SWFC Millwall 0 - 2 SWFC Middlesbrough 2 - 0 SWFC I mean our home form has been pretty dreadful as a whole, so any 10 games from the whole would be pretty bad. There are 2 notable wins in there, but we lost the other 8 (all convincingly - the West Brom 1-0 was about as convincing as 1-0s get) and only scored in 1 of the 8 losses. So based on that, they seem to have a good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls101 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 4 hours ago, S72 Owl said: 8 hours ago, SwellOwl said: Stoke win tonight could work in our favour? Saturday wouldn't be such a crunch game for them and might not be up for the occasion. Strange way of looking at it. If they lose tonight, we beat them, we’re level on points with them and it’s an extra team in the relegation fight. The more teams down there the better. And if we beat them they've got another huge 6 pointer against Plymouth and then away at Southampton. They'll be sweating like fizz if they lose tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponte_Owl85 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 9 hours ago, k_guite said: Wonder how stats like this influence how the schedule is drawn up? I don't think they put that much thought into it otherwise we wouldn't play the likes of Plymouth on a Tuesday night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maidstoneowl Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 So, are we all getting behind the Welsh tonight, then? Not literally, of course. Baaah COME ON SWANSEA AND CARDIFF! Do us a double! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 That stoke Wednesday game earlier in season was the worse game of 'football' I've seen in years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debram Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Hopefully but just look at some of the results of late, literally anything can happen, think we have the edge being at home and the players returning from injury strengthens our case, please don't start gassama and musaba together Danny. We can do it uto. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark77 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 36 minutes ago, Ponte_Owl85 said: I don't think they put that much thought into it otherwise we wouldn't play the likes of Plymouth on a Tuesday night He posted something regarding the fixtures. I think Birmnigham have only had 2 away games within 4 days, Norwich are at 9 I think so more consideration needs to go into it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSandersonOWL Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 9 hours ago, SwellOwl said: Stoke win tonight could work in our favour? Saturday wouldn't be such a crunch game for them and might not be up for the occasion. That's called grasping at straws As you really know, if they win tonite then their confidence will be boosted, wheras if they lose they will be apprehensive about getting Röhl ed over Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls-swfc Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 17 minutes ago, DSandersonOWL said: That's called grasping at straws .. FFS ..and here's me been clutching instead of grasping all my life ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1963owl Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 8 hours ago, Sultan_Pepper said: Same thread said Norwich should be tired and we'd be more energetic than them. Went well first half.... They went to shiit in the 2nd half though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponte_Owl85 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 54 minutes ago, mark77 said: He posted something regarding the fixtures. I think Birmnigham have only had 2 away games within 4 days, Norwich are at 9 I think so more consideration needs to go into it. They really should. It's not fair on the supporters having to travel ridiculous distances midweek. Same with sky moving games about all of the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwellOwl Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 55 minutes ago, DSandersonOWL said: That's called grasping at straws As you really know, if they win tonite then their confidence will be boosted, wheras if they lose they will be apprehensive about getting Röhl ed over Think the term you are looking for is clutching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SwellOwl Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 (edited) 1 hour ago, owls101 said: And if we beat them they've got another huge 6 pointer against Plymouth and then away at Southampton. They'll be sweating like fizz if they lose tonight. I think they’ll win tonight so come Saturday, hopefully they won’t be as pumped. Anyway, let’s hope they lose 5-0 and loads of injuries. Edited April 10 by SwellOwl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSandersonOWL Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 23 minutes ago, owls-swfc said: FFS ..and here's me been clutching instead of grasping all my life ! I am glad to add a new dimension to your life that you can either grasp or clutch at straws as much as you like, but let's hope that the Jacks break the Potters this evening, softening them up for the Owls ! Historical note: Thomas More wrote in 1534: 'A man in peril of drowning catchest whatsoever cometh next to hand ... be it never so simple a stick'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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