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Londonccfcfan · Oct 3, 2021

No disrepsect to any of the teams that have come down, but my god they are nothing special at all as they have shown in the first 11 games.

Is there anybody we actually fear? When do we start believing!

Fulham : already lost 3, we wernt even at our best and thrashed them.

West Brom : Seen them a few times and nothing special at all.Stoke should have thrashed them.

Sheffield Utd: Really struggling.

Dark horses for me.
Stoke/Coventry and QPR

Otis · Oct 3, 2021

We are only 11 games in. Very early yet, but the cream does tend to rise to the top as the season wears on.

No-one to fear yet, but it is still so early into the season and I do think the likes of West Brom and Fulham will begin to show their true worth soon.

Gint11 · Oct 3, 2021

I agree in the sense that these teams aren’t world beaters. My view is still safety. Hit 50 then let’s see. If we’re still in top 6 by January then I’ll dream

Tommo1993 · Oct 3, 2021

I predict the blades will get into gear at some point and ease their way up the table.

Deleted member 2477 · Oct 3, 2021

Still think Bournmouth will run away with this league and 2nd will be either WBA or Fullham. We definately have enough though to make top 6 if we can avoid major injuries and sort out our away form

Londonccfcfan · Oct 3, 2021

Gint11 said:
I agree in the sense that these teams aren’t world beaters. My view is still safety. Hit 50 then let’s see. If we’re still in top 6 by January then I’ll dream

Theres surely no one that's no dreaming.

I dont think we are giving US enough credit.

What gives me belief even more so than the points. Is the performances.

Londonccfcfan · Oct 3, 2021

marcusp said:
Still think Bournmouth will run away with this league and 2nd will be either WBA or Fullham. We definately have enough though to make top 6 if we can avoid major injuries and sort out our away form

Bournemouth have been so lucky in most games they have played. Luton should have battered them at theirs last week ( they missed 2 open goals).

I think their manager and fans realise they been very fortunate. Sooner or later the correlation between performances and points catches up.

PVA · Oct 3, 2021

Fulham and WBA have squads to run away with it.

West Brom fans are not happy with the new manager just playing hoofball. If they change manager I think they'll win the league. Just hope it's not Robins!

Brighton Sky Blue · Oct 3, 2021

The relegated sides and Stoke/QPR have the money to boost their squads in January, we don’t unless a silly offer comes in for Hamer and Gyo. If we are still in the hunt by then that will be the point when our esteemed owners need to stick or twist

Grendel · Oct 3, 2021

Brighton Sky Blue said:
The relegated sides and Stoke/QPR have the money to boost their squads in January, we don’t unless a silly offer comes in for Hamer and Gyo. If we are still in the hunt by then that will be the point when our esteemed owners need to stick or twist

This is the point - there’s been not huge spend from championship clubs and a lot are stuck with high wages

Normal service will probably resume next season as things settle down.

Teams like us, blackburn and Huddersfield are all higher than you’d expect

You only have to look at Barnsley and Swansea to see fortunes can change

The owners lack of flexibility could cost us. January tends to be a poor window anyway And unlike other years we shouldn’t have to sell as embargo rules don’t relate in this league to turnover against wages

You would hope they’d pump some money in to address weak areas but I won’t be holding my breath

Deleted member 2477 · Oct 3, 2021

Londonccfcfan said:
Bournemouth have been so lucky in most games they have played. Luton should have battered them at theirs last week ( they missed 2 open goals).

I think their manager and fans realise they been very fortunate. Sooner or later the correlation between performances and points catches up.

Heres hoping. their fans certainly have a very high opinion of themselves

Londonccfcfan · Oct 3, 2021

PVA said:
Fulham and WBA have squads to run away with it.

West Brom fans are not happy with the new manager just playing hoofball. If they change manager I think they'll win the league. Just hope it's not Robins!

Big expectations. Big pressure. The managers will be feeling it. Just like the Sheffield manager.

Robin's is under the least amount of pressure.

Even Stoke have spent some money relatively this year.

Londonccfcfan · Oct 3, 2021

Grendel said:
This is the point - there’s been not huge spend from championship clubs and a lot are stuck with high wages

Normal service will probably resume next season as things settle down.

Teams like us, blackburn and Huddersfield are all higher than you’d expect

You only have to look at Barnsley and Swansea to see fortunes can change

The owners lack of flexibility could cost us. January tends to be a poor window anyway And unlike other years we shouldn’t have to sell as embargo rules don’t relate in this league to turnover against wages

You would hope they’d pump some money in to address weak areas but I won’t be holding my breath

What are weak areas in your opinion?

Londonccfcfan · Oct 3, 2021

There is a long long way to go. Sheffield United in their promotion season were shite relatively until xmas.

SkyblueDad · Oct 3, 2021

Grendel said:
This is the point - there’s been not huge spend from championship clubs and a lot are stuck with high wages

Normal service will probably resume next season as things settle down.

Teams like us, blackburn and Huddersfield are all higher than you’d expect

You only have to look at Barnsley and Swansea to see fortunes can change

The owners lack of flexibility could cost us. January tends to be a poor window anyway And unlike other years we shouldn’t have to sell as embargo rules don’t relate in this league to turnover against wages

You would hope they’d pump some money in to address weak areas but I won’t be holding my breath

They won’t pump any money in, best we can hope is we sell a fringe player or two and are allowed to use some of that money to strengthen, but the bottom has dropped out of the EFL transfer market. There’s little money and it’ll get worse wait till the next lot of annual accounts come out.

lord_garrincha · Oct 3, 2021

Stoke have a great manager in O'Neill.

What he did with Northern Ireland was exceptional.

I expect them to be well organised & difficult to beat for most of the season.

Saying that... We did take 4 points off them last season!

fernandopartridge · Oct 3, 2021

Tommo1993 said:
I predict the blades will get into gear at some point and ease their way up the table.

I can't see it with them, I think the reality is that they massively over performed to get to the PL as the squad is nothing special.

Brighton Sky Blue · Oct 3, 2021

Londonccfcfan said:
What are weak areas in your opinion?

Central defence

Deleted member 2477 · Oct 3, 2021

Londonccfcfan said:
Big expectations. Big pressure. The managers will be feeling it. Just like the Sheffield manager.

Robin's is under the least amount of pressure.

Even Stoke have spent some money relatively this year.

We dont want any of the top teams looking for a new manager

Deleted member 2477 · Oct 3, 2021

Londonccfcfan said:
There is a long long way to go. Sheffield United in their promotion season were shite relatively until xmas.

Have to say the biggest surprise this season is the poor performance of Shef Utd. Fully expected them to be one of the top teams

shmmeee · Oct 3, 2021

Londonccfcfan said:
What are weak areas in your opinion?

In squad terms we are about five players short I think: GK, CB x 2, LWB, AM

GK and the CBs aren’t urgent until they are, but AM and LWB I think we’re already seeing the problems with lack of options.

usskyblue · Oct 3, 2021

Londonccfcfan said:
I dont think we are giving US enough credit.

That’s very kind but I couldn’t do with without the squad and management team m8

Happy_Martian · Oct 3, 2021

Sheffield Uniteds main goal threat is 35 yr old Billy Sharp. At that age, the question will be how well they plan his rest periods as he's not going to be able to do a full season.

Bournemouth have a bigger squad than most of the league so I expect them to be top 3. And they seem to be able to spend money when they need to, even though they dropped down from the Prem with £80 million debt.

WBA have the money though their fans comment regularly that they're skint. They're playing the only way their manager knows, long balls and set pieces. A good half of this league plays the same way so they have a good chance of playoffs.

Fulham.... flattering to deceive. Thought they'd be much stronger than they have been. Big squad, seem to have a transfer fund to be jealous of. Top 6 but I wouldn't expect anything explosive.

Us ? We'll be safe and anything up to 7th place would be amazing. I actually do fear us being promoted as we are so underweight, we'd be easy targets for all the existing Prem teams. This should be another year of consolidation and improvement. If we can keep everyone together, next season should see the push to get promoted.

Grendel said:
The owners lack of flexibility could cost us. January tends to be a poor window anyway And unlike other years we shouldn’t have to sell as embargo rules don’t relate in this league to turnover against wages

You would hope they’d pump some money in to address weak areas but I won’t be holding my breath

And this is where I think things will change for the better. Seeing Joy at the game yesterday (Sky fixated on showing Fishy and she was sat next to him), I've never seen her so happy including after the cup win and the playoff final. I hope/think Robins hasn't just changed the fortunes of the team but also changed Joy's opinion of the club.

procdoc · Oct 3, 2021

shmmeee said:
In squad terms we are about five players short I think: GK, CB x 2, LWB, AM

GK and the CBs aren’t urgent until they are, but AM and LWB I think we’re already seeing the problems with lack of options.

You don’t half chat shit. Utterly clueless about the game

Gynnsthetonic · Oct 3, 2021

Happy_Martian said:
Sheffield Uniteds main goal threat is 35 yr old Billy Sharp. At that age, the question will be how well they plan his rest periods as he's not going to be able to do a full season.

Bournemouth have a bigger squad than most of the league so I expect them to be top 3. And they seem to be able to spend money when they need to, even though they dropped down from the Prem with £80 million debt.

WBA have the money though their fans comment regularly that they're skint. They're playing the only way their manager knows, long balls and set pieces. A good half of this league plays the same way so they have a good chance of playoffs.

Fulham.... flattering to deceive. Thought they'd be much stronger than they have been. Big squad, seem to have a transfer fund to be jealous of. Top 6 but I wouldn't expect anything explosive.

Us ? We'll be safe and anything up to 7th place would be amazing. I actually do fear us being promoted as we are so underweight, we'd be easy targets for all the existing Prem teams. This should be another year of consolidation and improvement. If we can keep everyone together, next season should see the push to get promoted.

And this is where I think things will change for the better. Seeing Joy at the game yesterday (Sky fixated on showing Fishy and she was sat next to him), I've never seen her so happy including after the cup win and the playoff final. I hope/think Robins hasn't just changed the fortunes of the team but also changed Joy's opinion of the club.

Never to early to go up, you have to take these opportunities when they come along, it could be our best chance of promotion with the championship apart from the obvious 3 not being so strong!

covcity4life · Oct 3, 2021

We need a lwb back up for maatsen really. If he was out long term we be fucked.

Maybe one more CB to be backup alongside rose.

Other than that we seem set. Wouldn't be opposed to selling walker or godden and bringing in another gyok quality striker but that seems unlikely lol

Tommo1993 · Oct 3, 2021

Meh. There’ll always be a dark horse in the mix when it matters. See Barnsley last season. I hope that’s us this season. Long way to go yet.

jimmyhillsfanclub · Oct 3, 2021

I have money on bournmouth for top spot......so they wont win it.

...but you're right....its wide open.....although I've a sneaking suspicion derby wont win it....

Briles · Oct 3, 2021

Its all out squad depth come Xmas. Our fitness levels touch wood have been excellent (bar the luton game). The bigger squads tend to pick up points when they lose important first team players. We coped without waghorn and Hamer but I fear we are a viktor injury away from a bit of trouble

shmmeee · Oct 3, 2021

covcity4life said:
We need a lwb back up for maatsen really. If he was out long term we be fucked.

Maybe one more CB to be backup alongside rose.

Other than that we seem set. Wouldn't be opposed to selling walker or godden and bringing in another gyok quality striker but that seems unlikely lol

Who would you play if O’Hare got a long term injury?

Or Moore for that matter.

procdoc · Oct 3, 2021

Briles said:
Its all out squad depth come Xmas. Our fitness levels touch wood have been excellent (bar the luton game). The bigger squads tend to pick up points when they lose important first team players. We coped without waghorn and Hamer but I fear we are a viktor injury away from a bit of trouble

There was nothing wrong with our fitness against Luton. We were off the boil and they were on it. It’s as simple as that really

Briles · Oct 3, 2021

procdoc said:
There was nothing wrong with our fitness against Luton. We were off the boil and they were on it. It’s as simple as that really

I thought we looked a bit leggy but could've just been Luton pressing us hard

procdoc · Oct 3, 2021

Briles said:
I thought we looked a bit leggy but could've just been Luton pressing us hard

Think it was the Luton press. We weren’t switched on and couldn’t recover from conceding early

NortonSkyBlue · Oct 3, 2021

shmmeee said:
Who would you play if O’Hare got a long term injury?

Or Moore for that matter.

Allen or Bright for Callum and Wilson for Moore. Wasn’t that difficult, next question please.

Londonccfcfan · Oct 3, 2021

procdoc said:
You don’t half chat shit. Utterly clueless about the game

That's a bit harsh ..I think he means squad depth cover.

We are never gonna be able to have like fir like 2nd X1. Impossible.

But I do like the idea getting an experienced versatile player in. Who is left sided.

Kanes been versatile but we will find Dabo is more versatile and will likely play LWB vs Blackburn.

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