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Well it seems this morning that all sporting radio stations have already decided that the top 2 places in the championship will be contested between only 3 teams and no one else can catch WBA, Leeds and Fulham. Might as well pack up and go home huh lads? I really don’t know if I’m happy that no-one is even talking about us with a chance of going up or actually annoyed that no-one is giving the team the credit they deserve at the moment. Sure, we are not all guns blazing and running round like crazy people at high tempo but what we are is street wise, organised with good game management. We have improved areas of our game where we were lacking. We are also not burning ourselves out early in the season, So many times we have run ourselves into the ground by chasing players and the ball this time we are moving together like chess pieces small movements using less energy and playing the long game.
We may not make top two, we may not go up but right now, to count any team out so early in the season before the madness of the festive period is just a lack of respect in what is the most unpredictable league in Europe.
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Three clean sheets in a row, our defensive setup is as good as I can remember in the championship years (even better than billy/dougie)
We look solid under pressure, have a class keeper and apparently have depth in defence. Figs has come in and we’ve immediately got 3 clean sheets. 2m Jenkinson backing up cash, we’ve even got two left backs!
Not conceding will take us a long way
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Spot on Wassy. We are as tight as a ducks arse at the back at the moment.
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5 points ahead of Brentford with a game in hand.
And we’re still a bigger price to reach play offs!
Do the bookies know something we don’t?
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I have seen that as well TPL. The bookies seem to get obsessed with certain teams and take no note of how some of the others are actually doing. I know Leeds are 1/6 to get promoted ..... what, ridiculous odds and after last season they may well blow up again. We are dojng good and I hope we stay under the radar until we are suddenly 1/10 to get promoted at the end of April.
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(28-11-2019, 01:48 PM)ThePromisedLand Wrote: 5 points ahead of Brentford with a game in hand.
And we’re still a bigger price to reach play offs!
Do the bookies know something we don’t?
No but we know plenty that they don't.
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We were nearly 3/1 to beat Brentford at home when we played them despite being in form at the time and top or 2nd. I guess the bookies don’t like our lack of shots or possession. Undervaluing our excellent defensive resolve though. Plenty of teams have been successful winning 1-0 every week. Certainly if you’re a team looking to overachieve that’s the best strategy.
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Not via the top 2 by the looks of things.
Not without further investment this jan'.
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Got to learn how to win against the ugly sides.
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Got to learn how to win at home - against teams that put 11 behind the ball.
Very different to playing away against teams that attack us.
We concede possession away from home - but come away with the points.
Not sure that Cardiff were guilty of much more than that today.
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I think the bookies know us better than some of our fans.
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We can no probs if we recognize our weak areas & sign the players needed to fill them.
