TRO Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) 10 minutes ago, a m ole said: we aim to win every game, that should be the strategy. A draw against Fulham doesn’t hold off Cardiff or Derby. Fulham might look good but they’d have to overhaul 7 points on us, we can’t look that far down. I think only the Wolves match should be where we approach with caution and consider playing for a draw in the latter stages depending on where we are. I think it depends on how caution is defined in terms of our approach. They have a fine home record and on on form, scoring lots of goals.....gungho would be equally as stupid. despite our impressive back line (on paper), we still are suseptible to conceding goals as was illustrated against Burton. an approach similar to Middlesborough away, would be sensible. Edited February 15, 2018 by TRO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn1982 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I said when this run started and we were a bit off of Derby 2 pts a game will get us 2nd so from our next 6 we have 4 very winnable games and 2 tough but winnable so I’d take a draw on Saturday now but 3 would be nice. What’s our record of consecutive wins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holteend1982 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 18 minutes ago, dn1982 said: I said when this run started and we were a bit off of Derby 2 pts a game will get us 2nd so from our next 6 we have 4 very winnable games and 2 tough but winnable so I’d take a draw on Saturday now but 3 would be nice. What’s our record of consecutive wins? 11 i believe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) 2 minutes ago, holteend1982 said: 11 i believe. In 1971 could have been 14 but dropped points to Rochdale of all people. Edited February 15, 2018 by TRO 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 48 minutes ago, a m ole said: we aim to win every game, that should be the strategy. A draw against Fulham doesn’t hold off Cardiff or Derby. Fulham might look good but they’d have to overhaul 7 points on us, we can’t look that far down. I think only the Wolves match should be where we approach with caution and consider playing for a draw in the latter stages depending on where we are. At villa park we shouldn’t be looking to play for a draw against anyone in this division - wolves are very beatable . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 4 minutes ago, Eastie said: At villa park we shouldn’t be looking to play for a draw against anyone in this division - wolves are very beatable . As Swansea have recently shown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Eastie Posted February 15, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted February 15, 2018 1 minute ago, TRO said: As Swansea have recently shown. They’ve lost the same number of games as us over their last 28 league games and taken 4 points more than us in that period . the big difference being they took 9 from their 1st 3 games and we took 1 point - not that much between us since then and no reason to play for a draw against them at home . 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 18 minutes ago, Eastie said: They’ve lost the same number of games as us over their last 28 league games and taken 4 points more than us in that period . the big difference being they took 9 from their 1st 3 games and we took 1 point - not that much between us since then and no reason to play for a draw against them at home . Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntrimBlack Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 49 minutes ago, Eastie said: At villa park we shouldn’t be looking to play for a draw against anyone in this division - wolves are very beatable . Agreed. I would venture to say Wolves will not play a better team than us in the run in, and they will know it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted February 15, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) Well would you believe it! Guess who the TalkSport SUPER computer now thinks will be in 2nd position at the end of the season? This is one serious bit of kit! Edited February 15, 2018 by Nigel 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 2 hours ago, TRO said: I think it depends on how caution is defined in terms of our approach. They have a fine home record and on on form, scoring lots of goals.....gungho would be equally as stupid. despite our impressive back line (on paper), we still are suseptible to conceding goals as was illustrated against Burton. an approach similar to Middlesborough away, would be sensible. yeah i’m thinking in terms of your classic “play for a draw”. It would be totally fine to knick the first goal and stop all risk taking after that against Fulham. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Eastie said: At villa park we shouldn’t be looking to play for a draw against anyone in this division - wolves are very beatable . yep but if it’s 1-1 say in the 80th, not sure it’s worth the risk. Any other game, definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) 16 minutes ago, a m ole said: yep but if it’s 1-1 say in the 80th, not sure it’s worth the risk. Any other game, definitely. Risk losing one point to gain 3 points seems a good gamble to me ,especially at home . Edited February 15, 2018 by Eastie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 We should be going for the 3 points every game from here until the end of the season. Play on the front foot, score goals. Follow the great man. Haway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) 18 minutes ago, rodders0223 said: We should be going for the 3 points every game from here until the end of the season. Play on the front foot, score goals. Follow the great man. Haway! Right philosophy but wrong man, fixed - Edited February 15, 2018 by Eastie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GREAT_BEARD_OF_ZEUS Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 This may sound a bit defeatist but I would take a draw with Fulham right now. I rate them as our biggest rivals for automatic promotion. They're on the same run as last year which saw them storm into the playoffs from nowhere, only they've come good earlier. A draw means they don't make up any ground, whereas I think Cardiff and Derby will drop more points in the coming weeks - including to Fulham. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I think we can overwhelm fulham If we go at them. I think we have such a strong core defensively that we can afford to do it as well. Same as last week. The defence beat them physically and allow Grealish, Hourihane, Adomah and Snodgrass to tear them apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I would take a view, where we stay in the game, in other words containment.....and catch them on the break.....but it depends on how the game plays out....we could go out and blitz them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eastie Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 14 minutes ago, TRO said: I would take a view, where we stay in the game, in other words containment.....and catch them on the break.....but it depends on how the game plays out....we could go out and blitz them. The last 3 away games have seen 1-0 wins and I see this being similar - keeping it tight at the back and nicking a goal at the other end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srsmithusa Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 I think cardiff is our biggest threat. Winning is largely habit. So, I won't take a fulham draw now. (of course I'll take it afterwards if it happens, because I'll have no choice, then.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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