villalad21 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 7 minutes ago, Londonastonvilla said: Just to provide some hope after 20 games Fulham were 15 th on 26 points 11 points behind 3rd placed Bristol city It just shows teams can rise up and fall away and position in December not good indicator of final position True, although i don't think we'll do a Fulham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 12 minutes ago, Londonastonvilla said: Just to provide some hope after 20 games Fulham were 15 th on 26 points 11 points behind 3rd placed Bristol city It just shows teams can rise up and fall away and position in December not good indicator of final position True. We have to play all the teams above us again, they all have to play each other, and for the added bonus, the teams above us could drop points to teams under us in the league and even towards the end as other teams fight for relegation. So much fun yet to happen now we approach the business end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 7 minutes ago, villalad21 said: True, although i don't think we'll do a Fulham Me neither, I think we could go one better and make the automatic spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 That bloody West Brom cost us bad esp with their win tonight ffs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 1 minute ago, Demitri_C said: That bloody West Brom cost us bad esp with their win tonight ffs Yeah. I don't think they will maintain this all season though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted December 14, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 14, 2018 1 hour ago, Londonastonvilla said: Just to provide some hope after 20 games Fulham were 15 th on 26 points 11 points behind 3rd placed Bristol city It just shows teams can rise up and fall away and position in December not good indicator of final position Fulham had to do far more last season than they would need to do this season also in my opinion. Wolves were 10,000 times better than anything in this league this year and Cardiff just ground it out. I can see Norwich and Leeds dropping far more points on the run in. It won't take anything like a mental Fulham style run to get top 2 this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 5th beat 3rd. I'm alright with that. Chance to go 2 points behind Sheff Utd tomorrow who sat 3rd before this weekends games. Leeds and Norwich opened up a 5 point gap on the pack last weekend. They can extend it further unless Bolton or Bristol City can do everyone else a favour. Forest beating Derby or a draw in that game and Boro leaving QPR empty handed and it's all getting very compact all of a sudden. I want to see Norwich, Leeds, Forest and Boro lose a couple of games and us to reach the new year without another loss. The whole thing would be so amazingly open. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted December 15, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 15, 2018 Some big games this weekend that will affect the top places. We have to make sure of the win today to take advantage. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintpotvilla Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 11 hours ago, AvfcRigo82 said: Yeah. I don't think they will maintain this all season though. Winning goal was offside, can't believe that ref's will keep gifting them points all season!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AvfcRigo82 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 15 minutes ago, pintpotvilla said: Winning goal was offside, can't believe that ref's will keep gifting them points all season!! They need all they help they can get I suppose. Weather that's playing Rugby or having their own 12th man as a linesman. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintpotvilla Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 1 minute ago, AvfcRigo82 said: They need all they help they can get I suppose. Weather that's playing Rugby or having their own 12th man as a linesman. Do we know whether they're taking their own friendly linesman round with them? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 I think Injuries and running out of steam are a real worry going forward - and we can not to any great extent call on the u23's - as they seem even more injury prone ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Shame we couldn't take all 3 points today but Stoke are Stoke, it's not the worst result. Good win for Leeds. 3 points off Boro. 6 points off 3rd as it stands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Automatic promotion seems incredibly unlikely with our shit defence. Should be able to make play-offs again though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVTuco Posted December 15, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 15, 2018 Play-offs it is, no chance for automatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Albrighton Posted December 15, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted December 15, 2018 More ground lost, so overall disappointing. The leaders edging further away from us. However, staying on an unbeaten run is a decent positive. For what it’s worth, from the Stoke and Leeds games I would have been happy with four points, so IF (big if there for our Leeds pals) we get a win next weekend, then it would put us closer to being back on track and would be a massive confidence boost. The transfer window can’t arrive soon enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jareth Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 It's difficult to keep optimism in check given how well we've played. I was satisfied we did not lose again, we really are unbeatable. Clearly we need the window, and one or two signings that tip the balance. Well done DS for all that you have achieved so far with this group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Smith has done very well, automatic promotion as an expectation was/is brainless, Smith inherited an enormous mess, an extremely unbalanced squad that was drastically lacking in match fitness and a cohesive style. In a fairly short space of time we are a lot fitter and have a distinctive style, with players understanding what they need to do. Of course, we're a shambles at the back, but that's because we have shambolic players, a terrible keeper, not a huge amount of quality in central defence and garbage options at fullback. January is very important isn't it? I think we will get a playoff spot and that will represent a good achievement for Smith because it will be a playoff spot achieved with a genuine plan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farlz Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Hopefully this will put an end to the ridiculous top 2 claims 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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