Dodgyknees Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 (edited) Without investment to get the players we are crying out for (an advanced midfielder, some wingers) we'll struggle. The difference between us and Newcastle, was an attacking play maker who can open the defence and some quick footed wingers who took the game to us out wide. Edited September 14, 2013 by dodgyknees 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Nowhere pleasant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 (edited) Still way too early to predict for me. Edited September 14, 2013 by Mantis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Still way too early to predict for me. Teams are going to come at us, get a goal and sit back and invite pressure from players who cannot break teams down. It's a problem which sticks out like a sore thumb and the answer is not a "big man" striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 (edited) Still way too early to predict for me. Teams are going to come at us, get a goal and sit back and invite pressure from players who cannot break teams down. It's a problem which sticks out like a sore thumb and the answer is not a "big man" striker. I don't recall saying or implying that we would finish in a high position, just that it's too early to properly predict - and it is. It's a long season and I think we could finish anywhere from 8th-17th, which I would've said at the start of the season. There doesn't seem to be much between 7th and 20th this year. Edited September 14, 2013 by Mantis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swerbs Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 We'll struggle but we'll be okay. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P3te Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 still 8-12 imo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 12TH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KjParton Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 With this home form it will be bottom half definitely.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Midtable. I do think people get hung up on losing games sometimes, yes 3 loses out of 4 isn't great (even though two of those were expected) but say we go to Norwich next week and win (which we've done twice under Lambert) then that will get you more points than two battling draws in a week as we were doing this time two years ago under McLeish e.g. a 1-1 home draw against ironically Newcastle was followed by a 1-1 at Qpr. We will get wins and points away from home, we're just set up for it so I'm expecting 4 points from Hull and Norwich and would be worried if we did below that. But our crippling inability to win many home games will mean we struggle to move much above that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelVilla Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 10 - 12 sounds about right. If we compare this four games from last season we are 3 points better and with a hell of a lot better goal difference. Need to beat Norwich away this season just like last year though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Somewhere in the bottom 5. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayEm Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Completely deflated after today, I thought we'd really turned a corner since last season but it seems I was wrong. Top half will be a real achievement. Having said that, I don't think we'll go down. Today was a bad day, but there will be better days to come. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart-L7 Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 We keep playing like today and I predict another shit your pants end to the season 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 It's impossible to made predictions for an entire season based on one game. Our performance and result against Arsenal was that of a title-chasing team whereas our performance and result today was that of a relegation team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 The problem is we usually get 1 down and chase the game ! I think if we lead a game early .. we could do fantastic job .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Still plenty of weak teams in this league, Norwich, Promoted three, Fulham, West Brom, Stoke and West Ham have the look of solid midtable to me, Newcastle aswell as long as their attacking players stay fit. We can finish above most of those teams no problem but we won't trouble the top 8 winning 5 home games all season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Still think we'll finish between 7th and 10th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.I.C.O. Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 I've seen nothing to suggest we'll finish any higher than last season, sorry to say. Norwich away is a huge game. Lose that one and we are in very big trouble indeed - especially with Man City to come after that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Avenue Posted September 14, 2013 Share Posted September 14, 2013 Still reckon about 12th, there are lots of shit teams outside the top 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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