rocky
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Post by rocky on Apr 7, 2021 11:47:03 GMT 1
Lose Saturday and i’d say it was about 50/50 5 points clear and we'd be as likely to go down as stay up ? Keep smoking whatever you're smoking Agree it wouldn't be 50/50, but it also wouldn't be the impossibility you seem to think. 6/1 to go down at the mo - seems about right to me. If we lose on Saturday, that's going to be about 3/1, especially if Wednesday also win. That said, a Town win and it should be as good as done, even if Wednesday win. For me a draw against Rotherham isn't a disaster, but we're right in it with a defeat.
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Post by Chips Longhorn on Apr 7, 2021 12:07:34 GMT 1
5 points clear and we'd be as likely to go down as stay up ? Keep smoking whatever you're smoking Agree it wouldn't be 50/50, but it also wouldn't be the impossibility you seem to think. 6/1 to go down at the mo - seems about right to me. If we lose on Saturday, that's going to be about 3/1, especially if Wednesday also win. That said, a Town win and it should be as good as done, even if Wednesday win. For me a draw against Rotherham isn't a disaster, but we're right in it with a defeat. I think a draw is fine . A defeat still leaves us 5 points clear. I can't get alarmed at being 5 clear. Big game on Saturday though for sure .
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2021 12:10:58 GMT 1
5 points clear and we'd be as likely to go down as stay up ? Keep smoking whatever you're smoking Agree it wouldn't be 50/50, but it also wouldn't be the impossibility you seem to think. 6/1 to go down at the mo - seems about right to me. If we lose on Saturday, that's going to be about 3/1, especially if Wednesday also win. That said, a Town win and it should be as good as done, even if Wednesday win. For me a draw against Rotherham isn't a disaster, but we're right in it with a defeat. Agreed. The Rotherham match is pivotal, not just because it is against our nearest relegation rival but more to see how the team react to last night. Getting screwed 7 zip can mess up your mind.
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Apr 7, 2021 12:23:27 GMT 1
People are missing the omen...
We lost 7-0, we now have 7 games to play. We'll win up from here and be ready to storm into next season, after the obligatory England hype, followed by a glorious failure...
Well that's my optimistic view anyway, still think we'll be OK, fairly obvious that a 7-0 hammering will result in a few teddies being thrown about on here.
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Post by overtonterrierspirit on Apr 7, 2021 13:19:01 GMT 1
People are missing the omen... We lost 7-0, we now have 7 games to play. We'll win up from here and be ready to storm into next season, after the obligatory England hype, followed by a glorious failure... Well that's my optimistic view anyway, still think we'll be OK, fairly obvious that a 7-0 hammering will result in a few teddies being thrown about on here. Even better if we sign a player called Damien in the Summer!
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Post by goodbet on Apr 7, 2021 14:43:55 GMT 1
People are missing the omen... We lost 7-0, we now have 7 games to play. We'll win up from here and be ready to storm into next season, after the obligatory England hype, followed by a glorious failure... Well that's my optimistic view anyway, still think we'll be OK, fairly obvious that a 7-0 hammering will result in a few teddies being thrown about on here. Wouldn't you expect a few teddies being thrown around or a few hair driers anyway after that performance. Watching the game as a Town fan we could see Norwich playing well but that was because we allowed them to play well. If we could have got within 2m of them it would have been a start. If our players thought about trying to get a foot in it would have helped a little. I am dreading the transfer window wherever we end up playing next year, watching players leave and trying to find out who we have signed. I expect that I will never have heard of the new players before, unless there are some more ex-players looking for a home to come back to. I suppose we should not forget our usual selection of mid 30's centre backs to replace the ones departing. But after all it will be just me throwing a few teddies about pointing out our failures to people who simply don't want to listen and refuse to believe anything that could spoil their cosy world.
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Post by nicovaesen on Apr 7, 2021 16:05:44 GMT 1
Can’t see any positives, sadly high and Thomas only got their flashes as Norwich were cruising pretty much like most town performers “up” their game when the opposition is winning
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Post by teddytheterrier on Apr 7, 2021 17:36:38 GMT 1
7-0 fuck me! We didn’t even get gubbed 7-0 whilst flying high in the prem.
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Post by themanfromatlantis on Apr 7, 2021 17:43:21 GMT 1
People are missing the omen... We lost 7-0, we now have 7 games to play. We'll win up from here and be ready to storm into next season, after the obligatory England hype, followed by a glorious failure... Well that's my optimistic view anyway, still think we'll be OK, fairly obvious that a 7-0 hammering will result in a few teddies being thrown about on here. Wouldn't you expect a few teddies being thrown around or a few hair driers anyway after that performance. Watching the game as a Town fan we could see Norwich playing well but that was because we allowed them to play well. If we could have got within 2m of them it would have been a start. If our players thought about trying to get a foot in it would have helped a little. I am dreading the transfer window wherever we end up playing next year, watching players leave and trying to find out who we have signed. I expect that I will never have heard of the new players before, unless there are some more ex-players looking for a home to come back to. I suppose we should not forget our usual selection of mid 30's centre backs to replace the ones departing. But after all it will be just me throwing a few teddies about pointing out our failures to people who simply don't want to listen and refuse to believe anything that could spoil their cosy world. That's why I said it would be fairly obvious. At 4-0 on 30mins, Norwich hitting pretty much everything, it was bound to result in a bit of a shambles from Town. It was either the 3rd or 4th goal the players were having the odd 'debate' about things, so once that's gone and the opposition is high on confidence, it was a foregone conclusion. But it was one game in a 46 game season, we were a bit shite, but that doesn't mean we're an utterly shite team. I accept it's a long time in coming, but we need a spark and then some consistency. Wagner seemed to change a lot of things in his early days, but once the honeymoon period was over, the wheels came off just as fast as they went on (was anyone on here expecting promotion to the PL in his first full season? Not even sure DW was). We need another game changer to get us out of the rut that we just can't seem to get out of recently. We're a middling club at present.
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Post by goodbet on Apr 8, 2021 10:16:34 GMT 1
Wouldn't you expect a few teddies being thrown around or a few hair driers anyway after that performance. Watching the game as a Town fan we could see Norwich playing well but that was because we allowed them to play well. If we could have got within 2m of them it would have been a start. If our players thought about trying to get a foot in it would have helped a little. I am dreading the transfer window wherever we end up playing next year, watching players leave and trying to find out who we have signed. I expect that I will never have heard of the new players before, unless there are some more ex-players looking for a home to come back to. I suppose we should not forget our usual selection of mid 30's centre backs to replace the ones departing. But after all it will be just me throwing a few teddies about pointing out our failures to people who simply don't want to listen and refuse to believe anything that could spoil their cosy world. That's why I said it would be fairly obvious. At 4-0 on 30mins, Norwich hitting pretty much everything, it was bound to result in a bit of a shambles from Town. It was either the 3rd or 4th goal the players were having the odd 'debate' about things, so once that's gone and the opposition is high on confidence, it was a foregone conclusion. But it was one game in a 46 game season, we were a bit shite, but that doesn't mean we're an utterly shite team. I accept it's a long time in coming, but we need a spark and then some consistency. Wagner seemed to change a lot of things in his early days, but once the honeymoon period was over, the wheels came off just as fast as they went on (was anyone on here expecting promotion to the PL in his first full season? Not even sure DW was). We need another game changer to get us out of the rut that we just can't seem to get out of recently. We're a middling club at present. Wagner was a one off, we got a new team that I believe included 3 club captains from their previous clubs to help with the leadership that we seem to lack at the moment. He get them on an island together and formed a team. Are we likely to see the like again, I doubt it. The club statements are all about having no money and reducing the wages. We can all understand the reason for this, but if you were a player (not a fan) and Town came knocking on your door with an agent what would be your thoughts be about the club? I assume that agents have a better knowledge of the clubs financials and the management structure and even if we stay in the championship just about every other club in this division would look more attractive than we do. If we made a marquee signing and showed some intent it would change the picture a lot, but I very much doubt that that is likely. I hope we are a middling club at present, but we appear to be a club in a downward spiral trying to build a new first team squad in the summer to compete next year. Probably built around Holmes, Campbell and our other sick note striker. The club seem to be building up O'Brian and Toffolo in the press to get a pay day in the summer for them. I doubt that we expected promotion to the premier league, but I think that they had lit a spark and started a change. Sign of a spark now? It is dark out their so if one appears it will not be missed, just don't hold your breath.
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Post by cissystrutt74 on Apr 9, 2021 16:33:18 GMT 1
Sums us up!
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