| Where will we finish this season? 12:30 - Sep 18 with 9693 views | _clive_baker_ |
Just need a number, we can revisit this in May. I'm going for........
6th |  | | |  |
| Where will we finish this season? on 14:57 - Sep 18 with 2404 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Where will we finish this season? on 14:49 - Sep 18 by LankHenners |
I get the PPG point but also think it'll be hard for us to maintain our current form (or even marginally below it) for the whole season. It's easy to look at other teams and say they'll fall off or will struggle when injuries hit etc. but think it's a bit inward-looking to assume we'll carry on being great or that other teams' good starts aren't built on solid foundations.
There'll be a lot of tight margins and as McKenna said we could have won all of our games so far but equally if some things didn't fall our way we might have not won a couple of the ones we did. That'll be the same of other teams as well and will continue to be like that all season. Bar 1 or 2 there often aren't 'outstanding' teams but quite a few very good, solid ones that will always be in the game regardless of the scoreline, hopefully we can keep on being on of those.
Too early for me to judge whether we'll cope well with injuries/suspensions as well. A demanding schedule coming up plus the potential to lose 3 key players for a chunk of the early part of next year. If we're still in the playoff picture by the time February rolls around then maybe I'll think we're capable of staying there. |
We probably need 60 points from 40 games to guarantee the play offs - so 1.5ppg which is quite a drop off from the 2.5ppg we are currently hitting (and obviously won't maintain). What our excellent start has done is give us a few points head start on teams that will be challenging the top six - 6 points ahead of Leeds, 7 points ahead of Watford. If we win tomorrow we are 8 points ahead of Southampton. Not to be sniffed at even this early in the season. [Post edited 18 Sep 2023 15:06]
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| Where will we finish this season? on 15:04 - Sep 18 with 2363 views | itfcsuth |
8th.
I think we are a terrific side to watch, and are such a well oiled machine these days, but the jump in divisions is evident and feel we will see more difficult days throughout the season.
We have started incredibly well, but things will occur throughout the season such as injuries, internationals and natural dips in form etc.
However, 8th would continue to show the incredible trajectory/journey this club is on. |  | | |
| Where will we finish this season? on 15:07 - Sep 18 with 2349 views | Whos_blue |
8th |  |
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| Where will we finish this season? on 15:07 - Sep 18 with 2347 views | E_I_E_I_E_I_O |
3rd
However if Morsy gets injured or goes to AFCON 5th. | | | |
| Where will we finish this season? on 15:08 - Sep 18 with 2348 views | itfcsuth |
| Where will we finish this season? on 13:39 - Sep 18 by Herbivore |
Those who think we'll finish around 9th, who do you think will finish above us? I guess the relegated sides but they've all looked vulnerable at times thus far and it'll be interesting to see how they hold up if they hit a bit of adversity. Middleborough who many picked look fairly hopeless thus far. Coventry look okay and Sunderland are finding some form. Scum look flat track bullies to me and I suspect if they hit a blip they won't recover. Nobody else looks outstanding based on what we've seen so far.
If we finish 9th it'll mean we'll take around 50-55 points from our remaining games (9th place took 66 points last season) which is around 1.25-1.37 PPG for our remaining fixtures. That's sustained mid to lower midtable form for the rest of the season. Perhaps I'm being overly optimistic, but that would surprise me. [Post edited 18 Sep 2023 13:47]
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I think the difference between this and L1 is the fact that there are so many teams of good quality deeper down the division.
We are just games in out of 46, there is still such a marathon to go.
I personally feel the like of Leicester, Leeds, Saints, Sunderland, Blackburn, Birmingham, Preston, Coventry, Norwich and even Middlesbrough (as silly as that looks now) will have strong seasons. | | | |
| Where will we finish this season? on 15:17 - Sep 18 with 2315 views | billlm |
8th |  | | |
| Where will we finish this season? on 15:26 - Sep 18 with 2296 views | ArnieM |
5th |  |
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| Where will we finish this season? on 15:44 - Sep 18 with 2281 views | Herbivore |
| Where will we finish this season? on 14:49 - Sep 18 by LankHenners |
I get the PPG point but also think it'll be hard for us to maintain our current form (or even marginally below it) for the whole season. It's easy to look at other teams and say they'll fall off or will struggle when injuries hit etc. but think it's a bit inward-looking to assume we'll carry on being great or that other teams' good starts aren't built on solid foundations.
There'll be a lot of tight margins and as McKenna said we could have won all of our games so far but equally if some things didn't fall our way we might have not won a couple of the ones we did. That'll be the same of other teams as well and will continue to be like that all season. Bar 1 or 2 there often aren't 'outstanding' teams but quite a few very good, solid ones that will always be in the game regardless of the scoreline, hopefully we can keep on being on of those.
Too early for me to judge whether we'll cope well with injuries/suspensions as well. A demanding schedule coming up plus the potential to lose 3 key players for a chunk of the early part of next year. If we're still in the playoff picture by the time February rolls around then maybe I'll think we're capable of staying there. |
Nobody is suggesting we'll carry on our current PPG, if we did we would absolutely piss the league with 115 points. But there's a huge area between our current 2.5 PPG and the 1.25 PPG that would see us finishing around 9th and, for me, I don't think it's likely we're going to seem sustained form over the next 40 games that over the course of a season would see us only amass 57 points. I think we're better than that.
Of course it's early days and we're seeing that most sides at this level are capable of beating each other on their day and we've done well to string together a good sequence of results when 4 of our 6 games were pretty close contests and could have gone either way (I put our one defeat in that category too).
It'll be interesting to see where we are in a month. A few more wins in that period and it'd take a pretty disastrous three quarters of a season to sink to a ninth place finish. |  |
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| Where will we finish this season? on 15:50 - Sep 18 with 2271 views | Herbivore |
| Where will we finish this season? on 15:08 - Sep 18 by itfcsuth |
I think the difference between this and L1 is the fact that there are so many teams of good quality deeper down the division.
We are just games in out of 46, there is still such a marathon to go.
I personally feel the like of Leicester, Leeds, Saints, Sunderland, Blackburn, Birmingham, Preston, Coventry, Norwich and even Middlesbrough (as silly as that looks now) will have strong seasons. |
Middleborough already have a 14 point gap to overhaul if they are going to have a better season than us. I really don't see them finishing above us. I can see why people automatically assume the relegated sides will do well (although often they don't) but some of the other sides people fancy I don't see as having much greater strength in depth than us. | |
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| Where will we finish this season? on 17:20 - Sep 18 with 2190 views | BlueBadger |
Home to Huddersfield. |  |
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| Where will we finish this season? on 17:26 - Sep 18 with 2183 views | BiGDonnie |
| Where will we finish this season? on 15:08 - Sep 18 by itfcsuth |
I think the difference between this and L1 is the fact that there are so many teams of good quality deeper down the division.
We are just games in out of 46, there is still such a marathon to go.
I personally feel the like of Leicester, Leeds, Saints, Sunderland, Blackburn, Birmingham, Preston, Coventry, Norwich and even Middlesbrough (as silly as that looks now) will have strong seasons. |
M'boro? FFS |  |
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| Where will we finish this season? on 17:40 - Sep 18 with 2160 views | HighgateBlue |
Playoffs.
If pushed for a number, then 4th. I think we'll be in a bit of a tussle with Norwich all season. Which makes a welcome change from recent years! |  | | |
| Where will we finish this season? on 17:54 - Sep 18 with 2151 views | BigCommon |
Tough to predict atm...I said top 8 pre season. If we are top 8 or there abouts by January. And we have a blinding January window like last season. Then we could push for top 6...
There's so much can happen throughout the division between now and April, though. Managers leaving clubs, players getting sold, players getting bought, loan signings coming good. It's just too early to predict where we'll end up, with any real confidence, imo...But I'm happy to enjoy the ride.. |  | | |
| Where will we finish this season? on 21:20 - Sep 18 with 2098 views | Pendejo |
Top of the tree, a number one  |  |
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| Where will we finish this season? on 21:43 - Sep 18 with 2066 views | braveblue |
5th | | | |
| Where will we finish this season? on 21:49 - Sep 18 with 2046 views | reusersfreekicks |
5th |  | | |
| Where will we finish this season? on 21:52 - Sep 18 with 2041 views | pointofblue |
Midtable. I don't think we'll be able to sustain this form, but midtable will be fine for our first season back. | |
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| Where will we finish this season? on 22:21 - Sep 18 with 2013 views | cordonblue |
3rd....
Lestah
Leeds
Ipswich
Sunderland
Watford
Norwich | | | |
| Where will we finish this season? on 22:21 - Sep 18 with 2013 views | N2_Blue |
1st |  |
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| Where will we finish this season? on 22:39 - Sep 18 with 1997 views | Tractorboy24 |
Expectation before season started was about 10th, now I’ll go 5th. |  | | |
| Where will we finish this season? on 12:54 - Sep 19 with 1917 views | BiGDonnie |
| Where will we finish this season? on 14:43 - Sep 18 by BiGDonnie |
1st.
Maybe, just maybe Leicester will pip us to the title and we'll finish 2nd. |
I'm top of the prediction league so I think we should close this thread now and start celebrating? | |
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| Where will we finish this season? on 14:37 - Sep 19 with 1876 views | The_Romford_Blue |
Balls to this. Top.
100 points, 100 goals |  |
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| Where will we finish this season? on 14:53 - Sep 19 with 1855 views | GavTWTD |
4th |  |
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| I agree - 6th (n/t) on 15:02 - Sep 19 with 1840 views | unstableblue |
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| Where will we finish this season? on 15:02 - Sep 19 with 1839 views | Coastalblue |
5th |  |
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