| 9 cup finals 17:47 - Mar 15 with 1386 views | Blue_Heath | First off we have to beat Millwall next week. Then we have a mega run of 8 games in a very congested amount of time. Get next weekend done and then rest the players up and get them ready for one hard slog. Momentum here will be key to keep the players feeling fit and fresh. Some very tough games in there, we are going to have be much better than we were Saturday if we are going to make it. |  |
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| 9 cup finals on 17:51 - Mar 15 with 1352 views | Nthsuffolkblue | If we beat Millwall and Boro that goes a long way to getting automatic promotion. A draw against both is enough to keep us very much in the fight. Since we are at home for both games that works to our advantage too. Missing Davis doesn't. Having Nunez and Philogene back would. We then have nodge away. A nightmare scenario sees us lose 2 or all 3 and no more than draw one. |  |
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| 9 cup finals on 18:16 - Mar 15 with 1280 views | Blue_Heath |
| 9 cup finals on 17:51 - Mar 15 by Nthsuffolkblue | If we beat Millwall and Boro that goes a long way to getting automatic promotion. A draw against both is enough to keep us very much in the fight. Since we are at home for both games that works to our advantage too. Missing Davis doesn't. Having Nunez and Philogene back would. We then have nodge away. A nightmare scenario sees us lose 2 or all 3 and no more than draw one. |
Don't forget Saints, that said even the easy games like West Brom no longer easy given their result at weekend. We're gonna need to find that elusive 5th gear. |  |
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| 9 cup finals on 08:06 - Mar 16 with 864 views | Yppswyche |
| 9 cup finals on 18:16 - Mar 15 by Blue_Heath | Don't forget Saints, that said even the easy games like West Brom no longer easy given their result at weekend. We're gonna need to find that elusive 5th gear. |
We’ve only really hit 4th gear once. Funny old season this one innit |  | |  |
| 9 cup finals on 08:55 - Mar 16 with 784 views | WestSussexBlue |
| 9 cup finals on 17:51 - Mar 15 by Nthsuffolkblue | If we beat Millwall and Boro that goes a long way to getting automatic promotion. A draw against both is enough to keep us very much in the fight. Since we are at home for both games that works to our advantage too. Missing Davis doesn't. Having Nunez and Philogene back would. We then have nodge away. A nightmare scenario sees us lose 2 or all 3 and no more than draw one. |
I’ve a horrible feeling about our trip to Carrot Road. They’re really in form and at times we don’t get going until we really need too. They’ll be well up for sticking a spanner into our Automatic promotion hunt. For me, Two crucial wins against Millwall then Boro is very much needed to allow for the unthinkable. |  | |  |
| 9 cup finals on 09:03 - Mar 16 with 748 views | Dubtractor |
| 9 cup finals on 08:55 - Mar 16 by WestSussexBlue | I’ve a horrible feeling about our trip to Carrot Road. They’re really in form and at times we don’t get going until we really need too. They’ll be well up for sticking a spanner into our Automatic promotion hunt. For me, Two crucial wins against Millwall then Boro is very much needed to allow for the unthinkable. |
If you offered me wins against Boro and Millwall but a loss against the budgies, I'd take it without hesitation. |  |
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| 9 cup finals on 09:20 - Mar 16 with 676 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| 9 cup finals on 08:55 - Mar 16 by WestSussexBlue | I’ve a horrible feeling about our trip to Carrot Road. They’re really in form and at times we don’t get going until we really need too. They’ll be well up for sticking a spanner into our Automatic promotion hunt. For me, Two crucial wins against Millwall then Boro is very much needed to allow for the unthinkable. |
Any Ipswich fan who doesn't have a horrible feeling about that game is mental. I absolutely hate playing them there. They always seem to find an extra gear and are bang up for it. Too often at Carrow Road we are flat and don't rise to the occasion. Dreading it already. |  |
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| 9 cup finals on 09:33 - Mar 16 with 621 views | FrimleyBlue |
| 9 cup finals on 09:20 - Mar 16 by TRUE_BLUE123 | Any Ipswich fan who doesn't have a horrible feeling about that game is mental. I absolutely hate playing them there. They always seem to find an extra gear and are bang up for it. Too often at Carrow Road we are flat and don't rise to the occasion. Dreading it already. |
If we can win the games before, i'd absolutely love us to rest our better players against them, take what ever result comes and prep for the week ahead. Pompy then Middlesborough are more important fixtures imo. |  |
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| 9 cup finals on 09:46 - Mar 16 with 570 views | Wallingford_Boy | I'd take a draw against Millwall and at Norwich, but feel we need to beat Boro. |  |
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| 9 cup finals on 09:58 - Mar 16 with 515 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| 9 cup finals on 09:33 - Mar 16 by FrimleyBlue | If we can win the games before, i'd absolutely love us to rest our better players against them, take what ever result comes and prep for the week ahead. Pompy then Middlesborough are more important fixtures imo. |
Absolutely not. Resting players away at your rivals when every game is going to be huge is a shocking idea. [Post edited 16 Mar 9:58]
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| 9 cup finals on 10:10 - Mar 16 with 441 views | FrimleyBlue |
| 9 cup finals on 09:58 - Mar 16 by TRUE_BLUE123 | Absolutely not. Resting players away at your rivals when every game is going to be huge is a shocking idea. [Post edited 16 Mar 9:58]
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not really imo in a heated derby, i'd rather be able to have the opportunity to rest the likes of Jayden, nunez, azor than miss them after it. |  |
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| 9 cup finals on 10:12 - Mar 16 with 431 views | Metal_Hacker |
| 9 cup finals on 10:10 - Mar 16 by FrimleyBlue | not really imo in a heated derby, i'd rather be able to have the opportunity to rest the likes of Jayden, nunez, azor than miss them after it. |
The "Derby" aspect has to be taken out of the equation at this point of the season IMHO It's another 3 points up for grabs and need to be taken I'm sure it'll be sold and managed as just "another game and 3 points" to the players |  |
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| 9 cup finals on 10:21 - Mar 16 with 395 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| 9 cup finals on 10:10 - Mar 16 by FrimleyBlue | not really imo in a heated derby, i'd rather be able to have the opportunity to rest the likes of Jayden, nunez, azor than miss them after it. |
And then we lose that Derby because we have rested our best players and we miss out on potentially getting 3 points in a promotion race. Terrible idea. |  |
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| 9 cup finals on 10:26 - Mar 16 with 373 views | _CliveBaker_ |
| 9 cup finals on 10:10 - Mar 16 by FrimleyBlue | not really imo in a heated derby, i'd rather be able to have the opportunity to rest the likes of Jayden, nunez, azor than miss them after it. |
Ridiculous suggestion. Since Christmas Norwich have won at home against Charlton, Preston, Sheffield United, Wednesday, West Brom, Blackburn and Coventry. They've lost to Stoke, Watford and Birmingham. They deserve a lot of credit for their recent form under Clement but they haven't turned into peak Barcelona. Forget the fact its a Derby, we should go there confident we can win it. |  | |  |
| 9 cup finals on 10:28 - Mar 16 with 360 views | FrimleyBlue |
| 9 cup finals on 10:21 - Mar 16 by TRUE_BLUE123 | And then we lose that Derby because we have rested our best players and we miss out on potentially getting 3 points in a promotion race. Terrible idea. |
we could get 3 points, but then lose 3 points and boro gain 3 on us the following week if what i said did happen in the derby I dunno, we can't obviously play every game with our ultimate best lineup. im just saying Nodge away isn't one i'd be forcing the issue if we've won our games before it. |  |
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| 9 cup finals on 10:30 - Mar 16 with 356 views | _CliveBaker_ |
| 9 cup finals on 10:28 - Mar 16 by FrimleyBlue | we could get 3 points, but then lose 3 points and boro gain 3 on us the following week if what i said did happen in the derby I dunno, we can't obviously play every game with our ultimate best lineup. im just saying Nodge away isn't one i'd be forcing the issue if we've won our games before it. |
It makes much more sense to rotate at Pompey if its Middlesbrough you're solving for, given that's the midweek. Treating Brum as a weekend game they're the 6 to be at full strength, with rotation in the Pompey, Charlton, Saints midweek trips. |  | |  |
| 9 cup finals on 20:16 - Mar 16 with 34 views | WestSussexBlue |
| 9 cup finals on 09:03 - Mar 16 by Dubtractor | If you offered me wins against Boro and Millwall but a loss against the budgies, I'd take it without hesitation. |
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