| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season 17:34 - Dec 1 with 2396 views | unstableblue |
1. Do we have enough creativity and firepower to secure some healthy points before the January window, starting with our first home win in the next two games
2 Will we have the budget and can we find available talent in the January window to increase the quality of the squad for the second half of the season
3. Are there three clubs who are inferior to us to finish below in the bottom 3
Scowcroft said on TWTV that he feels certain Town will stay up. And I do think we are starting to look comfortable at this level, but with Hirst and Ogbene out I’m feeling we’re lacking depth in attack. We’re not creating or scoring enough, and we lack a bit of quality off thr bench. I’m hoping Broadhead and J Clarke can come in and make a difference and Delap/Hutchinson can stay fit and dangerous.
We need a proven striker and a right winger as a minimum in January.
I think we’re confident Saints will continue to falter. And it feels Leicester are going to struggle despite Ruud joining. Everton are for me our best other chance. But a manger change and money is incoming. |  |
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| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season on 17:38 - Dec 1 with 2333 views | FrimleyBlue |
If we can stay in and around the with the bottom 6 then January should give us enough to get us that extra quality to push at the business end of the season.
We can't go into Jan to far away from safety that's the main thing. |  |
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| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season on 18:17 - Dec 1 with 2189 views | WestSussexBlue |
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YES Definitely.. |  | | |
| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season on 18:24 - Dec 1 with 2153 views | WestSussexBlue |
Saints will continue to struggle and will at some point lose patience with Martin. This could prove defining to our chances. Wolves and somebody that starts plummeting will be our chance to stay out of the bottom Three. I think Palace or West Ham could be the one that appears in the bottom Six come March. | | | |
| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season on 18:30 - Dec 1 with 2124 views | pointofblue |
| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season on 18:24 - Dec 1 by WestSussexBlue |
Saints will continue to struggle and will at some point lose patience with Martin. This could prove defining to our chances. Wolves and somebody that starts plummeting will be our chance to stay out of the bottom Three. I think Palace or West Ham could be the one that appears in the bottom Six come March. |
I think Palace will be ok as long as they don't go through another injury crisis.
I wonder how long Lopetegui will get at West Ham? And will they go for Moyes for his third spell if they sack him? | |
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| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season on 18:38 - Dec 1 with 2104 views | MK1 |
The biggest question is.
When will away grounds stock more sausage rolls. They ran out again yesterday. That's the 3rd ground already this season. |  |
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| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season on 18:42 - Dec 1 with 2085 views | billlm |
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Yes
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But if we can keep broadhead on the grass his movement around the box will make a huge difference, |  | | |
| This is an outrage on 18:51 - Dec 1 with 2038 views | unstableblue |
| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season on 18:38 - Dec 1 by MK1 |
The biggest question is.
When will away grounds stock more sausage rolls. They ran out again yesterday. That's the 3rd ground already this season. |
Was there a chicken balti pie as an alternative? | |
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| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season on 19:11 - Dec 1 with 1969 views | stringy |
I fear for us against Palace TBH, I think they'll be another team of huge athletic players (and on their day they can be pretty skillful, let's not forget that) that we haven't done so well against yet. I was shocked when I saw us against Fulham, at least two of them were like NFL running backs, the power!
As others have said before us, to what extent do we risk being gouged in January (sellers will know we're desperate) and to what extent will players want to move for a relegation scrap? |  | | |
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| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season on 21:30 - Dec 1 with 1684 views | Chris_ITFC |
First home win? Yes.
Healthy points? Not so sure - tough games around Christmas.
Transfers? Yes.
Staying up? Certainly possible. Tight margins though! |  |
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| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season on 21:52 - Dec 1 with 1631 views | unstableblue |
| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season on 19:11 - Dec 1 by stringy |
I fear for us against Palace TBH, I think they'll be another team of huge athletic players (and on their day they can be pretty skillful, let's not forget that) that we haven't done so well against yet. I was shocked when I saw us against Fulham, at least two of them were like NFL running backs, the power!
As others have said before us, to what extent do we risk being gouged in January (sellers will know we're desperate) and to what extent will players want to move for a relegation scrap? |
You’re bang on about Fulham, an incredibly powerful and quick team, but we came to terms with them and ending giving a good account of ourselves.
I think we’re a better team now as well.
Agree that Palace will be a similar challenge; and they have some real quality players. We need to make the home advantage count, get into them and get the crowd going.
Axel loss is significant. But maybe Johnson, and Phillips will be fit, and Broadhead can have another cameo. Chaplin seems to be growing into the Premier League as well.
It’s a big game Tuesday, a win and we’ll get a huge boost ahead the Christmas schedule madness. [Post edited 2 Dec 2024 0:22]
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| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season on 07:02 - Dec 2 with 1265 views | PioneerBlue |
It’s Monday. I’m starting on a positive tone. Dreaming of a 6 point week.
The week is a significant milestone in our now even more difficult fight for survival. The next 14 games takes us to Feb end, the optimist in me says everything will be fine but looking at these there are very few games we’d look at and go that’s winnable. If you take out the two this week, they are massive in their own right, the games we’ve got in that period are mad, exception is Southampton home Feb 1.
At this point we are in a big struggle to get anywhere close to the c19 points needed at the halfway point in season. We need 10 points from the 6 games before Jan 01.
Let’s go Ipswich!
Back to you questions:
Yes
Risk is to down side
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| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season on 08:42 - Dec 2 with 1092 views | Churchman |
No.
Yes, but do we have the FFP headroom and are the players out there that we need and can get in?
No. We are at a financial disadvantage to every club in the PL. but Southampton look a poorer team and have a greasy c0ckwomble managing them. They look doomed. Everton? They’ll get out of it yet again. Leicester - in trouble. I’m not convinced by bringing in Dobbin Van Nistelrooy either.
Wolves are in the mix and somebody else might fall away and drop into it too. West Ham?
Objectively, I think it highly likely the three promoted sides will go down. None look strong enough, even if they do compete in some games. But you never know. |  | | |
| It’s a BIG month ahead Pioneer on 11:38 - Dec 2 with 881 views | unstableblue |
| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season on 07:02 - Dec 2 by PioneerBlue |
It’s Monday. I’m starting on a positive tone. Dreaming of a 6 point week.
The week is a significant milestone in our now even more difficult fight for survival. The next 14 games takes us to Feb end, the optimist in me says everything will be fine but looking at these there are very few games we’d look at and go that’s winnable. If you take out the two this week, they are massive in their own right, the games we’ve got in that period are mad, exception is Southampton home Feb 1.
At this point we are in a big struggle to get anywhere close to the c19 points needed at the halfway point in season. We need 10 points from the 6 games before Jan 01.
Let’s go Ipswich!
Back to you questions:
Yes
Risk is to down side
I will tell you next Monday! |
Loving the positivity
If we can keep some of the recent improvement in shape and cohesion, keep the defence tight, and get some zing out of Delap and Hutchinson, and subs like Clarke and Broadhead maybe we can have a 6 point week. Think Tuesday is going to be a ding ding of a game, much like Fulham. Hope the PR crowd believe and fire up.
Good point you make about getting to 19 points by NYE, or as close to it as we can. I don’t think we can afford to leave the very busy Christmas period without being up by day 6 points… to 15. And the home win has to be secured.
We’re currently on 9 points from 13 games: 0.69PPG… some way off the magic 1PPG
As several pundits are beginning to state this is a very very tough Premier League, and in a way Town personify this, giving Spurs and Man U very difficult games.
I do think we’re currently better than Leicester, Saints and Everton… but we haven’t got above them all in the table yet.
So the 6 games to take us into 2015 and 19 games played are:
Palace (h)
Bournemouth (h)
Wolves (a)
Newcastle (h)
Arsenal (a)
Chelsea (h)
Can we get 6 points and go into the second half of the season on 15? Or higher? Yes. Absolutely. But it’s going to require some McKenna mastery, rabid support and player form and fitness.
Johnson and Clarke at right back form could be key; plus the emergence of J Clarke, Broadhead. A fit again Phillips and great form from Cajuste also pivotal. | |
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| THREE BIG QUESTIONS for the rest of the season on 11:54 - Dec 2 with 846 views | WeWereZombies |
1. Yes, we had a dodgy couple of games against Everton and West Ham but McKenna and his team are on a learning curve as well as the playing staff. There is still plenty of room for improvement and we should be able to find most of it.
2. We need a player for the Premier League who can do for us what Keiffer Moore supplied in the Championship. A player a bit older than the normal development profile who will be brought in to do just two jobs: hold up play in the top third of the pitch and scoring goals. I'm sure Ashton is already working on it.
3. The bottom six are the group of death at the moment and I don't see it changing much for the rest of the season, maybe one club to go on a bit of a run and achieve some mid~table comfort (us, hopefully) and another team to lose form or have an injury crisis (Brentford ? Forest ? Newcastle ?) and fall lower but not get relegated. As long as manager and players continue to develop then we will be better than Southampton, Palace, Everton and Leicester (in that order.)
[edit] On second thoughts replaced Fulham with Newcastle, Howe is in a difficult place regarding expectations at the moment and it will eat at him. [Post edited 2 Dec 2024 11:58]
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