Destiny in our own hands … at last!

comment by AndDonRevieistheKing (U7852)
posted 53 minutes ago
People still questioning if we are going up!!
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Unfortunately Don, Leicester have been champions elect for ages, fans of Ipswich, Southampton and ourselves will be saying much the thing "we are going up", after last night Hull will reckon they have a good chance, according to Macca, Coventry and others are favourites at Wembley.
I am confident but with a quarter of the season left, much too soon.

comment by LIW We’re Going Up As f@ck@ing Champion... (U8453)
posted 5 hours, 5 minutes ago
comment by kammys left foot / mbe (U21862)
posted 49 minutes ago
ffs some are never happy no matter what
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My therory is

Its getting close, people are getting nervous so trying temper expectations incase we dont go up.

The other group, and we all know who they are.

Are desperately trying to do us down, because they have got it so wrong this season, about size of squad, quality of squad etc ect.

Makes them feel better.

Wait till we lose a game, they will all bw out of the woodworm, trying to justify their wrong opinions.
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Yes they have been very quiet.

Yes it’s been in our hands since we pulled back Southampton but it’s also still in their hands as well.

I still think there are a few twists and turns to come yet but at the moment we look fabulous in all departments. Let’s hope it stays that way.

comment by AndDonRevieistheKing (U7852)
posted 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
People still questioning if we are going up!!
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Sheffield Utd


I think we will get promoted, but I said that when we finished 3rd under Bielsa when we were by far the best side in the league. Feet firmly on the floor.

Got to say, another cracking debate on here (and no, not just because I started the thread😂).

Also, it seems (once again) I’ve been too harsh on some posters on here … you’ll hopefully know who you are … I am such an arris at times. My apologies🍻.

"I think we will get promoted, but I said that when we finished 3rd under Bielsa when we were by far the best side in the league. Feet firmly on the floor."

Do you like me think this squad is stronger than then?..

comment by LufcGermany (U6066)
posted 14 minutes ago
"I think we will get promoted, but I said that when we finished 3rd under Bielsa when we were by far the best side in the league. Feet firmly on the floor."

Do you like me think this squad is stronger than then?..
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Yes its stronger and so it should be as we are a relegated prem team unlike when Bielsa took over. We lost Roofe, Bamford, Douglas, Alioski and effectively Jansson during the run in back then and it cost us as we ran out of steam and didn't have quality in reserve.

The league we're in this season is very poor in terms of quality and what we're doing is par for the course given the money spent on this side compared to what the vast majority of other teams in this league can do, its borderline unsporting bringing on the players that we can 😅

Ipswich look fresh atm and have decent depth in attack, Saints look all over the shop form wise. I think its ours to lose, but we've done just that ample times in the past.

Strange Shaun, because if I'm not mistaken, we didn't bring many in at the start of this season, we were in crap street because we lost nearly every player in or around our first team squad!..

The shambles what Farke had to start with was something nobody else had, and he's done well to get the few he got and to gel them together the way he has!..

If he'd had more first team players at the start of this season instead of having to bring in the it could be argued last years fringe players we might be ahead of Leicester now, but that luck he didn't have!..

Leicester and Southampton bought some decent players in, Ipswich it could be said have done brilliant the way they've done things, but our dealings under the old regime knacked us up!..

It could be argued that some of or all those players with funny contracts didn't give their all and let us down!..

I'm convinced we can bag an auto-spot now. Ipswich and Southampton concede too many. Just got to keep our eyes on the prize and hope nobody gets injured.

I am far more reassured with regard to defence under Farke than under Bielsa - Rodon and Ampadu have really made all the difference - the spine generally is much stronger. We're seeing lots of games where Meslier doesn't have a lot to do apart from distribution. Goals scored against us are more likely to be against the run of play, even flukey, it seems to me, rather than us getting overrun. We lose games, rather than getting beaten.

Have there been any games this season where we've been comprehensively outclassed? The worst defeat was Southampton, but did they outplay us or did we not turn up for that one?

The Soton defeat was end of September, we were lacking fluidity and still in first gear.

Look at us now that DF has had time to iron out issues, and he has got more talented players than Bielsa had on balance, to play the Farke way.

The Soton defeat was end of September, we were lacking fluidity and still in first gear.
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We basically gave the other 3 teams a 5 week head start.

So frustrating to think that if we hadn’t had such a messy August with transfers and just won two more games then - say Sheff Wed at home and Cardiff at home - we’d be comfortably two top and be closing in on first place.