Wade Garrett Posted 25 June, 2023 Share Posted 25 June, 2023 On 22/06/2023 at 14:13, Saint Matty 76 said: Is it? September looks a little rough but we have the best opportunity of the entire league to go into it with momentum. They’re all going to be easy. Going to fucking walk it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 25 June, 2023 Share Posted 25 June, 2023 3 hours ago, Wade Garrett said: They’re all going to be easy. Going to fucking walk it. If we were that good, we'd still be in the PL. You might be in for a nasty surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssEffCee Posted 25 June, 2023 Share Posted 25 June, 2023 (edited) On 23/06/2023 at 10:25, Give it to Ron said: Champ’ away allocations 23/24 Bham 2250 Bburn 7500 Bristol C 3000 CCFC 2200 Hudd 2300 Hull 2000 Ipsw 2100 Leeds 2500 Leic 3000 Boro 2000 Mill 3000 Nwich 2000 Plym 1500 PNE 5800 QPR 3000 Rham 2300 Sheff W 3500 Southmpton 3000 Stoke 2600 Sun 2500 Swansea 2000 Watford 2000 WBA 2000 Where did you get this list from? Surely clubs with 30k+ capacities will have to offer 3k in line with regulations. Not that we'd be taking 3k to the likes of Sunderland and Boro of course but we've taken more than those quoted figures to Leeds and Norwich in recent seasons. Cardiff too on our last visit there I believe. Think Wednesday can offer more too although again not likely to affect us. They did have a capacity reduction on the Leppings Lane earlier this year mind. Edited 25 June, 2023 by EssEffCee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted 25 June, 2023 Share Posted 25 June, 2023 On 23/06/2023 at 10:25, Give it to Ron said: Champ’ away allocations 23/24 Bham 2250 Bburn 7500 Bristol C 3000 CCFC 2200 Hudd 2300 Hull 2000 Ipsw 2100 Leeds 2500 Leic 3000 Boro 2000 Mill 3000 Nwich 2000 Plym 1500 PNE 5800 QPR 3000 Rham 2300 Sheff W 3500 Southmpton 3000 Stoke 2600 Sun 2500 Swansea 2000 Watford 2000 WBA 2000 Tickets on the day at Blackburn and Preston then. No way we are getting anywhere near that many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 25 June, 2023 Share Posted 25 June, 2023 1 hour ago, Charlie Wayman said: If we were that good, we'd still be in the PL. You might be in for a nasty surprise. Bollocks. We’re going to fucking destroy the Championship. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssEffCee Posted 25 June, 2023 Share Posted 25 June, 2023 25 minutes ago, Dr Who? said: Tickets on the day at Blackburn and Preston then. No way we are getting anywhere near that many. Doubt we'll take even a quarter of that to Preston seeing as it's midweek. Presumably those clubs can both accommodate smaller areas and open up tickets for home fans too as those figures are the entire stand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 26 June, 2023 Share Posted 26 June, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, Wade Garrett said: Bollocks. We’re going to fucking destroy the Championship. Maybe we should have a fiver on it. I'm not understanding what your optimism is based on even if it is to be applauded. For a start we have no idea which players will be here to start the season, whether by retention or through incoming transfers. Secondly the new manager may or may not be any better than the last four and will have had only a few weeks to decide who best fits his style of play and meld them into an effective working unit. Thirdly it is always a supreme folly to underrate or dismiss all opponents as inadequate or worthless. I am confident that you had taken all these factors into account when forming your considered judgement but my assessment of the hard realities of our situation has led me to a different conclusion. We will struggle in the first third of the season and are unlikely to be in the top six at Christmas. Edited 26 June, 2023 by Charlie Wayman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southner Posted 27 June, 2023 Share Posted 27 June, 2023 On 25/06/2023 at 18:10, Wade Garrett said: They’re all going to be easy. Going to fucking walk it. 139 points come season's end. Complete domination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 27 June, 2023 Share Posted 27 June, 2023 2 hours ago, Southner said: 139 points come season's end. Complete domination. We’ll smash 100 points. Fucking Championship donkeys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintforever Posted 27 June, 2023 Share Posted 27 June, 2023 New CEO, new DOF, new manager and probably a massive change in the players - I can't see us challenging for the title. It all does depend on how much the owners are willing to punt on it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Give it to Ron Posted 27 June, 2023 Share Posted 27 June, 2023 1 hour ago, aintforever said: New CEO, new DOF, new manager and probably a massive change in the players - I can't see us challenging for the title. It all does depend on how much the owners are willing to punt on it though. So have Leeds but wouldn’t rule them out would you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southner Posted 27 June, 2023 Share Posted 27 June, 2023 7 hours ago, Wade Garrett said: We’ll smash 100 points. Fucking Championship donkeys. We will completely embarrass the competition. The structure of the football pyramid will need to be overhauled in order to salvage even the smallest bit of respect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SotonianWill Posted 28 June, 2023 Share Posted 28 June, 2023 10 hours ago, Southner said: We will completely embarrass the competition. The structure of the football pyramid will need to be overhauled in order to salvage even the smallest bit of respect. If we lose one game i’ll be disappointed. Anything under Readings 106 points would be failure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southner Posted 28 June, 2023 Share Posted 28 June, 2023 39 minutes ago, SotonianWill said: If we lose one game i’ll be disappointed. Anything under Readings 106 points would be failure. Anything other than an invincible season, and I'll be fucking livid. Finding it hard to see myself accepting a draw at this point in time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad Wolf Posted 29 June, 2023 Share Posted 29 June, 2023 Plymouth game moved to 12:30 same date Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 29 June, 2023 Share Posted 29 June, 2023 4 hours ago, Bad Wolf said: Plymouth game moved to 12:30 same date Perfect. Leaves plenty of time to travel and get some beers in. 😒 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 2 July, 2023 Share Posted 2 July, 2023 On 26/06/2023 at 10:21, Charlie Wayman said: Maybe we should have a fiver on it. I'm not understanding what your optimism is based on even if it is to be applauded. For a start we have no idea which players will be here to start the season, whether by retention or through incoming transfers. Secondly the new manager may or may not be any better than the last four and will have had only a few weeks to decide who best fits his style of play and meld them into an effective working unit. Thirdly it is always a supreme folly to underrate or dismiss all opponents as inadequate or worthless. I am confident that you had taken all these factors into account when forming your considered judgement but my assessment of the hard realities of our situation has led me to a different conclusion. We will struggle in the first third of the season and are unlikely to be in the top six at Christmas. I repeat, we are going to fucking destroy the Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade Garrett Posted 2 July, 2023 Share Posted 2 July, 2023 On 27/06/2023 at 23:10, Southner said: We will completely embarrass the competition. The structure of the football pyramid will need to be overhauled in order to salvage even the smallest bit of respect. Fucking right mush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted 2 July, 2023 Share Posted 2 July, 2023 42 minutes ago, Wade Garrett said: I repeat, we are going to fucking destroy the Championship. I was fully on board with this until I found out that Leicester had signed Connor Coady. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southner Posted 2 July, 2023 Share Posted 2 July, 2023 3 hours ago, Wade Garrett said: Fucking right mush. Let's avvit, me blud! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patches O Houlihan Posted 30 September, 2023 Share Posted 30 September, 2023 On 22/06/2023 at 09:00, trousers said: ... Well we all spotted that September would be tough, and so it turned out to be. Back in June we agreed that playing Norwich, Plymouth(A), Sunderland (A), Leicester, Ipswich, Middlesborough (A) and Leeds in the first nine games would be a big ask for a squad that was likely to go through a wholesale change. We've got through that period having won 4, lost 4 and drawn 1. I'm sure we'd all have preferred a couple of those losses to be draws or a win, but I'm in a pragmatic mood after as enjoyable a first half as I can remember so I'm going to say we are more or less par for the course at this point bearing in mind who we've played and all the change. Our next nine games are: Stoke (A) Rotherham (H) Hull (A) Preston (A) Birmingham (H) Millwall (A) West Brom (H) Huddersfield (A) Bristol (H) Three of those teams are currently in the top third of the table, so seeing where we are at the end of November should be much more representative of where we are likely to finish the season. The key to me seems to be a) The balance between playing out/bravery & pragmatic play. We largely got it right today. b) The midfield/attacking balance. Personally I'd be playing Charles in the midfield anchor role, but by playing an offensive, creative set of forwards that were willing to run and play quickly we gave them too much to think about. However I think that group of players may get found out if we had still been at 0-0 after 25 minutes... So where do we think we'll be going into December? I think we'll be 5th/6th somewhere there. Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted 30 September, 2023 Share Posted 30 September, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Patches O Houlihan said: Well we all spotted that September would be tough, and so it turned out to be. Back in June we agreed that playing Norwich, Plymouth(A), Sunderland (A), Leicester, Ipswich, Middlesborough (A) and Leeds in the first nine games would be a big ask for a squad that was likely to go through a wholesale change. We've got through that period having won 4, lost 4 and drawn 1. I'm sure we'd all have preferred a couple of those losses to be draws or a win, but I'm in a pragmatic mood after as enjoyable a first half as I can remember so I'm going to say we are more or less par for the course at this point bearing in mind who we've played and all the change. Our next nine games are: Stoke (A) Rotherham (H) Hull (A) Preston (A) Birmingham (H) Millwall (A) West Brom (H) Huddersfield (A) Bristol (H) Three of those teams are currently in the top third of the table, so seeing where we are at the end of November should be much more representative of where we are likely to finish the season. The key to me seems to be a) The balance between playing out/bravery & pragmatic play. We largely got it right today. b) The midfield/attacking balance. Personally I'd be playing Charles in the midfield anchor role, but by playing an offensive, creative set of forwards that were willing to run and play quickly we gave them too much to think about. However I think that group of players may get found out if we had still been at 0-0 after 25 minutes... So where do we think we'll be going into December? I think we'll be 5th/6th somewhere there. Thoughts? It's such an inconsistent league IF we can put a run together then we'll be back up in the mix for promotion pretty quickly, teams like Preston started well but then will go on a bad run, it's difficult to say what are the tougher fixtures far in advance. We've got Jack Stephens and Ross Stewart to come back in a few weeks , who knows how that will change us. Still think central midfield needs to be stronger. Edited 30 September, 2023 by JRM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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