Tinmans Love Child Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 .....I think we will have a fair idea of how the season will pan out. Obviously nothing is decided in August, but playing the 3 relegated Prem teams all in a row (who will all be up there as faves for promotion) and 2 of the promoted teams (who will be faves for relegation) our points tally will be very interesting. If we get say 10 points from those 5 games I think we will be feeling reasonably confident of our chances going forward. Pending sky TV changing the fixtures, it will be great to see hopefully some 20k plus attendances for Newcastle and Villa games, especially if we start off well v Wigan and Burton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 14 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: .....I think we will have a fair idea of how the season will pan out. Obviously nothing is decided in August, but playing the 3 relegated Prem teams all in a row (who will all be up there as faves for promotion) and 2 of the promoted teams (who will be faves for relegation) our points tally will be very interesting. If we get say 10 points from those 5 games I think we will be feeling reasonably confident of our chances going forward. Pending sky TV changing the fixtures, it will be great to see hopefully some 20k plus attendances for Newcastle and Villa games, especially if we start off well v Wigan and Burton we could lose the first 10 games and then win 25 of the final 36 and still win the league, so i will have to dis agree with you on that one, a fairer reflection could be by the end of October, If you remember our relegation season under McInnes we lost the first game then smashed Palace and Cardiff and were shite for the next 7 months Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC_Dan Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 Not sure about this. If we come through August and September with a reasonable haul of points then I think we can hope for a season without too much worry. On the other hand, if we finish the first couple of months with only a handful of points it won't be time to panic right away. August & September is the toughest part of our season on paper and it will get easier. The 2012/13 season was a weird one as it did start surprisingly well, and also featured a run of good form after S'OD took over. The problem was that the bad bits of the season were insanely bad. That said, Lee Johnson suffered a terrible run with Barnsley last season and if we get one of those at the wrong time this season we could be in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 36 minutes ago, BCFC_Dan said: Not sure about this. If we come through August and September with a reasonable haul of points then I think we can hope for a season without too much worry. On the other hand, if we finish the first couple of months with only a handful of points it won't be time to panic right away. August & September is the toughest part of our season on paper and it will get easier. The 2012/13 season was a weird one as it did start surprisingly well, and also featured a run of good form after S'OD took over. The problem was that the bad bits of the season were insanely bad. That said, Lee Johnson suffered a terrible run with Barnsley last season and if we get one of those at the wrong time this season we could be in trouble. 7 points by the end of august and 17 points by the end of sept, that will do me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted June 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 5 hours ago, Monkeh said: we could lose the first 10 games and then win 25 of the final 36 and still win the league, so i will have to dis agree with you on that one, a fairer reflection could be by the end of October, If you remember our relegation season under McInnes we lost the first game then smashed Palace and Cardiff and were shite for the next 7 months If my Aunty had balls she'd be my Uncle! The point being made was we are playing arguably the three strongest teams in August, plus two relegation candidates, therefore it will be an interesting gauge of how the recruitment has gone, and how we fair against this calibre of teams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daored Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 11 minutes ago, Tinmans Love Child said: If my Aunty had balls she'd be my Uncle! The point being made was we are playing arguably the three strongest teams in August, plus two relegation candidates, therefore it will be an interesting gauge of how the recruitment has gone, and how we fair against this calibre of teams Important first two games for me, looking ideally for at least four points which should give us confidence going into the games against the relegated teams. Whilst I agree nothing is won in August, we don't want to be entering those games with two bad results. Although knowing city, will lose the first two and win the following three games! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
INCRED Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 8 hours ago, Tinmans Love Child said: .....I think we will have a fair idea of how the season will pan out. Obviously nothing is decided in August, but playing the 3 relegated Prem teams all in a row (who will all be up there as faves for promotion) and 2 of the promoted teams (who will be faves for relegation) our points tally will be very interesting. If we get say 10 points from those 5 games I think we will be feeling reasonably confident of our chances going forward. Pending sky TV changing the fixtures, it will be great to see hopefully some 20k plus attendances for Newcastle and Villa games, especially if we start off well v Wigan and Burton Probably the best time to play them as wont necessarily have any momentum, unlikely to have any knowledge playing against us so here's hoping for some early season scalps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCulturalBomb Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 What were the odds on this, nearly all the relegated PL teams and promoted L1 teams within the first 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eardun Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 22 minutes ago, INCRED said: Probably the best time to play them as wont necessarily have any momentum, unlikely to have any knowledge playing against us so here's hoping for some early season scalps I'm thinking this too. Let's hope it takes a while for the ex Prem and ex L1 sides to adjust. It took us a while! May depend on whether the ex Prem teams are bedding in a lot of new players, or whether they are still lacking confidence following relegation. On balance, though, I prefer to play them early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slack Bladder Posted June 22, 2016 Report Share Posted June 22, 2016 First 6 home games Wigan, Newcastle, Villa, Derby, Leeds and Forest. Some bumper games there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 7 hours ago, Slack Bladder said: First 6 home games Wigan, Newcastle, Villa, Derby, Leeds and Forest. Some bumper games there. Which is why we need to stay in this division or go up . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downendcity Posted June 23, 2016 Report Share Posted June 23, 2016 21 hours ago, Monkeh said: we could lose the first 10 games and then win 25 of the final 36 and still win the league, so i will have to dis agree with you on that one, a fairer reflection could be by the end of October, If you remember our relegation season under McInnes we lost the first game then smashed Palace and Cardiff and were shite for the next 7 months Lose the first 10 games and I dread to think what this forum will be like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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