Andy082005 Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 6 hours ago, RUSSEL85 said: I’m thinking the same, I know it’s just 3 points but psychologically seems much bigger, I’m more worried about extending the gap to 7th at the moment as I feel we may come a cropper against wba and Leeds. Bang on the money. We are getting to that point of the season now where psychology plays a huge part We are in a very similar position now to where we were the last two seasons. Difference is this time....we are coming out of January on a positive run. The last two years we have been looking at a downward trend about now Friday for me this is our biggest game since 'that' Wolves game. A win and we go third. And when you look at who is playing who over the weekend....we could still be there come Saturday Winning breeds confidence. And this part of the season doesn't necessarily mean the teams with the most quality wins. Confidence plays a massive, massive part Lee Johnson is like a cat. He's used up how many of his lives so far? He just keeps coming back. Good on him and let's hope now our home form can FINALLY click into place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 41 minutes ago, mozo said: Well I think we were in this exact same position last season (same position, same points??), and we won the next game. So we'd got ourselves only needing maybe 6 wins and 4 draws... We managed 4 wins and 5 draws, and watched as Derby grabbed 6th. Please not again... There is a big , big difference this year , we have bought a Championship ready striker . In addition the two internationals for the defence and midfield shows our hand . We are quite clearly ‘ going for it ‘ like we never have previously. Uncle Steve will be expecting a play off spot minimum so the gauntlet has been thrown down . Failure is not an option or excusable. The players and coaching staff know what is expected of them, this is for real. No fannying about , this is ‘ Shit or Bust ‘ for many people in the club . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Isewater Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 22 minutes ago, Andy082005 said: Bang on the money. We are getting to that point of the season now where psychology plays a huge part We are in a very similar position now to where we were the last two seasons. Difference is this time....we are coming out of January on a positive run. The last two years we have been looking at a downward trend about now Friday for me this is our biggest game since 'that' Wolves game. A win and we go third. And when you look at who is playing who over the weekend....we could still be there come Saturday Winning breeds confidence. And this part of the season doesn't necessarily mean the teams with the most quality wins. Confidence plays a massive, massive part Lee Johnson is like a cat. He's used up how many of his lives so far? He just keeps coming back. Good on him and let's hope now our home form can FINALLY click into place How amazing would it be for Kalas to be promoted for a third time with a third different club ? At least he is psychologically capable ! Who else has been promoted with a team ? Obviously , Korey, Pato , Ash ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 6 minutes ago, Major Isewater said: There is a big , big difference this year , we have bought a Championship ready striker . In addition the two internationals for the defence and midfield shows our hand . We are quite clearly ‘ going for it ‘ like we never have previously. Uncle Steve will be expecting a play off spot minimum so the gauntlet has been thrown down . Failure is not an option or excusable. The players and coaching staff know what is expected of them, this is for real. No fannying about , this is ‘ Shit or Bust ‘ for many people in the club . Yeah, completely agree. Surely we've addressed the issues that held us back in the past?! Johnson himself said that our home record will be key now. So in a weeks time, how will that look...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lerring Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 End of the week, Friday feeling, everyone's got a few beers onboard, under the lights, city on good form and a chance to make a real statement of intent. I can't wait. Hope the gate is absolutely rocking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, Bernard Lerring said: End of the week, Friday feeling, everyone's got a few beers onboard, under the lights, city on good form and a chance to make a real statement of intent. I can't wait. Hope the gate is absolutely rocking Nakhi to score in first 5 minutes, stadium erupts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOTBLUE Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 17 minutes ago, Bernard Lerring said: End of the week, Friday feeling, everyone's got a few beers onboard, under the lights, city on good form and a chance to make a real statement of intent. I can't wait. Hope the gate is absolutely rocking That sums it up nicely COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 7 hours ago, BCFCGav said: It does feel huge. Maybe it’s with it being Friday night under the lights as well but I’m really nervous/excited for this one. Friday can’t come soon enough. What exactly are you doing Friday? really exited, feels huge. under the lights, can't come soon enough, a porn shoot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Games under lights at AG are always exciting and with the match live and the Brummie fans adding to it it’ll be a cracking atmosphere. I’m really looking forward to it. Obviously a win would keep the run going but a draw or even a loss wouldn’t be the end of the world, it’s just one match in this set of Championship fixtures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmite Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 8 hours ago, Bar BS3 said: Definitely a massive game! 4 or 6 points from these next 2 home games will have us in the top 6 going into 2 massive away games, which will determine whether we are challenging for top 2 or top 6 finish. From the next 4 games... 12pts - serious top 2 contenders 9+Pts - in with a real chance of top 2 and likely comfortably placed in top 6. 6-9pts - serious top 6 contenders 4/5 Pts - continuing a top 6 challenge less than 4 pts and we’ll be looking unlikely to secure a top 6 finish. Absolutely this! Lets remember games will start to run out quickly come March. We have a real chance here to make a statement of intent. We wont stay in touch with the top 2 for long if we don't keep winning and teams below us will be wary of the gap widening if we do keep wining. Its easier for us to make up 6-8 points on the leaders with 16 games to go than it would be with 8 games to go. We must stay in touch and that starts Friday. Anything less than 3 points will be demoralising for us all, even the most optimistic. It will leave us with a lot to do with such tough games coming up. Lets light up the stadium on Friday and get the atmosphere going. Its been sadly lacking at home this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WolfOfWestStreet Posted February 5, 2020 Report Share Posted February 5, 2020 Desperate for a good home performance, seems like forever we really went for it under the lights. I don't know if I can really believe we can do this until we sort it out in front of the fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 It's worth pointing out, Rooney has 53 goals from 120 games. Henry, widely considered the greatest ever Premier League striker had a record of 51 goals in 123 games, you would imagine that France had very similar fixtures to our own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Rich Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 44 minutes ago, Up The City! said: It's worth pointing out, Rooney has 53 goals from 120 games. Henry, widely considered the greatest ever Premier League striker had a record of 51 goals in 123 games, you would imagine that France had very similar fixtures to our own. think you probably meant this for the other thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Up The City! Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 5 hours ago, BCFC Richard said: think you probably meant this for the other thread. Haha yea, think I must have clicked next undead topic by accident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 Usually I am a huge exponent of the “long term view” like some of the posters on this thread, but in this case I am leaning towards the OP. I think it’s not just the 3 points either, if we could see Wells linking up with Fam, and could see a performance that shows the new arrivals are raising standards, that would be hugely important to the morale around the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loosey Boy Posted February 6, 2020 Report Share Posted February 6, 2020 Let’s hope that people don’t decide to stay at home to watch it on Sky - need everyone at AG to roar the boys on - as many have said, feels like a really big game for a number of reasons COYRs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderwithtommy Posted February 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 As the OP, fair to bump. 2 things; 1 - lots of Johnson our threads! 2 - that was not a special night. Strangers on a pitch. momentum lost Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 On 05/02/2020 at 09:11, The Dolman Pragmatist said: You’re joking, you think we might get more Johnson Out nonsense, after the run and January window we’ve had? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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