Port Said Red Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Basket case Reading thrashing Blackburn after their perfect start is just one of those results that the Championship seems to throw up week on week. Last night we had the equally under the cosh Birmingham City getting a draw with everyone's runaway winners Watford. It never really changes does it? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sephjnr Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) Similarly Sunderland, after their strong start to the season, made a mistake and got pummelled for it. Nice recovery close to the end to keep it interesting though. Edited August 17, 2022 by sephjnr 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 I'm also annoyed with Swansea taking our limelight by conceding two goals in the last minute to draw. That's what we do 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Balls Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 7 hours ago, 2015 said: I'm also annoyed with Swansea taking our limelight by conceding two goals in the last minute to draw. That's what we do Oh I think we could have managed to lose against Millwall in similar circumstances. The Jacks are Johnny-come-lately amateurs at injury time collapses by comparison with our long-standing record of late capitulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 3 minutes ago, Dr Balls said: Oh I think we could have managed to lose against Millwall in similar circumstances. The Jacks are Johnny-come-lately amateurs at injury time collapses by comparison with our long-standing record of late capitulations! The game management against Luton was excellent and a delight to see given our record of conceding late goals. Usually with City leading going in to the last 5mins I and the guys I sit with all have raised anxiety levels - not so on Tuesday night I’m happy to say. Hopefully it’ll be the same on Sunday. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted August 18, 2022 Author Share Posted August 18, 2022 7 hours ago, 2015 said: I'm also annoyed with Swansea taking our limelight by conceding two goals in the last minute to draw. That's what we do 19 minutes ago, Dr Balls said: Oh I think we could have managed to lose against Millwall in similar circumstances. The Jacks are Johnny-come-lately amateurs at injury time collapses by comparison with our long-standing record of late capitulations! We've even done the 2 own goals thing in the Sunderland 3 -3 draw, they are so 4 seasons ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Red Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 7 hours ago, sephjnr said: Similarly Sunderland, after their strong start to the season, made a mistake and got pummelled for it. Nice recovery close to the end to keep it interesting though. Really enjoyed Sunderland v blades last night - Sunderland showed decent character to almost pinch a draw.. Cannot stand Alex Neil or his teams but they are my darkhorses for the play-offs this season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidercity1987 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 The relegation battle is going to be interesting, the pre season favourites such as Rotherham and Reading have started quite well. Luton and Huddersfield might be fearful? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 28 minutes ago, bris red said: Really enjoyed Sunderland v blades last night - Sunderland showed decent character to almost pinch a draw.. Cannot stand Alex Neil or his teams but they are my darkhorses for the play-offs this season. Thought they were superb. I think the same as you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin for life Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Why was that a red for Sunderland last night, even a yellow would have been harsh! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 20 minutes ago, cidercity1987 said: The relegation battle is going to be interesting, the pre season favourites such as Rotherham and Reading have started quite well. Luton and Huddersfield might be fearful? There’s a long way to go - it’s way too early to tell yet. Teams do go on a unbeaten runs and shoot up the table and the the opposite applies when teams hit a run of no wins going into free fall. Against Luton City made them look poor. They couldn’t cope with the pace up top and Citys pressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBristolian Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 I still feel free things will settle to a more predictable shape after ten games or so. Norwich, Burnley and Boro will start moving up, Rotherham and Reading will move down and Blackburn will settle somewhere in the middle of the table. Having said that, West Brom appear to have carried their mediocrity over from last season and there are reasons to think Luton and Huddersfield could have much poorer seasons this time around. Nice to have the unpredictability whilst it lasts and it would be nice if - at the very least - there are no runaway teams in the top two places who steamroll the league. (Unless its us!) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
italian dave Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Robbored said: The game management against Luton was excellent and a delight to see given our record of conceding late goals. Usually with City leading going in to the last 5mins I and the guys I sit with all have raised anxiety levels - not so on Tuesday night I’m happy to say. Hopefully it’ll be the same on Sunday. That's true - although it helped that we were 2 up! If that deflected shot had gone in, or Bentley had pushed it to their striker instead of Atkinson, then I suspect we'd have been into heart attack territory...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Packman Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 31 minutes ago, robin for life said: Why was that a red for Sunderland last night, even a yellow would have been harsh! Really? I honestly thought it was a clear red. Last man, stopped a clear goalscoring opportunity. You could tell by the look in the defenders face he was off. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReds Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 52 minutes ago, robin for life said: Why was that a red for Sunderland last night, even a yellow would have been harsh! Why would you think it wasn't? O'Nien should have got a straight red as well for his awful challenge, surprised it isn't on the highlights I have seen. Another shocker from a ref who gave a yellow for it, so he obviously seen it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHILINFRANCE Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, cidercity1987 said: The relegation battle is going to be interesting, the pre season favourites such as Rotherham and Reading have started quite well. Luton and Huddersfield might be fearful? Luton, especially so; I thought they were absolutely awful on Tuesday night. I know City played extremely well - their speed of thought and movement, both up front and in midfield, was exceptional - and whilst I should like to believe this was entirely of City’s own doing, I can’t help but think they were helped by a woefully poor and ill-prepared Luton side. I suppose the next few fixtures will give us a better idea of what to expect this season, but I do fear for Luton. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Port Said Red said: We've even done the 2 own goals thing in the Sunderland 3 -3 draw, they are so 4 seasons ago. And even the two in injury time at home, to lose to Forest last year. Still get the shakes even thinking about it. The second felt worse than an unfortunate own goal as he put it in with his hand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 It’s early doors but if the league is going to be this tight then could be very interesting. West Brom, Boro and Norwich on just 3 or 4 points after 4 games is unexpected. Hope it stays that way and the league is more interesting that the usual yo yo teams dominating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Robbored said: There’s a long way to go - it’s way too early to tell yet. Teams do go on a unbeaten runs and shoot up the table and the the opposite applies when teams hit a run of no wins going into free fall. Against Luton City made them look poor. They couldn’t cope with the pace up top and Citys pressing. Not a feature of our game so much when CM is playing? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 10 hours ago, 2015 said: I'm also annoyed with Swansea taking our limelight by conceding two goals in the last minute to draw. That's what we do Credit to Millwall, who had 1 shot on target, but managed to score two goals. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Cardiff getting another clean sheet at WBA. Took another injury in defence, where Odowda came on and played LB. Apparently excelling again. Cardiff fawning over his performances. Seems Cardiff have a tactic of playing out from the back. And sometimes it gets them in sticky situations. I'm hoping we start with the same front 3 as we did against Luton and press them hard. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Just now, headhunter said: Not a feature of our game so much when CM is playing? It’s not, nor was it when Famara was playing in the same role. LJ repeatedly said that Famara was ‘good in both boxes’ and the same could be said about CM although I accept that Famara’s goal return was better than CM’s Nige will have a tough decision to make when Semenyo becomes available again and I predict that that CM will find himself on the bench and used as an impact player when opposition defenders are tiring or when City are under the cosh. I can’t see Nige leaving Conway or Wells out if they both keep scoring goals. They’re both pacy and diminutive when compared to CM and that enables the creative players like HNM and Scott to play telling thru balls. Add to those two we have Weimann just behind them and City have a formidable strike force. The first half against Luton was best I’ve seen City in ages and the game management in the latter stages was excellent as well - it was a really good performance all around and let’s hope we can repeat the same on Sunday. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headhunter Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 2 minutes ago, Robbored said: It’s not, nor was it when Famara was playing in the same role. LJ repeatedly said that Famara was ‘good in both boxes’ and the same could be said about CM although I accept that Famara’s goal return was better than CM’s Nige will have a tough decision to make when Semenyo becomes available again and I predict that that CM will find himself on the bench and used as an impact player when opposition defenders are tiring or when City are under the cosh. I can’t see Nige leaving Conway or Wells out if they both keep scoring goals. They’re both pacy and diminutive when compared to CM and that enables the creative players like HNM and Scott to play telling thru balls. Add to those two we have Weimann just behind them and City have a formidable strike force. The first half against Luton was best I’ve seen City in ages and the game management in the latter stages was excellent as well - it was a really good performance all around and let’s hope we can repeat the same on Sunday. I wholeheartedly agree with everything you have written here particularly the highlighted paragraph. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReds Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 10 minutes ago, spudski said: Cardiff getting another clean sheet at WBA. Took another injury in defence, where Odowda came on and played LB. Apparently excelling again. Cardiff fawning over his performances. Seems Cardiff have a tactic of playing out from the back. And sometimes it gets them in sticky situations. I'm hoping we start with the same front 3 as we did against Luton and press them hard. Multiple times in the first half last night. Just hope they keep doing/trying it on Sunday. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Offside Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 2 hours ago, PHILINFRANCE said: Luton, especially so; I thought they were absolutely awful on Tuesday night. I know City played extremely well - their speed of thought and movement, both up front and in midfield, was exceptional - and whilst I should like to believe this was entirely of City’s own doing, I can’t help but think they were helped by a woefully poor and ill-prepared Luton side. I suppose the next few fixtures will give us a better idea of what to expect this season, but I do fear for Luton. Completely agree. City were superb on Tues, but based on that game Luton look very poor. They created hardly anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 1 hour ago, headhunter said: 9 minutes ago, Offside said: Completely agree. City were superb on Tues, but based on that game Luton look very poor. They created hardly anything. It was down to City sniffling them and stopping them playing. They barely managed to make three consecutive passes and that made them look a poor side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 2 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said: Credit to Millwall, who had 1 shot on target, but managed to score two goals. Went over the line, bounced out, then bounced back in again, a la Alan Partridge football commentary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2015 Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 31 minutes ago, Offside said: Completely agree. City were superb on Tues, but based on that game Luton look very poor. They created hardly anything. They didn't look good. I think they looked toothless if anything, no goal threat at all, their strikers looked League 1 standard. We pressed them very well, they then reverted to diagonals after 20 minutes, could be a long season for them. 1 goal in 4 games for them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted August 18, 2022 Share Posted August 18, 2022 Across the 2 rounds of games this midweek and last weekend, none of the teams won both games and only Luton lost both. So far the only team to win consecutive games all season is Blackburn, who won 3 before losing last night. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted August 20, 2022 Author Share Posted August 20, 2022 Here we go again..... Swansea 0 - Luton 2 (how?) Rotherham get a point at QPR Reading beat Boro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Newly promoted sides between them have (I think) lost just 1 in 13 so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 2 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: Here we go again..... Swansea 0 - Luton 2 (how?) Rotherham get a point at QPR Reading beat Boro. And Wigan win at Brum despite being down to ten since before HT. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 So, if we get any kind of win tomorrow we will move from 20th to 7th in the league... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) We`re down to 20th but would go up to 7th with a win tomorrow. Mad league. Edited August 20, 2022 by Lanterne Rouge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BetterRedthanBlue Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 I've said it plenty of times before the championship is the best league in the world because anything can happen with the exception of us getting a penalty. A team will go unbeaten for 20+ games and then get thrashed 5-0 by the team bottom of the table with 2 wins all season. It's such a bonkers league I love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 If we were to beat Cardiff tomorrow by 2 goals... we'd go from 20th to 7th. Such a tight league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 Win! 7th! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, spudski said: If we were to beat Cardiff tomorrow by 2 goals... we'd go from 20th to 7th. Such a tight league. Just a win will be enough…we’d go above Norwich on goals scored. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petehinton Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 CraZy start. Everyone beating everyone. Russell Martin can’t be far off being favourite to be first sacking at this rate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudski Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 5 minutes ago, Davefevs said: Just a win will be enough…we’d go above Norwich on goals scored. Thanks for clarifying Dave...it did cross my mind. So I aired with caution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinapig Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 10 minutes ago, petehinton said: CraZy start. Everyone beating everyone. Russell Martin can’t be far off being favourite to be first sacking at this rate Yes but, you know, possession and stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 40 minutes ago, Mr Popodopolous said: Newly promoted sides between them have (I think) lost just 1 in 13 so far. Just 4 wins though. Plus 2 postponements between them thanks to Coventry. They are performing slightly above the average for a promoted side, and much better than promoted sides in the past two seasons. Bigger surprise imo is the struggles of the relegated PL sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, ExiledAjax said: Just 4 wins though. Plus 2 postponements between them thanks to Coventry. They are performing slightly above the average for a promoted side, and much better than promoted sides in the past two seasons. Bigger surprise imo is the struggles of the relegated PL sides. For sure and the two games postponed v Coventry skew it somewhat but their ppg ratio is fairly reasonable. Competitive in different ways to each other but seem to be competing well so far. Yes the relegated sides have started somewhat slow. Edited August 20, 2022 by Mr Popodopolous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted August 20, 2022 Share Posted August 20, 2022 1 hour ago, Lanterne Rouge said: And Wigan win at Brum despite being down to ten since before HT. And it was Bennett who got his delayed red card (from last week). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP Hampton Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 17 hours ago, spudski said: Thanks for clarifying Dave...it did cross my mind. So I aired with caution. Yes but we’d only have 7 points with a win Norwich have 8 points already so goal difference is a moot point isn’t it? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 Just now, JP Hampton said: Yes but we’d only have 7 points with a win Norwich have 8 points already so goal difference is a moot point isn’t it? Norwich have 7 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JP Hampton Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 1 minute ago, ExiledAjax said: Norwich have 7 points. Sorry went crossed eyes and was looking at Hull 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted August 21, 2022 Share Posted August 21, 2022 21 hours ago, spudski said: If we were to beat Cardiff tomorrow by 2 goals... we'd go from 20th to 7th. Such a tight league. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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