ariotofmyown Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Just been looking at fixtures and by end of December we will have played everyone once and be halfway through the season as the transfer window opens. I know anyone can beat anyone in this league but our next 11 games are much nicer than our matches so far. Away trips to Wigan and QPR are the hardest looking fixtures but the only other top half teams we are playing are Blackpool and Bournemouth. To be on track for 74 points and the playoffs, we need 19 points from next 11 games to halfway to 74. Who thinks we'll get 19 points from these games? It's difficult to predict what will happen. Under Nigel we never managed to keep good form going for long. It was either a few wins then a few defeats, or alternate wins and defeats. This squad looks much stronger than we've had in ages though and let's hope the momentum from Steve's honeymoon period will keep going until we have the confidence to believe we can keep it going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramchope Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 I just literally just doing the same thing before I came on here. Dreaming perhaps, I put us down for 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses. 20 points from 11 games would be great! January looks like it will be tough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafiabob Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Just love to go an big unbeaten run, what was our longest unbeaten run under Nigel Clough? Can't imagine more than 6/7 games at a guess? Any resident stat people here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiffy Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Just love to go an big unbeaten run, what was our longest unbeaten run under Nigel Clough? Can't imagine more than 6/7 games at a guess? Any resident stat people here?Need to sign a Stimac type player then, that was the last BIG unbeaten run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North_Stand_Ram Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 We've had a hard start and it does get easier in November and December. Those months will make our season in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 My predictions to the end of December - 21 pts to give us 39 pts at that stage. That works out to finishing the season on 80 points. They was based on Clough being in charge though but so far McClaren had kept us on target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyram Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Wasn't it last December we were rubbish snd the season before really great? Or is it the other way round? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Just love to go an big unbeaten run, what was our longest unbeaten run under Nigel Clough? Can't imagine more than 6/7 games at a guess? Any resident stat people here? 6 games - 18 Sep-19 Oct 2010 Sat 18-Sep-10 A Barnsley D 1-1 Sat 25-Sep-10 H Crystal Palace W 5-0 Tue 28-Sep-10 H Middlesbrough W 3-1 Sat 02-Oct-10 A Swansea City D 0-0 Sat 16-Oct-10 H Preston North End W 3-0 Tue 19-Oct-10 A Doncaster Rovers W 3-2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 6 games? Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alph Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 December is a decent opportunity to grab points. I'm not that scared of QPR. I'd rather play them than Watford again. They're tight defensively (not just statistically but having seen them they are tough) but its only thanks to a good few penalties I think that they've got the points they have. Largely the threat is Austin. They aren't free flowing. With Watford the danger was our shakey defending v their free flowing attack. With QPR I just don't see them getting at us quite as often or quickly. Probably tougher to get through. I imagine Hughes will get some tough treatment by an experienced player and Martin will need to make the most of limited time on the ball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafiabob Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Just shows how much "progress" we actually made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 6 games? Really? It appears so, I didn't double-check in detail. Caveats - League only; I didn't "wrap-around" seasons, only checked runs within a single season; I did it pretty quickly so E&OE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Just shows how much "progress" we actually made. I hope you're not judging a team purely on one metric... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mafiabob Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 I hope you're not judging a team purely on one metric... maybe I was being a bit harsh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 6 games - 18 Sep-19 Oct 2010 Sat 18-Sep-10 A Barnsley D 1-1 Sat 25-Sep-10 H Crystal Palace W 5-0 Tue 28-Sep-10 H Middlesbrough W 3-1 Sat 02-Oct-10 A Swansea City D 0-0 Sat 16-Oct-10 H Preston North End W 3-0 Tue 19-Oct-10 A Doncaster Rovers W 3-2 Matched it in 11/12 "n4ifcYD" alt="n4ifcYD"> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiffy Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Matched it in 11/12 "n4ifcYD" alt="n4ifcYD"> What a defence 1goal in 6 games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 I'm not getting carried away We still can't defend set pieces and teams won't be as open as Ipswich or Leeds were at Pride Park I guess the only way we'll do it is by going for wins.. I've said on many occasions before, any draw at NPC level is 2 points dropped.. It's only ever good to draw a game if it's a season defining point (ie. stop the other team from winning and we finish in the top 6) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Matched it in 11/12 "n4ifcYD" alt="n4ifcYD"> Was just about to say "not sure how I missed that" til I spotted the Palace game was in the FA Cup. If we're gonna include cup games there could have been a longer run, although as we haven't had too many cup runs it might not take too long to check. ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Ahhh ******, it's still early, let me grab a coffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted October 20, 2013 Share Posted October 20, 2013 Any graphs anyone? I see that 4 of those six wins were at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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