Bris Vegas Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 Time for a separate thread to discuss our Championship promotion rivals? Or is that just tempting fate? Upcoming fixtures before the FA Cup tie: Friday: Cardiff vs Preston Saturday: Bristol City vs Wolves (17:30 KO) Birmingham vs Leeds Middlesbrough vs Aston Villa Sheff Utd vs Bolton Monday: Derby vs Sheff Utd Leeds vs Forest Preston vs Middlesbrough QPR vs Cardiff Aston Villa vs Bristol City Tuesday: Wolves vs Brentford Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 Probably worth throwing transfer news in here too. I can also see Fulham and perhaps even Brentford joining the chase in the 2nd half of the season. I can't see Ipswich and Preston maintaining a playoff push, while anyone below (and including) Forest are too far behind. Big games this weekend for Bristol City and Aston Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagerbob Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 I can see preston being the team to join the party given their recent run. You just dont know what your gonna get with Fulham, they look really good in very open games, when the opposition tries to go toe to to toe with them. Their games against cardiff and sheff utd come to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted December 27, 2017 Author Share Posted December 27, 2017 1 minute ago, jagerbob said: I can see preston being the team to join the party given their recent run. You just dont know what your gonna get with Fulham, they look really good in very open games, when the opposition tries to go toe to to toe with them. Their games against cardiff and sheff utd come to mind. Preston can certainly find themselves well in the mix with a couple of good results this weekend. Two defeats though and they could find themselves a fair few points behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagerbob Posted December 27, 2017 Share Posted December 27, 2017 theres a lot of football to be played in half a season so a lot can change. If Pulis somehow get boro performing then they will be back knocking on the door very soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted December 29, 2017 Author Share Posted December 29, 2017 Cardiff have just shown how average this league really is. We’re in with a shot of the automatics, no doubt about that. I think Leeds will be fancying their chances too. They could really close the gap come Tuesday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 5 hours ago, Bris Vegas said: Cardiff have just shown how average this league really is. We’re in with a shot of the automatics, no doubt about that. I think Leeds will be fancying their chances too. They could really close the gap come Tuesday. And leeds are no great shakes having had a poor run of their own already this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spenno Posted December 30, 2017 Share Posted December 30, 2017 I can see brentford being in the mix and I expect boro to be a force villa should bounce back when their players return but they still feel look like a collection of individuals. Brizzle look good but paper thin squad might be exposed in the run in. Other than wolves I cant predict autos or promotion spots but I think it'll be an interesting run in with any of about 10 teams challenging for 2nd down to 6th. I don't think because the league is open it means it's weak one look at how the relegated clubs from this season and last are faring would suggest it is stronger than most give it credit for. Glad we're in the mix rather than the half a season of dead rubbers forest have to look forward to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted December 30, 2017 Author Share Posted December 30, 2017 Wow what a great weekend it has been so far. So many results went our way. Preston must have enjoyed it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted December 31, 2017 Author Share Posted December 31, 2017 Interesting that Aston Villa have played most of the top teams away from home already. Their last three home games of the season are against Cardiff City, Leeds and Derby. They could have a big say in the race for promotion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StringerBell Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 53 minutes ago, Bris Vegas said: Interesting that Aston Villa have played most of the top teams away from home already. Their last three home games of the season are against Cardiff City, Leeds and Derby. They could have a big say in the race for promotion. Similar with us. We’ve played Sheff Utd, Boro, Leeds, Bristol, Cardiff away. 4 our of the top 6 plus Boro who I think could be better in the second half of the season. We’ve still got Wolves, Villa and Preston away though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcfcfan1 Posted December 31, 2017 Share Posted December 31, 2017 At this point for us, home and away doesnt make much of a difference. Id argue that fixtures mean nothing in this league too ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bris Vegas Posted January 1, 2018 Author Share Posted January 1, 2018 HT: QPR 0-0 Cardiff Preston 2-1 Boro Leeds 0-0 Forest Staying as it is would be good for us. But surely more goals to come in the other games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papahet Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Not writing Villa or Boro off the auto's yet. Under performing, yet still in and around the play offs.Only takes one or two bad results from us and they'll be on our arse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needles Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Villa beating Bristol City. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Villa 1-0 Bristol City. Ideally I'd like a draw. Villa have a good squad even though they didn't look brilliant at our place. They'll be within 5 points of us if it stays this way. Two bad results and that could be wiped out. I'd prefer a straight battle with Bristol City rather than having teams like Villa and Boro also coming along to join us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needles Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 2-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukedcfc Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Boro And villa are the teams to watch, also focus on Brentford as the team to make a late run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needles Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 1 minute ago, lukedcfc said: Boro And villa are the teams to watch, also focus on Brentford as the team to make a late run. I don't disagree, and when you look at the quality in both squads it's a fair point, but 2-3 weeks ago we all manner or perfectly reasonable posters saying how Cardiff were uncatchable and Bristol City were most likely to do it. We just need to keep grinding quietly along...nothing to say 'Boro or Villa won't have blips along the way, and we're in pole position for 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle Posted January 1, 2018 Share Posted January 1, 2018 Tricky one this game and I don’t want to see villa winning games to be honest but someone has to drop points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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