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Other Clubs News Discussion Thread 2

For the lip readers amongst us the Dier/Wood chat was quite good.

Never a handball. (exasperated)

According to the rules it is. (giggling)
 
CDX_EIRE said:
Have 3 teams ever started this poorly? The bottom 3 look like cannon fodder. Even WBA have grinded out a few results.

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Often one team looks detached after 6 games but 3 on just 1 point is quite a surprise. Happy for them to stay down there if it makes our lives easier, still think the primary aim is to be boringly safe come the final few games so an early 11 point lead will do nicely
 
At the risk of sounding like Steve Bruce, I think the time to start really analyzing the table is after about 10 games. If all of those bottom 3/4 are still as far adrift as they are now I'd be very surprised. It would only take a decent short-run of results to be back in the mix of mid-table, just as the same would apply to us or Everton on the other end....
 
CDX_EIRE said:
They're missing an Ings and could probably do with more leadership. They don't seem capable of putting games out of reach or seeing games out. Southampton are the same, bobby average without Ings.
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Looked at the prem table yesterday which is something I don't normally take any notice of till the last ten games of the season but I distinctly noticed the bottom 5 they are 5 which I would describe as the littlest clubs in the league with the exception that Sheffield in my old headed system is a little bit bigger than Palace and Southampton.But the rest of the league in my eyes looks like a premier league.So the point I'm trying to get at is I get the feeling this pandemic is already causing a divide between the rich and the poor which I think is sad because I do like to see the big teams in the big league but I also like a few wild cards in the mix.But I think the days of these teams signing 20/30 million pound players has gone they will rely on gate receipts a lot more than the well supported clubs because I would imagine their merchandise sales and advertising fees are a lot less than the bigger clubs it's beginning to look like a natural selection of the fittest that will survive for me which if true is sad.
 
gmvillan said:
At the risk of sounding like Steve Bruce, I think the time to start really analyzing the table is after about 10 games. If all of those bottom 3/4 are still as far adrift as they are now I'd be very surprised. It would only take a decent short-run of results to be back in the mix of mid-table, just as the same would apply to us or Everton on the other end....
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I remember Palace having a decent start last season then dropping then winning 5 on the bounce. Then they slid down fast towards the end but had enough to finish comfortably safe
 
Yes it’s difficult to know at the moment who to support in neutral games I watch. Take last night, I wanted Burnley to get at least a draw against Spurs to hold them back from us at the top. But should I have been pleased Spurs won in case we end up joining the relegation pack again?
 
Wicked Messenger said:
Yes it’s difficult to know at the moment who to support in neutral games I watch. Take last night, I wanted Burnley to get at least a draw against Spurs to hold them back from us at the top. But should I have been pleased Spurs won in case we end up joining the relegation pack again?
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Our wonderful start aside, the aim this season is to be comfortably away from relegation. We aren't going to be competing with Spurs this year in the long run imo. Burnley can drop all the points they like!
 
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