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Disregarding our dislike of Wolves fans, it looks as though their team has the talent and depth to gain automatic promotion.
I wanted a draw just so both would drop points, or a Villa win to shut their fans up.
Villa would have been on the end of a much larger 'doing' if it were not for Hutton.
Of all the teams we've played so far I think Sheffield United and possibly Preston are the ones that will be competing at the top for a long time yet.
Two sides to every story, were Villa bad. ? (just saying like)Quote:
Originally Posted by Forest Green Bluebird
I hate wolves
Its all about de money, how well you spend, (take note MM) and they have invested very well,in the right individuals, set them up well , and rightly sit on the top.
We did well against them early season , or was it because we caught them on where they were still adjusting.
Let's see how they manage winter Tuesday night's and other Midland derbies.
Of all of the teams I've seen at home, the Blades were the more impressive.
I thought the battle would be Boro and Villa for top two ,with Derby ,Wolves, Hull and the Owls following on , hey what do I know, in this mad league .
Others such as us Brizzies,Preston ,Blades and Leeds are up there creating a confused and difficult situation for others to get a run together and it's stopping them getting any continuity together to move away from the pack.
For me,I'm not getting to excited , I'm just watching the 3rd from bottom and 6th place and points.
We have a genuine chance of automatic promotion , all sides have blips
Gutting when you look at the table, we should be beating sides in the bottom 3, although historically we never do......Sheffield Utd will fade I think, still expect a surge from villa and boro but who knows
Absolutely, in this division in particular. Any team currently occupying the top spots could easily fall away, look at leeds. And the likes of Derby, Hull, Birmingham etc could just as easily be up there in no time. We're not going to do a Newcastle, we're clearly not good enough. For us it's all about consistency, and the fact we have NW in charge gives me much more confidence that we won't go on a long run of bad form like we used to under DJ, but can maintain that consistency over the season. Also we've got Paterson, Camp, Healy and Harris to come back into the squad too.Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Points on the board and a manager with some bollocks , we have a great chanceQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry Shitpeas
Respectively I don't there is not enough creativity in the team for automatic ,hope I'm wrong .Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Might change in the January window , however I'm sure FRO will kick in for us , very unfair process in my view some are spending millions .
We got a great base though for a top 6 , I do agree you can't judge on the blips like Preston and Brum , however we have lost our zest , and ability to get on the front foot quickly, which we so pleasing to see early season, at that point I thought no one would live with us .
Our mental attitude needs looking at as we came through a very tough period playing top 6 clubs very well .
Let's hope Brum was a blip , they say you judge a good side from its recovery, from a poor result .
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Originally Posted by life on mars
I have faith in Warnock
And me ,i'm a huge fan , he's a real footy manager better than most before him , just wish we had the wealth to back him .Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
I think his ability to build a never say die attitude may see us through , of course we are having a drop in form though , can't deny thatQuote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
We looked like world beaters in our first 5 games. Wolves will dip in form - I just hope we are there to cash in on it.
Too right they will , it's a long seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by Blooburd
Do think teams have worked us out us out. as well .Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
In the immortal lyrics "we're going through changes"
Villa were not good enough to reply after going 1-0 down.Quote:
Originally Posted by BLUETIT
They struggled against a decent outfit.
Their previous 4 wins were against mediocre teams and apart from a few decent individual performances they came up short.
Villa will be in the mix at the end of the season but probably well below Wolves (unfortunately).
Friday night after an international break against a side with a new manager was never going to end well
Villa made a big mistake in buying Terry, in my opinion you need to stay away from sunset premiership players as they dont create dressing room harmony and equlaity .Quote:
Originally Posted by Forest Green Bluebird
They could have had the choice of many centre backs with the money they spent on his alledged wage .
Better than Barcelona :biggrin:
But that front three of theirs are something else :wink:Quote:
Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY
Thought the Brum front three were equally impressive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
And better than those three is Neves behind them. They've got the most quality in the league. Just hope this winter is too much for them..Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
One of their fans genuinely called them the "Barcelona of the Championship" on 5 Live. Jason Mohammad quite rightly pointed out that Cardiff beat them fairly comfortably
The sheer arrogance of some of the Wolves fans is ridiculous
Not as effective as ours though when they're on form - I'd like one of Wolves' midfield players mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wales-Bales
Wolves look different class at the moment . Our early season form is a distant memory .
Not beating Birmingham , no , not competing with Birmingham was unforgivable .
Aston Villa won't be far away , neither will Derby they showed tactical nouse against us .
Unfortunately football results are generally determined by the budget . We spent 1.5 million on a player who doesn't get anywhere near the team , other than that it is freebies and trying to resurrect players we already had and their careers were going down the pan .
I cashed in my bet on us today , I had 14/1 ew which you won't get anywhere but I turned a profit . I have my doubts I would be seeing a profit in the coming weeks and months .
I hope the team prove me wrong , Fridays performance scarred me .
And there lies the key to this side and many before them midfielder with vision, passers,pace from the middle to set off our very good forward line.Quote:
Originally Posted by the other bob wilson
A lot of sides will beat Wolves up, they will relish playing against pocession type sides such as Wednesday , Villa and Fulham
Agree with above it it could also be that opposing managers are setting out their teams to stifle our direct play.Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
Unfortunately, I feel that we are struggling for a plan B and lack creativity.
we beat Villa on Saturday :thumbup:Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
Think we have players to alter things a tad in the spine. It's the wide positions that concern me for the short term. We are so reliant on NML and Hoilett. While there flank switching spices things up it's hardly a real tactical curve ball for the opposition. I wonder if trying Ward on the flank when we want to go more direct might give us something different until January?Quote:
Originally Posted by life on mars
We should be concerned about Bennett too. If he gets injured we'll be a much lesser team. Hopefully the birth or his kid means he'll want to stay with us until the summer even if a club triggers his release clause in Jan, which is surely very likely.
That's his point...Quote:
Originally Posted by notacardifffan