Jacks sneaking up into 8th

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05-07-20, 16:08
Toadstool

Jacks sneaking up into 8th

Only 4 points behind - the y could be a bigger danger than Derby
05-07-20, 16:15
Rjk

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Rhian Brewster looks really good at the moment. will play premier League football next season.
05-07-20, 16:37
splott parker

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Rhian Brewster looks really good at the moment. will play premier League football next season.

How much do you reckon he’ll cost us?
05-07-20, 16:46
BLUETIT

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Only 4 points behind - the Y could be a bigger danger than Derby

Who are the Y ???
05-07-20, 17:23
xsnaggle

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Who are the Y ???

If he told you that..........................
05-07-20, 17:55
Dorcus

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Who are the Y ???

Ye olde Jack barstewardes
05-07-20, 18:00
insider

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My boy reckons Brewster went off injured ?
05-07-20, 18:12
J R Hartley

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Hardly sneaking up they were 8th / 9th at the restart.
05-07-20, 18:51
xsnaggle

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Hardly sneaking up they were 8th / 9th at the restart.

Anything the jacks do is sneaky by definition. sneaky barstewards
05-07-20, 19:16
goats

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A few tough games coming up for them....
05-07-20, 21:06
Lawnmower

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A few tough games coming up for them....

Their fixtures are probably easier than ours.. they’ve got Bristol, Reading and Brum who are all out of the reckoning. Leeds and Forest will hopefully be tough for them - unless Forest are already in the play offs and rest players ..

We’ve got Derby & Blackburn who are both in the hunt and Fulham who will be very tough

Then 2 sides who are fighting for their lives at the bottom.

3 wins should be enough ( especially if 1 is against Derby) as that would leave Swansea needing 4 wins and a draw

Sooner we get these the better !
05-07-20, 21:07
Lawnmower

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My boy reckons Brewster went off injured ?

He did.
05-07-20, 21:10
Eric the Half a Bee

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Their fixtures are probably easier than ours.. they’ve got Bristol, Reading and Brum who are all out of the reckoning. Leeds and Forest will hopefully be tough for them - unless Forest are already in the play offs and rest players ..

We’ve got Derby & Blackburn who are both in the hunt and Fulham who will be very tough

Then 2 sides who are fighting for their lives at the bottom.

3 wins should be enough ( especially if 1 is against Derby) as that would leave Swansea needing 4 wins and a draw

Sooner we get these the better !

Yesterday Reading didn't do too badly for a side with bugger all to play for...
05-07-20, 21:14
J R Hartley

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Yesterday Reading didn't do too badly for a side with bugger all to play for...

The Southampton v Man City game tonight was very competitive for a dead rubber.
05-07-20, 21:31
Eric the Half a Bee

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The Southampton v Man City game tonight was very competitive for a dead rubber.

There's no finer example than May 2nd, 2011. Middlesbrough, nothing to play for, in 16th place, 14 points clear of relegation. All the teams below them have 1 game left. Middlesbrough are on holiday, they're on the preverbial beach. Minds elsewhere. Cannon fodder.

Cardiff City 1 point off 2nd place in the table. A win and the pressure is on 2nd placed Norwich to get a win.

21 minutes gone and this became the absolute nightmare which finally killed our season.
06-07-20, 04:25
the other bob wilson

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He did.

And it looked like the type of injury which could keep him out for a new games - his shirt was used as a kind of sling to support his injured arm.
06-07-20, 07:46
Hilts

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There's no finer example than May 2nd, 2011. Middlesbrough, nothing to play for, in 16th place, 14 points clear of relegation. All the teams below them have 1 game left. Middlesbrough are on holiday, they're on the preverbial beach. Minds elsewhere. Cannon fodder.

Cardiff City 1 point off 2nd place in the table. A win and the pressure is on 2nd placed Norwich to get a win.

21 minutes gone and this became the absolute nightmare which finally killed our season.

That performance was a disgrace.
06-07-20, 07:59
Rjk

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That performance was a disgrace.

Dave Jones' teams were always with a really strong first choice XI, but very little spent on the rest of the squad. I think that season we had just too many players injured at the end of the season and we weren't able to manage.
For most of that season we played really good football, probably the best we have at this level.
06-07-20, 08:09
BLUETIT

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Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee

There's no finer example than May 2nd, 2011. Middlesbrough, nothing to play for, in 16th place, 14 points clear of relegation. All the teams below them have 1 game left. Middlesbrough are on holiday, they're on the preverbial beach. Minds elsewhere. Cannon fodder.

Cardiff City 1 point off 2nd place in the table. A win and the pressure is on 2nd placed Norwich to get a win.

21 minutes gone and this became the absolute nightmare which finally killed our season.

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That performance was a disgrace.

Wasn’t that the one, where the players went out on a bender after the SEASONS PRESENTATION NIGHT ???
06-07-20, 21:11
Lawnmower

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That performance was a disgrace.

Players out on the piss the day before
06-07-20, 21:41
Eric the Half a Bee

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Dave Jones' teams were always with a really strong first choice XI, but very little spent on the rest of the squad. I think that season we had just too many players injured at the end of the season and we weren't able to manage.
For most of that season we played really good football, probably the best we have at this level.

I think most is pushing it a bit. We started well, had a great run up until the end of October where I thought we were nailed on champions, the way we were playing. Then the Jacks gave us a footballing lesson. In November and December we played 10 and won 8 points, looking every bit the opposite of how we played in August, September and October, dropping us from top to fifth.

A reasonable, if unconvincing January and February followed where we got ourselves back to third, then 2 points from 4 games against bottom of the table sides in March saw us drop to 4th. We'd seemingly got ourselves back on track with 16 points from 18 in April before failing to win our last 4 games of the season when the pressure was on, including playoffs, scoring once in 4.

I remember Jones saying the club used to plan on a month-by-month basis. The monthly stats for that season are quite bonkers. (Month/win percentage/points per game). Either great or shit.

August 75% 2.5
September 40% 1.4
October 100% 3.0
November 20% 0.8
December 25% 1.0
January 67% 2.3
February 57% 2.0
March 0% 0.5
April 83% 2.7
May 0% 0.5

For me the 2008/09 side that got close to automatic promotion was one of the most entertaining ang played the best football, until the last 4 games. The side that went well clear early in 2006/7 was a bit of a monster as well. That 2010/11 side was too hit and miss.