Ipswich 2-0 Chelsea

[Mário César 997]

27 minutes ago, Mhsc said:

That was just a rough guestimation of where we would be by the end of the season if we had got all of those "dropped points" and continued that form. You recently said we had dropped 12 points, which would put us on 47 after 18 games, which if you extrapolate forward would be approximately 100 points by the end of the season.

It does not seem realistic to me. Overall I am pretty impressed with the progress we've made and feel like our place in the table is pretty fair based on how we've performed, and don't really feel like we've "dropped" many points - although I'm not sure I even know what that term even means anymore.

vesper see the things in too simplistic way

[Vesper 29,040]

1 hour ago, Mhsc said:

That was just a rough guestimation of where we would be by the end of the season if we had got all of those "dropped points"

no, no it is not

even Pool, if they win the next game

and duplicate their first half points on the 2nd half of the season, will end up on 96

We will play a lot of good teams (some in better form than they started out with) in the 2nd half, THAT is where thsoe dropped points will likely bite us in the arse

Let's say we beat Ipswich.

That is 38 points in 19 games.

76 in toto if we produce the same amount in 2nd half.

Let's say we do NOT equal our first half total. Lets say we produce 33 points.

71 total.

Due to so many bad teams and so many good teams, that could be on the edge of losing out on CL.

IF we lose to Ipswich, it is then a dire trend we are setting up, as we will be tracking to only 70 points IF we duplicate the 1st half, and say, 65 in toto if we produce 5 points less in the 2nd half versus the 1st.

Dropping so many points against poor teams is NOT a good trend at that point.

[Mhsc 922]

21 minutes ago, Vesper said:

no, no it is not

even Pool, if they win the next game

and duplicate their first half points on the 2nd half of the season, will end up on 96

But you said we dropped 12 points - which if we had got would have put us on 47 points, ahead of Liverpool and in 1st, and probably favourites for the title. And subsequently on about 100 points at the end of the season, if we were to continue getting the kind of points you think we should be getting.

I just don't see it as realistic for us to be dominating the PL like that. It is not that easy imo. I don't think we are "dropping" points - we are not serious title contenders and have not done anything to have those kind of expectations around us - we are getting the results we deserve, for the most part. I think we are, if anything, slightly over performing the expectations for us this season.

[Mário César 997]

the truly 2 ugly results are against fulham and palace 

[Vesper 29,040]

8 minutes ago, Mário César said:

the truly 2 ugly results are against fulham and palace 

Everton as well

[Mário César 997]

6 minutes ago, Vesper said:

Everton as well

away from home is always a hard stadium.

With lavia and cucu maybe we won that game, but sometimes a draw away from home its ok

fulham defeat and palace draw were very bad results 

[Reddish-Blue 2,358]

13 hours ago, Mário César said:

the truly 2 ugly results are against fulham and palace 

Just be ready for some more 'ugly' results throughout January as we have a bad fixture list coming up. 🙃

[MoroccanBlue 5,320]

1 hour ago, Reddish-Blue said:

Just be ready for some more 'ugly' results throughout January as we have a bad fixture list coming up. 🙃

We should realistically be winning the 3/4 games in January. 

[Mhsc 922]

Imagine it might be basically the same team as with Fulham but maybe Noni comes in and Sancho goes to bench?

[Mário César 997]

1 hour ago, Mhsc said:

Imagine it might be basically the same team as with Fulham but maybe Noni comes in and Sancho goes to bench?

or neto....

[Strike 7,260]

 

Stopped reading at Disasi 

[NikkiCFC 8,060]

1 hour ago, Mhsc said:

Imagine it might be basically the same team as with Fulham but maybe Noni comes in and Sancho goes to bench?

Nah, 5 changes. 

[ZAPHOD2319 4,525]

5 minutes ago, Strike said:

 

Stopped reading at Disasi 

Got to pump up that January price…hopefully

[LAM09 6,792]

Is this a Conference league game, and I somehow missed the memo?

A number of concerns with that XI.

[Pizy 18,430]

Fine with everything except for being nervous about Disasi at RB as usual.

Felix & Nkunku HAVE to have big performances here. Show the manager why you deserve to be playing more.

[robsblubot 3,539]

prob the blood exam forced rotation regardless of what the manager wanted.

The goalie swap is interesting tho. 🤔

I suspect Jackson's rest might also include a warning from the Manager, like on the decision side.

Edited December 30, 2024 by robsblubot

[ZAPHOD2319 4,525]

Is it just coincidence that the people that played the worst against Fulham are benched?

[Mhsc 922]

Interesting. The group has played a lot in short succession and looked leggy in last 2 games, so I can kind of see the point, as well as giving players a chance when others have not performed (while they can't complain not to play when we keep winning, it would be pretty legit for Nkunku, Felix, Noni etc to get grumpy if they don't get a game after 2 shit performances from the people they're trying to win spots from).

Still quite risky though, because these guys don't play for a reason by and large. We'll see what happens. Only having Disasi in there genuinely concerns me.