Thing is, being a little bit worse than the opposition every game is pretty easy to do
I had a similar conversation with a burton fan after their 0-0 draw at Carrow Road. They played well by their standards that night and eked out a point. Their fan took that as a sign that they could beat lesser teams and stay up, but my point was that it’s far harder to take the initiative and force a win against a team you should / could beat, than it is to take a backs to the wall point.
My long winded way of saying they lack the quality to actually win matches. As you say, they’ll get draws, but they’ve not got the quality to actually beat decent teams in my opinion.
What do they need? 39 points from 28 games? Not that tough an ask really, but it would equate to 64 points in a season which is normally what is required for 10th / 12th. They could do it, but if they don’t start scoring points at the required rate, they could easily be doomed before Xmas.
Posted By: SimonOTBC on November 23rd 2018 at 22:43:47
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- Lambert has his work cut out with Ipswich (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Nov 23, 20:31:55
- they've got major problems up front too (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 23, 20:35:48
- No way are they staying up. (Other Football) - APB, Nov 23, 20:49:19
- (Probably just textbooked them staying up) (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Nov 23, 20:50:18
- They’re playing so much better in the 2nd half (n/m) (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Nov 23, 21:09:10
- I knew I’d have that effect. (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Nov 23, 21:17:59
- thing is that although they're terrible, they're not getting thumped (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 23, 21:44:15
- Thing is, being a little bit worse than the opposition every game is pretty easy to do (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Nov 23, 22:43:47
- thing is that although they're terrible, they're not getting thumped (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 23, 21:44:15
- I knew I’d have that effect. (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Nov 23, 21:17:59
- They’re playing so much better in the 2nd half (n/m) (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Nov 23, 21:09:10
- (Probably just textbooked them staying up) (n/m) (Other Football) - APB, Nov 23, 20:50:18
- No way are they staying up. (Other Football) - APB, Nov 23, 20:49:19
- Kind of a no lose situation for him in a way. Expected to be relegated by the looks. (n/m) (Other Football) - DrDublin, Nov 23, 20:34:02
- It does look grim for them, but WBA are decent (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Nov 23, 20:33:40
- Ipswich are making WBA look good (Other Football) - strap_on sally, Nov 23, 20:45:08
- Ipswich playing right into their hands due to their limitations (Other Football) - Jim, Nov 23, 20:41:20
- Yeah - that’s my point really. They’ll whack shit teams, doesn’t mean they’ll beat top 6 (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Nov 23, 20:47:50
- they've got major problems up front too (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Nov 23, 20:35:48
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