Yes, agreed - I think it is a big game, but not because I think we'll go down if we lose

A criticism of Clement at Rangers was that his side struggled against a low block and were better against good sides (in Europe for example). We've looked decent when teams have attacked us, but looked less good against Stoke and Watford.

We're going to come up against some deep defences (if the teams we play have decent a decent coach) when we play Blackburn and Sheff Wed in particular.

Would love to see us smash through it.

Posted By: SimonOTBC on February 4th 2026 at 12:57:24

Message Thread

Gargantuan game Saturday… (NCFC) - loz, Feb 4, 11:45:57
- What does one wear to a gargantuan game? X (n/m) (NCFC) - Nelsons final flanel, Feb 4, 12:27:45
- His old nemesis is at Leeds now (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Feb 4, 12:03:49
  - Did he really have a fallout with Farke? (NCFC) - APB, Feb 4, 12:08:07
  - Bigger fallout with clement than Farke I think (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Feb 4, 12:04:52
  - Or Red Bull in Japan depending on which you mean. (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Feb 4, 12:04:13
- Why? (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 11:47:56
  - Will your cushions be plumped sufficiently? Always a concern tbf (n/m) (NCFC) - Boyer, Feb 4, 13:57:43
  - The idea that we are safe and shouldn't be concerned is very much about living in (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Feb 4, 12:12:40
    - You can think we’re not safe and still not be concerned (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 12:18:46
  - Maybe gargantuan is a bit of an exaggeration, but they’re all important. (NCFC) - APB, Feb 4, 12:10:52
    - Definitely (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 4, 12:24:00
      - I'd feel like that if we were, say, 13th or so. (NCFC) - APB, Feb 4, 12:34:51
        
        I think people under estimate the effect Manning had (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 12:39:27
        
        Yep. We don't even need "the best striker in the Championship"! (n/m) (NCFC) - JD3, Feb 4, 13:18:20
        
        We had the best two and didn’t realise (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Feb 4, 13:19:01
    - Yes important is fair (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 12:19:31
  - Personally I like us to win games. Every game. (NCFC) - APB, Feb 4, 12:03:09
    - I want nothing more than a win on Saturday. (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 4, 12:08:04
    - Yes I want to smash them (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 12:06:05
    - Winning is great tbf (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Feb 4, 12:05:27
  - Every game is as important as each other apart from the FA cup game (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Feb 4, 11:55:03
    - That’s the most important one (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 11:56:29
  - VVMT (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 4, 11:51:02
  - Well we can’t be complacent that our good form continues … (NCFC) - loz, Feb 4, 11:50:44
    - You’re worried we’ll revert to the Manning era? (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 11:55:10
      - Feb is a great chance to put serious distance between us and the relegation zone (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 4, 12:03:41
        
        Nobody can argue against that (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 12:08:31
        
        Yes, agreed - I think it is a big game, but not because I think we'll go down if we lose (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Feb 4, 12:57:24
        
        Tbf clement would definitely say it wasn’t he’s very big… (NCFC) - loz, Feb 4, 12:11:15
        
        Even let’s say we do go down (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 12:47:51
        
        100% (n/m) (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 4, 12:06:41
        
        Yep absolutely this … (NCFC) - loz, Feb 4, 12:06:14
        
        This. It’s a great opportunity. (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Feb 4, 12:04:07
      - No definitely not… (NCFC) - loz, Feb 4, 11:57:17
    - Yes, this idea that we're not still in a relegation battle is (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 4, 11:53:53
      - Indeed (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Feb 4, 12:04:57
      - Take the point entirely (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 4, 12:04:27
      - If you just looked at the table you might think that (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 12:01:11
        
        Oxford at home? (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 4, 12:03:49
        
        There was a helluva lot of sodden bedsheets after that game (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 4, 12:34:34
        
        Details! (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 12:42:53
        
        I saw immediate improvement in that game (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 4, 12:07:27
        
        We should have won it yes (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 4, 12:28:29
        
        We did seem to be addicted to late sucker punches (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 12:43:42
        
        I felt sickened (NCFC) - norwaay, Feb 4, 12:31:44
        
        We'd created a load of chances and their keeper had a blinder (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 4, 12:48:56
        
        Certainly more than enough chances in these highlights (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 4, 12:57:19
        
        And the state of the table (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 12:57:57
        
        It was only November. Plenty of games left to catch up (n/m) (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 4, 13:05:35
        
        Psychologically hard to take (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 13:09:31
        
        Yep (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 4, 12:59:34
        
        That left us 7 points off safety (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 12:52:41
        
        Yep, I was the same - totally gutted and at the time that (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 4, 12:45:02
        
        Yep you called it (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Feb 4, 12:44:13
        
        True (NCFC) - APB, Feb 4, 12:11:47
      - Win the next two and we are basically safe … (NCFC) - loz, Feb 4, 11:58:04
        
        Should be fairly easy. Those teams are down there for a reason, (NCFC) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Feb 4, 12:39:22
        
        Pretty much, and I'm confident we will end up safe (NCFC) - jamesward, Feb 4, 12:01:25

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