Making Plans 957 Posted March 1, 2015 Last 6 matches (overall) GPWDLGFGAGDPts1Norwich City6600163+13182Nottm Forest6510198+11163Watford6501139+4154Wolverhampton6402145+9125Derby County63211410+4116Middlesbrough631276+1107Charlton6303128+498Brentford630397+299Leeds Utd6303660910Ipswich Town630389-1911Sheffield Wed622297+2812Brighton & Hove622287+1813Huddersfield622289-1814Cardiff City6141330715Rotherham6213814-6716Bournemouth613289-1617Blackburn613256-1618Bolton6204914-5619Wigan Athletic6204511-6620Reading6204310-7621Birmingham City6123811-3522Fulham612359-4523Millwall611449-5424Blackpool6024718-112 Last 10 matches (overall) GPWDLGFGAGDPts1Norwich City10811228+14252Watford107032616+10213Wolverhampton10622197+12204Derby County106222012+8205Middlesbrough10622127+5206Nottm Forest106132315+8197Brentford10604139+4188Leeds Utd10523119+2179Brighton & Hove104241211+11410Huddersfield104241314-11411Ipswich Town104151314-11312Bournemouth103341312+11213Sheffield Wed103341211+11214Birmingham City102531213-11115Charlton103251315-21116Fulham103251115-41117Bolton103251622-61118Reading10325612-61119Rotherham103251320-71120Blackburn10244811-31021Cardiff City10244710-31022Millwall10226613-7823Wigan Athletic10226716-9824Blackpool102261127-168 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Surfer 1,547 Posted March 2, 2015 Just underlines how much 10 games have changed our fortunes - and affected others. We have gained.13 points on Bournemouth12 points on Ipswich7 points on Brentford5 points on Derby, Middlesbrough and Wolves4 points on Watford Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,359 Posted March 2, 2015 Make good reading but we need to keep it up! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lessingham Canary 108 Posted March 2, 2015 Oh no I see AN getting manager of the month, and Brad getting player of the month, happy for Brad if he does, but don''t want MOM ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NCFCgardener 0 Posted March 2, 2015 I had a gut feeling that Norwich and Watford would gatecrash the top 2, looking at the form tables, I''m almost certain of it. I wonder where we would be had we made the right appointment at the start of the season, oh well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
birchfest 401 Posted March 2, 2015 There''s so much that can change, but for me it''s the consistency in performances that is the most encouraging... After the Cardiff win which showed a little wobble in and the Brentford game we''ve just looked more and more solid and capable of seeing out games. The beautiful thing is we have not put it firmly in our own hands with Derby and Middlesbrough still to come to Carrow Road! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Just Dan 10 Posted March 2, 2015 The most telling thing for me is that we have only conceded 3 times in the last 6, which is massive in this league. We have always had goals galore in this side, now we are backing it up with clean sheets and good defensive displays. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lake district canary 4,836 Posted March 2, 2015 Its good to marvel at our current form, but it means diddly squat if we don''t keep it up, especially as so many teams are in with a shout of the top two. The signs are good, but we need to keep this form up right to the end of the season. Going to take a huge effort of will from the players. The one thing you can be fairly certain of is that AN won''t let up and that will be the catalyst for continued improvement. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
havemyhowsonit 0 Posted March 2, 2015 Just hope all this good work doesn''t get undone in the next 2 games. Potential banana skins when we really should be smashing the likes of Wigan and millwall Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tetteys Jig 851 Posted March 2, 2015 Also useful to know that Watford also have Derby and Middlesborough to play still as well and have Wolves at the weekend. Hopefully they start dropping some more points soon as if you take our game against them out of the equation, they are in pretty relentless form themselves. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canarydan23 4,770 Posted March 2, 2015 "I wonder where we would be had we made the right appointment at the start of the season, oh well."We probably would not have appointed Alex Neil at the start of the season. Back then he was just a player manager who had got Hamilton into the Scottish Prem. I imagine it was his impressive performance with the "big boys" (I use the term lightly) in the Prem that got McNally''s attention for the Norwich job.So, perhaps we should actually be grateful for the Adams appointment, as without it we might''ve not got Neil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PurpleCanary 6,391 Posted March 2, 2015 [quote user="canarydan23"]"I wonder where we would be had we made the right appointment at the start of the season, oh well."We probably would not have appointed Alex Neil at the start of the season. Back then he was just a player manager who had got Hamilton into the Scottish Prem. I imagine it was his impressive performance with the "big boys" (I use the term lightly) in the Prem that got McNally''s attention for the Norwich job.So, perhaps we should actually be grateful for the Adams appointment, as without it we might''ve not got Neil.[/quote]I believe Neil had got McNally''s attention last season but, as you say, was regarded as too risky an appointment in the summer, because he might have turned out to be someone who couldn''t cut it in the Scottish top flight.That was why, having appointed Adams, we had a scout at every Hamilton game this season. We may have been looking at players as well but mainly we were checking on Neil''s game management and tactical abilities. Obviously we saw enough in the first few months to decide he wouldn''t be a risk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mutley 167 Posted March 2, 2015 Have a look a this it is on another thread: https://nathanlowndesfootballgenius.wordpress.com/2015/03/02/the-championship-final-run-in/A very interesting read! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
