Next few games

[Bill 1,788]

The first three

Hull, Rotherham, Bolton should be easier and a chance to rack up some points and goals..................I say 'should'

then followed by Bristol and Blackburn away which takes us to the halfway point of the season, and anything around 45 points will set us up well for the second half of the season

It is these games that you need to win so the Xmas games of Forest and Derby can be more must not lose rather than must win

At the moment there is no reason to think we will not be in the top two come the New Year

 

[......and Smith must score. 1,596]

 Perhaps we should resurrect the ' next six games thread  but with the fewer points we get the more you have to pay 😀

Just as well perhaps that the last thread didn't end today.....

 

[Bill 1,788]

10 points from the next five games

[nutty nigel 7,902]

Now we've hit 2 points per game 10 points from the next 5 would keep us on course. But the players will believe they can get 15 points and why shouldn't they. I'm loving this.

Are we still in transition? Haven't heard that one for a while...

[Darth Canary1 92]

We have transitioned to gaining maximum points from every game, work in progress🍺

[unique 466]

Safe to say we are a much-prized scalp, and the fans of the next Championship club we fail to defeat will feel like they’ve won the lottery.

[Il Pirata 249]

This league is so unpredictable. On paper we have a decent run of fixtures coming up, but there’s sure to be twists and turns.

Hull away is tougher than the league table suggests, a decent side if they click. 

Rotherham at home is likely to be frustrating for periods, patience will be key.  

Looking at the table and current form, the top seven look strong and could start to pull away from the rest. A group that contains all the big favourites, with the exception of Villa, It’s going to be an extremely tough ask for Norwich to stay in contention. But at the same time, we’re there on merit and showing no signs of cracking. 

 

 

 

 

[Bill 1,788]

3 minutes ago, Darth Canary1 said:

We have transitioned to gaining maximum points from every game, work in progress🍺

work does often tend to be 'in progress'

we must now have our eyes on an automatic spot,

as we have shown we can take on and beat those in the top eight or so, fight back after falling behind and certainly have that same single minded mentality as we had in 2003-2009-20010  ... and '71 for some

barring any major injuries we will have almost news signings in McClean, Hanley and Thompson come January

[Il Pirata 249]

To add, we have to resist any bids for players in January. 

Pukki, Leitner, Hernandez and Buendia most certainly are on the radar of other clubs. Lose one or two of that lot, and it’ll severely damage our promotion aspirations. 

 

 

[......and Smith must score. 1,596]

23 minutes ago, Il Pirata said:

This league is so unpredictable. On paper we have a decent run of fixtures coming up, but there’s sure to be twists and turns.

Hull away is tougher than the league table suggests, a decent side if they click. 

Rotherham at home is likely to be frustrating for periods, patience will be key.  

Looking at the table and current form, the top seven look strong and could start to pull away from the rest. A group that contains all the big favourites, with the exception of Villa, It’s going to be an extremely tough ask for Norwich to stay in contention. But at the same time, we’re there on merit and showing no signs of cracking. 

 

 

 

 

Good sensible post in a sea of hysteria

[Bill 1,788]

4 minutes ago, ......and Smith must score. said:

Good sensible post in a sea of hysteria

rather an over re-action

try not to get carried away

[nutty nigel 7,902]

Smiffy would have more fun supporting Fort William....

[Sussexyellow 55]

53 minutes ago, Bill said:

work does often tend to be 'in progress'

we must now have our eyes on an automatic spot,

as we have shown we can take on and beat those in the top eight or so, fight back after falling behind and certainly have that same single minded mentality as we had in 2003-2009-20010  ... and '71 for some

barring any major injuries we will have almost news signings in McClean, Hanley and Thompson come January

To me it is a bit reminiscent of 71. An unfancied team, hitting top spot in the autumn to the disbelief of fans who did not see it coming.

The difference is that then we had never sat at the top table before and had no sense of entitlement, albeit that seems much diminished amongst supporters this season.

[ricardo 8,034]

No game is easy, even against the bottom sides. Two points per game average is enough for auto.

So far so good but much water will flow under Carrow bridge before this is done. On the plus side when we hit the top we invariably go on. 

Given reasonable fortune with injuries we will have this within our own hands.

Us going up and 1p5wich going down. Who'd not want live to see that?😀

[Bill 1,788]

there certainly was not the hype or huge effect promotion would have either

L1 and L2 (as they were) were much closer together in finance and ability, but of all the seasons I would say 71/72 is most like what we have now for the reasons above

[Bill 1,788]

2 minutes ago, ricardo said:

No game is easy, even against the bottom sides. Two points per game average is enough for auto.

So far so good but much water will flow under Carrow bridge before this is done. On the plus side when we hit the top we invariably go on. 

Given reasonable fortune with injuries we will have this within our own hands.

Us going up and 1p5wich going down. Who'd not want live to see that?😀

if one or both dont' happen then we will always have November 2018

always have us

5 points clear at the top and them 5 points adrift at the bottom at the same time

 

ps odd how a few years back some on here were talking about how our relative positions was cyclical

[ricardo 8,034]

6 minutes ago, Bill said:

if one or both dont' happen then we will always have November 2018

always have us

5 points clear at the top and them 5 points adrift at the bottom at the same time

 

ps odd how a few years back some on here were talking about how our relative positions was cyclical

You just have to live long enough😀

[Bill 1,788]

I'm not sure what I could equate the two events happening in the same season with

other than posting up stuff that peter the deleter would certainy take down

still even if we are off the top after Hull they will be bottom for at least the next two games

some achievement that.......... win two games and yet still be bottom

[ron obvious 1,711]

41 minutes ago, ricardo said:

No game is easy, even against the bottom sides. Two points per game average is enough for auto.

So far so good but much water will flow under Carrow bridge before this is done. On the plus side when we hit the top we invariably go on. 

Given reasonable fortune with injuries we will have this within our own hands.

Us going up and 1p5wich going down. Who'd not want live to see that?😀

One of my biggest reasons for optimism is that Farke has produced a machine. It is taken from the blueprint of those German national sides of recent memory who just methodically ground opponents into dust (although the wheels have come off recently. I suppose nothing lasts forever). Individual players were not that important but used as component parts in a system - one breaks, you bring in another just as good.

So injuries don't frighten me this season. Teemu's out? We'll adapt our play around Rhodes. If he's out, then the focus switches to Dennis, who is less of a threat, but I'll bet you players like Onel & Emi would pick up the load. Even the worst case (Jamal out) would have a workaround, maybe Max at LB (ability & intelligence to switch I reckon) & one of our covering RB options (though I wouldn't fancy Ivo there). 

Mario could come in for Leitner or Marco. I was impressed by Todd when he came on. Then there's Tom, Ben, Marshall ... We haven't got a Maddison this season, but we have so many players who now know & believe in each other & the system that we're in a far better place.

It's a gestalt thing. Vorsprung durch Farkenick. Resistance is futile. We're gonna win the league!

 

 

[Bill 1,788]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwaxWoJPUC0

[......and Smith must score. 1,596]

3 hours ago, nutty nigel said:

Smiffy would have more fun supporting Fort William....

Now you're talking......I'll probably find Highland moping around there somewhere 😉

[splendidrush 720]

I'm with ric on this, Hull, Bolton and Rotherham may be struggling but they still want the points and will make life as difficult as possible for us. The old cliche 'there are no easy games ' is used regularly in these situations. Over the last few years how many teams have picked up points because we underperformed? Burton, Doncaster and if I recall we failed to get a win against any of the relegated teams last season. I'm sure DF will have the Boys well drilled on Tuesday and they will pick up a win. 

[BroadstairsR 2,273]

Whereas maintaining our winning run until the New Year might be asking a bit as there will always be the occasional banana skin it is not beyond the realms of possibility that an unbeaten run could be on the cards.

As has been pointed out Farke has created a machine in which every cog, whilst being excellently honed, is neither essential nor irreplaceable due to the wealth of near perfect replacements that are available should injury strike. The recent mini-run of injuries made no difference to our march towards the top of the league.

Results speak for themselves, we can only go by what we see before us and this team is a seriously good Championship outfit, whilst the likes of Hull are where they are in the league because they are poor teams.

The two most difficult fixtures on paper are home games and furthermore they are being played on Boxing Day and New Year's Eve, considered by some notoriously difficult times for a team to travel due to the fact that they are at a period when home and family come to the fore. Perhaps clutching at straws here but neither Forest nor Derby represent massive hurdles in any case.

Unless the team has a collective brainstorm I see no reason why Norwich City should not enter 2019 comfortably astride the Championship table.

No getting carried away by the fancifulness of fandom here more a methodical assessment based upon facts and which will be backed up with hard earned cash. I intend having a £10 bet with Sky Sports on City to win every game before them until the New Year.

I expect to be in profit. Printing money, as they say. Probably not much though as some of the odds will be very short, the bookies also go by what they see before them.

Perhaps an accumulator might be on.

 

 

[dj11 404]

I do think Ipswich would let you down. I reckon they have a lucky draw in them before the end of the year. 

[BroadstairsR 2,273]

50 minutes ago, dj11 said:

I do think Ipswich would let you down. I reckon they have a lucky draw in them before the end of the year. 

"Before" the New Year. the binners come to Carrow Road at the beginning of February and they could be well cut adrift by then in any case going on current form.

Yes. Derby games are unpredictable and they are long overdue a win against us. Then there is the Lambert factor, if it still exists.

My winnings could be spent less wisely on another home win with this one though.

Edited November 25, 2018 by BroadstairsR

[dj11 404]

I thought you were intimidating that your Acca could be for Norwich to win all games until the New Year and Ipswich to lose them all!!

[BroadstairsR 2,273]

34 minutes ago, dj11 said:

I thought you were intimidating that your Acca could be for Norwich to win all games until the New Year and Ipswich to lose them all!!

I think the law of averages might come into it with the binners. They could pick up a win even, although their fixture list is much, much tougher than ours during this period and it is difficult to see where that will come from.

It's much fun to speculate as to whether Lambert's win less run will eventually emulate Hurst's.

.

That law of averages doesn't seem to apply to City at the moment, it's all win, win, win.

(Neither is it applying to my numbers on the wheel at the moment although this has more chance of turning around than City's current form has.😉)

Edited November 25, 2018 by BroadstairsR

[PurpleCanary 6,384]

8 hours ago, ron obvious said:

One of my biggest reasons for optimism is that Farke has produced a machine. It is taken from the blueprint of those German national sides of recent memory who just methodically ground opponents into dust (although the wheels have come off recently. I suppose nothing lasts forever). Individual players were not that important but used as component parts in a system - one breaks, you bring in another just as good.

So injuries don't frighten me this season. Teemu's out? We'll adapt our play around Rhodes. If he's out, then the focus switches to Dennis, who is less of a threat, but I'll bet you players like Onel & Emi would pick up the load. Even the worst case (Jamal out) would have a workaround, maybe Max at LB (ability & intelligence to switch I reckon) & one of our covering RB options (though I wouldn't fancy Ivo there). 

Mario could come in for Leitner or Marco. I was impressed by Todd when he came on. Then there's Tom, Ben, Marshall ... We haven't got a Maddison this season, but we have so many players who now know & believe in each other & the system that we're in a far better place.

It's a gestalt thing. Vorsprung durch Farkenick. Resistance is futile. We're gonna win the league!

 

 

Perceptive post, ron.

[Diane 500]

I'm enjoying our results but trying not to get too carried away. Playing against the bottom clubs  should never be taken as a walkover,  but if we continue to perform as we have in November then we should bag all 9 points to put us on 45pts and we won't even be halfway then

Exciting times ahead  😀

[FenwayFrank 2,717]

Looking at the fixtures over the next couple of weekends that would put us in a strong position. Sheffield Utd v Leeds on Saturday