unique 435 Posted February 5, 2019 It has been noted that Norwich have now played many of the top teams twice, and their remaining fixtures look favorable (on paper, at least). The following figures add the league positions of the teams yet to play, so the higher the figure the better! Norwich City 246/16 Avg - 15.37 Derby County 242/17 Avg - 14.23 Leeds United 221/16 Avg - 13.81 Birmingham City 213/16 Avg - 13.31 Sheffield United 209/16 Avg - 13.06 WBA 221/17 Avg - 13.00 Middlesboro 216/17 Avg - 12.70 Hull 196/16 Avg - 12.25 Bristol City 193/17 Avg - 11.35 Aston Villa 173/16 Avg - 10.81 Conclusion 1!) I have too much time on my hands. 2) Norwich have far and away the best fixtures on paper. 3) I wouldn't be backing Villa for a Top Six spot. 4)Fingers crossed for a good FA Cup run from Derby, and to a lesser extent WBA. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted February 5, 2019 And Boro tonight Unique. Extra time and penalties is the order of the day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ricardo 7,395 Posted February 5, 2019 2 hours ago, keelansgrandad said: And Boro tonight Unique. Extra time and penalties is the order of the day. Plus injuries and red cards👍 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
makham 81 Posted February 5, 2019 16 minutes ago, ricardo said: Plus injuries and red cards👍 2 hours ago, keelansgrandad said: And Boro tonight Unique. Extra time and penalties is the order of the day. Are you so sure about that? Boro's next 2 league games are Leeds and Sheff U. Need them getting a hard earned point from each of those, surely. Now WBA v Brighton is a different matter. Lets hope for both to continue their cup runs, though. Check out the fixtures for the next couple of weeks, and also the potential 5th round ties. it gets awfully complicated working out what to wish for. it was like when Sammy Ameobi got sent off earlier this season at FCR, and we scored. it did mean, though, he missed Bolton's next game against Leeds. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Canary Wundaboy 1,359 Posted February 6, 2019 5 hours ago, makham said: Are you so sure about that? Boro's next 2 league games are Leeds and Sheff U. Need them getting a hard earned point from each of those, surely. Now WBA v Brighton is a different matter. Lets hope for both to continue their cup runs, though. Check out the fixtures for the next couple of weeks, and also the potential 5th round ties. it gets awfully complicated working out what to wish for. it was like when Sammy Ameobi got sent off earlier this season at FCR, and we scored. it did mean, though, he missed Bolton's next game against Leeds. Demoralising cup defeat it is then! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Surfer 1,547 Posted February 6, 2019 (edited) They had better bounce back with a win v's Leeds on Saturday - it will be the perfect tonic for them! Edited February 6, 2019 by Surfer Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SwindonCanary 455 Posted February 6, 2019 I'd prefer a draw between them and Leeds with a win for us ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
unique 435 Posted February 6, 2019 Just to put Ipswich Town’s plight into the mix :- 180/16 Avg - 11.25 Little to no chance of escaping relegation. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pete 319 Posted February 6, 2019 Before the Leeds game I listed the remaining fixtures of top 6 and Villa. City have one remaining fixture against current top 6 i.e. Mid'Boro. The rest have 3 or 4 except for Derby who have one, but Villa face all top 6 so will find it tough and in no form at all. The catchword is consistency and 2 defeats in 26, 13 unbeaten away from home, only one game lost by more than 1 goal. Guess Who? Leeds falling away, Sheff Utd most consistent of top 6, WBA suspect defence, Boro too defensive don't score enough, Derby too inconsistent. I am not going to announce City to be Champs winners but its looking good, even if it doesn't happen I think Webber can be called a genius and yet to receive the plaudits he deserves. Just waiting to hear Farke was signed up long time ago but the news was kept quiet to avoid unnecessary publicity, want to hear it announced at a promotion party. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Woodman 92 Posted February 6, 2019 Just because we're playing teams who aren't in the top 6 now doesn't mean those games will be easy wins. Hull, Bristol City and Preston are on decent runs, so those games will be tough. In many respects the form table is a better guide in the short term than the league table. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
splendidrush 700 Posted February 7, 2019 10 hours ago, Woodman said: In many respects the form table is a better guide in the short term than the league table. I'm inclined to agree with this, which is why Leeds fans should be so concerned, their form has fallen off a cliff recently, unlike us their games included a defeat to Stoke and a scuffed win against Rotherham. Boro is almost a must win or the chasing pack will have caught up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Making Plans 936 Posted February 7, 2019 Another way of looking at this is to look at how we have performed against the teams we have played twice. There are 7 of them and they include 3 teams in the top 6, another 3 teams in the top 12 and only 1 in the bottom half (17th) In the first set of fixtures we got 8 points from those 7 games (1.14 points per game). We scored an average of 1.42 goals per game and conceded an average of 1.85 goals per game. Our GD was -3 The run was D, L, L, L, D, W, W, In the second set of fixtures we got 10 points from those 7 games (1.43 points per game) We scored an average 2.28 goals per game and conceded an average of 1.85 goals per game. Our GD was +6 The run was D, L, D, D, W, D, W. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ABC (A Basingstoke Canary) 26 Posted February 9, 2019 On 06/02/2019 at 16:16, pete said: Before the Leeds game I listed the remaining fixtures of top 6 and Villa. City have one remaining fixture against current top 6 i.e. Mid'Boro. The rest have 3 or 4 except for Derby who have one, but Villa face all top 6 so will find it tough and in no form at all. The catchword is consistency and 2 defeats in 26, 13 unbeaten away from home, only one game lost by more than 1 goal. Guess Who? Leeds falling away, Sheff Utd most consistent of top 6, WBA suspect defence, Boro too defensive don't score enough, Derby too inconsistent. I am not going to announce City to be Champs winners but its looking good, even if it doesn't happen I think Webber can be called a genius and yet to receive the plaudits he deserves. Just waiting to hear Farke was signed up long time ago but the news was kept quiet to avoid unnecessary publicity, want to hear it announced at a promotion party. Hi Pete, I couldn't find that fixture list - any chance of pointing me in it's direction? (Sorry, don't know how to make this a PM) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Surfer 1,547 Posted February 9, 2019 Here's a list of remaining "6point and bananaskin"" fixtures for the top 7 teams. 3 Norwich: Ipswich (h) Bristol (h) Middlesbro (a) 4 Derby: Ipswich (a) Forest (a) Bristol (a) West Brom (h) 4 Middlesbro: Leeds (h) Sheff U (a) Norwich (h) Bristol (h) 5 Leeds: Middlesbro (a) WBA (h) Bristol (a) Sheff U (h) Ipswich (a) 6 Sheff U: Middlesbro (h) WBA (a) Sheff W (a) Leeds (a) Bristol (h) Ipswich (h) 6 WBA: Sheff U (h) Leeds (a) Ipswich (h) Birmingham (h) Bristol (a) Derby (a) 6 Bristol: Norwich (a) Ipswich (h) Sheff U (a) Middlesbro (a) WBA (h) Derby (h) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
