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Rudolph Hucker

The Boxing Day Watershed

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Boxing Day will surely be a watershed in our season.

It wouldn''t be had we not won the last two games, but we did.

It is the prelude to a large number of games in a short space of time.

A positive result and no additional injuries and it is Burnley at home and a chance to really go on a run. Can you imagine the anticipation ahead of that game following three wins?

A negative result and the recent self belief may take a serious knock as our ''run of results'' comes to another end.

I wonder if a decision on Ashton has not yet been made. If we had a sudden points accumilation then the board might yet decide to gamble on rejecting big offers or even add to the squad.

One game at a time of course; but to do something against Colin''s over-performing workhorses would spark our self belief into new territory.

Norwich have put themselves into a situation where the Boxing Day game is suddenly very significant because of the potential springboard it might provide to a poor season.

This is a cup final. Best wishes to those who will be going to support.

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It is a massive game.  I''m not expecting us to go up there and win it.  Sheff Utd is a bloody hard place to go, especially this season.  It''ll be the performance that is important.  If we can perform like we did against Southampton; fantastic.  However, if we have a Wolves, QPR esque performance; we are back to square 1

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yeh i agree this is a big game for us. i think if we just avoid defeat, that will be enough to really boost the confidence, and really make this a proper run. a win would be fantastic, but im not going to start thinking about that.

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Does anyone know how many we are taking to Bramall?  My ticket for the first time in several seasons is in the lower tier, so I don''t know whether the upper is sold out, or the club have altered the seating arrangements?

Hopefully we will take a few to make it an excellent Boxing Day atmosphere. 

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For the management team its a win win game.   If they lose they can rightly say they are second in the league, we are away from home and historically Bramall Lane rarely does us any favours - the only issue for fans will be if the performance is another away day no show from the team.  It willmean more pressure on getting a good result next Weds at home to Burnley.

A draw is commendable and a very positive result for the very reasons that a loss is not problematical, and a win would suggest that the team are finally performing to the ability that they have.  A win will mean huge over expectation of a home win against Burnley and is the only downside I can see.

Wins alround for whatever the result on Monday.

 

OTBC

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