TeemuVanBasten 3,327 Posted October 19, 2021 1st. Derby County - 20 goals 2nd. Sunderland - 21 goals 3rd. Huddersfield - 22 goals 4th. Norwich - 26 goals 5th Sunderland - 26 goals 6th Middlesbrough - 27 goals 7th. Aston Villa - 27 goals Got a bad feeling we might be serious contenders to beat this record this season? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cambridgeshire canary 6,516 Posted October 19, 2021 Two unbeaten and here's comes the positivity Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeemuVanBasten 3,327 Posted October 19, 2021 14 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said: Two unbeaten and here's comes the positivity Draw every game 0-0 for the rest of the season that that would probably only deliver 18th. Brighton for me was a decent performance but we displayed a woefully inadequate cutting edge. If Pukki and Sargent don't find their shooting boots then we're down, and that is realism. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thirsty Lizard 3,085 Posted October 19, 2021 1 hour ago, TeemuVanBasten said: 1st. Derby County - 20 goals 2nd. Sunderland - 21 goals 3rd. Huddersfield - 22 goals 4th. Norwich - 26 goals 5th Sunderland - 26 goals 6th Middlesbrough - 27 goals 7th. Aston Villa - 27 goals Got a bad feeling we might be serious contenders to beat this record this season? At last - a League we can be top of. 😅 (other than the Championship of course). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flying Dutchman 744 Posted October 19, 2021 2 clean sheets running. I'll take us getting to only 18 or 19 goals if a lot of them are 1-0 wins 😉 We're basically defensive stalwarts at this point. I smell a solid 45 point haul. Disclaimer: I actually don't. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr Angry 1,512 Posted October 19, 2021 "1-0 to the Norwich". Doesn't have quite the same ring to it as "1-0 to the Ars-e-nal". We need another syllable to make it scan. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Herman 9,585 Posted October 19, 2021 I'm disappointed at the lack of "hope I'm wrong" in these miserablist threads nowadays. Up your game lads. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Duncan Edwards 2,189 Posted October 19, 2021 2 in 8. That's on target for 9 for the season (I've rounded down instead of up as that shows us in even worse light, that's how we do it isn't it?) and would mean that we were more than twice as bad as widely acknowledged worst team in Premier League history, Derby County. Sleepwalking to even further acceptance of mediocrity, or we would be if we could reach the heady heights of mediocre. We need more Tiggers and fewer Eeyores around here. 🙂 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted October 19, 2021 It's still hard to see where the goals are coming from at the moment, but hopefully soon it'll click and we'll be able to look but at threads like this and laugh, or cry into our cornflakes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wcorkcanary 4,315 Posted October 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, AJ said: It's still hard to see where the goals are coming from at the moment, but hopefully soon it'll click and we'll be able to look but at threads like this and laugh, or cry into our cornflakes. But those cornflakes aren't as big and strong as all the other teams cornflakes . 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Google Bot 3,230 Posted October 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, AJ said: It's still hard to see where the goals are coming from at the moment I can understand this thinking after a match like Burnley where we didn't really create, but at the weekend we showed plenty of threat and should've came away with 3 points and a few goals to boot. So for me, it's clear where the goals are going to come from. If we aren't creating is when it's time to worry. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KernowCanary 214 Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) 5 hours ago, TeemuVanBasten said: 1st. Derby County - 20 goals 2nd. Sunderland - 21 goals 3rd. Huddersfield - 22 goals 4th. Norwich - 26 goals 5th Sunderland - 26 goals 6th Middlesbrough - 27 goals 7th. Aston Villa - 27 goals Got a bad feeling we might be serious contenders to beat this record this season? Aren’t Sheffield United from last season joint top with Derby?. Palace only scored 33 in the 2013-14 season and finished 11th. We just need to worry about scoring more than the opposition rather than how many we score at this rate. Palace had a lot of 1-0 wins when they finally got going that season. Edited October 19, 2021 by KernowCanary Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TeemuVanBasten 3,327 Posted October 19, 2021 (edited) 39 minutes ago, KernowCanary said: Aren’t Sheffield United from last season joint top with Derby?. Palace only scored 33 in the 2013-14 season and finished 11th. We just need to worry about scoring more than the opposition rather than how many we score at this rate. Palace had a lot of 1-0 wins when they finally got going that season. Palace, Bolton under Allardyce and Stoke under Pulis have all been well known 1-0 merchants. But none of them appear on my list, so must have scored more goals than we give them credit for. Looks like you are correct about Sheffield United. Edited October 19, 2021 by TeemuVanBasten 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted October 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Google Bot said: I can understand this thinking after a match like Burnley where we didn't really create, but at the weekend we showed plenty of threat and should've came away with 3 points and a few goals to boot. So for me, it's clear where the goals are going to come from. If we aren't creating is when it's time to worry. I agree to some extent, and it was certainly a step in the right direction. Had either of those two chances for Sargent fallen for Pukki instead, I'm sure he would have scored at least one of the two Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norfolk Mustard 94 Posted October 19, 2021 10 minutes ago, AJ said: I agree to some extent, and it was certainly a step in the right direction. Had either of those two chances for Sargent fallen for Pukki instead, I'm sure he would have scored at least one of the two Even Pukki hit the side netting instead of scoring in that game! Given his nicely deflected opening goal against Bournemouth, Tzolis appears to possess a fortuitous finishing touch. When you have a golden player like that, surely you play him? I doubt he'd fail to get the ball over the line in a wide-open goal like Sargent did. Probably do it blindfolded... PS: Thinking ahead, when Tzolis scores, will we hear the kitchen staff celebrating by smashing plates in Delias Restaurant? 🙂 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AJ 1,218 Posted October 19, 2021 2 hours ago, Norfolk Mustard said: Even Pukki hit the side netting instead of scoring in that game! Given his nicely deflected opening goal against Bournemouth, Tzolis appears to possess a fortuitous finishing touch. When you have a golden player like that, surely you play him? I doubt he'd fail to get the ball over the line in a wide-open goal like Sargent did. Probably do it blindfolded... PS: Thinking ahead, when Tzolis scores, will we hear the kitchen staff celebrating by smashing plates in Delias Restaurant? 🙂 Yeah, only problem with that is his luck appeared to expire when he stole the ball from Idah and then missed his penalty 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Fred 526 Posted October 19, 2021 Goals are a pipe dream, we need to work on shots on target first If we ever score again I will have no idea how you are meant to act it’s been so long Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nutty nigel 7,352 Posted October 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, Uncle Fred said: Goals are a pipe dream, we need to work on shots on target first If we ever score again I will have no idea how you are meant to act it’s been so long Don't forget even if we do score you still have the hope of VAR😉 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,679 Posted October 19, 2021 19 minutes ago, Uncle Fred said: Goals are a pipe dream, we need to work on shots on target first If we ever score again I will have no idea how you are meant to act it’s been so long You shout "Well played sir. Give the Oiks a damn good thrashing". 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
komakino 272 Posted October 20, 2021 I'm just waiting for Farke's 'Goals are not everything' in his book of self justification for failure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites