Cate Fox
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Wasnt there something a few years back with a team that fielded pretty much a whole team of reserves being punished?
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Wasnt there something a few years back with a team that fielded pretty much a whole team of reserves being punished?
LeeCovFox
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Quite disappointed with some if the views on display here. I'd take winning a cup (League or FA) over staying up every time. If we go down we go down. We'll be back at some point; it's what we do. I know it wasn't a particularly strong team tonight but there's no dressing that performance up. We were shit.
st albans fox
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It's early in the season - some players will need a runout to bring their fitness up a level. Pearson will be told who these are. Accept it's an injury risk but wasn't there to see how committed we were in the tackle.
City Fan
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We've played in the League Cup 10 times in the past 10 years. We're playing in the Premier League for the first time in 10 years. Do the maths.
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City Fan
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I would rather establish ourselves as a Premier League team and then try for the cups.
st albans fox
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This
Brown Nose
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I can't imagine many people will agree with you.
If we win the FA Cup this season and go down, I'll be gutted. If we bomb out of the FA Cup at the third round and finish 17th on goal difference, I'll be delighted.
drummindefender
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Pearson out
Nottingham Fox
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No. He was his usual self, and insinuating that Dave Whelhan is a cock, but we knew that anyway.
NP says he won't discuss a player unless they've signed.
NYC Fox
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Be careful what you wish for.
LeeCovFox
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I doubt many people will agree. I'll probably be among them if we manage to stay up. But I'm thinking in terms of what I'd look back on more fondly as an old man and there's only one winner in that regard. As I've said, if we go down we'll be back again. Rinse and repeat for the next fifty years, just as for the last one hundred and thirty.
I think that most would prefer survival is an odd thing and suspect it's a modern phenomenon. If we stay up the owners get richer and we get to pay more for tickets. If we win a trophy we get memories to last a lifetime.
We all know via that early season predictor (Bloomberg) we will survive by 0.9 pts - no need for goal difference
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| P | Pld | Pts | |
| 1 | Leicester | 45 | 97 |
| 2 | Ipswich | 45 | 93 |
| 3 | Leeds Utd | 45 | 90 |
| 4 | Southampton | 45 | 84 |
| 5 | Norwich City | 45 | 73 |
| 6 | West Brom | 45 | 72 |
| 7 | Hull City | 45 | 70 |
| 8 | Middlesbro | 45 | 66 |
| 9 | Coventry City | 45 | 64 |
| 10 | Preston | 45 | 63 |
| 11 | Bristol City | 45 | 62 |
| 12 | Cardiff City | 45 | 62 |
| 13 | Swansea City | 45 | 57 |
| 14 | Watford | 45 | 56 |
| 15 | Sunderland | 45 | 56 |
| 16 | Millwall | 45 | 56 |
| 17 | QPR | 45 | 53 |
| 18 | Stoke City | 45 | 53 |
| 19 | Blackburn | 45 | 50 |
| 20 | Sheffield W | 45 | 50 |
| 21 | Plymouth | 45 | 48 |
| 22 | Birmingham | 45 | 47 |
| 23 | Huddersfield | 45 | 45 |
| 24 | Rotherham Utd | 45 | 24 |
