Saturday games

[Lighthouse]

Boro' looking ominous though, they'll be the team to compete with for promotion this season.

 

We said the same about Cardiff in 2006, they ended up finishing 9th. They've made a strong start, but I think over the course of the season, Leicester and Wham will be the teams to beat.

[View From The Top]

Boro' looking ominous though, they'll be the team to compete with for promotion this season.

 

They're the team I've placed my hard earned on.

[Thedelldays]

We said the same about Cardiff in 2006, they ended up finishing 9th. They've made a strong start, but I think over the course of the season, Leicester and Wham will be the teams to beat.

 

agree....to have a chance of top six, you need to be in form going into the easter period and within say 6 points (max) of 6th..

 

in this league...1 bad month (or 1 good) can change your league position dramatically

[up and away]

Guess my reference point is still Huddersfield away last season (yes a long time ago) where we were done in the air and were pressed high up the pitch all day (coincidentally one reason why Seaborne, NA's starting CB to that point, lost his place to Radhi). Christ sake, even Rory Fallon gave us a hard time away at Plymouth!

 

With RJ out and question marks over the new lad (brought in specifically to address this weakness), we still look fragile -think of Henderson (Millwall), Miller (Forest), Emmanuel Thomas (Ipswich).

 

Tmrw will be interesting precisely because Brum -Wood, King- like to mix it about.

 

I feel the priority is securing the midfield before we get too adventurous. Once we get control I firmly believe we can press them back with our football and restrict them to the long ball. Maybe easier said than done. but I fear we will get turned over if we leave the midfield open. The way Adkins was talking it appears he knows where the issues are and he will know what Brum have to offer. I would go with a steady 2-0, because of the talk coming out from Staplewood by the players and the manager.

[shurlock]

I feel the priority is securing the midfield before we get too adventurous. Once we get control I firmly believe we can press them back with our football and restrict them to the long ball. Maybe easier said than done. but I fear we will get turned over if we leave the midfield open. The way Adkins was talking it appears he knows where the issues are and he will know what Brum have to offer. I would go with a steady 2-0, because of the talk coming out from Staplewood by the players and the manager.

 

True, though while we're unbeaten at home, I can't see NA going with anyone other than Guly/De Ridder and Lallana on the flanks with freedom to roam inside -and taking the rough with the smooth. Away from home will be a different matter.

 

For all the problems Brum will pose in the air, I can't see Stephen Carr bombing on/doubling up with the wingers in the same way Gunther did last week, reducing the defensive load for our wide midfielders, though their left hand side looks more dangerous than their right.

[Neil]

A pretty good day for us, and our title odds have been cut again today without us even playing!

 

Good that W Ham were held by Millwall, and that makes our 1-0 win against Millwall look even better.

 

Skates are heading for trouble, and discipline problems out of hand. No surprise that Nigel Pearson side grinds out a 1-0 win!