FOXSE Posted 19 December 2023 Share Posted 19 December 2023 5 minutes ago, Lillehamring said: If you actually think about the numbers, if we beat rotherham, and leeds beat ipswich, and then we beat ipswich - we'll suddenly be 9 points ahead of them - that's a massive lead. I would rather Ipswich and Leeds drew. 8 still eight points ahead of Ipswich but 15 points ahead of leeds....that would be great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trugerkem Posted 19 December 2023 Share Posted 19 December 2023 9 minutes ago, Lillehamring said: I'd love it if that was some really obscure verb! Kerching….. it means excessive earnings … 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobyfox Posted 19 December 2023 Share Posted 19 December 2023 3 minutes ago, Leicester_Loyal said: Totally relaxed about the Leeds Ipswich game, I don't really care about the result, whatever it is has it's positives for us. If Leeds catch us from here they'll have to put together one of the best runs of all time, and/or we'll have to totally collapse (or a mixture of both). I'm expecting 92/93 points to be enough for automatic promotion. Not really. The simplest way of looking at it would be if Leeds had our form for the rest of the season and we had theirs (which is still just under 2 points a game) we’d swap places. I don’t think it’s yet beyond the realms of reasonable contemplation 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Foxed Posted 19 December 2023 Share Posted 19 December 2023 12-15 point turnarounds are nothing in the championship, especially towards the end of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 19 December 2023 Share Posted 19 December 2023 16 minutes ago, Jobyfox said: Not really. The simplest way of looking at it would be if Leeds had our form for the rest of the season and we had theirs (which is still just under 2 points a game) we’d swap places. I don’t think it’s yet beyond the realms of reasonable contemplation If they had our form (2.5PPG) for the rest of the season that would be the best Championship run ever, as ours currently is over 22 games, theirs would be over 24. This would require them to win 20 of their 24 games, which would see them on 102 points. The chances of that are very slim, albeit possible. To achieve 102 points we need to win 15 and draw 2 games from 24. Still very good form I admit (1.95PPG), but a lot lower than the 2.5 PPG we have currently. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Loyal Posted 19 December 2023 Share Posted 19 December 2023 (edited) 24 minutes ago, Out Foxed said: 12-15 point turnarounds are nothing in the championship, especially towards the end of the season. Usually not, but when you're PPG average is 2.5, a 12-15 point turnaround requires a sizeable collapse. Edited 19 December 2023 by Leicester_Loyal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillehamring Posted 19 December 2023 Share Posted 19 December 2023 38 minutes ago, FOXSE said: I would rather Ipswich and Leeds drew. 8 still eight points ahead of Ipswich but 15 points ahead of leeds....that would be great! Sure, wasn't really debating that - just amazed at how big the gap could suddenly be - 8 or 9 is still huge. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillehamring Posted 19 December 2023 Share Posted 19 December 2023 (edited) --- Edited 19 December 2023 by Lillehamring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobyfox Posted 19 December 2023 Share Posted 19 December 2023 1 hour ago, Leicester_Loyal said: If they had our form (2.5PPG) for the rest of the season that would be the best Championship run ever, as ours currently is over 22 games, theirs would be over 24. This would require them to win 20 of their 24 games, which would see them on 102 points. The chances of that are very slim, albeit possible. To achieve 102 points we need to win 15 and draw 2 games from 24. Still very good form I admit (1.95PPG), but a lot lower than the 2.5 PPG we have currently. The our form/their form thing was just an illustration really. Another example would be Burnley last season who hit 57 points from their last 24 games. If Leeds did that we’d need to average more than 1.83 points per game. I think the reality is that our form would probably have to slip to something like 1.6 points per game (which is around play off chasing form) and Leeds would have to maintain over 2 points per game. Again, you’d like to think that won’t happen, but not inconceivable if we had a run of injuries and poor form 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Fox Posted 20 December 2023 Share Posted 20 December 2023 Ipswich’s Luongo makes the decision to retire from international football and will now not miss any games for the up and coming Asian Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Fox Posted 20 December 2023 Share Posted 20 December 2023 Just now, Aus Fox said: Ipswich’s Luongo makes the decision to retire from international football and will now not miss any games for the up and coming Asian Cup. https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/massimo-luongo-makes-shock-decision-to-call-time-on-his-socceroos-career-ahead-of-asian-cup/news-story/a7fd02757bd9fab2445c7a26c25736db Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gravel Posted 20 December 2023 Share Posted 20 December 2023 2 minutes ago, Aus Fox said: Ipswich’s Luongo makes the decision to retire from international football and will now not miss any games for the up and coming Asian Cup. Ironically, fellow Roo Harry Souttar appears to have called time on club football. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ealingfox Posted 20 December 2023 Share Posted 20 December 2023 1 hour ago, Aus Fox said: https://www.news.com.au/sport/football/massimo-luongo-makes-shock-decision-to-call-time-on-his-socceroos-career-ahead-of-asian-cup/news-story/a7fd02757bd9fab2445c7a26c25736db This shouldn't be allowed - we should be appealing to FIFA to force him to go. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxpleasure Posted 20 December 2023 Share Posted 20 December 2023 10 hours ago, Jobyfox said: Not really. The simplest way of looking at it would be if Leeds had our form for the rest of the season and we had theirs (which is still just under 2 points a game) we’d swap places. I don’t think it’s yet beyond the realms of reasonable contemplation But only on alphabetical order Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jobyfox Posted 20 December 2023 Share Posted 20 December 2023 21 minutes ago, foxpleasure said: But only on alphabetical order No they’d have more points because we’ve only played 22 games and there are 24 to go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_horns Posted 20 December 2023 Share Posted 20 December 2023 13 hours ago, trugerkem said: It’s to be nearer his family and maybe a bit of kerching too …. The last manager they poached from Plymouth won them promotion. Obviously hoping for the same impact - somehow ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampson Posted 20 December 2023 Share Posted 20 December 2023 (edited) As much as I hope Ipswich thrash Leeds, i can kind of see a weak argument at least for the draw given Southampton are level on points with Leeds. Genuinely wanting Leeds to beat Ipswich strikes me as crackers though. Whether we finish 1st or 2nd doesn’t matter, keeping as big a gap as possible to 3rd is the goal. Edited 20 December 2023 by Sampson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCFCJohn Posted 20 December 2023 Share Posted 20 December 2023 1 hour ago, ealingfox said: This shouldn't be allowed - we should be appealing to FIFA to force him to go. Why? It’s a players choice whether to play international football and they can retire from it if they choose to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daggers Posted 20 December 2023 Share Posted 20 December 2023 A draw, loads of injuries and red cards - happy ****ing Christmas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozartfox Posted 20 December 2023 Share Posted 20 December 2023 10 hours ago, Jobyfox said: The our form/their form thing was just an illustration really. Another example would be Burnley last season who hit 57 points from their last 24 games. If Leeds did that we’d need to average more than 1.83 points per game. I think the reality is that our form would probably have to slip to something like 1.6 points per game (which is around play off chasing form) and Leeds would have to maintain over 2 points per game. Again, you’d like to think that won’t happen, but not inconceivable if we had a run of injuries and poor form Rodgers managed to throw away an equally sizable points lead during the Covid Season. Lets not get too far ahead of ourselves. There are some difficult games ahead of us and for sure we will have another wobble at some stage. 4 points out of the next two games will be excellent, plus an early cup exit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noahfence Posted 20 December 2023 Share Posted 20 December 2023 Have to say it does feel nice to be able to watch this game and be pretty okay with any result. Leeds players are under enormous pressure to win this and you could tell they were feeling it against Coventry. Lose and they’re 13!! behind Ipswich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolucklcfc Posted 20 December 2023 Share Posted 20 December 2023 Prefer an Ipswich win to Leeds all day. That said, I think Leeds will win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out Foxed Posted 20 December 2023 Share Posted 20 December 2023 7 hours ago, Sampson said: As much as I hope Ipswich thrash Leeds, i can kind of see a weak argument at least for the draw given Southampton are level on points with Leeds. Genuinely wanting Leeds to beat Ipswich strikes me as crackers though. Whether we finish 1st or 2nd doesn’t matter, keeping as big a gap as possible to 3rd is the goal. matters to me. i want us to have the record number of div 1/championship wins. everything doesn't have to be about the Premier League. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayTheFox Posted 20 December 2023 Share Posted 20 December 2023 1 hour ago, Out Foxed said: matters to me. i want us to have the record number of div 1/championship wins. everything doesn't have to be about the Premier League. Be nice to win the league obviously to have the outright record for the second tier but this just makes us the best at being second best? 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vazman Posted 20 December 2023 Share Posted 20 December 2023 21 hours ago, trugerkem said: Kerching….. it means excessive earnings … Thanks for the Kerching meaning, I now know what I want for Christmas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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