I guessed that some time ago Over the years I’ve had dislike for teams, usually based on their players or managers, never their fans. Frank Lampard coached teams have been my most recent disliked. Everton the last couple of seasons.
Anyway, two comfortable home wins for you guys and top of the table before two tricky away games and chasing you down.
Two wins for you guys, then 1 point from the two away games. I have you getting 7 points from the next 12
If we have the boost of Hirst and Burns back to play a part in the final three, we could conceivably win them all.
We might not have the best team and struggling with some illness and injuries but our strength over the past 2 seasons has been the mentality of the players...Will that be enough to see us over the line and are Leeds and Leicester starting to feel the pressure? Despite it being a good evening results wise, it's still advantage Leicester and Leeds as they hold the top 2 positions. If we win our next 2 homes games and have Burns and Hirst available for the last 3 we may just do it. Also let's not totally write off Southampton. 2 games in hand with both Leeds and Leicester to play
Back to the players tonight. I think start with Moore if he has recovered. They won't enjoy his towering bullying physicality and then bring.on Al-Hamadi who will run them ragged against tired legs. Chaplin and Broadhead often do well at home so I'd start them both with Hutch and Sarmiento coming on for the last half hour to finish the game off. And deffo Clarke from the start.
Thats a good shout, Southampton are nobodys pushovers and i had forgotten that they still have to play Leeds and Leicester, any points Saints manage to get from those two fixtures will be huge for us.
My fear with that Southampton match against Leeds is if Southampton are stuck in fourth regardless of the result. Martin seems the type of ex Norwich player that will rest his best players “for the play offs” and to make things harder for us - if the race for automatic promotion goes down to the last game.
Possibly, as Hutch is wasted out there, or perhaps Clarke. In absence of Burns, at least Jackson has pace.
Was hoping for Taylor and Clarke changes to replace Axel and Mass. Second half will probably see Hutch go wide right and Chaplin or Harness come on into the central spot.
