Rival Watch

[Hound]

Playing for 2nd place now, Brentford will piss the league.

Maybe. But 2nd looking open again. Would be a little gutted if functional defensive Swansea went up auto

[URZZZZ]

Playing for 2nd place now, Brentford will piss the league.

Not by any means

One loss for them could plummet confidence

Still a long way to go yet

[windermereROYAL]

I`m just staggered they keep picking up prolific scorers, Maupay, Watkins and now Toney. they will run out of luck sometime.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Good results outside the POs today with Boro, Brizzle and Blackburn all losing. And Stoke only drawing, obvs.

[Pepe the Horseman]

I`m just staggered they keep picking up prolific scorers, Maupay, Watkins and now Toney. they will run out of luck sometime.

It's almost as if it's not luck, they're just a very well run club.

[Hound]

Brentford’s keeper looks pretty shit on crosses - conceded a couple of shockers recently

Could be a source of success - obvs we’ve scored quite a few from set pieces etc

[Mid Sussex Royal]

The way I see it now is that autos will be a tough ask unless we win on Wed.

Play offs looking better by the week though....mid table form from now (say 7-6-6) will get us to 75 points and anyone outside the current top six would need 2 points a game (auto promotion form) to better that...not going to happen.

[Zip]

We play Brizzle in ten days. They currently have 13 players out through injury

[Snowflake Royal]

Lol @ anyone 4pts off top being certain to piss the league.

Norwich were running away with it a month ago apparently.

[URZZZZ]

We play Brizzle in ten days. They currently have 13 players out through injury

Gather they’re not huge fans of Holden but then other than the first four games of the season, they’ve only really averaged a point a game

[Orion1871]

Harry Redknapp back at Bournemouth in an advisory role.

Crouchy is happy.

https://mobile.twitter.com/petercrouch/status/1358803187214540802

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Hope he takes over - he'll burn all their parachute money in no time, and on has beens

[Orion1871]

Hope he takes over - he'll burn all their parachute money in no time, and on has beens

Crouchy, Niko Kranjcar and Hermann Hreidarsson have plenty left in the tank.

[Hendo]

Don’t forget Benjani!

[Brain Traysers]

I`m just staggered they keep picking up prolific scorers, Maupay, Watkins and now Toney. they will run out of luck sometime.

It's almost as if it's not luck, they're just a very well run club.

The thing is its been a consistent upgrading too. Here are their main goal threats since getting promoted back to the Chump:
- 14/15 Gray (supported by Pritchard and Judge)
- 15/16 Vibe (supported by Judge)
- 16/17 Vibe + Hogan
- 17/18 and 18/19 Maupay (supported by Watkins)
- 19/20 Watkins (supported by Benhrama and Mbeuno)
- 20/21 Toney (supported by Mbeumo)

The lowest top goalscorer season was 12 league goals for Maupay (25 starts +17 sub) in 17/18. in 5/7 seasons the top scorer has 15+ goals - the only other season where nobody hit 15 goals (15/16), two players finished on 14... Our top scorers over those 7 seasons were 8, 11, 19, 10, 12, 13, 15+

[CountryRoyal]

I`m just staggered they keep picking up prolific scorers, Maupay, Watkins and now Toney. they will run out of luck sometime.

It's almost as if it's not luck, they're just a very well run club.

The thing is its been a consistent upgrading too. Here are their main goal threats since getting promoted back to the Chump:
- 14/15 Gray (supported by Pritchard and Judge)
- 15/16 Vibe (supported by Judge)
- 16/17 Vibe + Hogan
- 17/18 and 18/19 Maupay (supported by Watkins)
- 19/20 Watkins (supported by Benhrama and Mbeuno)
- 20/21 Toney (supported by Mbeumo)

The lowest top goalscorer season was 12 league goals for Maupay (25 starts +17 sub) in 17/18. in 5/7 seasons the top scorer has 15+ goals - the only other season where nobody hit 15 goals (15/16), two players finished on 14... Our top scorers over those 7 seasons were 8, 11, 19, 10, 12, 13, 15+

It's been said before but worth reiterating its 'easy' to be a goal scorer in their team because their style of play naturally creates a lot of really good goal scoring opportunities. Put any of that lot in our teams over the last few years and they'd struggle. There's an argument to be made that even at the moment we're pretty reliant on individual skill for goals.

[Snowflake Royal]

But that individual skill comes from about 4 players rather than one now.

[Stranded]

Bristol City's injury crisis deepens and makes ours look like flesh wounds - Mawson out for the season and gone back to Fulham. Chris Martin out for 3 months.

Something like 15 players out at the mo.

[Pepe the Horseman]

Swansea's game at Sheff Wed postponed due to a frozen pitch.

[Zip]

Bristol City's injury crisis deepens and makes ours look like flesh wounds - Mawson out for the season and gone back to Fulham. Chris Martin out for 3 months.

Something like 15 players out at the mo.

It’s horrendous and they are in freefall. I do feel that is one we really need to be winning.