:58: oh dear, they look very difficult and could define the season. If points are on the board early it makes a huge difference. 3 away games (oop north) and Newcastle and Cardiff at home....??? How many points is anyones guess. 9 would be massive, settle for 6 anyone?
Look at the website and the forum. Slav wants another 5 in and possibly replacing Ross on top of that. We could buy half a team before we play anyone, predicting fixtures is just a waste of time at this stage. Could be 15 points, could be zero.
I expect 15
We can really have no idea how or new team is going to perform, could be ok but may take time until we have a team working well. Just hope Jocanovic has a method of play in mind and that we are not in for another six months od continual change and experiment.
What do you mean you just looked at the first five fixtures?
Where have you been for the last two weeks
And what's wrong with the rest of the fixtures that you won't look at them
Ged, you made me chuckle. OK, I am a bit slow off the mark these days. I couldn't get past those 5 because I didn't want to depress myself any more. 093.gif
Quote from: jarv on July 22, 2016, 10:31:12 PM
Ged, you made me chuckle. OK, I am a bit slow off the mark these days. I couldn't get past those 5 because I didn't want to depress myself any more. 093.gif
Chill, Joka will have us in top four after those first 5 matches. 079.gif
Quote from: Ged on July 22, 2016, 09:54:42 PM
What do you mean you just looked at the first five fixtures?
Where have you been for the last two weeks
And what's wrong with the rest of the fixtures that you won't look at them
I haven't looked at fixtures yet
Quote from: jarv on July 22, 2016, 10:31:12 PM
Ged, you made me chuckle. OK, I am a bit slow off the mark these days. I couldn't get past those 5 because I didn't want to depress myself any more. 093.gif
Jarv give your self a bit of positivity, it's a new season, new players, don't write us off yet, at least let's have one game before we start the sucide post's
Alfie, still hungover from last season. Time for 082.gif
Can easily be 0 points with our squad. - McCormack and Dembele.
If there is no Ross and his partner. Fulham will adopt a different system of play, which could be more beneficial as a team.
We may or may not score as many goals, but we will not concede no where near as many either.
Quote from: jarv on July 22, 2016, 05:06:36 PM
:58: oh dear, they look very difficult and could define the season. If points are on the board early it makes a huge difference. 3 away games (oop north) and Newcastle and Cardiff at home....??? How many points is anyones guess. 9 would be massive, settle for 6 anyone?
Wait till you see the last 5.
I just looked...... fp.gif :Get Coat gif:
By the final whistle of the 5th match, there should be a solid consensus on here concerning who our worst player is, who we should never have let go, and who we were stupid/craven not to sign.
We should also have two well-manned camps -- Joka Out and Joka In
Yep, a regular FFC start to the season. 049:gif
There is no reason why we cannot negotiate our first five fixtures unbeaten. Playing Newcastle United early may be to our benefit, opening day results can be bizzare as well. Then comes Leyton Orient Cup, Preston North End, Leeds United, Cardiff City, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, I am not shaking in my boots at the prospect of that lot, and neither should Jok and the team, and they won't be, they should fancy winning all of them, if not a draw on the day. One thing we need to be which has been missing for far too long is Consistancy, they now have an opportunity to prove they can be consistent.
Draw versus Newcastle
Win versus Orient
Win versus preston
Draw versus Leeds
Win versus Cardiff
Draw versus Blackburn
Draw/Loss versus Birmingham
9 or 10 points from first 5 league games and a win in the cup wouldn't be a bad start.
Yes it would be a decent start, and something to build on.
Just winning one of our first four games would be a huge improvement on the last two years
That's what the team has to strive for, to get at least one win in first 4 matches, and be hard to beat.
Quote from: Woolly Mammoth on July 24, 2016, 02:48:28 PM
There is no reason why we cannot negotiate our first five fixtures unbeaten. Playing Newcastle United early may be to our benefit, opening day results can be bizzare as well. Then comes Leyton Orient Cup, Preston North End, Leeds United, Cardiff City, Blackburn Rovers, Birmingham City, I am not shaking in my boots at the prospect of that lot, and neither should Jok and the team, and they won't be, they should fancy winning all of them, if not a draw on the day. One thing we need to be which has been missing for far too long is Consistancy, they now have an opportunity to prove they can be consistent.
This, in a nutshell! :plus one:
Huh? If we bring in 5 starters between now and Game #1, there won't be time for bedding in. First few games will be feeling out teammates proclivities. Continuity not there. Lucky, under such circumstances, to win 3 of the first 5. I think Aaron is spot on.
Our first 12/13 games are key. Start well and that pushes you on for the season. 5 of top 6 were in place after a dozen or so games last season.
