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are we Riding our luck this season?

Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:46 pm

Yes or No

IMO
I think in past seasons We've been extremely unlucky play off final year especially we battered teams and come away with a point on several occasions we should of finished 2nd
this season every other week were coming away with wins being the poorer side,
millwall on top the last 60 minutes allegedly,

in the premier league teams wont be missing chances as often and it potentially could be a real eye opener

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:55 pm

We deserve this one. Other than half an hour in the second half we've been the better team, could have scored 2 or 3

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:01 pm

Its about time the luck seems to be coming our way :ayatollah:

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:03 pm

We very much deserved to win today.

Also, there has been games where we have rode our luck, but I think that is matched by games where we were easily the better side, we DESERVE to be top of the table. I can't wait to see what your next negative thread is...

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:10 pm

5 points clear after 25 games......nothing to do with luck.

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:10 pm

I dont think its negative really... Leicseter battered us but we ground out a point... Palace could have gone in 2 or 3 up and today we let Millwall back in ... with whitts and Mutch they both seem to have patches where they drift quietly out of the game.

We seem to lack that bit of iron in the middle of the field who takes the game by the scruff of the neck.

Whilst whitts is a gem... when we lost Hudson for the posh game he was made captain and the whole team were poor. we had no leader.

I do think thgis is our year and we deserve some luck ...but i dont like the way teams have so much possession against us.

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:19 pm

8 wins and a draw from 10

3 wins from 3 in a week against promotion rivals

You make your own luck in football

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:20 pm

kimble wrote:I dont think its negative really... Leicseter battered us but we ground out a point... Palace could have gone in 2 or 3 up and today we let Millwall back in ... with whitts and Mutch they both seem to have patches where they drift quietly out of the game.

We seem to lack that bit of iron in the middle of the field who takes the game by the scruff of the neck.

Whilst whitts is a gem... when we lost Hudson for the posh game he was made captain and the whole team were poor. we had no leader.

I do think thgis is our year and we deserve some luck ...but i dont like the way teams have so much possession against us.


We won at Leicester

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:31 pm

for me though The most important factor to measure a team is how many good solid chances are they creating,

if you use the law of averages adventually over time the team who create more solid chances will win more games.

We look far more confident when bellamy is in our team he just has that effect on the players, and because of his work rate he's leading by example and it gives other players especially younger ones no excuse

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:32 pm

Yes sorry i meant to say win... but the amount of pressure we have to soak up.. is pushing it a little
there were games this season where we conceded 4 against Bristol 3 at Forest 5 at Charlton ... where we again let the opposition have too much possession . i think thats what Sloper Road is saying.

There is a fine line between Being in possession oF Rose coloured spectacles and been a doom monger.. its about taking account of both views

Yes we are top of the League and Joint Top Scorers

But does anyone Not Think that at times we are getting out played for LONG periods and looky shaky...The commentator today said on several occasions that " CARDIFF ARE LIVING DANGEROUSLY"

i DONT EXPECT US TO CONTROL THE FULL 90 MINUTES OF EVERY GAME.... But there are times when i think we are hanging on...the good point is the Cardiff of old would have capitulated

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Sat Dec 29, 2012 6:06 pm

absolutely not. good teams just win. I think we forget the teams we play are just not that good and defo couldn't go 10 games on the bounce winning at home etc. and we done today with gestede starting we taking the piss now!

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Sat Dec 29, 2012 6:13 pm

We are but we are also making our own luck to ride. Hard work is what has increased our luck this season. :ayatollah:

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Sat Dec 29, 2012 6:32 pm

Luck? Oh Cmon.

Being top after 4 or 5 games then Id say maybe lucky
Being top after 10 games, id say surely we deserved it thanks to some luck

but after 25 games, we fully deserve to be top

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Sat Dec 29, 2012 6:39 pm

We have 53 points after 25 games and in the last 10 years only 2 teams who eventually won the league had more points at this stage, Reading and Wolves.

For the last few years we have been worried about making the playoffs but this season we are 16 points ahead of the last playoff place.

We are in our strongest position for decades and we deserve to be there, no doubt in my mind about that.


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Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Sat Dec 29, 2012 6:45 pm

castleblue wrote:We have 53 points after 25 games and in the last 10 years only 2 teams who eventually won the league had more points at this stage, Reading and Wolves.

For the last few years we have been worried about making the playoffs but this season we are 16 points ahead of the last playoff place.

We are in our strongest position for decades and we deserve to be there, no doubt in my mind about that.


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How many points were Newcastle on then? They destroyed this league

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Sat Dec 29, 2012 6:52 pm

CantonJack wrote:
castleblue wrote:We have 53 points after 25 games and in the last 10 years only 2 teams who eventually won the league had more points at this stage, Reading and Wolves.

For the last few years we have been worried about making the playoffs but this season we are 16 points ahead of the last playoff place.

We are in our strongest position for decades and we deserve to be there, no doubt in my mind about that.


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How many points were Newcastle on then? They destroyed this league


Newcastle were on 52 points at this stage.


Doea this mean we are destroying this League as well. ;)


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Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:43 pm

I love being a lucky team --about time --we have suffered for too long

Although i think we are the best int league as well

and as they say the table doesnt lie at the end of the season the best team wins

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:55 pm

Im a firm believer of creating you're own luck!
I believe you chose you're own destiny and ours is the Premier League! :ayatollah:

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Wed Mar 20, 2013 1:57 pm

sloper_road_legend wrote:Yes or No

IMO
I think in past seasons We've been extremely unlucky play off final year especially we battered teams and come away with a point on several occasions we should of finished 2nd
this season every other week were coming away with wins being the poorer side,
millwall on top the last 60 minutes allegedly,

in the premier league teams wont be missing chances as often and it potentially could be a real eye opener


NO, without a doubt we are not. You make your own luck in football, luck evens out over 46 games and We are top of the League on merit, the league table does not lie. :ayatollah: :malky: :ayatollah:

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:10 pm

Im a firm believer of creating you're own luck!
I believe you chose you're own destiny and ours is the Premier League! :ayatollah:

Re: are we Riding our luck this season?

Wed Mar 20, 2013 2:31 pm

Yes we are riding our luck this season but we also make our own, and I hope we keep doing it till the end of the season. All teams that go up have got to have Lady luck on their side :ayatollah: :ayatollah: