Record Watch 2020/21

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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by Stranded » 07 Mar 2021 06:34

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Our game at theirs might be the difference between them getting the record or not :D


100%...they will lose at least one more game this season. Absolute banker. You watch. Don't even worry about it.


They have 4 of the current top 7 in their last 5 games when they will likely have one foot on the beach. Can't see them winning all of those, assuming they win the rest in the meantime.

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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by skipper » 17 Mar 2021 14:15

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royalp-we Can anyone see Norwich losing again though?

Our game at theirs might be the difference between them getting the record or not :D


100%...they will lose at least one more game this season. Absolute banker. You watch. Don't even worry about it.


They have 4 of the current top 7 in their last 5 games when they will likely have one foot on the beach. Can't see them winning all of those, assuming they win the rest in the meantime.


Norwich can currently reach 109 points as of today, so 1 defeat or 2 draws in the remaining 10 games, and they are out of the picture.

Their last 10 fixtures are...

Forest A
Blackburn H
Preston A
Huddersfield H
Derby A
Bournemouth H
Watford H
QPR A
Reading H
Barnsley A

There's absolutely no way they are not going to drop points. Of course they are. Those last 5 games particularly is arguably their worst stretch of the season.

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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by Snowball » 17 Mar 2021 14:39

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100%...they will lose at least one more game this season. Absolute banker. You watch. Don't even worry about it.


They have 4 of the current top 7 in their last 5 games when they will likely have one foot on the beach. Can't see them winning all of those, assuming they win the rest in the meantime.


Norwich can currently reach 109 points as of today, so 1 defeat or 2 draws in the remaining 10 games, and they are out of the picture.

Their last 10 fixtures are...

Forest A
Blackburn H
Preston A
Huddersfield H
Derby A
Bournemouth H
Watford H
QPR A
Reading H
Barnsley A

There's absolutely no way they are not going to drop points. Of course they are. Those last 5 games particularly is arguably their worst stretch of the season.



Might be that Reading will have to stop them. That would be "interesting"

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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by LUX » 17 Mar 2021 16:14

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Norwich can currently reach 109 points as of today, so 1 defeat or 2 draws in the remaining 10 games, and they are out of the picture.



1 defeat and they are on 106.

I do not want that tbh.

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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by Franchise FC » 20 Mar 2021 16:55

Norwich can't match now and have to win the rest to beat it


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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by Tony Le Mesmer » 20 Mar 2021 18:53

Looking back since 2006, i dont think anyone has come close have they?

The closest i can think of was Leicester in 2014, when they got 102. Just looked it up, their max points fell below 106 6 games before the end of the season, a game before we played them. Wolves got 103 in the same year but fell below the target with 7 games to go.

There was also Newcastle in 2010 but they hardly dropped a point in the run in so were down a long way out.

What we really need is a final game cliff hanger, a real twitcher. But ultimately the record survives.


Bit of perspective. If Norwich don't win out, it will be 15 years standing. That's 1080 attempts at the record from EFL clubs.

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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by WestYorksRoyal » 20 Mar 2021 20:35

It will be broken one day, as records always are. It'll take an incredible team though; Leicester Newcastle and Wolves all fell short and they were excellent teams. And now Norwich can only equal it, and they need 8 straight wins for that.

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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by WestYorksRoyal » 20 Mar 2021 20:39

WestYorksRoyal It will be broken one day, as records always are. It'll take an incredible team though; Leicester Newcastle and Wolves all fell short and they were excellent teams. And now Norwich can only equal it, and they need 8 straight wins for that.

Just realised Norwich can beat it, but it'll take perfection, especially as teams often drop off after promotion is confirmed, as we did a little in 05/06

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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by The Royal Forester » 20 Mar 2021 20:42

WestYorksRoyal It will be broken one day, as records always are. It'll take an incredible team though; Leicester Newcastle and Wolves all fell short and they were excellent teams. And now Norwich can only equal it, and they need 8 straight wins for that.

You are wrong I'm afraid. If they win all their matches, it will give them 107 points.
Edit. I was writing this as you posted, Sorry.
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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by The Royal Forester » 20 Mar 2021 20:57

Tony Le Mesmer Looking back since 2006, i dont think anyone has come close have they?

The closest i can think of was Leicester in 2014, when they got 102. Just looked it up, their max points fell below 106 6 games before the end of the season, a game before we played them. Wolves got 103 in the same year but fell below the target with 7 games to go.

There was also Newcastle in 2010 but they hardly dropped a point in the run in so were down a long way out.

What we really need is a final game cliff hanger, a real twitcher. But ultimately the record survives.


Bit of perspective. If Norwich don't win out, it will be 15 years standing. That's 1080 attempts at the record from EFL clubs.

I would rather they failed to beat us or better still, lose to us in the final minute of extra time, so that we keep the record.

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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by Horsham Royal » 21 Mar 2021 00:07

The Royal Forester I would rather they failed to beat us or better still, lose to us in the final minute of extra time, so that we keep the record.

Being pedantic, better for us to score an equaliser. If we were already drawing the record would be staying ours anyway.

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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by The Royal Forester » 21 Mar 2021 13:34

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The Royal Forester I would rather they failed to beat us or better still, lose to us in the final minute of extra time, so that we keep the record.

Being pedantic, better for us to score an equaliser. If we were already drawing the record would be staying ours anyway.

Can we score two goals in added on time? We may need those extra two points to get us into the play-offs. It extends our season, even though going on past years doesn't gain us promotion.
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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by Mid Sussex Royal » 02 Apr 2021 16:55

Yes - Preston equaliser 90+5


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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by From Despair To Where? » 02 Apr 2021 17:02

15 years and counting.

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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by Tony Le Mesmer » 03 Apr 2021 17:46

Anyone else already worried for 2021-22?

Hoping Newcastle stay up. A big club coming down is where the real threat lies !

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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by From Despair To Where? » 03 Apr 2021 18:29

No more than any other season.

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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by Nameless » 03 Apr 2021 19:28

Tony Le Mesmer Anyone else already worried for 2021-22?

Hoping Newcastle stay up. A big club coming down is where the real threat lies !


A team winning lots of games is where the real threat lies.
The record was set by a small, unfashionable club with a bunch of players no one had heard of. Big clubs try every year to do better and none manage it.

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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by Franchise FC » 03 Apr 2021 20:25

The paradox with Newcastle is that they’ve got very few that have impressed that will get picked up by other, lower half, Premier League teams.

Means they’re clearly not that good but also may mean they get to keep a lot of them and that may help in the Championship.

Of course, they’re not yet down.

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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by From Despair To Where? » 03 Apr 2021 20:42

I hope they've got some relegation wage cut clauses. Joelinton's on £90,000 a week and their total wage bill is £65m.

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Re: Record Watch 2020/21

by Franchise FC » 03 Apr 2021 22:01

From Despair To Where? I hope they've got some relegation wage cut clauses. Joelinton's on £90,000 a week and their total wage bill is £65m.

That’s a good example of what I see.

Who in their right mind is going to take him off their hands ?

Ok, Fulham, if they stay up

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