Sort of, but were also a big part of our relegation

There's two ways of looking at it:

1. We were s**t away from home and that's why we went down. This is the main issue I think.

2. Given 1, we didn't win enough of the winnable home games at the start of the season.

The tough middle of the season had trickier home games if I remember rightly, and we didn't pick up enough away points in that period. But actually, although the draws weren't bad results early on really, if we'd beaten Pompey, Villa, Palace or Blackburn, we probably would have stayed up no problem.

Posted By: SimonOTBC on September 23rd 2021 at 10:19:46

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What was it like on here when we failed to win in our first 13 games (NCFC) - jamesward, Sep 23, 09:54:00
- Worthy would lie a lot in his post match pressers (NCFC) - usacanary, Sep 23, 16:35:56
- We were drawing some and competitive plus (NCFC) - matgore, Sep 23, 11:57:04
- from what i remember (NCFC) - ghostof barry butler, Sep 23, 10:42:31
- From memory we were workmanlike (NCFC) - JoeyDeacon, Sep 23, 10:14:01
  - Southampton (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 23, 10:14:31
    - Fantastic that was (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 23, 10:20:09
      - How?! (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 23, 10:21:50
        
        Very drunk and fell asleep (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 23, 10:28:12
- We drew 8 of our first 12 (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 23, 10:12:10
  - my memory is that we hardly ever came back from going behind that season (NCFC) - jampersands, Sep 23, 11:00:31
    - I clearly was mixing it up with every prem season since (NCFC) - jampersands, Sep 23, 11:32:30
      - (other than under Lambert, obv) (n/m) (NCFC) - jampersands, Sep 23, 11:32:50
    - 10 of our first 15 points were after (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 23, 11:07:35
      - 10 of our first 15 points up to Bolton were after conceding first (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 23, 11:09:10
    - We came from behind in the first 3 games we won (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 23, 11:05:58
      - Draws that felt like wins (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 23, 11:12:41
  - We also scored a few goals (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 23, 10:13:13
    - And weren't bottom of the league, or perhaps only briefly (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 23, 10:13:56
      - Not even in the bottom three after 19 games (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Sep 23, 10:14:34
        
        15th after we beat Bolton 3-2 (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 23, 10:17:50
        
        We didn't "remain in the bottom 3" after that Liverpool game (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 23, 10:26:01
        
        Oh shit yeah (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 23, 10:31:12
        
        I remember WBA getting a point at Old Trafford that evening (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 23, 10:34:02
        
        Still in an amazing position though (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 23, 10:38:49
        
        I knew we were down after 10 mins. (NCFC) - munter, Sep 23, 10:38:27
        
        OH THE PAIN (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 23, 10:30:41
        
        That game still gets me angry, cheating fuck, we didn't help ourselves either though (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Sep 23, 11:15:24
        
        pretty sure that's the understatement of the morning (NCFC) - jampersands, Sep 23, 11:22:07
        
        Which bit? Us not helping ourselves or Johnson being a cheating fuck? :-) (NCFC) - megson, Sep 23, 11:56:04
        
        Oh God yes (NCFC) - jamesward, Sep 23, 10:34:20
        
        We had Hucks tbf (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 23, 10:41:21
        
        Can't see Jarvis making a comeback tbh (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Sep 23, 10:19:04
        
        Would probably be an improvement (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 23, 10:21:06
- I doubt it was too bad really - we only lost 5 of those 13 (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 23, 10:06:43
  - Those early draws were the foundation (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 23, 10:15:13
    - Sort of, but were also a big part of our relegation (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 23, 10:19:46
      - Yeah away form terrible (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 23, 10:22:45
  - plus just being in the Prem was still a novelty then (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 23, 10:11:58
    - We had the Ginger Pele up front in a couple of games lol (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Sep 23, 10:12:59
      - Good tactic, stopped him giving peno's away at the other end. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Sep 23, 10:22:25
        
        haha! (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 23, 10:23:44
        
        The club worked bloody hard in his time here to get down to the right level for him (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Sep 23, 10:24:07
        
        :) (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Sep 23, 10:25:23
- IIRC The Wrath was updated in 2005 so you probably can't look back that far (n/m) (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Sep 23, 10:03:53
  - You forget Pantsbot. Pantsbot don't play by no update rules. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Sep 23, 10:05:59
- Was the tinterweb invented back then? (n/m) (NCFC) - inutero, Sep 23, 10:01:51
- Foooooooomun. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Sep 23, 10:00:52

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