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[cherrypie7]

Looks like Sunderland are out of the autos race now

Agreed. Last season, we were doing well until the last international break. After that, the schedule, injuries and fatigue got to the lads. If you look at the schedule for Ipswich compared to us, you will see that they had far more regular weekend games at regular times than Leeds. In the end that helped them remain more consistent. Ipswich are going down this season. Still, there was no excuse for the playoff final disaster. Only good thing is Southampton are also going down, and will probably stay down for a while. They are poor. I hope the last international break doesn't hurt us again.

[Billyni]

Agreed. Last season, we were doing well until the last international break. After that, the schedule, injuries and fatigue got to the lads. If you look at the schedule for Ipswich compared to us, you will see that they had far more regular weekend games at regular times than Leeds. In the end that helped them remain more consistent. Ipswich are going down this season. Still, there was no excuse for the playoff final disaster. Only good thing is Southampton are also going down, and will probably stay down for a while. They are poor. I hope the last international break doesn't hurt us again.

I feel we are better equipped this season to deal with stuff like that