Championship thread 25/26! (49 Viewers)

[clint van damme]

Disagree, we have played some very nice stuff at home. Agree that we have been ‘efficient’ on the road.

Not saying its been completely poor, but definitely not what it was earlier in the season.
Boro have been playing the best football I've seen in the league recently.

I'm not complaining, I was one of the ones calling for a more pragmatic approach.

 

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[David O'Day]

McKenna has the haunted look of a man who knows he should have taken the new jobs the summer after they got promoted

 

[edgy]

Opta now have Ipswich finishing 4th, Millwall 3rd.

Interesting thing is the threshold for automatics hasn't changed and is still 83.

That's got to be too low surely?

 

[Dougin]

I’m looking at McKenna and can’t stop thinking about the Thunderbirds.

He looks like a gay Joey Barton

 

[Major Tom]

Just keep chipping away.. tomorrow and Saturday wil be tough games.

 

[Ccfcisparks]

That's got to be too low surely?

Well I guess look at it like this.

Millwall have 9 games left, which is a maximum of 27 points.

But they have Boro and Ipswich both away, as well as a few relegation battlers who could steal a win.

Lose 3 of those and they can only get 18 points, which puts them on 86.

 

[Macca]

Just keep chipping away.. tomorrow and Saturday wil be tough games.

Win tomorrow takes a lot of pressure off Sat

 

[Liquid Gold]

He looks like a gay Joey Barton

What do gay people look like?

 

[Dougin]

If we keep winning what game will it be when we are mathematically guaranteed promotion.

I would work it out if I was capable.

 

[Samueljames1991]

If we keep winning what game will it be when we are mathematically guaranteed promotion.

I would work it out if I was capable.

Portsmouth or Blackburn

 

[Macca]

That's got to be too low surely?

I reckon 86/7 would do it

 

[David O'Day]

What do gay people look like?

He knows, he's so far in the closet he's secretly known as Aslan

 

[robbiethemole]

McKenna blaming the wind for their 1st half performance

what a tosser

Oh, so Stoke didn't have to play in the same wind then????? Fucking tosser and his fucking team

 

[BackRoomRummermill]

Portsmouth or Blackburn

less if others drop points

 

[long way home]

We just got to keep our nerve and pick up points we cant keep looking over our shoulder. 1 game at a time.

 

[Para1140]

Im heading over to the Ipswich forum see if anyone has a bottle of sour milk I can borrow

 

[wingy]

Here he is

Devastated with the late goal and how it came about
Outstanding character second half deserved to win
Soft penalty and bringing up Leicester game beyond irony
Frustrated didn’t handle last few minutes
Wind upset the team
Fair play him giving the interview

Lol!!!!!

Just buy some Rennie's.

 

[Dougin]

What do gay people look like?

 

[Kneeza]

I reckon 86/7 would do it

Got to be 87 hasn't it?

 

[Liquid Gold]

 

[Trueskyblue20]

So many real names being dropped recently.

GIMOC = Terry

That one sent me over the edge

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

So what’s the best scenario from the milwall v Ipswich and mboro games, 2 draws or who gives a shit ?

Best outcome for us is as follows:
- Millwall beat Ipswich & Boro
- Ipswich best Boro

Millwall and now Ipswich max points for the remaining 9/10 games is 95 points. Boro’s is 99 points, 96 is Ipswich beat them. To get to 96 points and all but guarantee we win the league, we need 22 points (7-1-2).

In reality, 96 will overcook the actual points requirement imo. If we get to 92+ points, we’ll win the league by a comfy margin (6 wins).

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

Best outcome for us is as follows:
- Millwall beat Ipswich & Boro
- Ipswich best Boro

Millwall and now Ipswich max points for the remaining 9/10 games is 95 points. Boro’s is 99 points, 96 is Ipswich beat them. To get to 96 points and all but guarantee we win the league, we need 22 points (7-1-2).

In reality, 96 will overcook the actual points requirement imo. If we get to 92+ points, we’ll win the league by a comfy margin (6 wins).

Wouldn't we want all draws?

 

[viridisman]

Im heading over to the Ipswich forum see if anyone has a bottle of sour milk I can borrow

Ask if they want our crumble recipe

 

[Liquid Gold]

Where do this lot get off? They've had an avalanche of dodgy decisions go their way all season

 

[SBT]

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It’s almost like every team thinks the refs are biased against them!

 

[viridisman]

Where do this lot get off? They've had an avalanche of dodgy decisions go their way all season

I'm sure their letter of apology will be added to a much smaller pile than ours...

 

[David O'Day]

Where do this lot get off? They've had an avalanche of dodgy decisions go their way all season

they are broken, lovely

 

[quinn1971]

One thing For us that doesn’t get a mention, 2nd best defence in the league ( only conceded 3 more than mboro )

 

[robbiethemole]

Where do this lot get off? They've had an avalanche of dodgy decisions go their way all season

such arrogant entitlement, FUCK 'EM and the tractor they rode in on!!!!

 

[covcity4life]

One thing For us that doesn’t get a mention, 2nd best defence in the league ( only conceded 3 more than mboro )

But so much analysis into our fullback's pushing up

 

[robbiethemole]

Their board is a beautiful conglomeration of self-pity and loathing of everyone and everything, The taste of salty tears and sour grapes is particularly nice tonight! hahahha

 

[MacReady]

Quite frankly… you can suck my balls, Mr Garrison.

 

[quinn1971]

But so much analysis into our fullback's pushing up

6 games since QPR 3 clean sheets and only conceded 1 goal in the other 3, if only we’d of worked it out a bit earlier

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Wouldn't we want all draws?

Strictly speaking, yes if we’re min-maxing the outcome. Our immediate priority is to pull away from Boro and then losing to Millwall in 2 weeks is optimal for us and depending how the results pan out, an Ipswich win v Boro may actually be the day we all but confirm we’ve won the league/prooted.

Current state of affairs:
Cov - 74 pts, 104 max
Boro - 69 pts, 99 max
Millwall - 68 pts, 95 max
Ipswich - 65 pts, 95 max

If Millwall, Ipswich and Boro teams draw their games each other, each team loses 4 points from their maximum so 95 and 91 respectively.

A scenario where Millwall beats Ipswich and Boro, then Ipswich beat Boro. The maximums look like:
- Millwall - 95 pts max
- Boro - 93 max
- Ipswich - 92 max

Objectively, Millwall are still the weakest team in the Top 4 and I’d expect them to drop the most points outside of their ties. In short, I’m not worried about them.