At what point are we allowed to start believing...... (1 Viewer)

31st of Jan providing we have a good window and we don't get anymore awful injuries

When Robins gets a grip and starts starting Kastaneer.

When we have enough points not to get caught

If we beat Sunderland on Saturday I’ll start to think we have a chance.

Mid March for me. Let’s make sure we don’t come down with the Christmas lights first.

To stand a chance we need to get a string of away wins going and soon. I think a positive run over Christmas and January will put us in good stead and that's the point I think I'd let myself believe we could keep it going.

When we have avoided "dry" January, February and March

Not until after March at the very earliest

I believe we “could” go up now, I’ll believe we actually are going up when it is mathematically certain or beyond reasonable doubt! So last game of the season probably...

We’ve been here too many times. I was reminded this morning that we were top of the league on this day (my birthday) four years ago.... which also meant this happened...

I was discussing the Colchester game with my dad the other day. Pre game I thought that was a guarenteed cup upset.

but after we won professionally, I said to my dad looking back - we were going to win. If we were any other fan we’d say Coventry will win.

we bemoan performances but we’ve been beaten 3 times in all comps this year, one to Watford and one we shouldn’t have lost.

taking that into account, were overestimating the league. We’re one of the better sides in the league and as fans we need to start believing in ourselves. The standard is crap but I’d describe us as “one of the shinier turds” in the league

harvey098 said:

We’ve been here too many times. I was reminded this morning that we were top of the league on this day (my birthday) four years ago.... which also meant this happened...

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Then the Mowbray effect and the Cole experiment kicked in

harvey098 said:

We’ve been here too many times. I was reminded this morning that we were top of the league on this day (my birthday) four years ago.... which also meant this happened...

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Ha! I got a Facebook memory of us being top of the league as well!

when weve accumalted enough points to be comfy enough stay in touch with 2rd or the playoffs incase we go on a bad run.

harvey098 said:

We’ve been here too many times. I was reminded this morning that we were top of the league on this day (my birthday) four years ago.... which also meant this happened...

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Hahaha thats brilliant mate! Great season that was, just a shame we fell off

There’s still time, but it’s nicer topic than wondering if we’ve got what it takes to stay up, going back a few years

If we dont lose to sunderland

Different levels of belief for me.

I currently believe we are more than capable of finishing in the top 6. That for me should be minimum expectancy from this point. What happens after that is impossible to call.

As for auto promotion, I think we'd need to be in the top 2 for weeks and have a healthy gap to 3rd before I got excited about it.

harvey098 said:

We’ve been here too many times. I was reminded this morning that we were top of the league on this day (my birthday) four years ago.... which also meant this happened...

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Love that! Happy Birthday pal

Always

If we go back to the Ricoh it may have a short term positive effect, which will help, but very important the pitch remains in good shape.
Of course, we need to get back to the Ricoh first and personally do not see that happening this season.

I'll start believing if it ever becomes a mathematical certainty, and only then. I've spent too many years as a fan of this club to get my hopes up too early in a season!

We haven't won away all season and only won a single game by 2 clear goals back in mid August. I feel we're fighting for 5th to 8th until we sort that out because I just can't believe we can keep on scraping enough wins when relying on the odd goal to win a game.

When we kick off a game in the Championship......

Tommo1993 said:

When Robins gets a grip and starts starting Kastaneer.

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I hope this is an attempt at banter Tommo

Esoterica said:

We haven't won away all season and only won a single game by 2 clear goals back in mid August. I feel we're fighting for 5th to 8th until we sort that out because I just can't believe we can keep on scraping enough wins when relying on the odd goal to win a game.

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Have to agree we need to be scoring more & adding wins away to be serious...if we’re in the mix come Jan we need to add goals

shepardo01 said:

When we kick off a game in the Championship......

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Agree..... after what's happened to Bury nothing is a given.

cc84cov said:

I hope this is an attempt at banter Tommo

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Its the best I could think of in the short time I had. 4/10, could do better.

March time. As when we are doing well don't we normally throw it away around January

I'd say April time unless we win every game and go loads of points clear.

It's going to be between a few teams for playoff spots I think.

Briles said:

So a third of the season gone, third place. Not too shabby. 4 points off autos (albeit more games played) but equally 4 points off 10th place.

At what stage of the season should we really start believing we could go up? Will it be just after the Jan transfer window? Mid march? or until its mathematically certain? Its quite easy as a Coventry fan to be pessimistic, but its also quite easy to get carried away. I will personally start to believe once Sunderland, Wycombe and Ipswich are out of the way.....and we get a good return.

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I believe we can go up, though not that we will go up.
Lot of teams in the mix so small margins could decide. Definitely need to get an away win or two under our belts.

HuckerbyDublinWhelan said:

I was discussing the Colchester game with my dad the other day. Pre game I thought that was a guarenteed cup upset.

but after we won professionally, I said to my dad looking back - we were going to win. If we were any other fan we’d say Coventry will win.

we bemoan performances but we’ve been beaten 3 times in all comps this year, one to Watford and one we shouldn’t have lost.

taking that into account, were overestimating the league. We’re one of the better sides in the league and as fans we need to start believing in ourselves. The standard is crap but I’d describe us as “one of the shinier turds” in the league

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And we've only been a half fit turd for large parts of the season

i am sure wycombe will fall away somewhat,2nd is up for grabs. we need to get a great pts tally first and foremost

I already believe we can go up.

Can being the key word, not will.

I've seen enough to know that we can beat anyone in this league and that there aren't many better than us. If we can start converting a few chances and/or sign a finisher in January then we'll be there or thereabouts MIO.