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Adge

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So, we were having a debate at the weekend if you were offered a guaranteed playoff place at the end of the season-would you take it now or take the gamble to stick as we are and hopefully cement a top 2 place?
Couple said playoff-the majority said stay are we are. 🤔
 
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warwickskyblue

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Looking at the “average” team in the league (somewhere between Ipswich and Swansea) they are getting 1.3 points per game. Even if we regressed back to the mean for the remainder of the season then we’d end up on 73 points which is going to be good for the playoffs most years. We would have to crash massively for us not to make the playoffs from this position.
 
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quinn1971

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Said at the start of the season finishing 5th Or 6th won’t get us promoted, even if we don’t get autos the way we’re going we should be able to manage what Sunderland did, still think Ipswich come good apart from them cant see anybody else getting close to us,
 

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Adge said:
So, we were having a debate at the weekend if you were offered a guaranteed playoff place at the end of the season-would you take it now or take the gamble to stick as we are and hopefully cement a top 2 place?
Couple said playoff-the majority said stay are we are. 🤔
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How much of a gamble is it though? We're clearly the best team in the league and would potentially need only 42 points from our last 34 to make the play-offs from here. That's bottom 8 form over the course of a season.
 
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oscillatewildly

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skybluelee said:
How much of a gamble is it though? We're clearly the best team in the league and would potentially need only 42 points from our last 34 to make the play-offs from here. That's bottom 8 form over the course of a season.
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We have plummeted before after being top around this time of the season. (2015/16)
 
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skybluelee

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oscillatewildly said:
We have plummeted before after being top around this time of the season. (2015/16)
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And it doesn't feel different? A team of teenage loan players in 15/16 v the most settled high functioning squad in the Championship. Then some of the worst signings ever made in January 16 in the history of transfer windows v the high likelihood of recruiting 2/3 players in the Matt Grimes quality bracket. We also had 5 less points at this stage in 15/16.

You think there are any parallels whatsoever?
 
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Robinshio

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we would need to be poor to not make the play offs from this position
probably 45 points from 34 games
12 wins 9 draws 13 defeats ie lose more than we would win
That is why the automatics must be now the target
 
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AOM

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fatso said:
Exactly.
We need to fuck the F.A. cup off as well this year, we dont need any distractions.
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Do sort of agree and that is probably the sensible approach with the squad size, but I really love the FA cup. Always a bit gutted once we're not included in the numbers for the next round draw
 
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Brighton Sky Blue

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When you get a sniff of the pie and are first into the kitchen, do you wait to share it with the rest and guarantee a slice or do you go for the lot even at the risk of getting caught?
 
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