10 more wins does it (22 Viewers)

Mucca Mad Boys said:

I don’t think we’ll lose 3 games between now and the end of the season. There’s tough games to come but we’ve played the best teams at home and away.

Based on the averages, 2 losses sounds about right but nothing is really standing out to me. Swansea and Hull will be tough but we’ve won at harder places this season.

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I agree. The pessimist in me has us finishing on 91/92 points. The optimist has us finishing on 95 points.

If we continue our home form, most of our away games look winnable!

AFCCOVENTRY said:

Ipswich v Boro is going to be a key move between those two I feel.

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Draw, 15 injuries and 9 red cards would do

My arse right now

Just need to match what we’ve done for the last 11, we weren’t great
won 6
drew 2
lost 3
20 points puts us on 92, we’re not being caught on that

The crucial variable in all of this is bottle. How well can we - and the others - deal with the pressure. So far, we've managed pretty well, despite the blip (as 4 wins in a row attests) but as the finish line gets closer it gets more nervy. It's all to play for, as far as I'm concerned.

Mucca Mad Boys said:

I’ll premise this comment by saying I favour us to win most games under Lampard… the only loss I actually foresee is Wrexham and that’s probably on the back of us being promoted by then.


That’s a dream scenario, I could see them taking points off Boro and Ipswich, even if it’s 2 draws. It really demonstrates what a good win that was for us. Just as important as beating Boro imo.

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Why do you foresee us losing at home to Wrexham?

AFCCOVENTRY said:

Ipswich v Boro is going to be a key move between those two I feel.

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Completely agree. If we can stay ahead of one or ideally both of them before that game then we should be able to do it.

I think it's inevitable we have a bad weekend here and there before the end but it should be ours now.

Mucca Mad Boys said:

I don’t think we’ll lose 3 games between now and the end of the season. There’s tough games to come but we’ve played the best teams at home and away.

Based on the averages, 2 losses sounds about right but nothing is really standing out to me. Swansea and Hull will be tough but we’ve won at harder places this season.

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Hull won't be easy, but not in the way they are a very good side.

They shouldn't be anywhere near the top of the table with the way their finances stopped them from putting a good squad together. But they have the same as us in one way. A squad that are very close and battle for the whole 90 minutes. The closest Championship side to them is Oxford, but they have more quality going forward. They can be difficult to score against.

quinn1971 said:

Just need to match what we’ve done for the last 11, we weren’t great
won 6
drew 2
lost 3
20 points puts us on 92, we’re not being caught on that

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Can we take it in blocks of 4 instead of including our 'wobble'?

2 A
2 H

12 points

OK I hear that isn't fair. Block of 5? As near as dammit half the remaining games. W4 D1 L0.

Recent form is the biggest indicator. Only Southampton can match us and to be truthful other than when we play them they're not rival to us. I know they still have to come to our place, but Ipswich have to go to theirs. With our home record we have a better chance of picking up points against them than Ipswich do. I'm just so glad they started the season with a poor managerial choice, otherwise the table would be looking so different now.

PUSB-We_are_going_up said:

At the moment its 29pts to confirm both promotion and the title as that puts us on 100, and Ipswich and Boro can only get to 99

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26 guarantees promotion with their game against each other.