I really enjoyed the season all the way through, even after Walsall, but the powderpuff way we gave up against Burton had me doubting and casting my mind back to previous years.I think it's been a drag since November to be honest
Teams dropping points though now. This is the pressure cooker time when the finishing line is starting to appear in the distance.
Been seasons when 84 points has been enough for an automatic place.
We have 48 with 17 matches to play. If 84 was the magic number that is 36 more points.
11 wins, 3 draws, 3 defeats would do it.
10 wins, 6 draws, 1 defeat.
12 wins, 5 defeats.
Not impossible. No-one knows what the final magic total will be, but lets not just assume it will be over 90 points, or close to it!
Been other seasons where a lot less than 90 points has been enough.
Well I know, just saying it could be low this year. Burton have had a couple of blips and now Walsall lost badly today at home!. Only Wigan seem to be consistently picking up points at the moment and remember, we don't have to finish first, second will do just fine, so even if someone like Wigan got to 90, 84 or 85 might well be good enough for second.Last 5 years, 2nd place has finished on:
14/15 - 91 points
13/14 - 94 points
12/13 - 83 points
11/12 - 93 points
10/11 - 93 points
83 points seems to be the exception rather than the rule. Any thing can happen, but I can't see it being as low as 84 this season.
All we can do is keep plugging away and hope that we go on a long winning streak and/or remain unbeaten for the rest of the season.
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Yep! That was so disappointing against Burton after going a goal down and I didn't see much fight against Scunthorpe either, just rabbits caught in the headlights.If we are to get anything from this season yhe manager and players need to show some passion and fight for everything even if we lose just show some fight
But it is no coincidence that Ramage has played 3 times for us. We lost all 3 games and shipped in 7 goals.People have been saying this is a shit league and we have the best manager etc. etc. But I think we are rapidly realizing, there are at least six teams as good as or better than us and Mowbray is not the best manager in this league. So it will be an uphill struggle to maintain our play-off position. We are now only clinging by one point and must be looking over our shoulders more than looking up to the automatic promotion spots. You simply cannot have an extended run of poor results like we have had and hope to remain in contention.Even with the recent recruits, the team still has glaring weaknesses, I'll leave it up to you to figure out what they are.
People have been saying this is a shit league and we have the best manager etc. etc. But I think we are rapidly realizing, there are at least six teams as good as or better than us and Mowbray is not the best manager in this league. So it will be an uphill struggle to maintain our play-off position. We are now only clinging by one point and must be looking over our shoulders more than looking up to the automatic promotion spots. You simply cannot have an extended run of poor results like we have had and hope to remain in contention.Even with the recent recruits, the team still has glaring weaknesses, I'll leave it up to you to figure out what they are.
Think we keep waiting for the 'collapse' and for them to be 'found out' but it just doesn't seem to happen. One bad defeat and they seem to bounce straight back again from it.Football is a funny thing and teams can have a bad run at anytime. You have to keep going to capitalise on the potential mistakes of others.
I have to agree with you, yes we are contenders, but some fans have over estimated our ability and underestimated the other teams around us....especially Burton.
I'd like someone to post a 'recent form' table again. I bet Burton and Wigan would be near the top and we would be in the bottom half.
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