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Disappointing, but still in our hands (9 Viewers)

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  • Start date Jan 17, 2016
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #141
CCFC said:
Not really that wound up, more bored with it now. We both wasted an evening arguing over it, what sad lives we must both live.
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Not as much of an evening wasted as those of us reading it.
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #142
Deleted member 5849 said:
Not as much of an evening wasted as those of us reading it.
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Tomorrows edition is going to involve us arguing over whether its potatoe or potato, prepare your cases teams.
 

Samo

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #143
CCFC said:
Tomorrows edition is going to involve us arguing over whether its potatoe or potato, prepare your cases teams.
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It's potato you moron!
 

st john

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #144
When will we be mathematically safe? without working it out maybe we could go down with 70 points if all the bottom half win all of their games? lol
 

SkyBlue_Bear83

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #145
Samo said:
It's potato you moron!
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Speedies_Chips

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #146
Deleted member 5849 said:
That's true.

I'd still be surprised if either go up automatically mind you, and amazed if they both do.

Shame it's against us, as I'm all for the little clubs punching above their weight - and Burton in the second tier would be superb.

You'd expect, however, Wigan to come through, and then there's a space open for someone else. Now of course Burton are flying atm, but if they hold on it really is a massive achievement given the size of their club and size of their squad.
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Check out the back page of yesterdays programme. Burtons squad is bigger than ours.
 

usskyblue

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  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #147
 

letsallsingtogether

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #148
How about if Walsall and Burton to not get promoted it is in their hands
 
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Deleted member 5849

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  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #149
Speedies_Chips said:
Check out the back page of yesterdays programme. Burtons squad is bigger than ours.
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There's a difference between number of players and number of players with 'pedigree'.
 

usskyblue

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #150
Back to the dog reference
 

letsallsingtogether

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #151
Deleted member 5849 said:
There's a difference between number of players and number of players with 'pedigree'.
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Pedigree chump☺
 

Otis

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  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #152
usskyblue said:
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Oh my God how much do I hate Mrs. Brown's boys!! Grrr. :slap:
 

capel & collindridge

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  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #153
Liquid Gold said:
In our hands means that no matter what other teams do we can still gain promotion e.g. we're top of the league and everybody has to better us. Promotion is not 'in our hands', if we win all of our remaining games then 99.9% of the time we will be promoted, however if Walsall and Burton also win all of their games then we will end up 3rd.

We are however capable of gaining promotion by putting the hard work in and gaining more points than the teams above us for the rest of the season. I understand the point you're trying to make but your use of the phrase 'in our hands' is incorrect.
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We could win all of our games. Both Walsall and Burton couldn't. Simple!
 

letsallsingtogether

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  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #154
capel & collindridge said:
We could win all of our games. Both Walsall and Burton couldn't. Simple!
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Really now that would something.....
 

stupot07

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  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #155
capel & collindridge said:
We could win all of our games. Both Walsall and Burton couldn't. Simple!
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Of course. It's like the games in hand methodology.....other teams will never win their's, ours are guaranteed 3 points in the bag.


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Ian1779

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  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #156
Or he's referring to the fact they have to play each other. Which does mean he is technically correct.
 

stupot07

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  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #157
Ian1779 said:
Or he's referring to the fact they have to play each other. Which does mean he is technically correct.
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I know.


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Ian1779

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  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #158
stupot07 said:
I know.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - so please excuse any spelling or grammar errors
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Just checking
 

Otis

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #159
Ian1779 said:
Just checking 
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Is that literally checking, or just checking checking?
 

capel & collindridge

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  • Jan 17, 2016
  • #160
Ian1779 said:
Or he's referring to the fact they have to play each other. Which does mean he is technically correct.
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That's right. But so is Samo right in saying that if two out of the three teams above us get the maximum points they can out of their remaining games, automatic promotion isn't in our hands.

And after the first three games of the season, when we were top of the table, you might equally well have said that we were the only team that had the autos in own hands - Gillingham and Walsall were equal second on 7 points and so couldn't literally claim that the autos were in their own hands.

But till you get to the last ten or twelve games it makes little sense to talk this way.

You may just as well say that as we now have the best goal difference in League One, the autos are in our hands as long as we keep it that way. I'd be surprised if the team with the best goal difference at the end of the season doesn't end up in one of the top two spots. Has it ever happened?
 

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jan 18, 2016
  • #161
covcity4life said:
Your the one who said you laughed at anyone happy with a point vs walsall???

Now it's others who are disrespectful lol. You rly hate cov fans and flip flop to be annoyed in every situation
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When? I wasnt the one claiming their fans were idiots for thinking they come get something against us?
 
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wingy

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  • Jan 18, 2016
  • #162
Not so much in our hands but within grasp. :thinking about:
 

Samo

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  • Jan 18, 2016
  • #163
wingy said:
Not so much in our hands but within grasp. :thinking about:
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Well put
 

covcity4life

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 18, 2016
  • #164
Sick Boy said:
When? I wasnt the one claiming their fans were idiots for thinking they come get something against us?
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neither was i

but you did say you laughing at any fans who dont expect 3pts minimum

like i said you have scenarios in your head where you are superior to other fans and you hate them yet then you flip flop and say the same thing as other fans and STILL have a go
 
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magicmanfan

Member
  • Jan 19, 2016
  • #165
CCFC said:
Football isn't played on a calculator
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No, it's played on a rugby pitch.
 

SlowerThanPlatt

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 19, 2016
  • #166
I'd rather go back to mid table if that stops Walsall fans attempting to have banter
 
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wingy

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 19, 2016
  • #167
There is a neat little graphic in the CT from
experimental361.com giving us a 25% chance of making automatic and around 80% finishing fourth
Sorry can't do the link.
I'd say that is probably the ratio we are currently looking at.
 

BackRoomRummermill

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 19, 2016
  • #168
I would say given the amount of games left then auto is still possible, lets see this time next month where we stand
 

MalcSB

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 19, 2016
  • #169
wingy said:
There is a neat little graphic in the CT from
experimental361.com giving us a 25% chance of making automatic and around 80% finishing fourth
Sorry can't do the link.
I'd say that is probably the ratio we are currently looking at.
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Looking at it, cov telegraph have misread it. My reading is that we are 15% probable for top two. It's gillingham who are 25%
 

Gazolba

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 19, 2016
  • #170
I don't quite get how 'playing ugly' is any more effective than 'playing pretty'. We do need to be less predictable and have a plan B when plan A isn't working. A team is only as strong as it's weakest link and we have at least two glaring weak links (Goal-keeper and central defenders). We also appear to have a problem with fitness and attitude in certain players.
 

Gazolba

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 19, 2016
  • #171
capel & collindridge said:
I'd be surprised if the team with the best goal difference at the end of the season doesn't end up in one of the top two spots. Has it ever happened?
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I don't know if it has ever happened but I suspect it has. But the way we are playing, we wont have the best goal difference for much longer.
 

Astute

Well-Known Member
  • Jan 20, 2016
  • #172
Fuck me I missed a shitfest

Is a top 2 place in our own hands? No.

Will we win the last 19 games? No.

Is a top 6 finish in our own hands? Yes.

If we win our next 6 games a top 2 finish could be in our own hands.
 
Last edited: Jan 20, 2016

Sick Boy

Super Moderator
  • Jan 20, 2016
  • #173
covcity4life said:
neither was i

but you did say you laughing at any fans who dont expect 3pts minimum

like i said you have scenarios in your head where you are superior to other fans and you hate them yet then you flip flop and say the same thing as other fans and STILL have a go
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Got a link?
 
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