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Sky Blue Pete

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  • Jun 20, 2020
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When did people genuinely think we had a chance?

For me it was the 1-0 win at home to Pompey
 

hill83

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  • Jun 20, 2020
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Lord_Nampil

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #3
Portsmouth away had a similar vibe to Mansfield away..... I’d say at that point you could tell we would be in with a great shout of going up!
 
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shmmeee

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #4
I’ll be honest. Not even after Ipswich. Even when it was called off my inner city fan was telling me we’d play on, lose the loanees, and blow it.
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #5
shmmeee said:
I’ll be honest. Not even after Ipswich. Even when it was called off my inner city fan was telling me we’d play on, lose the loanees, and blow it.
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Reflecting I thought that but the feeling leaving the ground after the Pompey game was we are going to win the league
 
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Travs

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #6
Portsmouth home for me
 

Sky Blue Pete

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #7
Sky Blue Pete said:
Reflecting I thought that but the feeling leaving the ground after the Pompey game was we are going to win the league
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Further enhanced by Rochdale away and then Sunderland at home and Ipswich away. Interesting Robins speaks of the team feeling they were unbeatable after that Ipswich game
 

ovduk78

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #8
I thought we had a chance after the Wycombe & Tranmere wins and after the Sunderland win I was sure we would finish in the top 2.
 
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Esoterica

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #9
The back to back away wins at the turn of the year at Wycombe and then on the awful Tranmere pitch. We hadn't got an away win or strung 2 victories together at the point of the Wycombe game and the games we were winning were not by comfortable scorelines. That Wycombe game was the 22nd of the season and prior to that, only Bristol R in match 3 had we won by 2 clear goals. We were in the playoff hunt but at the back of the pack and Wycombe were 9 points clear of us. We got a lot of monkeys off our back with that Wycombe win - an away win, scored goals, decent GD and clawed back the league leaders. The shift in the league table before and after those 2 games was huge.

Before Wycombe:


After Tranmere:
 
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ovduk78

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #10
Esoterica said:
The back to back away wins at the turn of the year at Wycombe and then on the awful Tranmere pitch. We hadn't got an away win or strung 2 victories together at that point of the Wycombe game and the games we were winning were not by comfortable scorelines. That Wycombe game was the 22nd of the season and prior to that, only Bristol R in match 3 had we won by 2 clear goals. We were in the playoff hunt but at the back of the pack and Wycombe were 9 points clear of us. We got a lot of monkeys off our back with that Wycombe win - an away win, scored goals, decent GD and clawed back the league leaders. The shift in the league table before and after those 2 games was huge.

Before Wycombe:
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After Tranmere:
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You put a lot more effort into your post, look at the change in the league table after those 2 games!!
 

Wyken Sky Blue

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #11
The home win against Portsmouth sealed it for me
 

Terry_dactyl

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #12
I told myself that I’d start to ‘believe‘ after the Pompey home game.
After the Pompey home game I told myself that I’d start to ‘believe’ after the 3 tough games we had coming up - Rotherham, Sunderland, Ipswich...
We’ve won it right? No one can take it off us right?
 
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Esoterica

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #13
ovduk78 said:
You put a lot more effort into your post, look at the change in the league table after those 2 games!!
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It was an incredible swing and probably no coincidence that the 2 teams who picked up maximum points went on to get the auto spots. The results could barely have gone better.

Wycombe picked up 1 point from 6
Rotherham 6 from 6
City 6 from 6
Oxford 3 from 6
Ipswich 1 from 6
Peterboro 0 from 6
Fleetwood 2 from 6
Bristol 1 from 6
Portsmouth 1 from 6
Blackpool 1 from 6
 
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Colin Steins Smile

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #14
Doncaster away for me
 

standupforcity

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #15
Start of season...picked up my 33/1 outright winnings yesterday!!
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #16
standupforcity said:
Start of season...picked up my 33/1 outright winnings yesterday!!
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Go on...how much did you put on?
 
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standupforcity

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #17
Terry_dactyl said:
Go on...how much did you put on?
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£10 e/w...collected £435.00
 
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lord_garrincha

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #18
After Simon Haworth missed that pen in the shoot out at Bramall Lane... I'm a blue sky thinking, big picture guy yah, yah... Like Charlie Methvden yah!

Or when we beat Sunderland.. take your pick.
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #19
standupforcity said:
£10 e/w...collected £435.00
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Congrats!
ps - let me know any future bets you’re putting on.
 
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ovduk78

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #20
Terry_dactyl said:
Congrats!
ps - let me know any future bets you’re putting on.
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What if he's put the same bet on since 2001?
 
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SkyBlueDom26

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #21
When we kicked off against Southend
 

Mucca Mad Boys

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #22
After we battered 4-1 Wycombe away, I felt we were going to have a good whack at automatic promotion. My mate who was at that game (Wycombe fan) said 'you'll win the league now' after that game.

Beating Portsmouth at home, was when I was convinced we'd win the league, they were on incredible form and we were the better team that night.
 
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standupforcity

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #23
ovduk78 said:
What if he's put the same bet on since 2001?
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I think I would have given up by now..
 
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steve cooper

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #24
For me strangely enough, it was the 1-1 draw against Rotherham. We came back from a goal down against a side who were top of the league, and really we should have won that game. Having been the only team to hammer us all season, we were now the better team.
Incidently our form between games 11 to 20 was relegation form, only collecting 10 points from those games.
 

Johnnythespider

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #25
It was when i saw possession stats regularly in the high 60% area and realised we were playing a new brand of football for this club, i genuinely thought we had a chance at promotion after the Blackpool game, the win over Pompey confirmed in my mind that we would be Champions, we were simply the best team in the league this season
 

speedie87

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #26
Wasn’t till the after the sunderland game for me I knew was in the bag.
 
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Terry_dactyl

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #27
ovduk78 said:
What if he's put the same bet on since 2001?
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It’d still represent more luck than I’ve had!
 
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Flying Fokker

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #28
Quiet optimism after the Sunderland game.
 

AFCCOVENTRY

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #29
For me when Baka had a haircut it was obvious promotion was on the cards.
 
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Paxman II

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #30
I said before a ball was kicked and kept up that stance when many on here dismissed it. So yeah....I told you so. You're welcome.
 
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Speedies_Chips

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #31
When Julian Gray signed the contract extension.
 

shmmeee

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #32
Esoterica said:
The back to back away wins at the turn of the year at Wycombe and then on the awful Tranmere pitch. We hadn't got an away win or strung 2 victories together at that point of the Wycombe game and the games we were winning were not by comfortable scorelines. That Wycombe game was the 22nd of the season and prior to that, only Bristol R in match 3 had we won by 2 clear goals. We were in the playoff hunt but at the back of the pack and Wycombe were 9 points clear of us. We got a lot of monkeys off our back with that Wycombe win - an away win, scored goals, decent GD and clawed back the league leaders. The shift in the league table before and after those 2 games was huge.

Before Wycombe:
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After Tranmere:
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Do you write about football anywhere? Because I love reading your analyses, I’d definitely read a blog or column.
 
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robbiethemole

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #33
After the 1-1 at home to Rovrum for me, we just came on strong and I just knew we'd beat Sunderland.
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #34
Rotherham at home. Thought after the first half they were the best team I’d seen, after we came back at them in the second half it’s when I realised there was no1 else on our level in the league
 

rob9872

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  • Jun 20, 2020
  • #35
ovduk78 said:
What if he's put the same bet on since 2001?
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Then he'd still be £55 up
 
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