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Sheff Weds' Role in the Run-In

Exiled_Addick
Exiled_Addick Posts: 17,494
edited March 11 in Other Football and Sports

There's no such thing as a true banker-three-points opponent, but Wednesday have been about as close as it comes, this season. I was just looking at their fixtures and noticed they are exclusively playing teams in the current top-six or bottom-nine between now and the end of the season i.e.:

Ipswich
Hull
Stoke
Leicester
Coventry
Charlton
Boro
Oxford
West Brom

They could very well lose all those games, so their impact on the promotion and relegation fights may be more passive, but it could be a significant disadvantage for anyone not playing them, i.e. from the top-six Millwall and Wrexham, and from the bottom-nine QPR, Pompey, and Blackburn.

Of course, now I have highlighted that, they will lose 8 or their last 9 and somehow beat us at Hillsborough, but we could potentially be a net 3 points further ahead of the three teams immediately behind us in the table if we can do as would be expected and beat Wednesday. But with respect to everyone else below us, the fact we play Wednesday is not a net advantage to us if they also beat them.

Maybe this is all irrelevant guff, but I thought it was kind of interesting (but then I am also a boring git, so make your own mind up!).

Comments

  • Manic_mania
    Manic_mania Posts: 2,283
    Ffs the PTSD -with some of you lot - we aren't even in the conversation anymore - i'd bet the Oxford forum are praying we are on the beach saturday
  • Pelling1993
    Pelling1993 Posts: 7,303
    I pray we hammer them and can laugh wholeheartedly at them going down. Absolute tosspots 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 35,325
    Sticking my neck out but I reckon we'll be safe by the time we come to play them. Should have 52/54 points by then. 
  • ShootersHillGuru
    ShootersHillGuru Posts: 50,940
    I have no doubt they’ll suddenly turn into Barcelona for the day when they play us.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 48,030
    No but they are giving most teams they play a good battle, they just seem to find a way to end up losing. They got a draw against Watford though and nearly won.
  • barstool
    barstool Posts: 1,395
    edited March 12
    If we beat Oxford, could be enough...its a great feeling that we could be nearly safe and we can start using more of our great young prospects within the squad 
  • jonseventyfive
    jonseventyfive Posts: 3,471
    They will beat someone,  bloody hope it's not us. 
  • CaptainRobbo
    CaptainRobbo Posts: 1,767
    jonseventyfive said:
    They will beat someone,  bloody hope it's not us. 
    Already beaten Pompey I think.
  • CharltonManor1966
    CharltonManor1966 Posts: 449
    We all know that we will lose against Oxford and Wendies!?
    It is written - we are Charlton - it's what we do......

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  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 16,257
    nailed on defeat up there.....as sure as night follows day
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,502
    And we can't even boo Barry Bannan.

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