[cite]Posted By: Cardinal Sin[/cite]Good call - for a minute I thought you might be suggesting it was us or them for second spot!
that's what I thought, but why not we are 4 points from Leeds, 1 point from the spanners there are 27 points available to each of us and we still have to play Leeds, I'd like to think that Parky and the team are going to be looking at getting their acts together now and getting as many of those 27 points as they can and put us back into contention for auto spot. It's not like we only have 9 points available and are 4 behind, I think its doable...
Hav'nt seen my "beloved" Addicks in the flesh for so long, due to 1) poorish health, 2) indifference to football in general, probably over two years now. I rely on your good selves for a general overview of the situation as the papers will either have no or little coverage. Strikes me that seeing as we have maybe put in a maximum of half a dozen top performances this season and were, until last night, third in a very poor league we should make the play offs should'nt we ? Please tell me we can't screw this up ?
[cite]Posted By: Chris_from_Sidcup[/cite]Whilst i think they are the worst side in the top 7, Colchester's run in looks a lot easier than ours. We simply have to beat them at the Valley.
Brentford H
Wycombe H
Exeter A
Millwall H
Swindon H
Charlton A
Hartlepool A
Tranmere H
Huddersfield A
Leyton Orient H
Well we thought we had an easier run in the past few months and look what we got out of that!
It looks easier but them teams are fighting to stay up so they won't be easy at all.
A lot of the bottom half are still looking to stay up and will be battling for their lives, then you get the few sides that have nothing to play for and can relax which can get you results. Most of the top 6 have to play eachother at some point, so many twist and turns to come & the only side i can see having a smooth run until the end is Norwich.
Rumours (and yes they're only rumours) on the Leeds site are that Beckford was dropped last night and stormed out of the ground after a row with Grayson. Clearly all is not well in the Leeds camp. Last night showed that without a goalscorer Leeds are just an average side. If only we had someone to get us 30 goals a season!
Really has gone wrong at Leeds hasn't it, Grayson was supposed to be one of the best managers in the League, if not the best, they were meant to have a great squad, a very good team, and some were saying they had won the title in January and would run away with the league. Can see Millwall carrying on their form and getting second, which if we stay in the play-offs is a good thing.
We've got some very big games which we must perform in if we are to stay in the play-offs. If we somehow perform in all of them we could get 2nd. Can't see it with this team though, especially with the injuries we have.
Grayson hasn't suddenly become a bad manager but it is very hard to combat the fear of failure and weight of expectation that can impair a team's performance. Even Chelsea seem to be suffering with that now.
[cite]Posted By: Scoham[/cite]and some were saying they had won the title in January and would run away with the league.
Have to admit i was one of them, they seemed unstoppable a few months ago, i can't believe how bad they've become in the space of 2-3 months.
unreal i thought they'd pee it with only norwich as a potential challenger.... the pressure on grayson makes parky's tough job look like a walk in the park
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that's what I thought, but why not we are 4 points from Leeds, 1 point from the spanners there are 27 points available to each of us and we still have to play Leeds, I'd like to think that Parky and the team are going to be looking at getting their acts together now and getting as many of those 27 points as they can and put us back into contention for auto spot. It's not like we only have 9 points available and are 4 behind, I think its doable...
Brentford H
Wycombe H
Exeter A
Millwall H
Swindon H
Charlton A
Hartlepool A
Tranmere H
Huddersfield A
Leyton Orient H
Well we thought we had an easier run in the past few months and look what we got out of that!
It looks easier but them teams are fighting to stay up so they won't be easy at all.
A lot of the bottom half are still looking to stay up and will be battling for their lives, then you get the few sides that have nothing to play for and can relax which can get you results. Most of the top 6 have to play eachother at some point, so many twist and turns to come & the only side i can see having a smooth run until the end is Norwich.
You seriously think we won't be in the playoffs?
we will go up auto.
Have to admit i was one of them, they seemed unstoppable a few months ago, i can't believe how bad they've become in the space of 2-3 months.
Could have four teams in with a chance of second on the last day and with spanners playing swindon who knows!
Could a last minute equaliser by Neil Harris prove the goal that sends the addicks up....funnier things have happened.
unreal i thought they'd pee it with only norwich as a potential challenger.... the pressure on grayson makes parky's tough job look like a walk in the park