When you look at our remaining fixtures there is still alot to play for when you consider we have the opportunity to take points from the teams above us. Hopefully Nige can work his positive black magic during the international break and we come back firing on all cylinders. Heres my forecast
Doncaster away Draw 1 Pt Lincoln Home Win 3 Pts Sunderland Away Loss 0 Pts Ipswich Home Win 3 Pts Plymouth Away Win 3 Points Peterborough Home Win 3 Points Crewe Home Win 3 Points Accrington Away Win 3 Points Hull Home Draw 1 Point
TOTAL POINTS 20
Will that get us into the playoffs ?
On our current form those results will never happen, Nigel really would have to have a new manager bounce to achieve that.
12 points gained from the last 6 games.
I do think 20 from the next 9 is a bit fanciful but 15+ is certainly doable and that gives us every chance.
None of the teams in this league are Barcelona - all it takes is a couple of wins to build up a head of steam. Likely? Probably not. Doable? Certainly.
Against Wigan, Oxford, Northampton, Shrewsbury, Bristol Rovers and Wimbledon. 4 of the current bottom 5 plus Shrewsbury are down in 17th.
We will need a drastic improvement in our game given we're now playing all the top sides. But hopefully Adkins plus the return of Inniss can help to achieve that.
Hull, Peterborough, Sunderland and Blackpool are not catchable.
Two places into 6 teams IMO (Donny, Lincoln, us, Oxford, Pompey, Ipswich); on PPG we are bottom of that group at the moment but still have a few of them to play.
Hull, Peterborough, Sunderland and Blackpool are not catchable.
Two places into 6 teams IMO (Donny, Lincoln, us, Oxford, Pompey, Ipswich); on PPG we are bottom of that group at the moment but still have a few of them to play.
Innis and Atkins positivity our key hopes.
Famewo was our saviour a little while ago and look how that worked out.....
I'd feel so much better about it all if we'd held on for the win Vs Wimbledon; we'd be 5th now with less teams able to catch us by 5pm
...and then there's the last kick of the game pen that cost us 2 more points
We have been so close to being in a fairly decent position
On the other hand we didn't deserve the extra 4 points from those 2 games, it's not as if since January we've been dominating every game and deserved more points, our points haul reflects how we've been playing...
I think we've used up all our Lady Luck when Thomas took over. The own goal and missed penalty is supporting evidence m’lud. If you think back to the season before promotion to the prem via the play offs and recall those lucky one nil wins (port vale away night match springs to mind when we were slaughtered on the pitch but came away with a victory ).
When you look at our remaining fixtures there is still alot to play for when you consider we have the opportunity to take points from the teams above us. Hopefully Nige can work his positive black magic during the international break and we come back firing on all cylinders. Heres my forecast
Doncaster away Draw 1 Pt Lincoln Home Win 3 Pts Sunderland Away Loss 0 Pts Ipswich Home Win 3 Pts Plymouth Away Win 3 Points Peterborough Home Win 3 Points Crewe Home Win 3 Points Accrington Away Win 3 Points Hull Home Draw 1 Point
TOTAL POINTS 20
Will that get us into the playoffs ?
On our current form those results will never happen, Nigel really would have to have a new manager bounce to achieve that.
12 points gained from the last 6 games.
I do think 20 from the next 9 is a bit fanciful but 15+ is certainly doable and that gives us every chance.
None of the teams in this league are Barcelona - all it takes is a couple of wins to build up a head of steam. Likely? Probably not. Doable? Certainly.
Against Wigan, Oxford, Northampton, Shrewsbury, Bristol Rovers and Wimbledon. 4 of the current bottom 5 plus Shrewsbury are down in 17th.
We will need a drastic improvement in our game given we're now playing all the top sides. But hopefully Adkins plus the return of Inniss can help to achieve that.
Give it up. We can go down four places today IF the other teams win. I'll have a rethink if we were to win our next four games.
Hull, Peterborough, Sunderland and Blackpool are not catchable.
Two places into 6 teams IMO (Donny, Lincoln, us, Oxford, Pompey, Ipswich); on PPG we are bottom of that group at the moment but still have a few of them to play.
Stating the obvious. All we can do is win as many games as possible and see where it takes us. If it takes us to the play-offs good, if it doesn't there's always next season.
Whilst there are loads of 'ifs and buts' I think it unlikely that the footballing gods will see us win the next 9 games on the trot.
I've come round more to thinking that having a normal owner in TS take us over after the shit storm of the last few years plus a new manager in our Nige that we should probably quit whilst we're ahead and look forward to next season and a de-clutter of players.
We've had so many false dawns from LB that now we are treading in treacle and everyone I look at the league table we're going backwards!
Sooner this sorry season is over the better and we can look forward to seeing what type of players Nigel will bring in plus we may just may get back into the stadium by September.
Whilst there are loads of 'ifs and buts' I think it unlikely that the footballing gods will see us win the next 9 games on the trot.
I've come round more to thinking that having a normal owner in TS take us over after the shit storm of the last few years plus a new manager in our Nige that we should probably quit whilst we're ahead and look forward to next season and a de-clutter of players.
We've had so many false dawns from LB that now we are treading in treacle and everyone I look at the league table we're going backwards!
Sooner this sorry season is over the better and we can look forward to seeing what type of players Nigel will bring in plus we may just may get back into the stadium by September.
Absolutely.
With our defence we are always likely to concede goals.
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We will need a drastic improvement in our game given we're now playing all the top sides. But hopefully Adkins plus the return of Inniss can help to achieve that.
Two places into 6 teams IMO (Donny, Lincoln, us, Oxford, Pompey, Ipswich); on PPG we are bottom of that group at the moment but still have a few of them to play.
Innis and Atkins positivity our key hopes.
We can go down four places today IF the other teams win.
I'll have a rethink if we were to win our next four games.
If only 2 of our games were postponed, it would have probably improved our end of season chance than attempting everything to get them on, then lose.
All we can do is win as many games as possible and see where it takes us.
If it takes us to the play-offs good, if it doesn't there's always next season.
Shrewsbury to beat Portsmouth
Wigan to beat Ipswich
And Hull to beat Gillingham.
I've come round more to thinking that having a normal owner in TS take us over after the shit storm of the last few years plus a new manager in our Nige that we should probably quit whilst we're ahead and look forward to next season and a de-clutter of players.
We've had so many false dawns from LB that now we are treading in treacle and everyone I look at the league table we're going backwards!
Sooner this sorry season is over the better and we can look forward to seeing what type of players Nigel will bring in plus we may just may get back into the stadium by September.
Peterborough 2-0 Accrington
With our defence we are always likely to concede goals.