can maybe sneak a win tonight, shrewsbury arent going to get autos and will now look to concentrate on playoffs.
Pompey will be well up for Saturday a big crowd behind them aswell as a big turn out from us ends usually in a draw at best
blackburn are going to want to push on and win the league and will likely be too much for us
rochdale could well need points to stay up and by that time we will have zilch to play for.
total 5 points i'm going for, of course hope to be wrong.
Wimbledon and rovers away we really needed 6 points and a draw out of scunnie.
another fecking season in league 1 beckons highlight will be sunderland away as can likely team it up with a weekend to Newcastle.
I would have taken a draw over both Wimbledon & Rovers and a win over Scunny. Less points gained but gained points were it mattered most. The defeat on Saturday was even more galling as it meant they went above us.
Its a shame that Scunthorpe v Plymouth is after our game against Blackburn
One of them could write themselves out of the Play-Off race and do us a favour if we're still where we are though.
Be interested as well to see how Scunthorpe do for the rest of the season - Yes they beat us but that was their first win in some time, was it a one off game they managed to get themselves up for, or have they recovered from the slump in form... Hopefully it is just the former as Walsall wont be a given, they can be really irritating when they want to be!!
Do not think Pompey are the problem. Plymouth and Scunny are the concern.
Well they have to play each other so that guarantees that they both won't get maximum points. Our preference for that match should be Plymouth because they have more games left to play than Scunthorpe.
If Scunthorpe were to lose to Plymouth that leaves Scunthorpe a point behind us with the same amount of available games. If it were to go the other way and Scunthorpe win, Plymouth would be a point behind us but have a game advantage. A draw doesn't do us any favours.
We only need one of those two available spots, so seven points from three games (and hypothetically if Plymouth beat Scunthorpe) means Scunthorpe need three wins from three games to go above us. The reverse result in the Scunny/Pilgrims match would mean the Green Army need three wins but from four matches (or two wins, two draws).
Yeah not easy but they have 4 very winnable games before they play Scunny last day - they can't afford to drop any points though. There is always that one team that makes a late charge from nowhere as well.
I tell you what - looking at those remaining fixtures Bradford aren't out of this after todays result either.
Mathmatically no, but realistically Bradford have got to win every single remaining game - including tonight's win, they would need to win 6 games on the trot. Even a draw could kill them stone dead.
Yeah that's what I said above they can't afford to drop a point - they do play 3 of the bottom 6 and Southend who are not in the best of form themselves - whilst the teams above are playing one another taking points off each other it might be worth keeping an eye if Bradford come up the rails - again as I said above there is always that one team that comes from nowhere.
Or they might instantly lose Saturday and I wrote all that for nothing!
I said to Golfie Jnr earlier....."still a long way to go"
then I remembered we only had 3 games left.
Old cliché, but take it one game at a time. No point getting ahead of ourselves. 5pm last Saturday I thought we were dead & buried. Might be the same 5pm this Saturday. Lets see what's what then.
We need to be cheering on Rochdale in the hope that they’re safe come last game, also Blackburn beating Peterborough tomorrow night could be massive for us in terms of Peterborough basically being out of the race and Blackburn all but confirming promotion, I’d rather face a Blackburn side reading holiday brochures that’s for sure.
Us win at Pompey (putting them out of it) Plymouth lose (making it tough for them) Blackburn beat Peterborough (peterborough then out of it) Shrewsbury lose (meaning Blackburn almost certainly promoted before they come to the Valley)
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Charlton: Portsmouth (A), Blackburn (H), Rochdale (A) (2/3)
Scunthorpe: Walsall (H), MK Dons (A), Plymouth (H), Bradford (H) (2/4)
Plymouth: Northampton (A), Rochdale (A), Rotherham (H), Scunthorpe (A), Gillingham (A) (2/5)
Portsmouth: Charlton (H), Bury (A), Peterborough (H) (2/3)
Peterborough: Blackburn (A), Shrewsbury (A), Fleetwood (H), Portsmouth (A) (3/4)
Bradford: Rochdale (A), MK Dons (H), Southend (H), Walsall (H), Scunthorpe (A) (1/5)
One of them could write themselves out of the Play-Off race and do us a favour if we're still where we are though.
Be interested as well to see how Scunthorpe do for the rest of the season - Yes they beat us but that was their first win in some time, was it a one off game they managed to get themselves up for, or have they recovered from the slump in form... Hopefully it is just the former as Walsall wont be a given, they can be really irritating when they want to be!!
If we manage a win at Pompey ...... we would be 5 points ahead of them, with a much better GD, with 2 games for each of us remaining.
We need the win. A point won't be enough.
If Scunthorpe were to lose to Plymouth that leaves Scunthorpe a point behind us with the same amount of available games. If it were to go the other way and Scunthorpe win, Plymouth would be a point behind us but have a game advantage. A draw doesn't do us any favours.
We only need one of those two available spots, so seven points from three games (and hypothetically if Plymouth beat Scunthorpe) means Scunthorpe need three wins from three games to go above us. The reverse result in the Scunny/Pilgrims match would mean the Green Army need three wins but from four matches (or two wins, two draws).
Be great if they managed 6th with us getting 5th for that reason but think they've left it too late
And they've a minus 10 GD.
Or they might instantly lose Saturday and I wrote all that for nothing!
And other teams have yet to play their's.
Next question, please?
then I remembered we only had 3 games left.
Old cliché, but take it one game at a time. No point getting ahead of ourselves. 5pm last Saturday I thought we were dead & buried. Might be the same 5pm this Saturday. Lets see what's what then.
But Saturday is really a cup final. have to win.
Ideally this weekend will see:
Us win at Pompey (putting them out of it)
Plymouth lose (making it tough for them)
Blackburn beat Peterborough (peterborough then out of it)
Shrewsbury lose (meaning Blackburn almost certainly promoted before they come to the Valley)
Not too much to ask is it?
Walsall fighting for their lives and will be tough and I can see then get something