In 18/19 we were the form team going into the playoffs, so I was confident we could go on and win the lot, and of course we did.
17/18 I felt like we stumbled into them, and we never looked like beating Shrewsbury in the semi's apart from the first 10 mins of the first leg!
19 points from your last 10 league games is not stumbling into the playoffs.
We lost the game b4 hand though so he may have meant that
I went to that Rochdale game and it was a lovely end to the season for them, but it knocked any momentum we had built up going into that playoff. It showed in the first leg as we barely threatened after that opening 10 minute spell. 6 shots on target across both playoff legs.
The Rochdale game was a joke. We decided to rest a few players & the rest of our team treated it like a pre-season friendly. Rochdale needed to win to stay up & played like it. One thing that game showed is that you should treat every game the same & by losing against Rochdale sent us into the play offs with a negative mindset.
The next two games are where we need to make up some ground up on the 17/18 team. Aiming for at least four, but we need three points minimum from the next two or we will leave ourselves in a hole that’s difficult to get out of.
In 17/18, Bowyer’s team lost both the 41st and 42nd games. 1-0 away at Wimbledon, 0-1 at home to Scunthorpe.
The next two games are where we need to make up some ground up on the 17/18 team. Aiming for at least four, but we need three points minimum from the next two or we will leave ourselves in a hole that’s difficult to get out of.
In 17/18, Bowyer’s team lost both the 41st and 42nd games. 1-0 away at Wimbledon, 0-1 at home to Scunthorpe.
That Wimbledon game still gives me nightmares. In control for most of the game & then Bauer slips which lets in Taylor to score. Thought the play offs had gone.
Bowyer’s team lost the 41st game 1-0 away at Wimbledon. That season we had 62 points after 41 games. We obtained nine points from the final five games to finish in 6th on 71.
Adkins’ team won the 41st game 6-0 away at Plymouth. We are four points ahead of the 17/18 team at the same stage. Nine more points would all but guarantee playoffs.
Bowyer’s team lost the 42nd game 1-0 at home to Scunthorpe - goalscorer Ivan Toney was a target for CAFC. Scunthorpe finished the season in the top six.
That season we had 62 points after 42 games. We obtained nine points from the final four games to finish 6th on 71.
Adkins’ team lost the 42nd game 1-0 at home to Peterborough - goalscorer Johnson Clarke-Harris was a target for CAFC. Peterborough will finish the season in the top two.
We are still four points ahead of the 17/18 team at the same stage. Nine points still all but guarantees playoffs - could two wins and a draw be enough?
I think I’d rather not make the play offs , than make them and lose and I’d rather lose in the semi than in the final ....but obviously to have the chance of success we’re gonna have to risk failure .
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And who are we allowed to lose to? League One teams play in League One.
Adkins’ 20/21 team have drawn the 40th game of the season 0-0 at home to Ipswich.
In 17/18, Bowyer’s team lost both the 41st and 42nd games. 1-0 away at Wimbledon, 0-1 at home to Scunthorpe.
Adkins’ team won the 41st game 6-0 away at Plymouth. We are four points ahead of the 17/18 team at the same stage. Nine more points would all but guarantee playoffs.
Adkins’ team lost the 42nd game 1-0 at home to Peterborough - goalscorer Johnson Clarke-Harris was a target for CAFC. Peterborough will finish the season in the top two.
We are still four points ahead of the 17/18 team at the same stage. Nine points still all but guarantees playoffs - could two wins and a draw be enough?
2021 we won’t go up either
spooky !
In the 43rd game of the 20/21 season, Adkins' team drew 2-2 at home against Crewe.
We are two points ahead of where we were three years ago.
71 points won’t be enough in 2021
Yes after 43 games we had 65 points. We won the next two games and then lost on the last day of the season at Rochdale to finish on 71.
If we follow the same pattern here we’ll end the season on 73. I think that gives us a chance. A slim one admittedly.
Ended on 71 points, made the playoffs in 6th.
Adkins’ final three games: DWW
Ended on 74 points, missed the playoffs on goal difference.