So I'll say it once again............got to score more goals. Defence is important but winning games by 3 or 4 is better than winning 2-0 (or 2-1 like on Monday)
Absolute footballing genius. Give him the England job!
No we won't, but it won't be for lack of trying. I suspect that, at the end of the season when we look back at Jacko's time in charge it will be playoff form. But I think we just got started too late, and there are just too many teams in this division who fall under the "good, not great" category for us to overtake.
Next 4 games are vital...all against teams vying for top 6.....it will start getting tight as the teams near the bottom will need to start winning and there may be some surprising results towards end of season but realistically I think our poor start has done us in
I’m sure I’m biased and think we are better than we are, but I see us move the ball around sometimes and I just can’t get my head round we are still 13 points shy of 6th
I do not think we will, but everyone is playing each other.
Today Oxford played Portsmouth for example. I was gutted that Oxford's late win had maintained the differential to the top six until I realised we had jumped over Pompey.
So as I see it now is that I want us to be closer to the playoffs than relegation. Atm we are 13 points off 6th place and 10 off the bottom 3. Lets reverse this before getting excited but at least we are in the top half now.
it is fantasy to think this squad could go on a unbeaten run from now to end of the season which is required to get into the playoff spot. This is still a poor squad and lets just hope we can get 16pts to get to 52pts then worry about our final league position.
Unless the wheels fall off spectacularly, the last thing we need to worry about this season is relegation. I don't feel we need to "just hope" we can get 16 points to survive.
We're looking up the table, not down behind us. I'll stick with Jacko's mantra, "Let's win the next game ad see where it takes us".
I though his mantra was "we will go there and win, then there and win, then there and win"
It's title winning form for nearly half a season, its not impossible, but very unlikely.
How many of those 18 games are Inniss AND Aneke or Stockley going to play?
I want those points on the board to stay up before I relax. If we do that quickly any pressure evaporates and you never know but I don't want those winnable home games to turn into six pointers because I still don't trust some of our players.
No one, not even me, is saying 6th place is probable ...... but all the while we have a chance (however slim) we owe it to ourselves to give it our best shot.
Relegation? I know we're only 10 points clear with a massively superior goal difference, but really? Being fearful is the major cause of failure.
Success in football is a state of mind. Believe, give it your best effort and you've got a chance.
We hadn't won today when I wrote that. If we had lost it wouldn't have been 10 points would it?
My, nor yours, state of mind has anything to do with it.
it is fantasy to think this squad could go on a unbeaten run from now to end of the season which is required to get into the playoff spot. This is still a poor squad and lets just hope we can get 16pts to get to 52pts then worry about our final league position.
Unless the wheels fall off spectacularly, the last thing we need to worry about this season is relegation. I don't feel we need to "just hope" we can get 16 points to survive.
We're looking up the table, not down behind us. I'll stick with Jacko's mantra, "Let's win the next game ad see where it takes us".
I though his mantra was "we will go there and win, then there and win, then there and win"
It's title winning form for nearly half a season, its not impossible, but very unlikely.
How many of those 18 games are Inniss AND Aneke or Stockley going to play?
I want those points on the board to stay up before I relax. If we do that quickly any pressure evaporates and you never know but I don't want those winnable home games to turn into six pointers because I still don't trust some of our players.
No one, not even me, is saying 6th place is probable ...... but all the while we have a chance (however slim) we owe it to ourselves to give it our best shot.
Relegation? I know we're only 10 points clear with a massively superior goal difference, but really? Being fearful is the major cause of failure.
Success in football is a state of mind. Believe, give it your best effort and you've got a chance.
We hadn't won today when I wrote that. If we had lost it wouldn't have been 10 points would it?
My, nor yours, state of mind has anything to do with it.
I hadn't realised that. I just saw you had responded to my post, so I naturally replied.
State of mind plays a big part in football, as we all know. I was generalising, not being specific to any particular person.
Next 4 games are vital...all against teams vying for top 6.....it will start getting tight as the teams near the bottom will need to start winning and there may be some surprising results towards end of season but realistically I think our poor start has done us in
This and......
I do not think we will, but everyone is playing each other.
Today Oxford played Portsmouth for example. I was gutted that Oxford's late win had maintained the differential to the top six until I realised we had jumped over Pompey.
So as I see it now is that I want us to be closer to the playoffs than relegation. Atm we are 13 points off 6th place and 10 off the bottom 3. Lets reverse this before getting excited but at least we are in the top half now.
This.
Not quite out of the woods yet in terms of a relegation scrap but should have done enough by the start of March to start looking at the teams above us.
Not lose against Bolton, Oxford & MK Don's and we can dare to dream Rodders.
What the Dickens ! It's a tale of two threads. We win and we are making top 6. We lose a couple and we are getting relegated. 8th to 10th. Too many teams to catch but 22nd to 11th is impressive under JJ.
10 games this season where we've been beaten by a margin of 1 goal, usually 0-1 or 1-2. If half of those had been draws we'd have a chance. Such is the divide between success and failure.
From now until March 5th we have very difficult matches against very good teams. I think we will know by March 5th definitely whether we could make the playoffs.
Given the run we have now for the rest February and first game in March at Sunderland against a lot of sides in or around it Id say if we are to have any chance at all we probably need to do something like 12 to 15 points from those 6 matches if we manage that then I say have an outside chance.
Next 4 games are vital...all against teams vying for top 6.....it will start getting tight as the teams near the bottom will need to start winning and there may be some surprising results towards end of season but realistically I think our poor start has done us in
This and......
I do not think we will, but everyone is playing each other.
Today Oxford played Portsmouth for example. I was gutted that Oxford's late win had maintained the differential to the top six until I realised we had jumped over Pompey.
So as I see it now is that I want us to be closer to the playoffs than relegation. Atm we are 13 points off 6th place and 10 off the bottom 3. Lets reverse this before getting excited but at least we are in the top half now.
This.
Not quite out of the woods yet in terms of a relegation scrap but should have done enough by the start of March to start looking at the teams above us.
Not lose against Bolton, Oxford & MK Don's and we can dare to dream Rodders.
I mean I know you managed to squeeze a reference to relegation in there but, Golfie, are you...a bit optimistic about this?!?!?!
We would certainly have to put a special run together. Going back to Golfie's point of winning by comfortable margins more often, you could look back on Pompey and Wimbledon and say that if luck had moved a little against us, we wouldn't have won. Expecting luck to run against us at times we need less of these games going forwards and more comfortable victories. Yes, we will need luck too but we can't be over reliant on it.
Jacko reckons Stockley is close to a return and we have decent cover, the bench was pretty strong yesterday, so if that stays the same, we can't rule out improving.
The February and March rearranged fixtures will make or, most likely, break most teams in this division. Charlton’s squad is actually looking quite strong atm and we should be one of those teams that can capitalise on the 12 games over these two months. Yesterday was a good start.
When we all look back at the end of the season it will be games like Fleetwood,Cheltenham and Crewe that will stick out. 4 points out of 9 points won is what will stick out. Those three games on the spin we would expect 3 wins before this season started. I would expect us to fall short ,once again not having learned from our mistakes of last season.
Win Tuesday to keep the run going and we will start reeling the teams above us in. Eternal optimism as always from me perhaps but I still think we can do it
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Today Oxford played Portsmouth for example. I was gutted that Oxford's late win had maintained the differential to the top six until I realised we had jumped over Pompey.
So as I see it now is that I want us to be closer to the playoffs than relegation. Atm we are 13 points off 6th place and 10 off the bottom 3. Lets reverse this before getting excited but at least we are in the top half now.
Doesnt mean though that I wont hope that we'll make them
My, nor yours, state of mind has anything to do with it.
State of mind plays a big part in football, as we all know.
I was generalising, not being specific to any particular person.
Not quite out of the woods yet in terms of a relegation scrap but should have done enough by the start of March to start looking at the teams above us.
Not lose against Bolton, Oxford & MK Don's and we can dare to dream Rodders.
We lose a couple and we are getting relegated.
8th to 10th. Too many teams to catch but 22nd to 11th is impressive under JJ.
Jacko reckons Stockley is close to a return and we have decent cover, the bench was pretty strong yesterday, so if that stays the same, we can't rule out improving.
I would expect us to fall short ,once again not having learned from our mistakes of last season.