League 1 Promotion Thread

[Gerry Gow]

Do you think you'll sell out? I hope you do, it's always a good day with a decent away following!

I'm not sure we would sell out 3 or 4,000, it's a long old way Bristol to Preston. I would think 1,500-2,000 would be more accurate

 

[TomPNE94]

You'd get 4,500 if you wanted them

 

[LuSiVe]

No they wont theyll get that side bit like barnsley did

It's our last home game. They'll not get the side bit as well as the end, it'll be either or.

 

[Coalite]

Well why wouldnt they

Because it hasn't been announced yet, obviously?

 

[JJH]

Sheff Utd 0-1 down, that'll be 3 on the bounce if they do lose.

 

[TTOCS]

Don't understand Sheff Utd.

At Ashton Gate their tactics were perfect to stop us playing. Dominated possession in the first half and looked dangerous on the break in the second, with Done and Murphy clearly being top players. Best team down the Gate by a significant margin. Just too inconsistent?

 

[JJH]

Little old Fleetwood now 0-2 up at the Blades.

 

[JonBCFC]

Had Sheffield utd on my acca too. Wankers are 2 nil down now

 

[JJH]

Good results for 3 of the top 4, and with MK losing, they're out of reach of us, which is a bonus.

As much as Swindon's win was a great bounce back, still a massive climb for them too get second, especially with them having to go to Deepdale still.

 

[Gerry Gow]

Get in City!! The battle is nearly over...

 

[This Charming Mike]

Back up to third. PNE still favourites for that second promotion spot but good to return to winning ways and hopefully the start of a better period of form for us.

 

[hodge]

10 point lead with 11 games left we'd need to drop a third of points available to blow it

 

[Luke_ciderhead]

14 clear of MK dons, 12 clear of Swindon.... Unthinkable just a couple of weeks ago.

I think four more wins will be enough to clinch promotion and five the title.

 

[TTOCS]

Think our main advantage over the others is our set piece ability. Doesn't sound like we played well but ground out a win thanks to 2 corners.

 

[hodge]

Well flint with 8 league goals (?) says a lot

 

[BCFC David]

It's going to be one big promotion love in at Deepdale! (looks for a love in smiley, can't find one so a couple of xx will have to do)

 

[Indian Dan]

Fuck that. We'll crashDIVE proceedings yet!

 

[Agombar stool]

Great to get a win and play quite well today. Preston winning was a bit annoying but looks like franchise are having a blip themselves.

Bristol City keep winning and I've almost forgotten about them looking at the table.

 

[Alex_BCFC]

We might even get promoted with as little as 4 wins from last 11.

 

[hodge]

The aim should be 100 points, 24 points from 33 isn't unthinkable 7 wins 3 draws and a loss, 8 wins from 11 etc all possible. Keep focusing on a target like this with (hopefully) wins coming and the chances of being caught get smaller and smaller. Keep focusing on the big target as opposed to being happy with a point, like we saw today with a late(ish) winner.

 

[Alex_BCFC]

I'm not really fussed about 100 points. Winning the league would be great but as long as we are in the Championship next season, I'll be happy!

 

[hodge]

My point is if we aim for 100 points we have to keep winning to achieve that, if we take the attitude of taking a point because its another point to the tally then today we'd have seen our lead cut to 8 with Preston having a game in hand. Going out to win games gives us a better chance of retaining our lead than being happy with a point.

 

[Big Bird]

You deserve it to be fair. Expected you to struggle a bit with the recent fixtures, shown brilliant consistency, annoyingly.

 

[hodge]

We still have some tricky fixtures, could easily drop points to you, Preston, Barnsley, Oldham and Bradford. Then the unpredictability of football could see us lose points anywhere. We only deserve it if we keep our form up.

 

[Alex_BCFC]

With so many games, I expected us to pretty much level at this point so would take a massive f*ck up from here. Could almost be promoted by Wembley if we win next 3 games...

 

[Big Bird]

We still have some tricky fixtures, could easily drop points to you, Preston, Barnsley, Oldham and Bradford. Then the unpredictability of football could see us lose points anywhere. We only deserve it if we keep our form up.

Obviously it's not over until you're highlighted gold but I don't see you letting it slip at this point.

I'd be equally as cautious if it were Swindon, though.

 

[hodge]

Preston away could be realistic for a promotion day, 4 games after it and we already have a 12 point lead on 3rd place, so need to gain 1 more point over 3rd by the end of that game.

 

[Ravey 28]

City are up, just a matter of when. It's all about 2nd now and with Preston on such a good run, with a game in hand they're clear favourites.

We still have to go to City and Preston too, although on our day we're capable.

 

[Ciderup]

Personally, I want to go to Deepdale and sing 'you're coming up with us'.
Promoted against Swindon and Champions at some time will do.

 

[PrestonCha]

We still have some tricky fixtures, could easily drop points to you, Preston, Barnsley, Oldham and Bradford. Then the unpredictability of football could see us lose points anywhere. We only deserve it if we keep our form up.

This is how I see our situation, too. I'd happily end the season now. You lot will clinch the title now, I reckon.
You deserve it as well, really. You've been the only consistent side all season.

That 2nd spot is ours to fuck up now though.