The Promotion Chasing Thread

[AFCB_Mark]

Well we're going to be relying on Derby and Boro to drop some silly points of their own now. We have more home games than away left remaining but seem unable to break defensive sides down.

Away from home we play with so much more space and freedom and our away record speaks for itself.

Can we play away every week?

With Arter now suspended for two games at just the time when both Gosling and Okane are injured, we're going to be short in midfield.

Massive effort required next week now, huge game.

 

[Luke_1884]

I know there's a couple of teams with a game in hand but that top 6 is crazily close.

Norwich are coming...

 

[mpmbee]

Only 7 teams in the hunt now. Our season is over.

 

[MagpieBee]

Only 7 teams in the hunt now. Our season is over.

Yeah, despite being in this for so long, our lack of reinforcements in January and all the off field shit this week have f*cked us. We can be counted out of this now.

 

[Rammy]

Hope we can take advantage of Bournemouth's slip up. Not just because we would move back in to the top two, but those below us are dangerously close to us if we don't get three points.

 

[markwwfc1992]

Fryatt

Only 7 teams in the hunt now. Our season is over.

I would count us out too, I don't think we have the quality to keep up with the better sides in this division, still 7th and 8th is a good season for us League 1ers if the season did finish now.

 

[Rammy]

Us and Bournemouth drawing our last two has blown this wide open. Ipswich are back in it, Watford have come from nowhere, and Norwich aren't too far behind.

If Middlesbrough win tomorrow, as I expect them to given they've lost 1 game since mid October....then the title is theres IMO. It's just who out of all us lot can string a run together to claim second. Please God let it be us, I can't go through anything like that in the Playoffs again!

 

[roversfan2001]

We're allowed in here. We'll sneak in 6th on the last day. Mark my words.

 

[Cardsfan]

We're allowed in here. We'll sneak in 6th on the last day. Mark my words.

Welcome back mate, there's a game of sheep waiting if you're interested

 

[SUTSS]

Can't see us making the top two but think we'll be comfortably in the play offs.

Think Blackburn are just a couple of points too far away to make it. Expect they'll finish 1 or 2 points shy.

Watford, Blackburn and Ipswich next up for us. Season defining run.

 

[markwwfc1992]

I cant see us being good enough to make it never mind Blackburn, can't see them making up 9 or so points over Norwich.

 

[roversfan2001]

Our remaining fixtures:
Blackpool (H) - Win
Norwich (H) - Draw/Win
Bournemouth (A) - Lose
Sheff Wed (A) - Draw
Bolton (H) - Draw/Win
Charlton (A) - Win
Brentford (H) - Lose/Draw
Brighton (H) - Win
Leeds (A) - Draw/Win
Millwall (H) - Win
Reading (A) - Draw
Birmingham (A) - Draw
Forest (H) - Win
Huddersfield (A) - Win
Ipswich (H) - Lose

That would put us on roughly 71 points, which could be enough for 6th place.

 

[markwwfc1992]

That is incredibly optimistic mind, good luck though.

 

[Bobbin']

Incredibly pointless too.

If we win all our remaining fixtures we'd finish on 81 points and above Blackburn.

 

[Tom_ITFC]

Think we might see the highest amount of points for 6th place this year (over 75) so I think 71 might end with disappointment.

Norwich only need to win 6 more games out of the final 15 to get to 71 points.

 

[AFCB_Mark]

Well fair to say these last two days could have gone much worse for us, we'll take that.

 

[Veggie Legs]

Definitely, feels even more open than a couple of weeks ago.

 

[markwwfc1992]

I tempted to put money on Norwich to go on and win it, think they'd have good odds.

 

[Rammy]

Who'd have thought all of the top three would draw. This division is mental.

 

[SUTSS]

No chance of us getting to the top two, our defence is too fragile. A couple of injuries at the back and we'll start struggling.

 

[TractorBoys]

No chance of us getting to the top two, our defence is too fragile. A couple of injuries at the back and we'll start struggling.

Just like our attack, then.

 

[Munkiki]

No chance of us getting to the top two, our defence is too fragile.

Agreed.

People get too carried away by a little bit of good form. Nice to see positivity from Norwich fans about the manager/team but you just know when we start losing again (which we will - Saturday, for one), they'll turn again. The self-important, ignorant morons with their daft delusions of grandeur, thinking we have some divine right to win every game (and comfortably too). They got incredibly arrogant after Neil Adams' first 7 games this season (W5 D1 L1) and they're doing the same after Alex Neil's (W5 D1 L1). I guess some people will never learn.

 

[roversfan2001]

If we grab a decent (talking 3 or 4 goal margin) win on Saturday and beat Norwich on the 24th I think we have a decent chance.

 

[Magic]

Haha at us winning that. Sol Bamba is the best defender in the world.

 

[SUTSS]

Nobody wants to win this league. You go first and you start to wobble.

 

[Magic]

Annoying that our record against the top three this season is:

P6
W5
D0
L1

However...

 

[markwwfc1992]

Yeah Blackburn aren't going anywhere...

 

[MagpieBee]

Middlesbrough, Derby, Bournemouth and Ipswich all losing currently, Norwich and Watford drawing...

Can all the scores stay exactly as they are please?

Thank you

 

[markwwfc1992]

This league is crazy, whilst I still dont see us getting into the top 6, there is 7 points separating us from the team 1 place below us in the table, that's huge at this stage of the season

 

[SUTSS]

Derby level.