Haydos Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 I know, I'm bored of threads like this too and i'm sorry Felt like putting our recent good form into context and i'm enjoying the optimism on here for a change. This is the current table as of 1st October. 4 points ahead of QPR, 1.9 points per game. If we keep this up for the next 16 games that's 30.4 points and guess what? 75 points will be our total. I know we have a lot of tricky matches to play (A good deal of the away games scare me) and football isn't quite as simple as this but it just gives a little indication that success this season is a very realistic possibility. Up the Sven or whatever it is we're saying these days
ajthefox Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 we've been brilliant under sven generally, particular when you consider the extra points we should've got from games such as Preston and Watford but I think it's quite likely we'll hit a little stumbling block and some point so it's important that we "show character" and come back even stronger then what we are now. I think we'll make play-offs, we're only 4 points off and some might talk about the games in hand but they make no difference to how far we are from Leeds and as long as we do our best then we are good enough to keep on moving up. I am still erring on the side of caution though and trying not to get my hopes up because it'd be gutting to miss out when we have such a capable squad. Only time will tell though..
Guest Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 Not sure I'd say 'easy'. We all know what this league is like. It's always nice to see how we're doing form wise though. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and will be hopeful but there's a way to go yet
B52 Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 This is the current table as of 1st October. 4 points ahead of QPR, 1.9 points per game. If we keep this up for the next 16 games that's 30.4 points and guess what? 75 points will be our total. Remember, this table includes all games before February when Sven has tried a lot of options to sort out the leaking defence. Play-offs guranteed.... (fingers crossed)
ajthefox Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 Remember, this table includes all games before February when Sven has tried a lot of options to sort out the leaking defence. Play-offs guranteed.... (fingers crossed) oh well in light of your revolutionary post I don't know why anyone ever worried.
Babylon Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 We're only 5 points better off than all our rivals over that time, we have less games to play now and we are still 4 behind... it's going to the wire!!
cc_star Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 We're only 5 points better off than all our rivals over that time, we have less games to play now and we are still 4 behind... it's going to the wire!! Yes, yes & yes The signs are promising (very promising if we cherry-pick the table to start from New Year) but its far from easy.
Socks Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 well if we keep this up http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/D1/oform.html we will make the play offs 5th or 6th I reckon You foxes!
Finnegan Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 I was immensely cynical before we went on this recent run of form (13 from 15 is it?) but, hey, who knows? I'm happy to admit I wrote us off a little too early. I still think we should remain grounded, though, and salute Sven whatever happens. If we take six points from our next three games then it's definitely on.
AmyLGK Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 Oh look now - we're all getting far too confident and carried away for my liking......until everyone has played their games in hand and we can see the level playing field I'm not saying anything on whether we can make them or not - waaaaaaaaaaaayyyy too many factors to deal with at the moment!!
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 I was immensely cynical before we went on this recent run of form (13 from 15 is it?) but, hey, who knows? I'm happy to admit I wrote us off a little too early. I still think we should remain grounded, though, and salute Sven whatever happens. If we take six points from our next three games then it's definitely on. Isn't it 16 from 18 now??? Cliche time "Let's just take it one match at a time"
Captain... Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 Oh look now - we're all getting far too confident and carried away for my liking......until everyone has played their games in hand and we can see the level playing field I'm not saying anything on whether we can make them or not - waaaaaaaaaaaayyyy too many factors to deal with at the moment!! I agree 1 QPR 30 31 59 2 Nott'm Forest 28 16 52 3 Cardiff 29 13 51 4 Norwich 30 9 51 5 Swansea 30 10 50 6 Leeds 30 8 49 7 Millwall 30 9 45 8 Leicester 30 -1 45 9 Watford 28 12 43 10 Burnley 29 7 43 11 Reading 29 12 42 I would say these are the current promotion contenders, in theory we are in the worst position of all of them, assuming all games in hand won, then we would be bottom of that pile due to our shocking goal difference. Saturday, 12 February 2011 Barnsley v Ipswich, 15:00 Bristol City v Leeds, 15:00 Cardiff v S****horpe, 15:00 Coventry v Crystal Palace, 15:00 Doncaster v Portsmouth, 15:00 Hull v Preston, 15:00 Middlesbrough v Swansea, 15:00 Norwich v Reading, 15:00 Sheff Utd v Millwall, 15:00 Watford v Burnley, 15:00 Derby v Leicester, 17:20 Sunday, 13 February 2011 QPR v Nott'm Forest, 13:15 Tuesday, 15 February 2011 Cardiff v Burnley, 19:45 Doncaster v Ipswich, 19:45 Sheff Utd v Reading, 19:45 Watford v Preston, 19:45 Wednesday, 16 February 2011 S****horpe v Nott'm Forest, 19:45 Friday, 18 February 2011 Leicester v Bristol City, 19:45 Upcoming fixtures show that a few of our promotion rivals are playing each other over the next few weeks, but the games in hand to played week on tues/weds are fairly easy except for Burnley. Week on Friday we play Bristol City at home, if we take 6 points from Derby and Bristol City a few other teams will drop them and then on Saturday we can watch some big games at the top: Saturday, 19 February 2011 Crystal Palace v Sheff Utd, 15:00 Ipswich v Hull, 15:00 Leeds v Norwich, 15:00 Millwall v Middlesbrough, 15:00 Nott'm Forest v Cardiff, 15:00 Portsmouth v Barnsley, 15:00 Preston v QPR, 15:00 S****horpe v Derby, 15:00 Swansea v Doncaster, 15:00 Leeds, Norwich, Cardiff, Forest and Swansea are who we are chasing, we can close the gap with a couple of easy games, but then we have the tough away games at Cardiff and QPR, with cov sandwiched in the middle. If Cardiff lose to Forest and drop anymore points against Burnley or S****horpe we could feasible overtke them by beating them, who knows when we face QPR it could be a top of the table clash. Basically this is a very long way of saying we need to keep winning, the teams above us will drop points because they are playing each other, we can make up 6 to 8 points if we keep winning. As everyone knows this league is unpredictable, one key injury, I'm thinking in the midfield, or Naughton, and we could be fooked, with no more room for loanees if we sign Bruma then it could seriously scupper our chances. Barring injuries we have the quality to make the playoffs, but we can't afford to drop anymore points stupidly like preston away.
Kitchandro Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 I feel like our form warrants positivity but I can't help feeling the top 6 will be difficult to shift. Cardiff have looked out of sorts recently but then they picked up a massive win yesterday and are up to 3rd. And our performances need to be better. We are fantastic with the ball but do not do enough work off it, and the last couple of games we've been getting away with it, but our luck will run out soon. But in any case it's great to be in with a shout, we never thought we would be a few months ago
Haydos Posted 7 February 2011 Author Posted 7 February 2011 Not sure I'd say 'easy'. We all know what this league is like. It's always nice to see how we're doing form wise though. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and will be hopeful but there's a way to go yet That was very tongue in cheek Staying firmly grounder for now as one or two bad results could all but ruin it for us. It's just positive to see how we've been going recently and a few months back I don't think many would bet on us reaching the play-offs.
themotivator Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 if sven and the players pull this off.... it would be amazing.
richardsfoxes Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 Praying we do, got a feeling it could go down to the ipswich game and goal difference.
Babylon Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 Praying we do, got a feeling it could go down to the ipswich game and goal difference. A few more games like Donny, Barnsley, Millwall and we will be fine on that front... personally I'd like us to put 7 past Derby at the weekend..
Socks Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 I agree 1 QPR 30 31 59 2 Nott'm Forest 28 16 52 3 Cardiff 29 13 51 4 Norwich 30 9 51 5 Swansea 30 10 50 6 Leeds 30 8 49 7 Millwall 30 9 45 8 Leicester 30 -1 45 9 Watford 28 12 43 10 Burnley 29 7 43 11 Reading 29 12 42 I would say these are the current promotion contenders, in theory we are in the worst position of all of them, assuming all games in hand won, then we would be bottom of that pile due to our shocking goal difference. Saturday, 12 February 2011 Barnsley v Ipswich, 15:00 Bristol City v Leeds, 15:00 Cardiff v S****horpe, 15:00 Coventry v Crystal Palace, 15:00 Doncaster v Portsmouth, 15:00 Hull v Preston, 15:00 Middlesbrough v Swansea, 15:00 Norwich v Reading, 15:00 Sheff Utd v Millwall, 15:00 Watford v Burnley, 15:00 Derby v Leicester, 17:20 Sunday, 13 February 2011 QPR v Nott'm Forest, 13:15 Tuesday, 15 February 2011 Cardiff v Burnley, 19:45 Doncaster v Ipswich, 19:45 Sheff Utd v Reading, 19:45 Watford v Preston, 19:45 Wednesday, 16 February 2011 S****horpe v Nott'm Forest, 19:45 Friday, 18 February 2011 Leicester v Bristol City, 19:45 Upcoming fixtures show that a few of our promotion rivals are playing each other over the next few weeks, but the games in hand to played week on tues/weds are fairly easy except for Burnley. Week on Friday we play Bristol City at home, if we take 6 points from Derby and Bristol City a few other teams will drop them and then on Saturday we can watch some big games at the top: Saturday, 19 February 2011 Crystal Palace v Sheff Utd, 15:00 Ipswich v Hull, 15:00 Leeds v Norwich, 15:00 Millwall v Middlesbrough, 15:00 Nott'm Forest v Cardiff, 15:00 Portsmouth v Barnsley, 15:00 Preston v QPR, 15:00 S****horpe v Derby, 15:00 Swansea v Doncaster, 15:00 Leeds, Norwich, Cardiff, Forest and Swansea are who we are chasing, we can close the gap with a couple of easy games, but then we have the tough away games at Cardiff and QPR, with cov sandwiched in the middle. If Cardiff lose to Forest and drop anymore points against Burnley or S****horpe we could feasible overtke them by beating them, who knows when we face QPR it could be a top of the table clash. Basically this is a very long way of saying we need to keep winning, the teams above us will drop points because they are playing each other, we can make up 6 to 8 points if we keep winning. As everyone knows this league is unpredictable, one key injury, I'm thinking in the midfield, or Naughton, and we could be fooked, with no more room for loanees if we sign Bruma then it could seriously scupper our chances. Barring injuries we have the quality to make the playoffs, but we can't afford to drop anymore points stupidly like preston away. thats exactly it well put
samjohnson Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 As soon as Sousa left, I thought we were doomed to another season of outclassing mediocre football teams - Sounds good to start off with, but gets extremely boring after a while... I am now that confident that we will hit the playoffs that I will put my next referee wage (all £28 of it) on a bet that we will make it
Legend_in_blue Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 Our season will be defined by the away games at QPR, Cardiff and Forest. We can't afford to lose any of these.
The Year Of The Fox Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 The last two home games remind me of a time almost exactly a year ago. We beat Watford by 4 (i think) with Gallagher scoring a volley and then S****horpe (again I think) by 4. Also didn't we beat QPR by a big margin? It certianly has a feeling of de ja vu right now- our challenge is just gathering momentum. lets hope derby dont spoil the party
shailen Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 Our season will be defined by the away games at QPR, Cardiff and Forest. We can't afford to lose any of these. Not really. We need to get 4 points i believe as we can more than easily win the rest
Captain... Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 Our season will be defined by the away games at QPR, Cardiff and Forest. We can't afford to lose any of these. Disagree we can afford to lose those 3 games as long as we beat everyone else, if we win every home game until the end of the season and don't play like retards away, we should end up in the playoffs.
B52 Posted 7 February 2011 Posted 7 February 2011 Disagree we can afford to lose those 3 games as long as we beat everyone else, if we win every home game until the end of the season and don't play like retards away, we should end up in the playoffs. I top your offer with 5 losses and two draws to get to play-offs.
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