andog Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 I was looking earlier this morning at our next 10 games coming up (up to 1st April). We are against 0 of the top 8 (only 2 of the top 10 being Derby & Millwall) Here they are: Peterborough (A) Charlton (H) Blackpool (A) Blackburn (H) Ipswich (A) Leeds (H) Sheff Weds (H) Derby (A) Millwall (H) Barnsley (A) These games for me could be crucial for us to potentially pull away from the play-off pack. We have taken an average of 2 points per game from the teams in the bottom half, against 1.64 points per game from those in the top half. All the teams around us have a lot more games against eachother, and it goes without saying they can't be picking up maximum points in that time. I'm all for looking towards the next game and the next game only, however I just wandered if anyone else thinks the next 10 could be a turning point? Just to point out the games where the top 8 are against eachother in the same period: Watford v Palace Brighton v Hull Palace v Middlesbrough Burnley v Middlesbrough Cardiff v Brighton Brighton v Burnley Middlesbrough v Cardiff Palace v Hull Burnley v Hull Brighton v Palace Watford v Burnley Hull v Watford Thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indierich06 Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 I was looking earlier this morning at our next 10 games coming up (up to 1st April). We are against 0 of the top 8 (only 2 of the top 10 being Derby & Millwall) Here they are: Peterborough (A) Charlton (H) Blackpool (A) Blackburn (H) Ipswich (A) Leeds (H) Sheff Weds (H) Derby (A) Millwall (H) Barnsley (A) These games for me could be crucial for us to potentially pull away from the play-off pack. We have taken an average of 2 points per game from the teams in the bottom half, against 1.64 points per game from those in the top half. All the teams around us have a lot more games against eachother, and it goes without saying they can't be picking up maximum points in that time. I'm all for looking towards the next game and the next game only, however I just wandered if anyone else thinks the next 10 could be a turning point? Just to point out the games where the top 8 are against eachother in the same period: Watford v Palace Brighton v Hull Palace v Middlesbrough Burnley v Middlesbrough Cardiff v Brighton Brighton v Burnley Middlesbrough v Cardiff Palace v Hull Burnley v Hull Brighton v Palace Watford v Burnley Hull v Watford Thoughts? It's certainly an attractive run in and we should definitely try to make the most of it, but there are no easy games in this league. Anything over 20pts from those fixtures would be fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherShitSeason Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 Thoughts? Black pudding, Balti and Wasabi Scotch Eggs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Fox Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 From those 10 fixtures I expect we will get about 23 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cc_star Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 Difficult to predict accumulative results. If it was possible everyone would be a millionaire. But we've got where we are playing some difficult games... and it looks like our rivals have got their difficult games coming up, it does make it a good opportunity for us, so anything over 20pts would be great. Following city for my whole life though I wouldn't be surprised by a couple of defeats in 'easy' games. We seemingly always make a balls up of Posh away for a start.... Or at least we certainly have in 'must win' matches. At least there's 3pts off the sheep in there though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 22 points from that would do very nicely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raw Dykes Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 I think we might have to do well over those games, because some of the fixtures after them look more tricky. Good to see so many games between our promotion rivals, though. They could be massively helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phillo Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 18 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolhandfox Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 Interesting, 18pts would be great anything above would be a really bonus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Fatboyslow_ Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 Unbeaten and 24 points And 3 points off Cardiff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xen Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 Peterborough (A) Charlton (H) Blackpool (A) Blackburn (H) Ipswich (A) Leeds (H) Sheff Weds (H) Derby (A) Millwall (H) Barnsley (A) We need at least 20 points from those games if we want a chance with automatic, I reckon. Anything less and the other teams could still be close enough to us to challenge for 2nd, and we've got some tough games at the back end of the season (Cardiff, Palace, Watford). We could do with being a few points clear of 3rd by April, ideally. If we can beat Peterborough, I'll wager that these 10 games will net us 23pts. 7 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss. If we don't (and lose instead), I reckon we'll only manage 19. 6 wins, 1 draw, 3 losses. Can't see us drawing with P'boro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Year Of The Fox Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 Derby Ipswich Leeds and Peterborough will beat us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScouseFox Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 One game at a time. No easy games. Everyone can beat everyone in this league. etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ford Super Sunday Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 Derby Ipswich Leeds and Peterborough will beat us Agree apart from Leeds. Can definitely see Peterborough taking us on Saturday though. Don't know why as we should beat them, but I can just see a loss somehow. Derby run has to come to an end sometime. We had a blip in 09/10 where we lost four in a row, Derby could be part of the blip. At the end of the day we're going to lose a couple or so games before the end of the season, it's inevitable as all teams will. How we respond to the defeats will see how well we do, whether it’s auto or play-offs. PO’s are nailed on IMO though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psychonaut Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 6 wins 2 losses 2 draws leaves us on 73 points with 7 games to play. I think this is the middle ground and very achievable. I also think this form will only put us maybe a point or 2 above 3rd place with 7 to play. Down to the wire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeicesterAreGoingUp Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 27 points, just got that feeling we wont be stopped easily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfanazer Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 27 points, just got that feeling we wont be stopped easily love the enthusiasm mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoareyaaa Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 20 points would be great, Hull have 3 tough aways in this period so I can see them dropping back... it will be a tough task for us but I think if we can keep playing how we have been then theirs no reason we can't take more points than the teams below us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox92 Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 We should be looking at 20 points, or more, in my opinion. I know we won't win every game though, obviously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ealingfox Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 Let's get something at Peterborough first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyBoy Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 people think it will be easy to pick up points against Derby, they are flying at home settle for a draw there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Year Of The Fox Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 Agree apart from Leeds. Can definitely see Peterborough taking us on Saturday though. Don't know why as we should beat them, but I can just see a loss somehow. Derby run has to come to an end sometime. We had a blip in 09/10 where we lost four in a row, Derby could be part of the blip. At the end of the day we're going to lose a couple or so games before the end of the season, it's inevitable as all teams will. How we respond to the defeats will see how well we do, whether it’s auto or play-offs. PO’s are nailed on IMO though. If we failed to make the playoffs npw it'd be a catastrophe. My issue is that someone always drops away, usually Cardiff, and someone comes from nowhere to finish 2nd. Whilst we have put a run together its not pulled us any further from the chasing pack. Any of the teams below us are capable of bettering our current run whilst ours is bound to end Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC Prussian Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andog Posted 6 February 2013 Author Share Posted 6 February 2013 http://www.foxestalk...ible-coming-up/ I obviously didn't see that thread, although the point of this thread is more to highlight the fact we're playing nobody else in the top 8 over the next 10 games, and the others around us have a lot of significant fixtures against eachother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicester_Numan Posted 6 February 2013 Share Posted 6 February 2013 All winable games on paper. The hardest games in that list look like being Posh and Ipswich, we always struggle at those grounds. 6 wins, 2 draws, 2 defeats = 20 points, that's certainly possible from those games Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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