dongonzalos
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30 odd games to go 11 points off 6...........
The not so impossible mission (4 Viewers)
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SkyBlue_Bear83
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I doubt it tbh, I still think we will end up around 65 points
dongonzalos
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People reacted in the opposite way to the Brentford defeat.
Let me enjoy the moment of regaining my optimism.
Let me enjoy the moment of regaining my optimism.
lordsummerisle
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hill83
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Ha ha! Point taken.
dongonzalos
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dongonzalos
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Just waiting for the grinch to come on and tell us we can't because our squad is the worst of all time.....
LewSkyBlue
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November 2012
Coventry v Crawley Tue 6 Nov 19:45 L
Coventry v Sc-unithorpe Sat 10 Nov 15:00 W
Hartlepool v Coventry Sat 17 Nov 15:00 W
Colchester v Coventry Tue 20 Nov 19:45 W
Coventry v Portsmouth Sat 24 Nov 15:00 D
December 2012
Coventry v Walsall Sat 8 Dec 15:00 W
Doncaster v Coventry Sat 15 Dec 15:00 D
Coventry v Preston Sat 22 Dec 15:00 L
Stevenage v Coventry Wed 26 Dec 15:00 L
MK Dons v Coventry Sat 29 Dec 15:00 L
I would make that 14 points taking us into new year, leaving us on 28 and would guess anywhere between 6th and 15th in the league depending on other results. Is it enough? i want to be optomistic and say yes but im not too sure. I could be wrong and we could win them all
Coventry v Crawley Tue 6 Nov 19:45 L
Coventry v Sc-unithorpe Sat 10 Nov 15:00 W
Hartlepool v Coventry Sat 17 Nov 15:00 W
Colchester v Coventry Tue 20 Nov 19:45 W
Coventry v Portsmouth Sat 24 Nov 15:00 D
December 2012
Coventry v Walsall Sat 8 Dec 15:00 W
Doncaster v Coventry Sat 15 Dec 15:00 D
Coventry v Preston Sat 22 Dec 15:00 L
Stevenage v Coventry Wed 26 Dec 15:00 L
MK Dons v Coventry Sat 29 Dec 15:00 L
I would make that 14 points taking us into new year, leaving us on 28 and would guess anywhere between 6th and 15th in the league depending on other results. Is it enough? i want to be optomistic and say yes but im not too sure. I could be wrong and we could win them all
RichieGunns
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Mission improbable!
I have faith in Robin's but not in our team.
I hope SISU will do the right thing and shift a load of players in January ("WHO WOULD WANT THEM!!! Blah blah blah" i thought id get in there before you all said it lmao) and use the spare wages to get Goldie and another proven goal scorer ("WHO'D WANT TO COME TO OUR CLUB, ESPECIALLY LEAGUE 1" etc etc)
Struggling to see SISU doing any of that unless they gain some mysterious revenue or investment as a christmas present...now that would be nice
I've now got an image of a class striker standing on Robin's front door step on Christmas day wrapped up in christmas wrapping paper!
Tinsel anyone lol
I have faith in Robin's but not in our team.
I hope SISU will do the right thing and shift a load of players in January ("WHO WOULD WANT THEM!!! Blah blah blah" i thought id get in there before you all said it lmao) and use the spare wages to get Goldie and another proven goal scorer ("WHO'D WANT TO COME TO OUR CLUB, ESPECIALLY LEAGUE 1" etc etc)
Struggling to see SISU doing any of that unless they gain some mysterious revenue or investment as a christmas present...now that would be nice
I've now got an image of a class striker standing on Robin's front door step on Christmas day wrapped up in christmas wrapping paper!
Tinsel anyone lol
Paxman II
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predicting what results you will get is an impossible task. Teams are fading and losing early form and various circumstances such as injuries and squad depth will begin to take a toll of most of them - a place where we are exceptionally strong tbf.
So we will likely keep improving while most others will fade more on average.
Based on that I see us doing better than some may predict.
I see us unbeaten in November now with possible 4 wins and a draw if I had to try and predict the future.
December a couple of posible defeats.
Think we will be firmly in the top 6 come the New Years.
So we will likely keep improving while most others will fade more on average.
Based on that I see us doing better than some may predict.
I see us unbeaten in November now with possible 4 wins and a draw if I had to try and predict the future.
December a couple of posible defeats.
Think we will be firmly in the top 6 come the New Years.
Otis
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I would only start believing if we won something like 4 in a row, or 4 out of 5.
We are still in the bottom 4 and still 11 points adrift of 6th place.
It would need an excellent run of form to get us anywhere close and what is worrying me at the moment is that we are not scoring enough goals.
There are only 4 teams in this league who have scored less goals than us. And never mind McGoldrick going in Jan, if gets injured or suspended at all we are going to be totally fooked now!
There are also only 5 teams who have let in more goals than us too. Very poor scoring record, very poor record of goals against.
The picture is still very, very gloomy and any talk of play-offs is pie in the sky. So much work to do to make us even a consistent midtable side let alone start any talk of the other end of the league table.
We are still in the bottom 4 and still 11 points adrift of 6th place.
It would need an excellent run of form to get us anywhere close and what is worrying me at the moment is that we are not scoring enough goals.
There are only 4 teams in this league who have scored less goals than us. And never mind McGoldrick going in Jan, if gets injured or suspended at all we are going to be totally fooked now!
There are also only 5 teams who have let in more goals than us too. Very poor scoring record, very poor record of goals against.
The picture is still very, very gloomy and any talk of play-offs is pie in the sky. So much work to do to make us even a consistent midtable side let alone start any talk of the other end of the league table.
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Astute
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My glass has gone from half empty which lasted one game to half full again.
All teams are going to go on a bad run at some time. Tranmere got 30 points from their first 12 games. They have just dropped more points in the last 3 games than the other 12. We have lost 2 out of the last 3 games but have caught up on 1st place by 2 points. Winter will affect the smaller squads the most. We are only 11 points away from the playoffs.
Anyone who says we won't make the playoffs could well be right. It don't mean we won't make it though. Anyone who says we can't make the playoffs or even the top two is wrong though. Can't and won't mean totally different things. All we have is hope. And whilst we have a chance I will always have hope.
All teams are going to go on a bad run at some time. Tranmere got 30 points from their first 12 games. They have just dropped more points in the last 3 games than the other 12. We have lost 2 out of the last 3 games but have caught up on 1st place by 2 points. Winter will affect the smaller squads the most. We are only 11 points away from the playoffs.
Anyone who says we won't make the playoffs could well be right. It don't mean we won't make it though. Anyone who says we can't make the playoffs or even the top two is wrong though. Can't and won't mean totally different things. All we have is hope. And whilst we have a chance I will always have hope.
Sky Blues
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A big positive today was keeping a clean sheet. We may not score many, but we do tend to get one goal every game (just two league blanks early in the season) so if we can keep the ball out of our own net we look like we might walk away with 3 points from most games.
Edit: But McGoldrick has been the source of most of our lone goals so, yes, without him we might have more problems getting points.
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stupot07
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Astute - I'm not thinking of catching anyone else, I'm looking at it purely from a points basis not what anyone might do. In the last 10 years the 71 has been the lowest points total for finish 6th. In the last 10 years 6th place has finished on: -
2011/12 - 73 points
2010/11 - 71
2009/10 - 80
2008/09 - 76
2007/08 - 76
2006/07 - 75
2005/06 - 71
2004/05 - 71
2003/04 - 73
2002/03 - 81
Ignoring anyone elses form 71 points is the lowest target we would need aim for and a might not be enough, so that means we need at least 57 points from the remaining 31 games.
2011/12 - 73 points
2010/11 - 71
2009/10 - 80
2008/09 - 76
2007/08 - 76
2006/07 - 75
2005/06 - 71
2004/05 - 71
2003/04 - 73
2002/03 - 81
Ignoring anyone elses form 71 points is the lowest target we would need aim for and a might not be enough, so that means we need at least 57 points from the remaining 31 games.
Sky Blues
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2 points per game. Simples! :laugh:
Otis
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Black6Osprey
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The taps either on or off it seems.
I'm more of a steady trickle kind of guy.
Anything can happen mathematically and we could still win the league if you're barking mad and wish to believe it. We've won a game, it is the idea of football after all and now it's 3 wins in 15 attempts and we are still in the bottom 4. I'm happy we won but its still going to take 2 points per game till the end of the season to get to the play offs and if you think that's possible then I wish I had your optimism.
We will defo climb away from the bottom but this team is not good enough and gives too many chances away and doesn't take enough of its own chances to seriously challenge the top half of this league.
I'm more of a steady trickle kind of guy.
Anything can happen mathematically and we could still win the league if you're barking mad and wish to believe it. We've won a game, it is the idea of football after all and now it's 3 wins in 15 attempts and we are still in the bottom 4. I'm happy we won but its still going to take 2 points per game till the end of the season to get to the play offs and if you think that's possible then I wish I had your optimism.
We will defo climb away from the bottom but this team is not good enough and gives too many chances away and doesn't take enough of its own chances to seriously challenge the top half of this league.
LewSkyBlue
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football is a funny game never know what might happen. just got to keep the faith. Its crazy to think though if we didnt throw a 2-0 lead away at swindon and didnt concede the late goal at brentford we would have 4 more points and only be 7 off
stupot07
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football is a funny game never know what might happen. just got to keep the faith. Its crazy to think though if we didnt throw a 2-0 lead away at swindon and didnt concede the late goal at brentford we would have 4 more points and only be 7 off
If we hadn't thrown away the 20+ points from winning positions last season we'd have finished just outside of the play offs rather than being relegated.
LewSkyBlue
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Black6Osprey
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So really, we are looking at winning at least half of our remaining games.
and drawing the rest
Gint11
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true
That is a great point and forgot that when I was typing my last post. We'd be looking rosy if we didnt give all that away, or even half of that tally.
LewSkyBlue
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im guessing u mean the point i made about brentford and swindon?...i know it is the old "if's and buts" scenario but to think if we had those 4 points a lot of peoples views would be different on our season. we need to learn by our mistakes for next year and i think we will be up there next season
pitts head
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Not a chance based on today's perfomance. Another woeful display. The team can't string 2 passes together. The midfield were dire. We only won because their keeper gifted us a goal and Orient's finishing was shocking.
Black6Osprey
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i think we will be up there next season
By up there do you mean 16th?
LewSkyBlue
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haha i really had hope we would get play-offs this year. im still optomistic we will be challenging (maybe top 10) but i seriously think if its not this season we go up it WILL be next season :claping hands: