Im at the point now (12 Viewers)

[bigfatronssba]

Teams have good and bad patches besides the best and worst teams .. what's to say West brom don't win 9 from 11 ? Weve just won 8 in 9 what's to say blackburn don't win 7 from the last 11 .

I'm not sure football works like you say most of the time at all

West Brom might do that.

Blackburn might also do it.

Chances of them both doing it is remote

 

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[Evo1883]

West Brom might do that.

Blackburn might also do it.

Chances of them both doing it is remote

Might also be Bristol City in the mix too if they win their game in hand .

Either way I just feel like 5 wins cant be seen as enough

 

[covcity4life]

Remember when some posters said he's taking us backwards after Pompey loss lol?

That’s where having a manager with a personality like Lampard makes a massive difference.

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Worse case scenario will take us to 70 point from remaining games:

Stoke h - W
Derby a - W
Sunderland h - D
SU a - L
Burnley H - L
Pompey H - W
Hull a - D
WB h - D
Plymouth a -D
Luton a - D
Boro h - W

Confident we will do it.

 

[SkyBlueMatt]

Blackburn have their new manager too. A good point today against Norwich, if they put a decent run together that could secure one place.

Let's not get carried away, I've said I think we will do it but won't lose my head if we don't. Losing Rudi could be a big hit.

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[Flying Fokker]

The problem is Derby, Plymouth, Luton and Hull will be fighting for their lives, so potentially not easy fixtures.

Just got to try and keep the winning form going.

Need to put that horrible Derby game to rights.

 

[lord_garrincha]

For what it's worth, I think our next defeat comes at Bramall Lane. They're a good side, and we have a fucking woeful record there

I remember going to Meadow Lane & being pissed off when they did us 2-1, and then going back a month or 6 weeks later...

Imagine the scenes... coming back there to do them en route to Wembley!

 

[Evo1883]

And now Middlesbrough have potentially pulled themselves back in

 

[Bernie Rhodes Nose]

This run cannot go on forever. Even the big clubs rarely win 8 out of 9

We will lose at some point and it's how we react to that loss that will define our season

For what it's worth, I think our next defeat comes at Bramall Lane. They're a good side, and we have a fucking woeful record there

Outside of that I genuinely think we can get something from every remaining game

We eat woeful records for breakfast

 

[bigfatronssba]

Blackburn have their new manager too. A good point today against Norwich, if they put a decent run together that could secure one place.

Let's not get carried away, I've said I think we will do it but won't lose my head if we don't. Losing Rudi could be a big hit.

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If we had just drew at home with Norwich most of this forum would be saying it’s 2 points lost!

 

[Tommo1993]

Going in Stoke’s showing, we should be blowing them away next week

 

[Covcraig@bury]

Scumberland are shitting themselves, they really don’t want to play us in the playoffs.

 

[Covcraig@bury]

Worse case scenario will take us to 70 point from remaining games:

Stoke h - W
Derby a - W
Sunderland h - D
SU a - L
Burnley H - L
Pompey H - W
Hull a - D
WB h - D
Plymouth a -D
Luton a - D
Boro h - W

Confident we will do it.

Behave yourself

 

[covcity4life]

And now Middlesbrough have potentially pulled themselves back in

They were never out tbf

 

[Macca]

The question is do we think we can win the playoffs. Getting there isn't enough as we know

 

[covcity4life]

The question is do we think we can win the playoffs. Getting there isn't enough as we know

I don't think we would but just being there would be great still and if your in it you never know too of course

 

[ccfc922]

I think we'll make the play offs, but i doubt we'll win them.

Mind you, I expected us to lose to Boro over 2 legs.

 

[Nick]

I don't think anybody could have expected this when Lampard came in. Could they? I was hoping to be in the top 10 from where we were.

I will be a bit disappointed if we don't make it, although if Rudoni is out for a while, I will lower my expectations.

 

[ccfc922]

Hopefully Burnley can overtake Sheff Utd, cus I fancy us beating them more than Burnley.

Assuming it falls that way of course.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

5 wins would do it

6 would

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

 

[ccfc922]

I don't think anybody could have expected this when Lampard came in. Could they? I was hoping to be in the top 10 from where we were.

I will be a bit disappointed if we don't make it, although if Rudoni is out for a while, I will lower my expectations.

How longs Torp out for?

 

[Gynnsthetonic]

It goes without saying its in our hands now.

We're still so unconvincing at the back though, we'd still be heavy underdogs against Sunderland or Burnley over two legs in my eyes, regardless of the form table.

Same when we played Middlesbrough 2 years ago then

 

[Nick]

How longs Torp out for?

Not sure but I'm not sure even a fully fit Torp could do what Rudoni does.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

How longs Torp out for?

Week allegedly he’s back training

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

How longs Torp out for?

He’s training but will be ready for next Saturday.

 

[Lamps]

Starting to look like it's between those in 11th maybe 12th and above. Millwall who are in 12th would have to win their game in hand to keep in contention. I hope they do as their game in hand is on Tuesday at home to Bristol City. They are 4 points behind us with the same GD.

 

[ccfc922]

Not sure but I'm not sure even a fully fit Torp could do what Rudoni does.

You're right, but better than nothing at all in terms of a replacement.

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Potentially 4–2-2 once Wright is ready to start now with Rudoni injury:

Dovin
MVE Thomas Kitch Bidwell
Tatsu Sheaf Grimes EMC
Simms Wright

4–1-2-3 maybe till Wright is ready to start and Rudoni put:


Dovin
MVE Thomas Kitch Bidwell
Grimes
Torp Sheaf
Tatsu Simms EMC

 

[Tommo1993]

Suppose it could be a different kind of disappointment not making it. Disappointed we were quite unlucky after a brilliant turnaround is different to disappointment over being at the top and bottling it.

Disappointment all the same, I don’t really know what I’m going on about

 

[Balli001]

Starting to look like it's between those in 11th maybe 12th and above. Millwall who are in 12th would have to win their game in hand to keep in contention. I hope they do as their game in hand is on Tuesday at home to Bristol City. They are 4 points behind us with the same GD.

Millwall I believe still have to go to 5 of the top 8

 

[Skybluekyle]

This run cannot go on forever. Even the big clubs rarely win 8 out of 9

We will lose at some point and it's how we react to that loss that will define our season

For what it's worth, I think our next defeat comes at Bramall Lane. They're a good side, and we have a fucking woeful record there

Outside of that I genuinely think we can get something from every remaining game

See, I think we'll snatch a draw at Sheff Utd and lose to Burnley

 

[PVA]

We're now odds on to finish top 6 with the bookies

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

This run cannot go on forever. Even the big clubs rarely win 8 out of 9

We will lose at some point and it's how we react to that loss that will define our season

For what it's worth, I think our next defeat comes at Bramall Lane. They're a good side, and we have a fucking woeful record there

Outside of that I genuinely think we can get something from every remaining game

Agreed with this. I do think this sense of an inevitable loss or draw is because of our early form and there’s a disbelief that we’re winning so many games. There’s a reason many people fancied us to be top 3 or 4 before the season started, we’ve addressed the biggest positional need going into the season, CM.

The games where I feel like we’ll lose are Sheffield United and Burnley. We got a result v Sheff U back in Nov when our form was in the toilet and Burnley don’t score many goals so they are two games where we could get points from.

Sod’s Law will mean that we’ll lose or draw to Stoke or Derby and then respond by beating Sunderland. Win our next 2 games and there will surely be daylight between us and 7th.

 

[wingy]

Agreed with this. I do think this sense of an inevitable loss or draw is because of our early form and there’s a disbelief that we’re winning so many games. There’s a reason many people fancied us to be top 3 or 4 before the season started, we’ve addressed the biggest positional need going into the season, CM.

The games where I feel like we’ll lose are Sheffield United and Burnley. We got a result v Sheff U back in Nov when our form was in the toilet and Burnley don’t score many goals so they are two games where we could get points from.

Sod’s Law will mean that we’ll lose or draw to Stoke or Derby and then respond by beating Sunderland. Win our next 2 games and there will surely be daylight between us and 7th.

Sucker them in before we get either in the final!