We can hope, can't we.
A win on Saturday would be brilliant, but it wouldn't change my thinking.
As I keep on saying, we need a run. 3 wins on the bounce and then we are right back in with a good chance. Just can't see that 3 on the bounce though, I really can't.
At the moment I would be happy with just stopping the rot. It has stopped being fun again being a City fan.
Our fixtures in April look brutal. We could be on the end of some hammerings if we don't sort things out quickly
It's all about getting a win under the belt again.
It's not negative, as you say it is realism.
3 wins in 17.
7 losses out of the last 10
2 goals scored in the last 4 games
Averaging less than a point a game.
We need a brilliant run now.
The problem is just being exacerbated with each defeat. But as with all bad runs they do eventually end. Ours will. Looking at those fixtures remaining if we get back some form I can imagine a decent finish after all. It's all about getting a win under the belt again. There is no better time than the next game. A shift in momentum is due and if that happens Saturday our prospects will indeed look better and a chance of the play offs for the taking. Remember we just need to finish in the playoffs, not 3rd not 4th. TM will do enough with the squad he has to ensure that happens. It will turn, have some patience. The suggestion and display of stats means absolutely nothing if you win the next game. That's football. It's as much about confidence and sometimes the rub of the green as it is to do with stats.
We have certainly had a poor run of results and derailed our play off hopes oh so slightly. Anyone on here would think we were in the bottom three. Form and results are over a season long period and the table never lies.
Have some belief I still do. Our run may end on Saturday while others who have been so good so long are now showing they too are having the wobbles (Burton, Walsall, Gillingham) others are not so much improving (Barnsley apart) as the top six fading. The pressure is on now, known as the business end of the season, and we will see what we have and what TM is made of. There is no magic wand. We do have the players which is why I believe we will be OK and find ourselves in the playoffs. If we don't make it, that is the time to ponder what the hell is wrong and contemplate changes in management but for now we have every chance of success...it's not yet blown.
Yes, it is realism and if things don't change then chances are we will finish mid table. However, things do change, hence why we aren't trailblazing like we were at the beginning of the season, because things have...well, changed.
I'm a "it's ain't over until it's over" kind of guy. So onwards and upwards for me.
With the City it always seems to be about consolidating and building and it being 2 or 3 seasons or 4 or 5 years etc.
Still, you can understand t he "glass half empty" approach from City fans, given the many false dawns over the years!
Good points. Just grates a little when you can have Gillingham and Southend and Burton all fighting for a play-off place and that being their target and their believing it is achievable.
With the City it always seems to be about consolidating and building and it being 2 or 3 seasons or 4 or 5 years etc.
Just don't think we have the belief of other teams, the belief I think we should indeed have!
Well yes, because every 12 months we set the clock back to zero by changing the manager!
We said this before thrashing Bury 6-0 (and Crewe 5-0 before that), that was a win under the belt, but it didn't spark any upturn in form, it was just an isolated win. So if we do win on Saturday, that win will prove nothing, unless it is following up by 2-3 good results on the bounce.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - so please excuse any spelling or grammar errors
Feel exactly the same way, Stu.We said this before thrashing Bury 6-0 (and Crewe 5-0 before that), that was a win under the belt, but it didn't spark any upturn in form, it was just an isolated win. So if we do win on Saturday, that win will prove nothing, unless it is following up by 2-3 good results on the bounce.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - so please excuse any spelling or grammar errors
Feel exactly the same way, Stu.
We win on Saturday and that will mean nothing unless we follow it up with another win or two afterwards.
Teams only need to get enough points to finish above 7th, so the better indicator for how many points you'd need to finish 6th is to look at the points 7th got and add one more, or rely on goal difference and get the same points.
and how do you get to a run of 2-3 wins without getting a 1st win under the belt????????
Err, numpty, cc4l! That's exactly what we are saying.
To get 2 or 3 wins on the bounce we have to get that first win, but then that first win means nothing unless it is followed up by another 1 or 2 wins.
Some are saying about turning the corner on the back of 1 win.
We beat Blackpool and it will mean nowt unless we follow it with another win and then another.
Your lack of understanding is not my problem, sunshine!
Err, numpty, cc4l! That's exactly what we are saying.
To get 2 or 3 wins on the bounce we have to get that first win, but then that first win means nothing unless it is followed up by another 1 or 2 wins.
Some are saying about turning the corner on the back of 1 win.
We beat Blackpool and it will mean nowt unless we follow it with another win and then another.
Your lack of understanding is not my problem, sunshine!
What Otis said:
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - so please excuse any spelling or grammar errors
Well yep, but as Stupot said, we beat Crewe 5-0. That didn't get momentum going.We know how we can perform so I am unsure why playoffs is a distant chance now. Form is shocking granted but we need to get a result to get momentum going, only Wigan away is a non winnable game in my opinion. Get back on the horse and all that, we need to improve no doubt but let's not write us off completely yet
Some seemingly are!makes no sense to act so bewildered at any fan that just wants to focus on winning next game though
its a step to the final goal
noone is gonna turn around and believe all is well with just 1 win anyway
No wins in 6 for them.Well yep, but as Stupot said, we beat Crewe 5-0. That didn't get momentum going.
After that game we didn't win for 5 matches.
We beat Bury 6-0. That didn't get momentum going either.
Since that game we have lost 4 in a row.
Our two best results of the season.
Let's see how we get on against Blackpool, who are in terrible form and bottom 4.
Sort of game that has proved to be a banana skin for us in the past.
Some seemingly are!
May just be the same people though, win one game play-offs here we come, lose one, sack the manager!
Yeah, right, okay.well you would know!
mr optimsitic all season and now miserbale and negative as they come
And in the unlikely event that we do reach that exhalted 6th place, we then have the play-offs so even then only a 25% chance of promotion.
Thing is with Barnsley, I remember at the time when they kept losing, people were saying they were playing well but just not getting the results.Barnsley lost eight on the trot and look how they turned it around. Who's to say that we won't do the same over the next 11 games. Wishful thinking maybe I know
I'm not sure why you got so many 'likes' because your logic is completely flawed. The better indicator is in Otis' original post, the number of points the 6th place team actually got. The number of points the 7th place team had is irrelevant. Your argument is based on changing the results of games and if you start doing that, the whole table changes because the points one team gets affects the points other teams get.
Disagree with that RT.The only relevant thing to finishing 6th is how many points 7th got. It's an indicator, not an argument based on changing results.
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?
We use cookies and similar technologies for the following purposes:
Do you accept cookies and these technologies?