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Post by thegasareback on Apr 7, 2021 11:44:52 GMT
The confidence and momentum from 3 points on Saturday will be hard to quantify. We’d be out of the relegation zone and two wins from safety in my mind.
I can’t see any of the other 4 teams winning this weekend with them going to Accrington, Fleetwood and Doncaster and then swindle at home to posh. Fleetwood have new manager momentum and donny and Accrington have outside hopes of play offs.
Given the above I actually think getting a point on Saturday isn’t a disaster for us.
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Post by Kingswood Polak on Apr 7, 2021 11:54:57 GMT
The games in hand could go against the other teams as if they lose, will have a negative effect on their GD The old saying was points over games in hand. This would be the best time ever to get our first B2B wins but, because our wins have been sporadic ones, I’m not overly confident. We seem to play better against teams who are further up the table.
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Post by Goose on Apr 7, 2021 19:31:07 GMT
The games in hand could go against the other teams as if they lose, will have a negative effect on their GD As long as they lose their games in hand, we will also benefit from having the additional rest time between matches. Just have to pray they don't take advantage of the games in hand! Looking at our run-in, the easiest games on paper are the next 3 IMO, so we need to get a decent return from them. I think 4 points with a win against Northampton would be ok, 6 would be amazing, anything above that, Dreamland
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Post by Topper Gas on Apr 7, 2021 20:31:31 GMT
Interesting run of games for Swindon coming up after today's news and their two defeats over Easter:
Posh (H) Rochdale (A) Dons (A) Pompey (H)
They'll be lucky to pick up 3 pts from those 4 games, given that Posh & Pompey must to two of the teams in form in L1 at the moment.
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Post by lpgas1 on Apr 8, 2021 13:09:15 GMT
My predictions: Us 8 points: Swindon 6 points: Northampton 4 points: Wigan 9 Points: Wimbledon 7 points: Rochdale 7 points.
Rochdale 40 pts: Wimbledon 43 pts: Northampton 43 pts: Swindon 43 points: Wigan 44 points: Rovers 45 points:
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Post by thegasareback on Apr 10, 2021 17:53:58 GMT
I believe 46 points will be enough. Not in order I know. Here’s where it comes from. Donny have gone scoreless 5 of their last 6. Win. Northampton. Cagey draw. Crewe will have flip flops on. Win Pompey - we do ok against them. Draw Mk - banana skin, play us off the park. Lose. Lincoln - in no form. Win. Blackpool - already in play offs and play their kids. Win to preserve league one status. 48 points. Safety. Why not. Keep the faith. Moaning gets us nowhere. All going to plan so far
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Post by lastminutewinner on Apr 10, 2021 17:59:06 GMT
I believe 46 points will be enough. Not in order I know. Here’s where it comes from. Donny have gone scoreless 5 of their last 6. Win. Northampton. Cagey draw. Crewe will have flip flops on. Win Pompey - we do ok against them. Draw Mk - banana skin, play us off the park. Lose. Lincoln - in no form. Win. Blackpool - already in play offs and play their kids. Win to preserve league one status. 48 points. Safety. Why not. Keep the faith. Moaning gets us nowhere. All going to plan so far Seems like Crewe players played in flip flops today?!
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Post by Topper Gas on Apr 10, 2021 18:02:11 GMT
I believe 46 points will be enough. Not in order I know. Here’s where it comes from. Donny have gone scoreless 5 of their last 6. Win. Northampton. Cagey draw. Crewe will have flip flops on. Win Pompey - we do ok against them. Draw Mk - banana skin, play us off the park. Lose. Lincoln - in no form. Win. Blackpool - already in play offs and play their kids. Win to preserve league one status. 48 points. Safety. Why not. Keep the faith. Moaning gets us nowhere. All going to plan so far Will 46 pts still be enough given today's strange results, I sense Wimbledon and Wigan both now have at least 2pts more each than we expected they'd get?
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Post by wilmslowgas on Apr 10, 2021 18:11:34 GMT
Even if 46 points was enough (unlikely) does anybody seriously expect us to get that total?
Four teams will go down and I fully expect us to be one of them.
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Post by kampucheagas on Apr 10, 2021 18:34:25 GMT
Even if 46 points was enough (unlikely) does anybody seriously expect us to get that total? Four teams will go down and I fully expect us to be one of them. It will take something special for sure now Even goal difference is going against us! I’ve been thinking.... is this the most impotent strike force in our history? The 3 strikers have scored a combined total of 12 league goals. Even if you add Nicholson as a striker it’s only 18 Our left back is top scorer Has a defender ever been top scorer before? Maybe we need to play our team the wrong way round?
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Post by alanrg on Apr 10, 2021 18:38:50 GMT
as I said on a previous thread the four teams to go down Rochdale Northampton Swindle and the Gas
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Post by aghast on Apr 10, 2021 18:40:04 GMT
I believe 46 points will be enough. Not in order I know. Here’s where it comes from. Donny have gone scoreless 5 of their last 6. Win. Northampton. Cagey draw. Crewe will have flip flops on. Win Pompey - we do ok against them. Draw Mk - banana skin, play us off the park. Lose. Lincoln - in no form. Win. Blackpool - already in play offs and play their kids. Win to preserve league one status. 48 points. Safety. Why not. Keep the faith. Moaning gets us nowhere. All going to plan so far It's not really going to plan though, is it? Nobody expected Wimbledon and Wigan to win 5-1 and 4-1 away against Accrington and Doncaster. So that's two points lost, not a point gained.
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Post by Topper Gas on Apr 10, 2021 18:47:45 GMT
Even if 46 points was enough (unlikely) does anybody seriously expect us to get that total? Four teams will go down and I fully expect us to be one of them. It will take something special for sure now Even goal difference is going against us! I’ve been thinking.... is this the most impotent strike force in our history? The 3 strikers have scored a combined total of 12 league goals. Even if you add Nicholson as a striker it’s only 18 Our left back is top scorer Has a defender ever been top scorer before? Maybe we need to play our team the wrong way round? But still JB refuses to start Daly, it's baffling it's almost as if our manager's this season are all determined to see us relegated.
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Post by kampucheagas on Apr 10, 2021 18:55:56 GMT
It will take something special for sure now Even goal difference is going against us! I’ve been thinking.... is this the most impotent strike force in our history? The 3 strikers have scored a combined total of 12 league goals. Even if you add Nicholson as a striker it’s only 18 Our left back is top scorer Has a defender ever been top scorer before? Maybe we need to play our team the wrong way round? But still JB refuses to start Daly, it's baffling it's almost as if our manager's this season are all determined to see us relegated. It is odd Hanlan has been trying hard but just can’t score this year Ayunga is one for the future and it’s unfair to pin our hopes on him Maybe try Daly up top with a 3 of Hanlan Westbrook and Walker behind him? We would need to keep the ball on the deck. Or maybe go for broke and play Daly and Walker up top together in more of a 4-4-2? At the moment we just look so devoid of ideas up top it might be time for a radical roll of a different dice for the next 5 games?
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Post by thegasareback on Apr 10, 2021 19:02:57 GMT
It's not really going to plan though, is it? Nobody expected Wimbledon and Wigan to win 5-1 and 4-1 away against Accrington and Doncaster. So that's two points lost, not a point gained. 4 points from last two games is to the plan I said, yes. This was always going to be a banana skin. Not losing was key. Swindon and Rochdale look gone. I can’t see Northampton getting many more points with their fixtures. So the way I see it we need to finish ahead of Wigan or Wimbledon.
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Post by axegas on Apr 10, 2021 19:16:27 GMT
It's not really going to plan though, is it? Nobody expected Wimbledon and Wigan to win 5-1 and 4-1 away against Accrington and Doncaster. So that's two points lost, not a point gained. 1 or 2 of the 6 teams battling relegation down the bottom win every week, it was our turn last weekend, Wimbledon and Wigan’s turn this weekend. The score lines perhaps unexpected but the actual results not so much.
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Post by Topper Gas on Apr 10, 2021 19:43:08 GMT
It's not really going to plan though, is it? Nobody expected Wimbledon and Wigan to win 5-1 and 4-1 away against Accrington and Doncaster. So that's two points lost, not a point gained. 1 or 2 of the 6 teams battling relegation down the bottom win every week, it was our turn last weekend, Wimbledon and Wigan’s turn this weekend. The score lines perhaps unexpected but the actual results not so much. Not sure many expected Wimbledon to win at Accrington, when apart from beating fellow strugglers Northampton that was their first win since the 23 Feb. Wigan have been on a similar run of poor form, both results were odd.
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Post by Goose on Apr 10, 2021 21:07:14 GMT
I think we'll beat Lincoln, Mk and Crewe and lose the other two.
47 points will be enough
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Apr 11, 2021 16:54:01 GMT
I believe 46 points will be enough. Not in order I know. Here’s where it comes from. Donny have gone scoreless 5 of their last 6. Win. Northampton. Cagey draw. Crewe will have flip flops on. Win Pompey - we do ok against them. Draw Mk - banana skin, play us off the park. Lose. Lincoln - in no form. Win. Blackpool - already in play offs and play their kids. Win to preserve league one status. 48 points. Safety. Why not. Keep the faith. Moaning gets us nowhere. Spot on so far..
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Post by thegasareback on Apr 16, 2021 20:20:58 GMT
Win tomorrow as per the plan laid out initially.
And pray Wigan lose to Crewe. Then guess what.
We’re out of the R zone with our fate in our own hands again (providing Rochdale don’t get 6/6 points).
Doom merchants get back in yer box and keep the faith. As I’ve always said, negativity and moaning will not help anyone.
I still believe.
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