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Post by percy on Feb 1, 2023 8:51:42 GMT
With so many of the bottom 6 or so strengthening significantly I can see a lot of movement happening at the foot of the table. Important we get to safety as quick as possible.
Starting with a huge game against MK Dons. First home game in a while, need to avoid a 3 L run against one of the bottom teams who, for me, are now one of the favourites to go down. Not sure they have had a good a window as others.
I'm away, but cheer us to victory please. First 3 of the 15/18 required!
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Post by Marshy on Feb 1, 2023 11:08:45 GMT
I love this forum 👀
In the space of 2 weeks we’ve gone from playoff hopefuls to nailed on relegation candidates!
UP THE BLOODY GAS!
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Post by percy on Feb 1, 2023 11:11:58 GMT
I love this forum 👀 In the space of 2 weeks we’ve gone from playoff hopefuls to nailed on relegation candidates! UP THE BLOODY GAS! Not said nailed on, but getting safety is our first target. I love this forum, people taking a post completely out of context  |
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Post by Marshy on Feb 1, 2023 11:14:05 GMT
I love this forum 👀 In the space of 2 weeks we’ve gone from playoff hopefuls to nailed on relegation candidates! UP THE BLOODY GAS! Not said nailed on, but getting safety is our first target. I love this forum, people taking a post completely out of context If we win the next 2 games are we playoffs hopefuls again? :Asking for a friend: 😁 |
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Post by trevorgas on Feb 1, 2023 11:18:31 GMT
Not said nailed on, but getting safety is our first target. I love this forum, people taking a post completely out of context If we win the next 2 games are we playoffs hopefuls again? :Asking for a friend: 😁 We're up and down like a wh...s drawers,would be a good study for a physcologist methinks !! |
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Post by percy on Feb 1, 2023 11:18:57 GMT
Not said nailed on, but getting safety is our first target. I love this forum, people taking a post completely out of context If we win the next 2 games are we playoffs hopefuls again? :Asking for a friend: 😁 Tell your slow friend, i havent said we arent now. I have said it is important we get to the 52-55pts asap and dont get dragged in. Clear? |
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Post by Marshy on Feb 1, 2023 11:33:20 GMT
If we win the next 2 games are we playoffs hopefuls again? :Asking for a friend: 😁 Tell your slow friend, i havent said we arent now. I have said it is important we get to the 52-55pts asap and dont get dragged in. Clear? Calm down Percy I’m only pulling your pi££er! And you’re right, my friend is a bit dull. |
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Post by GasAttacK on Feb 1, 2023 11:33:45 GMT
It's not so much about our league position, which I think most would be quite happy with at this stage of the season. It's the fact our form has nose dived, culminating in 2 woeful performances against 2 of the weakest sides in L1.
Any team that loses 2-0 at Accrington and gets annihilated at Morecambe has serious issues. Issues we don't seem to have addressed in the January window. Time will tell.
Play like we did in those 2 games and we'll be lucky to get to 42 points, so it's not over dramatic to wonder if we'll reach the 52-55 which may be needed to survive the drop.
I don't think anyone is saying we'll go down, just that on current form, it can't be completely ruled out. Really need to beat MK on Saturday to stop the rot.
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Feb 1, 2023 12:26:19 GMT
Not said nailed on, but getting safety is our first target. I love this forum, people taking a post completely out of context If we win the next 2 games are we playoffs hopefuls again? :Asking for a friend: 😁 That’s naive in the extreme. If we go one up in the next game we’ll be in the hunt for automatics. |
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Post by legas on Feb 1, 2023 12:33:25 GMT
If we win the next 2 games are we playoffs hopefuls again? :Asking for a friend: 😁 That’s naive in the extreme. If we go one up in the next game we’ll be in the hunt for automatics. if it’s a goal from a corner then we’re nailed on as champions. |
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Post by bluestickgas1 on Feb 1, 2023 14:45:57 GMT
It's not so much about our league position, which I think most would be quite happy with at this stage of the season. It's the fact our form has nose dived, culminating in 2 woeful performances against 2 of the weakest sides in L1. Any team that loses 2-0 at Accrington and gets annihilated at Morecambe has serious issues. Issues we don't seem to have addressed in the January window. Time will tell. Play like we did in those 2 games and we'll be lucky to get to 42 points, so it's not over dramatic to wonder if we'll reach the 52-55 which may be needed to survive the drop. I don't think anyone is saying we'll go down, just that on current form, it can't be completely ruled out. Really need to beat MK on Saturday to stop the rot. I know that the performances weren’t great but I think that you’re doing a bit of a disservice to Morecambe and Stanley as their recent performances and form and results were a lot stronger than the league position suggests… add to that our injuries in key positions then our tasks were much harder. Take Morecambe - narrowly lost to Port Vale 1-0 away in a very evenly contested game and then beat Stanley (2-0), Burton (5-0), Cheltenham (2-1) all at home before losing to one of the best teams in the league (Ipswich) 4-0 away and then beating us in a game where we played well in patches but then got destroyed through player mistakes…. Stanley - they had won 5, drawn 5 and lost 3 times in all competitions prior to playing us so we’re on decent form - if you took league games only over the same period it was W-2, D-3, L-2 (Derby and Morecambe) So whilst in principle I agree we should be beating sides like that if we want promotion, the results aren’t nearly as shocking as being made out and to me doesn’t demonstrate that we have serious issues…. Yes we’re out of form a little but it’s nowhere near the sensational disaster that is being made out… |
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Post by baggins on Feb 1, 2023 14:48:03 GMT
Said it before, target for this Season, stay up. That's it.
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Post by Sir Trevor B'Sol on Feb 1, 2023 15:02:06 GMT
FIFTY TWO POINTS WILL DO
It has been established that achieving 52 points will guarantee survival in League One.
In some seasons 40 points might be sufficient but that is an outlier.
Establishing ourselves in League One has to be the top priority.
If and when we reach 52 points our ambitions, thoughts and chants can be recalculated.
UTG.
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Post by Marshy on Feb 1, 2023 15:04:39 GMT
Said it before, target for this Season, stay up. That's it. Yes I agree, and then in Europe in 5 years time. Oh wait a minute…..Where have I heard that before? |
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Post by wertongas on Feb 1, 2023 15:05:36 GMT
Looking at the table,the bottom 4 teams have averaged a point a game or less so even if they improve from now on, 50 points should keep us up. That is a win per month and a few draws,so we should be OK. At the moment we should be looking up the table not down.
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Post by singupgas on Feb 1, 2023 17:25:20 GMT
I love this forum 👀 In the space of 2 weeks we’ve gone from playoff hopefuls to nailed on relegation candidates! UP THE BLOODY GAS! Couldn't make it up. We are 3 or 4 wins clear of the drop and everyone flapping. |
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Post by bluestickgas1 on Feb 1, 2023 17:28:09 GMT
I do agree we should focus on steps….. get to the magic 50-52 points then see where we are and decide from there… we were teased by being 8th at one point but focus on the first mini targets and then go for the next one…
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Post by percy on Feb 1, 2023 17:34:03 GMT
I love this forum 👀 In the space of 2 weeks we’ve gone from playoff hopefuls to nailed on relegation candidates! UP THE BLOODY GAS! Couldn't make it up. We are 3 or 4 wins clear of the drop and everyone flapping. "couldn't make it up" nearly always followed by something made up for a few likes. lol |
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Post by keygas on Feb 1, 2023 17:46:19 GMT
I love this forum 👀 In the space of 2 weeks we’ve gone from playoff hopefuls to nailed on relegation candidates! UP THE BLOODY GAS! That’s the joy of being a fan of either Bristol club, it was only 3 weeks ago that the fans of the other mob were talking about having a protest march from the Three lions pub to the ground to protest on how the club was being run, that seems to have gone a bit quiet now with their cup run. |
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Post by aghast on Feb 1, 2023 17:50:17 GMT
We could safely get to 52 points by playing 5 at the back and 1 up front and scratching out draws every game, but by the time we get there it'll be too late to bother worrying about the playoffs.
No point in being too cautious or we'd never get anywhere.
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