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Post by fanboy on Mar 22, 2016 12:48:24 GMT
I must admit I just find it hard to believe we could go on the sort of form that appears possible on paper. Aside from Northampton, every single game is very winnable. The toughest probably being this weekends 2 tbh. Unreal really. I just can't see us not slipping up at some point. So with this pessimism in mind, i hope someone else slips up too!
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Post by gretschgas on Mar 22, 2016 13:05:09 GMT
I must admit I just find it hard to believe we could go on the sort of form that appears possible on paper. Aside from Northampton, every single game is very winnable. The toughest probably being this weekends 2 tbh. Unreal really. I just can't see us not slipping up at some point. So with this pessimism in mind, i hope someone else slips up too! I put us to draw at Carlisle and Stevenage, not because I don't think we can win there, but because, as you say, we are bound to slip up somewhere... Aren't we?... Also I put a defeat to Northampton but when it comes round I honestly think we can grab a point from them, confidence is high and DC has us playing really well. I also thought we'd slip up at Newport so maybe, just maybe, we can do what was the impossible just a few weeks ago? There is always a team that storms through at the tail end of the season and we are most definitely the form team. Also if you try looking at it from a neutral point of view at remaining fixtures surely we have to be favorites for third now... dare to dream?... |
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Post by phillistine on Mar 22, 2016 13:05:33 GMT
I must admit I just find it hard to believe we could go on the sort of form that appears possible on paper. Aside from Northampton, every single game is very winnable. The toughest probably being this weekends 2 tbh. Unreal really. I just can't see us not slipping up at some point. So with this pessimism in mind, i hope someone else slips up too! Every game is winnable but we will slip up somewhere - that is inevitable. Its just a matter of how many times.. For what its worth, I think that if our confidence is as high as it is at the moment , we will beat Northampton as their supporters seem to be suggesting that they have lost a little bit of edge. They almost slipped up at the weekend but got away with it by the skin of their teeth. Against a better side they would have lost. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 22, 2016 13:07:37 GMT
1 Northampton Town 46 31 10 5 86:47 39 103 2 Oxford United 46 25 13 8 81:41 40 88 3 Bristol Rovers 46 27 7 12 73:41 32 88 4 Accrington Stanley 46 24 13 9 73:49 24 85 5 Plymouth Argyle 46 23 13 10 69:42 27 82 6 Portsmouth FC 46 21 18 7 74:42 32 81 7 Leyton Orient 46 20 15 11 67:57 10 75 8 AFC Wimbledon 46 19 15 12 66:54 12 72 9 Luton Town 46 20 10 16 66:58 8 70 10 Wycombe Wanderers 46 17 15 14 49:44 5 66 11 Cambridge United 46 17 13 16 62:59 3 64 Seems i came to a similar conclusion, it looks like Accrington are the danger team, if we slip up in either of the tough looking local home derbies with Yeovil & Exeter it could be mighty close. Not sure how we 've to got the two, likely relegated teams in our last two games, plus also Stevenage in our remaining fixtures! 1 Northampton Town Northampton Town 46 29 12 5 77:42 35 99 2 Oxford United Oxford United 46 25 14 7 75:37 38 89 3 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 46 26 7 13 63:38 25 85 4 Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley 46 22 14 10 67:48 19 80 5 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 46 22 14 10 62:51 11 80 6 Portsmouth FC Portsmouth FC 46 20 19 7 69:40 29 79 7 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 46 22 11 13 56:38 18 77 |
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Post by lulworthgas on Mar 22, 2016 13:12:08 GMT
Looking at the last 4 seasons of league 2 after week 37, we are bang on target with 65 points. Teams who had this haul at this stage promoted in 3rd place with 84 Plus points so 84 historically should do it.
Northampton 101
Oxford 87
Rovers 87
AS 81
PA 79
LO 78
Pompey 77
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2016 13:19:29 GMT
Well we will be the favourites to win 8 of our 9 games,5 of those big favourites so the outcome is obvious,we will finish 14th.
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Post by lulworthgas on Mar 22, 2016 13:21:47 GMT
Clearly I was too harsh, Rovers ended up 5th for me, with Accy making 3rd. Northampton 109 Oxford 95 Accy 91 Plymouth 88 Rovers 86 Exactly the same as me. I don't think that is too harsh, just goes to show how easy Stanley's run in is.. Stanley have picked up 8 points in the last 6 games. They have another tough few weeks coming up with a small squad. I think they will fase. Leyton orient h Newport a Cambridge h Luton a are their next 4 fixtures. Leyton orient and Luton are flying at the moment.I prefer our fixtures to theirs. |
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Post by bluecamel on Mar 22, 2016 13:33:16 GMT
1. Northampton Town 46 31 10 5 87:46 41 103
2 Oxford United Oxford United 46 25 14 7 84:43 41 89
3 Portsmouth FC Portsmouth FC 46 22 17 7 77:41 36 83
4 Accrington Stanley Accrington Stanley 46 23 13 10 76:53 23 82
5 Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers 46 25 7 14 68:47 21 82
6 Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle 46 23 11 12 70:44 26 80
7 Leyton Orient Leyton Orient 46 22 14 10 68:55 13 80
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2016 13:50:12 GMT
Oxford 5 wins from 8 games
Rovers,Accrington,Plymouth 6 wins from 9 games
At least 2 of those 4 scenarios will happen imho.That almost certainly rules out anyone from Portsmouth downwards as they would need to win at least 8 of their final 9 games.I think we will need to win 7 so not a lot of wiggle room.I believe we will do it.
will have a crack at the predictor later.
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Post by wiaww on Mar 22, 2016 13:57:34 GMT
1. Northampton Town 46 29 10 7 82:45 37 91
2. Oxford United 46 25 13 8 80:40 40 88
3. Bristol Rovers 46 26 8 12 76:44 32 86
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4. Accrington Stanley 46 25 11 10 80:53 27 86
5. Plymouth Argyle 46 24 9 13 67:41 26 81
6. Portsmouth 46 20 18 8 76:42 34 78
7. AFC Wimbledon 46 20 14 12 65:51 14 74
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Post by Topper Gas on Mar 22, 2016 14:23:02 GMT
Looking at the last 4 seasons of league 2 after week 37, we are bang on target with 65 points. Teams who had this haul at this stage promoted in 3rd place with 84 Plus points so 84 historically should do it. Northampton 101 Oxford 87 Rovers 87 AS 81 PA 79 LO 78 Pompey 77 Plus that's w/o playing the bottom 3 teams, if we'd already played them then the odds are we'd even more points? |
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Post by oddsongas on Mar 22, 2016 14:38:27 GMT
Got us third beating Accrington by goal diff! That would be dramatic!!
Obviously none of us will get it right haha
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Post by gaelgas on Mar 22, 2016 15:25:43 GMT
Oxford 5 wins from 8 games Rovers,Accrington,Plymouth 6 wins from 9 games At least 2 of those 4 scenarios will happen imho.That almost certainly rules out anyone from Portsmouth downwards as they would need to win at least 8 of their final 9 games.I think we will need to win 7 so not a lot of wiggle room.I believe we will do it. will have a crack at the predictor later. Accrington have won 4 of their last 9 games and Plymouth have won 2 of the last 9, I'd be interested to learn why you are so convinced they will both turn that form around, especially Plymouth. |
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Post by gaelgas on Mar 22, 2016 15:37:11 GMT
I got us to get automatic promotion along with Northampton and Oxford. Accrington, Luton, Plymouth and Portsmouth in the playoffs, Dagenham and York to go down.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2016 16:18:20 GMT
1 Northampton Town 46 33 8 5 90:44 46 107
2 Oxford United 46 27 12 7 90:42 48 93
3 Bristol Rovers 46 27 6 13 77:45 32 87
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4 Accrington Stanley 46 24 11 11 77:56 21 83
5 Portsmouth FC 46 21 16 9 77:45 32 79
6 Plymouth Argyle 46 23 10 13 62:44 18 79
7 Leyton Orient 46 22 12 12 66:55 11 78
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8 Wycombe Wanderers 46 21 11 14 52:44 8 74
Had us down to Win 7, draw 1 (exeter) and lose 1 (northampton)
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2016 16:34:34 GMT
Had a play with the championship one:
1 Burnley FC 46 27 13 6 78:39 39 94
2 Middlesbrough FC 46 26 10 10 63:33 30 88
3 Hull City 46 25 9 12 163:35 128 84
4 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 22 16 8 65:47 18 82
5 Sheffield Wednesday 46 21 15 10 166:44 122 78
6 Derby County 46 19 14 13 155:48 107 71
7 Preston North End 46 18 14 14 49:47 2 68
8 Birmingham City 46 18 12 16 55:52 3 66
9 Ipswich Town 46 17 10 19 54:59 -5 61
10 Rotherham United 46 18 6 22 159:67 92 60
11 Cardiff City 46 15 15 16 58:61 -3 60
12 Queens Park Rangers 46 13 18 15 153:57 96 57
13 Fulham FC 46 14 15 17 75:75 0 57
14 Blackburn Rovers 46 14 14 18 143:46 97 56
15 Milton Keynes Dons 46 15 11 20 46:59 -13 56
16 Huddersfield Town 46 15 10 21 160:67 93 55
17 Brentford FC 46 16 7 23 156:73 83 55
18 Reading FC 46 13 15 18 50:52 -2 54
19 Nottingham Forest 46 13 15 18 42:48 -6 54
20 Wolverhampton 46 14 12 20 57:67 -10 54
21 Charlton Athletic 46 14 11 21 51:76 -25 53
22 Bolton Wanderers 46 12 14 20 58:75 -17 50
23 Leeds United 46 11 16 19 45:64 -19 49
24 Bristol City 46 11 10 25 40:850 -810 43
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2016 16:53:48 GMT
Oxford 5 wins from 8 games Rovers,Accrington,Plymouth 6 wins from 9 games At least 2 of those 4 scenarios will happen imho.That almost certainly rules out anyone from Portsmouth downwards as they would need to win at least 8 of their final 9 games.I think we will need to win 7 so not a lot of wiggle room.I believe we will do it. will have a crack at the predictor later. Accrington have won 4 of their last 9 games and Plymouth have won 2 of the last 9, I'd be interested to learn why you are so convinced they will both turn that form around, especially Plymouth. Because we're Bristol Rovers and someone always does something out of the blue to feck us up  |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 22, 2016 17:27:35 GMT
1 Northampton 101
2 Oxford 87 (+42 Gd )
3 Rovers 87 (+33 Gd )
4 Accy 85
5 Pompey 81 (+35 Gd)
6 Plymouth 81 ( +24gd )
7 Orient 76
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Post by Rod1883 on Mar 22, 2016 17:46:04 GMT
W D L F:A GD Points 1 Northampton Town 46 32 9 5 92:48 44 105
2 Oxford United 46 26 11 9 86:45 41 89
3 Bristol Rovers 46 26 6 14 74:46 28 84
4 Plymouth Argyle 46 23 11 12 70:47 23 80
5 Portsmouth FC 46 20 19 7 77:47 30 79
6 Accrington Stan 46 21 16 9 76:56 20 79
7 AFC Wimbledon 46 21 13 12 72:58 14 76
8 Leyton Orient 46 21 13 12 70:60 10 76
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Post by grayraydon on Mar 22, 2016 18:08:53 GMT
I've tried to be as fair as possible, I honestly can't see us dropping many points though, a combination of us hitting top form at the perfect time and just looking better and stronger and more together as a team/squad every week, I think there's a real steely determination in them to get this job done and take us up. Edit : Looking at it again now though, it seems I've been a bit generous maybe with results for the teams in the top 6. I'm not doing it again though.  |
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