Question Are Play-offs a certainty??

[GBJ]

On BBC Essex last night, they were wanging on as if a PO place was a dead cert. They kept saying top 3 might be hard to grab, so Blues will have to settle for play-offs, but my question is, when did our PO spot become a guarantee? I'd say we'll be there or thereabouts, but I wouldn't take our current spot for granted & atm, you could easily see it going either way.

Is this the general consensus amoung Southend fans?

 

[Ricey]

I think people are deluded if they think our play off spot is a dead cert. Newport have 3 games in hand if they win 2 of those then they are level on points with us. We need to seriously pick up some form and hope Newport don't.

 

[MK Shrimper]

Far from it. 15 games left need at least 8 wins I reckon.

PB better have some superglue for them wheels before they properly fall off.

 

[mrsblue]

Third of the season remaining and we all know some team will go on one of those runs winning several on the spin,We need to collect wins as draws are not very good at this stage !.The autos seem to be drifting away sadly ,so we need IMO 27 points from our remaining games to cement the play offs which with current form could be too much for our squad.

 

[shrimperjon]

I think what the were saying last night was that in talking during the games a few weeks back we were two points off the top 3 and 9 clear of 8th place, so if we continued the form we were pretty much certain to get at least a play off place. The concern now is that our form at present and the fact the Newport have games in hand, we most defo are not certain of anything. Despite not playing much recently especially at home Newport turned in a good result last night.

 

[OldBlueLady]

Nothing is certain until the maths prove it so. I'll be hoping for play offs but not taking anything for granted until it's definite.

 

[Ayrshire Blue]

Definitely not! and if we start going out with that mentality we will get bitten.

 

[shallowshrimper]

Few things in life are certain, and the words certain and Southend United rarely appear together. All a bit down at the moment but string two or three wins together and things look so different. Here's hoping eh.

 

[dannypav]

I just keep thinking back to the home game with Chesterfield , when we absolutely smashed them.
Spoke to some of their fans after the game who said we were far too good for them and one of the best teams they'd faced.
Since then...............
They are unbeaten.......
We haven't won..........
'Tis indeed a 'funny old game'

 

[C'mon you Shrimpers]

only certainties in life are death and football managers getting the sack...........or something like that...........

 

[MK Shrimper]

only certainties in life are death and football managers getting the sack...........or something like that...........

Death, taxes and Phil Brown leaving us in the summer. :unsure:

 

[Shrimper]

6/6 in the next two is a must.

 

[Agent Lomas]

But who would everyone want in the play-offs?

For me it would be Burton or Fleetwood

 

[shallowshrimper]

But who would everyone want in the play-offs?

For me it would be Burton or Fleetwood

Would have agreed on Burton till they signed Gary Alexander, the kiss of death to all things blue and shrimplike. Im not one to make overly optimistic predictions but I do feel relegation is unlikely this season.:unsure:

 

[borientater]

Automatics still not out of reach , play like we did last night and we will win more often than not

 

[Norwichshrimper]

It's not guaranteed either way. If we finish like we finished last season we won't make it.....if we hit a bit of form it could be auto's.......who knows...

 

[chapperzUK]

Nothing is certain. A couple of weeks of crazy results and we could be talking about automatic promotion or saying that play-offs is the best we can do.

 

[Kevin Hogg]

Obviously not a certainty.
Having said that - we are good enough to make the Play-Offs.
Newport County could be a threat but the biggest threat ...is ourselves. Get going again and I see us maybe 5th but if we do not start picking up wins...we will miss out.
All to play for.

 

[united we stand]

When we played Crewe in the playoffs they were unbeaten in 18 and we knew that if they were on form we would be in trouble--- and we still got really close. This year Someone else might go on a great run, but at this moment in time there is no one that I feel we could not beat.

 

[Bluesmanager]

It's February. This won't begin to be sorted for another 2 months at the least, there's no point fretting now. As long as we keep playing well and avoid muck-ups like Exeter then we should be fine.