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Blue tinted optimist⭐
3 defeats on the bounce. A few weeks back that seemed as unlikely as our 8 successive wins.
But is it is bad as we all think?
Taking cup games out of the equation, our last 6 league games have produced just 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
That can be argued as being more of a trend and is definitely relegation form.
But there is something that I haven't seen posted much on here concerning the reasons for the drop off. Of those 6 games, four have been away from home, and one of the 2 home games was Swansea, the table toppers. Even the 2 cup matches were away (Rushden and Barnet) so that means that the Blues have only graced the Roots Hall turf twice in any competition since 9/10.
We now have a spell coming up that reverses that pattern. Again, cup matches aside, we have 4 home matches and 2 away up to the end of the year.
If we have any play off/promotion aspirations at all, then Chesterfield and Bradford at home should both produce victories. Huddersfield away will be very tough and I can't see us getting anything there, but MK Dons at home again on Boxing Day is a game we should win. Hartlepool is a long haul midweek but we should be able to get a point. We finish the year with a New Years eve game at home to Bournemouth - again, very winnable.
So, that will reverse the form of the last few weeks and if we can achieve that then we have 4 wins, 1 draw and one defeat to add to the trend and over the 12 games we will have won 5, drawn 2 and lost 5. Our points total would be 46 from 25 games and we should be well cemented in the top 5, possibly even top 3 with that total. Incidentally, at the same stage last season we had 41 from 25 and sat 4th in league two.
So let's not judge our trend just yet. A few matches at the Hall with the fans getting behind the team should see them back to winning ways soon enough.
But is it is bad as we all think?
Taking cup games out of the equation, our last 6 league games have produced just 1 victory, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
That can be argued as being more of a trend and is definitely relegation form.
But there is something that I haven't seen posted much on here concerning the reasons for the drop off. Of those 6 games, four have been away from home, and one of the 2 home games was Swansea, the table toppers. Even the 2 cup matches were away (Rushden and Barnet) so that means that the Blues have only graced the Roots Hall turf twice in any competition since 9/10.
We now have a spell coming up that reverses that pattern. Again, cup matches aside, we have 4 home matches and 2 away up to the end of the year.
If we have any play off/promotion aspirations at all, then Chesterfield and Bradford at home should both produce victories. Huddersfield away will be very tough and I can't see us getting anything there, but MK Dons at home again on Boxing Day is a game we should win. Hartlepool is a long haul midweek but we should be able to get a point. We finish the year with a New Years eve game at home to Bournemouth - again, very winnable.
So, that will reverse the form of the last few weeks and if we can achieve that then we have 4 wins, 1 draw and one defeat to add to the trend and over the 12 games we will have won 5, drawn 2 and lost 5. Our points total would be 46 from 25 games and we should be well cemented in the top 5, possibly even top 3 with that total. Incidentally, at the same stage last season we had 41 from 25 and sat 4th in league two.
So let's not judge our trend just yet. A few matches at the Hall with the fans getting behind the team should see them back to winning ways soon enough.
