The Remaining Fixtures

[Onion_Bag_Dave]

14 games are left

8 at home

Charlton *
Exeter City *
Carlisle
Walsall
Yeovil *
Brentford
Brighton *
Stockport *

Ones with * beside are teams out of form or lesser ability.

6 away

Hartlepool *
Bristol
Gillingham *
Leeds (a freak win)
Oldham *
Southampton

Ones with * beside are teams out of form or lesser ability.

and I definitely would like a freak win against Leeds Scum.


So there we go, It looks to be quite a tasty end of season Party at Southampton.

Or am I mad?

 

[madaboutblues]

I like your style but right now I'm off to sink a bottle of red :'(

 

[Clinton Baptiste]

If those teams are out of form what does that make us, without a win all year!

 

[Onion_Bag_Dave]

We don't play ourselves so therefore I don't put a * next to our name!

Up The Blues!

Anyway stop interrupting, I'm Starting to set into my concrete bath soon to be thrown off the pier!

 

[BrettieAngell]

Saying those teams have lesser ability is a touch arrogant.

 

[weststander]

14 games are left

8 at home

Charlton *
Exeter City *
Carlisle
Walsall
Yeovil *
Brentford
Brighton *
Stockport *

Ones with * beside are teams out of form or lesser ability.

6 away

Hartlepool *
Bristol
Gillingham *
Leeds (a freak win)
Oldham *
Southampton

Ones with * beside are teams out of form or lesser ability.

and I definitely would like a freak win against Leeds Scum.


So there we go, It looks to be quite a tasty end of season Party at Southampton.

Or am I mad?

I can see wins against Exeter, Carlisle, Yeovil and Stockport. Draws against Brighton, Walsall and Brentford which means that we need 3 points from our away games. A point from Gillingham and Oldham which means we need another point from the other games. Its certainly doo-able especially as i am an eternal optimist :-)

 

[Onion_Bag_Dave]

Saying those teams have lesser ability is a touch arrogant.

When I say lesser ability I don't mean compared to us, I mean, what there league position shows and compared to the top 8!

UTB

 

[manor15]

14 games are left

8 at home

Charlton *
Exeter City *
Carlisle
Walsall
Yeovil *
Brentford
Brighton *
Stockport *

Ones with * beside are teams out of form or lesser ability.

6 away

Hartlepool *
Bristol
Gillingham *
Leeds (a freak win)
Oldham *
Southampton

Bold for a point, bold and italic for a win. That's my prediction, giving us a total of about 18 more points, meaning well finish on about 53 (if we are on 35 points or are we on 32?)? 1 point clear of the target most teams tend to aim for to avoid relegation?

 

[bazzashrimper]

We don't play ourselves so therefore I don't put a * next to our name!

Surely we would have 2 *'s at the moment anyway?

 

[Blueshrimper]

Not the worst run in to be fair.

 

[Magnum PI]

Its in our hands... which is what worries me ;)

 

[BrettieAngell]

When I say lesser ability I don't mean compared to us, I mean, what there league position shows and compared to the top 8!

UTB

Fair enough!

 

[Angell Delight]

Bold for a point, bold and italic for a win. That's my prediction, giving us a total of about 18 more points, meaning well finish on about 43 (if we are on 35 points or are we on 32?)? 1 point clear of the target most teams tend to aim for to avoid relegation?

Surely you mean 53??? It would be 50 anyway as we are currently on 32.....and 50pts is usually bang on the money for survival. If we can just about hit that figure before we go to Southampton we should be OK.

:unsure:

 

[Interpol Shrimper]

Didn't Hartlepool & Swindon go down on 54 the year we won L1?
What's the postcode for the Pirelli Stadium :(

 

[yogi bear up the cagire]

Looking at the February fixture list, it was difficult to see where any points were going to come from, apart from at home to Tranmere. In the end this proved true, although I fancy that we may still get something from Charlton.
Glancing at the remaining fixtures I really only see Leeds and Southampton where I don't have much hope for a result. I'm not saying that we will win the majority of other matches but there aren't many where you feel that we are incapable of getting something.

 

[superblue24]

Looking at the February fixture list, it was difficult to see where any points were going to come from, apart from at home to Tranmere. In the end this proved true, although I fancy that we may still get something from Charlton.
Glancing at the remaining fixtures I really only see Leeds and Southampton where I don't have much hope for a result. I'm not saying that we will win the majority of other matches but there aren't many where you feel that we are incapable of getting something.

My thoughts exactly

 

[Smiffy]

Some facts...

We need 52 points to be assured of League One football next season.

That means we need 20 points from the 42 left available.

Or 6 wins, 2 draws from the remaining 14 games.

We have 8 home games left. 2 of which are against 2 of the 4 below us in the table. The other 5 are against teams either fighting the drop or chasing mid-table obscurity. The only toughie on paper is Friday...

We have 6 aways left. 5 against teams mid-table or fighting the drop. The only toughie is Leeds. Saints won't have anything to play for on the final day and that may do us a favour if we need a point or 3.

I know it's an old cliche, but it really is "in our own hands" If we cannot manage 6 wins and a couple of draws from that lot of mediocre fixtures. Then quite frankly we deserve to go down.

In my opinion we will do it, with games to spare. You watch...

 

[Ailsa Road Shrimper]

I recall a similar scenario for our run in when we were struggling in the Champrionship, on paper we had plenty of winnable games against teams near the bottom or mid table with nothing to play for. In the last few weeks of the season I think the only game we won was away to Preston which on paper was perceived to be the most difficult one of the lot!

It is very difficult to predict the outcome of football matches...

 

[BrettieAngell]

I recall a similar scenario for our run in when we were struggling in the Champrionship, on paper we had plenty of winnable games against teams near the bottom or mid table with nothing to play for. In the last few weeks of the season I think the only game we won was away to Preston which on paper was perceived to be the most difficult one of the lot!

It is very difficult to predict the outcome of football matches...

Momentum is a wonderful thing and at the moment its all going against us, a couple of good results and things can change very quickly though.

 

[MrB]

Or 6 wins, 2 draws from the remaining 14 games.

The scary thing is our form since November. 4 months of football has reaped:

P18 W3 D3 L12 F15 A32

12 points from 54, 15 goals scored, not a single clean sheet. Suddenly makes 20 points from 14 games look a bit testing!!!

Oh and while we can point to our bad luck of conceding late last night, let's not forget the 93rd minute winners that Barney popped up with against MK Dons and Gillingham!!

If we show the passion we played with last night then I think we'll be ok, I just hope it doesn't deflate them.