Run In

bluethroughandthrough · Mar 26, 2008

I was just looking to find out when the play offs were and stumbled across our last 7 fixtures.

2 games against teams struggling at the other end of the table
5 games against teams vying for promotion

3 at home
4 away (including Carlisle and Tranmere)

Thats a tough run in. I dearly hope we can keep up this winning/not losing momentum into these games.

I did the predictor and had us scraping in at 6th place...

up the blues!!

BTS · Mar 26, 2008

its the other way round, 4 games at home and 3 away.

Walsall, Northampton, Brighton and Port Vale at home

Crewe, Carlise, Tranmere away

Rob1920 · Mar 26, 2008

With the exception of maybe Carlisle away, they'll all be more worried about playing us than we are about them. Other than the one I mentioned, we should be confident of getting something from all the other games, we're the form team (along with Brighton, but we're at home to them).

Shrimper2thecore · Mar 26, 2008

Rob1920 said:
With the exception of maybe Carlisle away, they'll all be more worried about playing us than we are about them. Other than the one I mentioned, we should be confident of getting something from all the other games, we're the form team (along with Brighton, but we're at home to them).

I agree with this. Also Carlisle will not be looking forward to us going there either. Looking at their games, they will see this along with Swans at home the two they need to win if they want the title

mattytheshrimper · Mar 26, 2008

home form is vital imo, we havn't been beaten at home in something like 4 or 5 games. this is what we need. anothere 3 points against walsall is so important not only to keep up with teams arounf but walsall are chasing a play-off spot themselves.

Matt the Shrimp · Mar 26, 2008

Shrimper2thecore said:
I agree with this. Also Carlisle will not be looking forward to us going there either. Looking at their games, they will see this along with Swans at home the two they need to win if they want the title

...and they've got Forest at home coming up too. And Leeds & Millwall away!

It'll be an interesting month for the Cumbrians, for sure.

Matt

Flinty · Mar 26, 2008

i would like to think we could get 13 points out of that lot, winning all bar 1 of our home games, the other a draw, and winnning at Crewe away.

Jam_Man · Mar 26, 2008

I agree, we are capable of 4 wins and a draw and that should be enough to keep us in the play offs.

However we could really do with a strong finish as if we want to get to the actual final we dont want to be limping across the line with a two leg semi final to get through.

Interpol Shrimper · Mar 26, 2008

Jam_Man said:
However we could really do with a strong finish as if we want to get to the actual final we dont want to be limping across the line with a two leg semi final to get through.

I disagree slightly there, look at 2005 when we limped across the line, having blown the Championship and going from top to 4th in about 17 days! A lot of the time, teams approach the playoffs differently as it's either their last chance saloon or a bonus as they only just sneaked in! Everybody's equal, hence why last year there were so many away wins in the playoff semis (8 out of the 12 games).

SARF · Mar 26, 2008

Yet another exciting end to a season...
so thats ...
End of season dissapointment followed by play off glory..
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Going well clear, stumbling over the promotion line then securing the title on the last day...
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Going down, Staying up.. Going down.. interspersed with trivia such as Man.U, Spurs, Ipswich away..Norwich at home QPR.. etc etc
.
Battle for the Play offs despite being relegated and losing star striker..
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Sure is tedious being a Shrimper at the moment!

Interpol Shrimper · Mar 26, 2008

SARF said:
Yet another exciting end to a season...
so thats ...
End of season dissapointment followed by play off glory..
.
Going well clear, stumbling over the promotion line then securing the title on the last day...
.
Going down, Staying up.. Going down.. interspersed with trivia such as Man.U, Spurs, Ipswich away..Norwich at home QPR.. etc etc
.
Battle for the Play offs despite being relegated and losing star striker..
.
.
.
.
Sure is tedious being a Shrimper at the moment!

Exactly, Tilson/Martin/Steve the Kitman OUT! ;)

BILLERICAY BLUE · Mar 26, 2008

Yeah, exactly what have ST/PB/RM done for us ?

Mick · Mar 26, 2008

SARF said:
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Battle for the Play offs despite being relegated and losing star striker..
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... to be fair, we are battling for the play-offs because we were relegated not despite it.

Beefy · Mar 26, 2008

The top 13 or 14 clubs in this league are still going for the Playoff spots so by definition we were going to have to play a few clubs who are up there. Our run-in looks a lot more straight-forward than some of the teams at the top have got.

Those home matches aren't easy by any stretch of the imagination, but if we've got serious ambitions to be Championship side next season then there's nothing, other than Carlisle away, in our run-in that we should be overly concerned with.

Somerset Ex-TTB · Mar 26, 2008

Beefy said:
The top 13 or 14 clubs in this league are still going for the Playoff spots so by definition we were going to have to play a few clubs who are up there

Not quite true, if as we are all saying that 70 points is needed for a scrape into the play off's.

Assuming that over the course of the remaining 6 or 7 games a team can have an awesome run and pick up 2.4 points per game, then Orient are the lowest placed team that can reach 70 points.

Swansea 39 79 96
Carlisle 38 74 93
Doncast 39 69 86
Nottm F 38 63 82
Southnd 39 62 79
Leeds 38 57 76
Brighton 39 59 76
Walsall 39 57 74
Tranmer 40 59 73
Leyton O 40 56 70

Beefy · Mar 26, 2008

With so many teams playing (and therefore taking points off of) eachother it's not out of the question that a much lower total could take 6th this year. Huddersfield are 14th on 52 points and their players have been saying today that they think they can still make it.

You wouldn't want to gamble on it though, so the sooner we hit 72 points (three wins and a draw) the better.

canveyshrimper · Mar 26, 2008

Beefy said:
With so many teams playing (and therefore taking points off of) eachother it's not out of the question that a much lower total could take 6th this year. Huddersfield are 14th on 52 points and their players have been saying today that they think they can still make it.

You wouldn't want to gamble on it though, so the sooner we hit 72 points (three wins and a draw) the better.

That I think is a pretty fair assessment, sounds easy doesn't it?

Irate Ian · Mar 26, 2008

Beefy said:
The top 13 or 14 clubs in this league are still going for the Playoff spots so by definition we were going to have to play a few clubs who are up there. Our run-in looks a lot more straight-forward than some of the teams at the top have got.

Those home matches aren't easy by any stretch of the imagination, but if we've got serious ambitions to be Championship side next season then there's nothing, other than Carlisle away, in our run-in that we should be overly concerned with.

Not overly concerned, but every game will be like a cup final.

We supporters must play our part [believe & really get behind whichever 11 may be on the park].

If we go behind, must respond vocally and give the team a massive boost.