Jourdan

I think we have to take the positives from today. Not the performance or the scoreline, but the ability to grind out a result when expectation is weighing heavily on you and a response is needed.
Last season, in the corresponding fixtures v Burton and Fleetwood, we picked up one point and this season we have picked up six. If we can continue the trend of getting improved results v teams we have struggled against, that bodes well.
I think also looking at how Wigan have gone to Bolton and absolutely demolished them and Oxford have backed up Tuesday night with another good away win v Barnsley, maybe we were too harsh on Warne and the team over recent results.
We have to remember we are just at the time of year where teams are still bedding in and can get caught cold, and perhaps we’ve been caught at a particularly good time (for others).
Everyone will be focusing on the games v Peterborough, Portsmouth and Bolton as a real yardstick for our season, but for me, the biggest, most pressurised games will be Northampton and Cambridge at home and Carlisle away.
Good seasons are built on being able to win the games you are expected to and hopefully we’ll do that and use that as a platform for a positive season, rather than getting too hung up on losses to teams of a similar standard.

Yes, this is true. Bolton and Peterborough are likely to finish in the higher reaches of the division, but how they get there will depend on more than just results versus ourselves and other teams with similar aspirations.
Last season, we got 76 points and dropped 62 points.
Against teams who finished in the top 10, we had neutral records v Charlton, Wycombe, Portsmouth, Barnsley and Peterborough and took four points from Bolton.
The only teams who had a positive record v us were in fact the three teams who eventually got promoted and were clearly far superior to us and the rest of the division on a weekly basis.
So this idea that it was all down to our record v the top teams is overblown. Most of the top teams will all take points off each other, negating the impact. The real difference maker is winning those regulation games, the games that you are favoured to and generally should.
We dropped points v MK Dons, Shrewsbury, Exeter, Fleetwood, Lincoln and Port Vale at home, amounting to 14 points.
We also dropped points v Burton, Shrewsbury, Lincoln, Fleetwood, Bristol Rovers and Morecambe away, amounting to 13 points.
That’s 27 points dropped, over 40% of our points dropped during the season, in games we would have largely expected to win.
If we were 50% better in those games, that’s an extra 13-14 points and a comfortable finish in the play-off places in the division.
You can choose to fixate on the games v ‘top teams’ but if we are more consistent across the board this season, that will help our cause just as much, arguably more.

I think we have to take the positives from today. Not the performance or the scoreline, but the ability to grind out a result when expectation is weighing heavily on you and a response is needed.
Last season, in the corresponding fixtures v Burton and Fleetwood, we picked up one point and this season we have picked up six. If we can continue the trend of getting improved results v teams we have struggled against, that bodes well.
I think also looking at how Wigan have gone to Bolton and absolutely demolished them and Oxford have backed up Tuesday night with another good away win v Barnsley, maybe we were too harsh on Warne and the team over recent results.
We have to remember we are just at the time of year where teams are still bedding in and can get caught cold, and perhaps we’ve been caught at a particularly good time (for others).
Everyone will be focusing on the games v Peterborough, Portsmouth and Bolton as a real yardstick for our season, but for me, the biggest, most pressurised games will be Northampton and Cambridge at home and Carlisle away.
Good seasons are built on being able to win the games you are expected to and hopefully we’ll do that and use that as a platform for a positive season, rather than getting too hung up on losses to teams of a similar standard.

Peterborough dropped 24 points v teams outside the top 10.
Peterborough also had neutral records v six of the top ten including ourselves and three teams in the top 10 did the double over them.
So it was their better record v teams outside the top 10 that swung it because they had an even worse record than us v the top teams, underlining that your argument doesn’t amount to much if teams are more consistent across the board.
 

I think winning games early in the season can be good for confidence and momentum, yes.
But it’s not make or break.
Ultimately you are still going to be judged across 46 games, not 5, 10 or 20.
Look at Ipswich last season. They hit form at the right time last season and finished 2nd ahead of Wednesday and Barnsley. Look at Peterborough too - they pipped us to 6th despite being wildly inconsistent for 70% of the season.
We can definitely recover from a bad start. People are discussing whether this is the worst side they have ever seen, yet as it stands we are only three points from the top.
There is such a long way to go and so much life left in the season.

Yes, this is true. Bolton and Peterborough are likely to finish in the higher reaches of the division, but how they get there will depend on more than just results versus ourselves and other teams with similar aspirations.
Last season, we got 76 points and dropped 62 points.
Against teams who finished in the top 10, we had neutral records v Charlton, Wycombe, Portsmouth, Barnsley and Peterborough and took four points from Bolton.
The only teams who had a positive record v us were in fact the three teams who eventually got promoted and were clearly far superior to us and the rest of the division on a weekly basis.
So this idea that it was all down to our record v the top teams is overblown. Most of the top teams will all take points off each other, negating the impact. The real difference maker is winning those regulation games, the games that you are favoured to and generally should.
We dropped points v MK Dons, Shrewsbury, Exeter, Fleetwood, Lincoln and Port Vale at home, amounting to 14 points.
We also dropped points v Burton, Shrewsbury, Lincoln, Fleetwood, Bristol Rovers and Morecambe away, amounting to 13 points.
That’s 27 points dropped, over 40% of our points dropped during the season, in games we would have largely expected to win.
If we were 50% better in those games, that’s an extra 13-14 points and a comfortable finish in the play-off places in the division.
You can choose to fixate on the games v ‘top teams’ but if we are more consistent across the board this season, that will help our cause just as much, arguably more.

I think we have to take the positives from today. Not the performance or the scoreline, but the ability to grind out a result when expectation is weighing heavily on you and a response is needed.
Last season, in the corresponding fixtures v Burton and Fleetwood, we picked up one point and this season we have picked up six. If we can continue the trend of getting improved results v teams we have struggled against, that bodes well.
I think also looking at how Wigan have gone to Bolton and absolutely demolished them and Oxford have backed up Tuesday night with another good away win v Barnsley, maybe we were too harsh on Warne and the team over recent results.
We have to remember we are just at the time of year where teams are still bedding in and can get caught cold, and perhaps we’ve been caught at a particularly good time (for others).
Everyone will be focusing on the games v Peterborough, Portsmouth and Bolton as a real yardstick for our season, but for me, the biggest, most pressurised games will be Northampton and Cambridge at home and Carlisle away.
Good seasons are built on being able to win the games you are expected to and hopefully we’ll do that and use that as a platform for a positive season, rather than getting too hung up on losses to teams of a similar standard.

Yes, this is true. Bolton and Peterborough are likely to finish in the higher reaches of the division, but how they get there will depend on more than just results versus ourselves and other teams with similar aspirations.
Last season, we got 76 points and dropped 62 points.
Against teams who finished in the top 10, we had neutral records v Charlton, Wycombe, Portsmouth, Barnsley and Peterborough and took four points from Bolton.
The only teams who had a positive record v us were in fact the three teams who eventually got promoted and were clearly far superior to us and the rest of the division on a weekly basis.
So this idea that it was all down to our record v the top teams is overblown. Most of the top teams will all take points off each other, negating the impact. The real difference maker is winning those regulation games, the games that you are favoured to and generally should.
We dropped points v MK Dons, Shrewsbury, Exeter, Fleetwood, Lincoln and Port Vale at home, amounting to 14 points.
We also dropped points v Burton, Shrewsbury, Lincoln, Fleetwood, Bristol Rovers and Morecambe away, amounting to 13 points.
That’s 27 points dropped, over 40% of our points dropped during the season, in games we would have largely expected to win.
If we were 50% better in those games, that’s an extra 13-14 points and a comfortable finish in the play-off places in the division.
You can choose to fixate on the games v ‘top teams’ but if we are more consistent across the board this season, that will help our cause just as much, arguably more.

Pioneer a 6 at the back system?

Yes, this is true. Bolton and Peterborough are likely to finish in the higher reaches of the division, but how they get there will depend on more than just results versus ourselves and other teams with similar aspirations.
Last season, we got 76 points and dropped 62 points.
Against teams who finished in the top 10, we had neutral records v Charlton, Wycombe, Portsmouth, Barnsley and Peterborough and took four points from Bolton.
The only teams who had a positive record v us were in fact the three teams who eventually got promoted and were clearly far superior to us and the rest of the division on a weekly basis.
So this idea that it was all down to our record v the top teams is overblown. Most of the top teams will all take points off each other, negating the impact. The real difference maker is winning those regulation games, the games that you are favoured to and generally should.
We dropped points v MK Dons, Shrewsbury, Exeter, Fleetwood, Lincoln and Port Vale at home, amounting to 14 points.
We also dropped points v Burton, Shrewsbury, Lincoln, Fleetwood, Bristol Rovers and Morecambe away, amounting to 13 points.
That’s 27 points dropped, over 40% of our points dropped during the season, in games we would have largely expected to win.
If we were 50% better in those games, that’s an extra 13-14 points and a comfortable finish in the play-off places in the division.
You can choose to fixate on the games v ‘top teams’ but if we are more consistent across the board this season, that will help our cause just as much, arguably more.

Yes, this is true. Bolton and Peterborough are likely to finish in the higher reaches of the division, but how they get there will depend on more than just results versus ourselves and other teams with similar aspirations.
Last season, we got 76 points and dropped 62 points.
Against teams who finished in the top 10, we had neutral records v Charlton, Wycombe, Portsmouth, Barnsley and Peterborough and took four points from Bolton.
The only teams who had a positive record v us were in fact the three teams who eventually got promoted and were clearly far superior to us and the rest of the division on a weekly basis.
So this idea that it was all down to our record v the top teams is overblown. Most of the top teams will all take points off each other, negating the impact. The real difference maker is winning those regulation games, the games that you are favoured to and generally should.
We dropped points v MK Dons, Shrewsbury, Exeter, Fleetwood, Lincoln and Port Vale at home, amounting to 14 points.
We also dropped points v Burton, Shrewsbury, Lincoln, Fleetwood, Bristol Rovers and Morecambe away, amounting to 13 points.
That’s 27 points dropped, over 40% of our points dropped during the season, in games we would have largely expected to win.
If we were 50% better in those games, that’s an extra 13-14 points and a comfortable finish in the play-off places in the division.
You can choose to fixate on the games v ‘top teams’ but if we are more consistent across the board this season, that will help our cause just as much, arguably more.

I think winning games early in the season can be good for confidence and momentum, yes.
But it’s not make or break.
Ultimately you are still going to be judged across 46 games, not 5, 10 or 20.
Look at Ipswich last season. They hit form at the right time last season and finished 2nd ahead of Wednesday and Barnsley. Look at Peterborough too - they pipped us to 6th despite being wildly inconsistent for 70% of the season.
We can definitely recover from a bad start. People are discussing whether this is the worst side they have ever seen, yet as it stands we are only three points from the top.
There is such a long way to go and so much life left in the season.

Yes, this is true. Bolton and Peterborough are likely to finish in the higher reaches of the division, but how they get there will depend on more than just results versus ourselves and other teams with similar aspirations.
Last season, we got 76 points and dropped 62 points.
Against teams who finished in the top 10, we had neutral records v Charlton, Wycombe, Portsmouth, Barnsley and Peterborough and took four points from Bolton.
The only teams who had a positive record v us were in fact the three teams who eventually got promoted and were clearly far superior to us and the rest of the division on a weekly basis.
So this idea that it was all down to our record v the top teams is overblown. Most of the top teams will all take points off each other, negating the impact. The real difference maker is winning those regulation games, the games that you are favoured to and generally should.
We dropped points v MK Dons, Shrewsbury, Exeter, Fleetwood, Lincoln and Port Vale at home, amounting to 14 points.
We also dropped points v Burton, Shrewsbury, Lincoln, Fleetwood, Bristol Rovers and Morecambe away, amounting to 13 points.
That’s 27 points dropped, over 40% of our points dropped during the season, in games we would have largely expected to win.
If we were 50% better in those games, that’s an extra 13-14 points and a comfortable finish in the play-off places in the division.
You can choose to fixate on the games v ‘top teams’ but if we are more consistent across the board this season, that will help our cause just as much, arguably more.

Yes, this is true. Bolton and Peterborough are likely to finish in the higher reaches of the division, but how they get there will depend on more than just results versus ourselves and other teams with similar aspirations.
Last season, we got 76 points and dropped 62 points.
Against teams who finished in the top 10, we had neutral records v Charlton, Wycombe, Portsmouth, Barnsley and Peterborough and took four points from Bolton.
The only teams who had a positive record v us were in fact the three teams who eventually got promoted and were clearly far superior to us and the rest of the division on a weekly basis.
So this idea that it was all down to our record v the top teams is overblown. Most of the top teams will all take points off each other, negating the impact. The real difference maker is winning those regulation games, the games that you are favoured to and generally should.
We dropped points v MK Dons, Shrewsbury, Exeter, Fleetwood, Lincoln and Port Vale at home, amounting to 14 points.
We also dropped points v Burton, Shrewsbury, Lincoln, Fleetwood, Bristol Rovers and Morecambe away, amounting to 13 points.
That’s 27 points dropped, over 40% of our points dropped during the season, in games we would have largely expected to win.
If we were 50% better in those games, that’s an extra 13-14 points and a comfortable finish in the play-off places in the division.
You can choose to fixate on the games v ‘top teams’ but if we are more consistent across the board this season, that will help our cause just as much, arguably more.

We could lose v Peterborough and Bolton and then win the next four.
We could beat Peterborough and Bolton but then lose the next four.
What would we learn?
Fixating on these games is meaningless when Cambridge are top and Stevenage are in the top six.
Warne will earn his wage by what he and the team does in the next 42 games, not two.
Whatever happens in the next two, these early results underline how important it is to stay calm.

We could lose v Peterborough and Bolton and then win the next four.
We could beat Peterborough and Bolton but then lose the next four.
What would we learn?
Fixating on these games is meaningless when Cambridge are top and Stevenage are in the top six.
Warne will earn his wage by what he and the team does in the next 42 games, not two.
Whatever happens in the next two, these early results underline how important it is to stay calm.

We could lose v Peterborough and Bolton and then win the next four.
We could beat Peterborough and Bolton but then lose the next four.
What would we learn?
Fixating on these games is meaningless when Cambridge are top and Stevenage are in the top six.
Warne will earn his wage by what he and the team does in the next 42 games, not two.
Whatever happens in the next two, these early results underline how important it is to stay calm.

We could lose v Peterborough and Bolton and then win the next four.
We could beat Peterborough and Bolton but then lose the next four.
What would we learn?
Fixating on these games is meaningless when Cambridge are top and Stevenage are in the top six.
Warne will earn his wage by what he and the team does in the next 42 games, not two.
Whatever happens in the next two, these early results underline how important it is to stay calm.

We could lose v Peterborough and Bolton and then win the next four.
We could beat Peterborough and Bolton but then lose the next four.
What would we learn?
Fixating on these games is meaningless when Cambridge are top and Stevenage are in the top six.
Warne will earn his wage by what he and the team does in the next 42 games, not two.
Whatever happens in the next two, these early results underline how important it is to stay calm.

We could lose v Peterborough and Bolton and then win the next four.
We could beat Peterborough and Bolton but then lose the next four.
What would we learn?
Fixating on these games is meaningless when Cambridge are top and Stevenage are in the top six.
Warne will earn his wage by what he and the team does in the next 42 games, not two.
Whatever happens in the next two, these early results underline how important it is to stay calm.

We could lose v Peterborough and Bolton and then win the next four.
We could beat Peterborough and Bolton but then lose the next four.
What would we learn?
Fixating on these games is meaningless when Cambridge are top and Stevenage are in the top six.
Warne will earn his wage by what he and the team does in the next 42 games, not two.
Whatever happens in the next two, these early results underline how important it is to stay calm.

We could lose v Peterborough and Bolton and then win the next four.
We could beat Peterborough and Bolton but then lose the next four.
What would we learn?
Fixating on these games is meaningless when Cambridge are top and Stevenage are in the top six.
Warne will earn his wage by what he and the team does in the next 42 games, not two.
Whatever happens in the next two, these early results underline how important it is to stay calm.

We could lose v Peterborough and Bolton and then win the next four.
We could beat Peterborough and Bolton but then lose the next four.
What would we learn?
Fixating on these games is meaningless when Cambridge are top and Stevenage are in the top six.
Warne will earn his wage by what he and the team does in the next 42 games, not two.
Whatever happens in the next two, these early results underline how important it is to stay calm.

We could lose v Peterborough and Bolton and then win the next four.
We could beat Peterborough and Bolton but then lose the next four.
What would we learn?
Fixating on these games is meaningless when Cambridge are top and Stevenage are in the top six.
Warne will earn his wage by what he and the team does in the next 42 games, not two.
Whatever happens in the next two, these early results underline how important it is to stay calm.

Didn't need to check the score to see that we were winning.
Just scrolled through the last few pages to see the usual suspects posts missing to know it.