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They've won 2 of their last 5- it basically depends on what section of form you choose to focus on. I think they'll get 4 points from the 4 games in hand but I could easily see them picking up 6 points from 4 leaving them very close to us. The fact they're playing so many teams in and around us also makes it more likely they'll pick up a few points too. We've only got 11 points from the last 12 games- and that includes a very lucky win against Wycombe so we're hardly looking like we're going to get many more points. I can't see us getting anything from Norwich or Swansea so realistically that leaves us 4 games to pick up 4 points. Given our current form that's far from assured. We're not home and dry yet.  

Sheffield Wednesday are 8 points behind us but have a game in hand and their fixtures look quite kind for them too, if they win on saturday against QPR I'd be getting more concerned about them than about Rotherham. 

it is as much in their hands as ours

Could do with the Bees smashing Blues tonight, otherwise our game against them suddenly looks horrible. 

We play Shef We’d last game. Forest play them 2nd last . They wouldn’t throw it would they?

We play Shef We’d last game. Forest play them 2nd last . They wouldn’t throw it would they?

Blackburn Rovers last 13 games: L-L-L-L-L-D-L-W-D-L-D-D-L
They 've done their best to get into a relegation fight recently. Injuries haven't helped and they should be safe as Travis and Armstrong are getting fit again.

I think we will stop up this season I am more concerned about next season. If the takeover drags on any longer I think most players who are out of contract will leave for better pay and prospects at clubs with more ambition than us at the moment. Also will Rooney stop at a club with very little money to spend to attract new players?   I never wanted Mel to throw money at our football club I wanted a long term sustainable plan to get us in the Premiership .

I don’t think we are quite in the position yet not to worry about relegation rivals winning and getting within a couple of points of us. Take another butchers at the table and games played column, certainly nowhere near out of the woods yet, especially with Reading and Norwich to come next....

Not much of a margin for an inexact science. We need to beat Luton, Brum and Wendies plus a draw or two to be safe in my opinion. Personally cannot see us winning those three games.

Luton is the key game for me , win and the feelgood factor will return , lose and i think we totally fall apart , 3pts is a must

Aha!  So this is where everyone's been hiding!
 
Nobody thought to come in the play off thread and give me a shout then?  Y'know, a sort of "Hey Mucker, we're all over here now, if you fancy joining us"!
 
Well, shove it!  I ain't interested! 
 

I’d love to be surprised by the result today but because I’m feeling a bit negative about us today, I can’t help thinking Luton will be thinking this is a game they can win while we’ll be like a point from this will be a good result.
I think we lack belief, both from the management/coaching side and on the pitch and it sickens me because I really believe we have far more about us than we’ve been set up like in the last half dozen or so games. 

Derby will loose. Brum and Millers will win. Will be an awful bank holiday. Get ready to drown your sorrows rams fans 

Understand your sentiment to the club,but we all should be a little worried it could be possible DCFC could go in to administration or receivership which would leave a lot of fans out of pocket

They will ruminate over it for days.

Just assuming Rotherham, Birmingham and Coventry maintain their 1 ppg average over the rest of the season, they'll al be around that 46-48 point range after that final game.
That means Sheff Weds would have to win 5 out of their 9 games at the very minimum, 6 wins would be more realistic. I just can't see them beating the drop.
We need 3 wins or 2 wins and 2 draws from 8 games. That doesn't sound too hard to achieve

I watched the game. Brum still looked better than us currently....

I just think that people’s concerns were dismissed too quickly.
But the same happened with Cocu and people eventually saw where the supposedly negative posters like myself were coming from.
You’re right - it is in our hands and we do have games that are there to be won and that would ease any nerves.
I am sure if we beat Luton and draw at Reading, I’ll be getting stick again.
But on current form, I am struggling to see where the points are coming from with the exception of 2-3 games.
I just worry whether we have got anything left in the tank, because we have lost our way hugely in recent weeks.
If performances and results are anything to go by in March, the players and the staff seem to have thought the job was done in February and we could coast.
I guess we have two weeks to rediscover that fire.

After you made a point of calling me out for being chief worrier, I have followed your predictions and observations with interest.
In the space of less than four weeks, it has gone from:
’We are safe and we have absolutely nothing to worry about. Nothing can go wrong. This thread will be closed soon.’
to
’Forest could get sucked in. Look at their March fixtures.’
to
‘Rotherham play thug football and are the devil’s head lice. They will surely go down.’
to
‘Birmingham will go down. No, Rotherham. No, Birmingham. No, Rotherham.’
to
‘OK, it could be any two from eight, even Preston. We need 8 points.’
We are currently on a run of one win in nine, we have chalked up zero wins and just two points and two goals scored in March with an equally tough April to follow.
We have both Huddersfield and Forest above us despite taking four points off them, and now have Coventry, Birmingham and Rotherham all closing in on us.
I wouldn’t usually go out of my way to make such a point, but perhaps now you can see why I was worried and that the concerns of myself and many others were actually valid?

Most people quote 50 points and you will be safe. In the last 6 seasons barring 2016/17 season there as been teams getting less than 50 points and avoiding relegation. I think there is a lot of poor teams in the Championship this season and I think 48 points will see your team avoid the bottom 3 positions. Based on that, Derby need to find 8 points (2 wins and 2 draws). You could be right about the Birmingham match being a big game for both teams. I hope this International break will be in our favour and we can get 3 pts against Luton to take the pressure off.

Helps when Rotherham have had two weeks off. I’ll look forward to seeing how they do when they get 2 days off between games. 

The thing is though he didn't, he just didn't. It might only look like small changes but today a half fit CKR was shoved out wide and Sibley was pushed right up front, neither of which was the case second half against Brentford in the second half (where we also had Gregory given an extra target). We were also playing against a side with a very different philosophy defensively with extra bodies in the back as well. Against Brentford we started getting a bit of joy because we could overload the central areas in and around the box and physically CKR and Gregory could occupy and create space against the Brentford. Today wasn't the case and we weren't set up in anyway that could be classed as coherent. 
If we go down Rooney should absolutely take a big old share of the blame for it. 

We seem to be supported by a bunch of manic depressives.
Maybe it’s because I’m old enough to have watched us in Div 3 that the drop holds no worries. We’ll come back soon enough and stronger. It’s quite a cathartic experience, for club, players and fans. Phoenix from the flames and all that.
But we won’t go down this season. Without a change in ownership then we may well do next year.
 

Rooney says the team is fragile. But he sounds like a broken man. Has he lost belief in himself?

2 points from a possible 18 in March. 1 win in 9 now too.
Some of us did say the run in would be tough.
I am looking at Luton, Birmingham and Wednesday at home. I think much if not all of it will boil down to those games. 
Honestly if we can’t win those games and stay up, then we will totally deserve League 1 football.