TomTom92

Finding the constant moaning about Pearce quite tiresome to be honest. 
 
Think people need to move on or at the very least adopt the ‘if you haven’t got anything nice to say don’t say it all’ approach.

Finding the constant moaning about Pearce quite tiresome to be honest. 
 
Think people need to move on or at the very least adopt the ‘if you haven’t got anything nice to say don’t say it all’ approach.

Finding the constant moaning about Pearce quite tiresome to be honest. 
 
Think people need to move on or at the very least adopt the ‘if you haven’t got anything nice to say don’t say it all’ approach.

Finding the constant moaning about Pearce quite tiresome to be honest. 
 
Think people need to move on or at the very least adopt the ‘if you haven’t got anything nice to say don’t say it all’ approach.

4 wins sees us on 90 points. The chasing pack would need to win 6/7 to jump above us, so statistically we should really be seeing the job through. 
 
Bolton are gonners in my opinion. No way they win 6/7 with their fixtures. 
 
Posh concern me the most as their fixtures are very favourable. But as some of you have pointed out they’ll need to dig deep to keep winning playing every 3 days. Here’s hoping they get a couple of injuries like the rest of us. 
 
Barnsley’s run in is similar to ours but can’t see them overturning the deficit.
Think the season can be split in to 3 groups now: 
Northampton - we’re the only top 5 team playing. Win and we’ve cranked the pressure up big time. Draw/lose and the others will get a big boost without kicking a ball. 
  
Easter and Wycombe - 3 teams that can hurt us. Hoping Wycombe will be gassed out from the their final, so hopefully we can steal a win there.
The remaining 3 - Should really be getting 9 points. Leyton Orients season should be over by then. Cambridge have appointed a wally in Monk and Carlisle have been useless. 
 
All in all plenty to be positive about. Just hope Barkz and Gayle aren’t out for too long.

Finding the constant moaning about Pearce quite tiresome to be honest. 
 
Think people need to move on or at the very least adopt the ‘if you haven’t got anything nice to say don’t say it all’ approach.

Finding the constant moaning about Pearce quite tiresome to be honest. 
 
Think people need to move on or at the very least adopt the ‘if you haven’t got anything nice to say don’t say it all’ approach.

Finding the constant moaning about Pearce quite tiresome to be honest. 
 
Think people need to move on or at the very least adopt the ‘if you haven’t got anything nice to say don’t say it all’ approach.

Finding the constant moaning about Pearce quite tiresome to be honest. 
 
Think people need to move on or at the very least adopt the ‘if you haven’t got anything nice to say don’t say it all’ approach.

Finding the constant moaning about Pearce quite tiresome to be honest. 
 
Think people need to move on or at the very least adopt the ‘if you haven’t got anything nice to say don’t say it all’ approach.

Finding the constant moaning about Pearce quite tiresome to be honest. 
 
Think people need to move on or at the very least adopt the ‘if you haven’t got anything nice to say don’t say it all’ approach.

Finding the constant moaning about Pearce quite tiresome to be honest. 
 
Think people need to move on or at the very least adopt the ‘if you haven’t got anything nice to say don’t say it all’ approach.

As Dom Dietrich might say, these are “take it or leave it” stats. Below is my attempt at showing the league position of the opponents our direct competitors face on the run in:
Portsmouth- 12 2 17 3 5 11 7- average 8.14
Derby- 14 9 1 12 10 20 24- average 12.9
Bolton- 8 18 13 1 17 23 4- average 12
P’Boro- 24 10 23 6 22 13 21 3- average 15.3
Barnsley- 20 19 16 8 18 1 9 14- average 13.1
I haven’t considered home or away ties, but on the face it Portsmouth have by far the hardest run in, playing us, Bolton and Barnsley. My personal preference would be for them to beat Barnsley and Bolton, let them take the title, and it gives us more breathing space on the final day. But looking at it another way, if we can beat them on 2 April and other results go against them, might we be looking at a title push?? I would love that, for B4 if nothing else.
Peterborough have the easiest run in and face all three bottom teams, although I noticed they are one of only four teams to play midweek before the final game of the season- which for them is a massive 6-pointer against Bolton.
Our games seem to get “easier” as time goes on, whereas others are more mixed. Portsmouth finish against one the form teams of Europe (I’d guess?) in Lincoln. Let’s see if the Imps are still averaging three goals a game by then- if they are, they might well finish 4th or 5th!
Final point- our GD is 4 better than Portsmouth, 7 better than Bolton and P’Boro and 13 better than Barnsley. That could well be the half point advantage that makes a difference come 27th April…

Got two extra tickets for Carlisle , daughter and her boyfriend ( cricket fanatic) , daughter is lifelong derby and just letting her boyfriend ( lovely lad ) know what’s in store if grandchildren happened to come along 😂😂

I've described this team as effective if not particularly lovable before and I think I largely stand by that, but the team spirit is really good and obviously, winning makes it a lot easier to like PWs Warnisms when they crop up.
If (and it's still if) we go up, I don't buy the negativity - we're likely to be a season or two away from building a competitive championship side, PW I think works better as underdog than front runner and it might not be a return to the Mac1 days but I think he'd get enough of a job done for us to be safely in the lower mid table.
I know his Rotherham teams went down but I'd expect him to have more backing at Derby than he did at Rotherham to get championship capable players in.
 

Fair point.
But my main issue is that nobody this season is as good as Plymouth or Ipswich last season. Over a 1 match play off I’d say all 5 teams this season could’ve got a result against Wednesday but we’re all not better than they were. 
  
Our aim is promotion so if 2 of the 3 slots are already taken then it’s harder to achieve our goals than this season when we’re one of the five better teams. With nothing really between us.
I agree a promotion is a promotion and praise should be given accordingly. But also think it’s not ridiculous to acknowledge that this season is a good one to take advantage of.

Warne said in his interview that Ward was precautionary whereas Barkz sounded a bit more of an injury. 
Hopefully its not a long absence but not ideal with Gayle already out. 

Stick to 343. 
 
Either bring in CBT and Waggy for Barkz and Gayle or bring in Elder for Barkz and have Sibley as one of the three.

Stick to 343. 
 
Either bring in CBT and Waggy for Barkz and Gayle or bring in Elder for Barkz and have Sibley as one of the three.

I’d go with either 3-4-3 or 3-5-2, depending who we’re playing and who’s available.  Injuries and fitness of those available may dictate 3-5-2 against Northampton but I’d prefer a 3-4-3 set up.  I think we can bit more attacking and go for it, a bit like Bristol Rovers away.  Adam’s definitely starts in 1 of the 2 midfield positions with either Hourihane or Smith.
But against Portsmouth for example, and maybe Blackpool, we’d probably benefit from the extra man in midfield so I’d prefer 3-5-2, similar to the 2nd half yesterday.  I do think Thompson needs to be 1 of the 3 midfielders in a 3-5-2 for his energy and he can support the attack.  Then it would be Adams plus either Hourihane or Smith.

Stick to 343. 
 
Either bring in CBT and Waggy for Barkz and Gayle or bring in Elder for Barkz and have Sibley as one of the three.

Stick to 343. 
 
Either bring in CBT and Waggy for Barkz and Gayle or bring in Elder for Barkz and have Sibley as one of the three.

Has anyone ever seen Dryhorce and Kate in the same room?

I don’t think Bolton were miles better than us. The football they play is a lot easier on the eye and is nice to watch as they move it around waiting for space to exploit but I think we were solid and had it not been for the odd poor touch here and there we’d have done a lot more on the counter attack. 
 
Anyway players need to forget it and focus straight on to the next match. Only Derby playing on Saturday out of the mini league of 5 at the top. Psychologically could be massive heading into the busy Easter period 7 points ahead of second and 2 points off top with superior goal difference. It turns the heat up on everybody around us when they’re cramming more games into a shorter time frame. We have to back yesterday up with a result at Northampton. 

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