ChaddesdenRam Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I have criticised the team all season long saying we can't play percentage, dirty, backs to the walls football and will always lose to the top 6 teams. Hold my hands up now. This is massive psychologically. Pretty much guaranteed a playoff spot now beat Sheffield Wednesday and Bournemouth and it's sets up a very important game vs Burnley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cisse Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Happy for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 The key now isn't if we can make the playoffs, the position we've been in since the start of the year has been one where it would take near relegation form to miss out, but whether or not the side is capable of pushing for automatic promotion. Today was a massive result in terms of where the players heads would be at in the playoffs, but with one point between us, Burnley and QPR from here we really have to look at the battle for the top two. 20 points from here (16 games to play) would beat the highest points total needed to make the playoffs, and to be blunt I would be disappointed with anything shy of 80 points from where we are (24 points from 16 games would be 1.5 points per game, or roughly mid table form). Considering the coming games there are two that stand out, Burnley away and Forest at home. To a lesser extent Reading away (just before Forest at home) could be another big match too, but being able to beat Burnley and Forest will probably be as important as beating QPR today come the end of the season. With the remaining fixtures from Forest, if we are top 2, or within a point or so after that match, I would say we'd be favourites to take that second automatic spot. We've got a big month ahead of ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GboroRam Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 The key now isn't if we can make the playoffs, the position we've been in since the start of the year has been one where it would take near relegation form to miss out, but whether or not the side is capable of pushing for automatic promotion. Today was a massive result in terms of where the players heads would be at in the playoffs, but with one point between us, Burnley and QPR from here we really have to look at the battle for the top two. 20 points from here (16 games to play) would beat the highest points total needed to make the playoffs, and to be blunt I would be disappointed with anything shy of 80 points from where we are (24 points from 16 games would be 1.5 points per game, or roughly mid table form). Considering the coming games there are two that stand out, Burnley away and Forest at home. To a lesser extent Reading away (just before Forest at home) could be another big match too, but being able to beat Burnley and Forest will probably be as important as beating QPR today come the end of the season. With the remaining fixtures from Forest, if we are top 2, or within a point or so after that match, I would say we'd be favourites to take that second automatic spot. We've got a big month ahead of ourselves. Albert has spake. Spoken. Speaked. You get the message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StockholmRam Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Feet on ground. One game at a time. Massive win tonight. No looking back, no huge celebration. Just keep making those steps. This result only matters if we win the next 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Feet on the ground my arse, I'm floating around, Wembley!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwram1973 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Feet on the ground my arse, I'm floating around, Wembley!! Fook wembley second thank you very much Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pej1956 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 If not 2nd, a Wembley trip v Florest is a good back up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 To me, this was a season defining game. Loose or draw, and autos is bought but a dream. Play offs is all but in the bag anyway, so we could basically coast to a finish in the top 6. Our season would basically be over. But win, and now autos isn't just a dream, it's a very real possibility. We've got something to properly push on for now. This will make for a very interesting final third of the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ram@Lincoln Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 I think we need a graph to back up the initial post. Graph to show how we will probably (read definitely) make the play offs after tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dcfc111 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 To me, this was a season defining game. Loose or draw, and autos is bought but a dream. Play offs is all but in the bag anyway, so we could basically coast to a finish in the top 6. Our season would basically be over. But win, and now autos isn't just a dream, it's a very real possibility. We've got something to properly push on for now. This will make for a very interesting final third of the season. Totally totally totally agree. Was saying all day at work (I work in Ashby with a load of Leicester fans) that we had to go all out for the win. Won or bust almost as I couldn't see us getting auto's if potentially 7 points adrift after game in hand. But now we have the possibility to really push. 5 games left against top half opposition. 5 GAMES! Surely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Totally totally totally agree. Was saying all day at work (I work in Ashby with a load of Leicester fans) that we had to go all out for the win. Won or bust almost as I couldn't see us getting auto's if potentially 7 points adrift after game in hand. But now we have the possibility to really push. 5 games left against top half opposition. 5 GAMES! Surely Burnley's a mahoosive game now. Win that and we're sorted. And I've said it somewhere else, but I think Forest can do us a real favour too. They've got good form against the likes of Burnley and QPR. We've played 5 of the hardest games we'll play all season now (QPR and Leicester twice, and Burnley once). Just one more massively challenging game to go, Burnley away. Get through that, and well have earned our place in the top too. But that is easier said than done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Feet on ground. One game at a time. Massive win tonight. No looking back, no huge celebration. Just keep making those steps. This result only matters if we win the next 2. Next 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StockholmRam Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Next 1 Bananas..... Look everyone. The Scarlett Pimpernel spotted a huge mistake Stockers has made!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StockholmRam Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Feet on the ground my arse, I'm floating around, Wembley!! Your arse? Er..that would be a no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexxxxx Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 there's still 35% of games left to play so let's not get too carried away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Burnley's a mahoosive game now. Win that and we're sorted. And I've said it somewhere else, but I think Forest can do us a real favour too. They've got good form against the likes of Burnley and QPR. We've played 5 of the hardest games we'll play all season now (QPR and Leicester twice, and Burnley once). Just one more massively challenging game to go, Burnley away. Get through that, and well have earned our place in the top too. But that is easier said than done. Totally disagree Teddy! We could lose to Burnley and the gumps and still go up automatically. Our season will be determined on how we do vs Millwall, Bolton, Charlton etc. The two points we tossed away at Birmingham look pretty important now when you look at the league table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Scarlet Pimpernel Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Bananas..... Look everyone. The Scarlett Pimpernel spotted a huge mistake Stockers has made!!!! I'd try exercising your chuckle muscle a bit more and not take yourself too seriously if I were you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerTedd Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Totally disagree Teddy! We could lose to Burnley and the gumps and still go up automatically. Our season will be determined on how we do vs Millwall, Bolton, Charlton etc. The two points we tossed away at Birmingham look pretty important now when you look at the league table. That's true. And there's a few other points we've dropped that it would be nice to have right now. But I can't see us dropping too many more (certainly not to the gumps, doesn't bear thinking about). I can't see Burnley dropping too many either. So we can't go gifting them 3 pts when we play them. It'll be a proper 6 pointer. I'd take a draw, but a win, for me, would see the champagne going on ice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 That's true. And there's a few other points we've dropped that it would be nice to have right now. But I can't see us dropping too many more (certainly not to the gumps, doesn't bear thinking about). I can't see Burnley dropping too many either. So we can't go gifting them 3 pts when we play them. It'll be a proper 6 pointer. I'd take a draw, but a win, for me, would see the champagne going on ice. We'll destroy the gumps and probably win at Burnley. My fear is the games we "should" win. This league is so unpredictable, all we can do is one game at a time....Sheffy Wendy is more important then the gumps purely because its the next game! Anyway, lost me voice tonight, tis a good time to be a Ram Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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