RadioactiveWaste Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 12 hours ago, Millenniumram said: We win every game left in the season, we make them imo. Incredibly tough ask, but if we manage it I'd 100% back us to win them, with that level of form and our squad it'd be the Derby way to finally do it Then the revisionist historians would start the "foundations laid by Nigel Pearson..... Give him back his glow" line of alternative facts..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramsbottom Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 When do you give up on the play offs??? When it becomes mathematically impossible to be in them. Until then, if the manager & players are confident of getting there, let 'em try. Much rather have the team play games with something riding on it, or the next 6 games becomes an elongated pre-season. It's improbable, not impossible... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valleyram Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 24 minutes ago, Charlie G said: There are various permutations which everyone can look into and the one I will take is the current form one. So over the last six games the following teams have collected : sheff wed 8pts fulham 8pts preston 9pts derby 11pts so if that was mirrored into the final six games the final points tally would be sheff wed 74pts fulham 72pts Preston 70pts derby 70 pts sorry to disappoint you but that's my take on it. Having said that i still think there is a twist coming on Saturday. I do believe both Fulham and Derby will win Saturday so the pressure on sheff wed against Newcastle in the evening kick off will be massive. The gap in my opinion will be reduced to 5 pts come Saturday night with Fulham in the box seat. and their run in is extremely difficult ,this can be done coyr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RebelScum Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 I think last night was key and assuming that our recent up-turn turns into a good run I think that is certainly achievable looking at the fixtures of those above us. At least it is going to go to the wire... Which is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagerbob Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 21 hours ago, Kennington Ram said: I think it'll be about momentum though, the play-offs - I think they'll set themselves a target of rumbling into the play-offs without fear or concerns about form etc as we did both recent seasons. I used to think it was about Momentum. Then I watched much closer the last few years play off games which changed my mind. It tends to be a tournament of its own. You might say form goes out the window in a cup tie. To me the play offs are more like a brand new tournament, and its about not losing, keeping it tight and not throwing it away (which we did, by conceding that third against Hull) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagerbob Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 1 hour ago, Charlie G said: There are various permutations which everyone can look into and the one I will take is the current form one. So over the last six games the following teams have collected : sheff wed 8pts fulham 8pts preston 9pts derby 11pts so if that was mirrored into the final six games the final points tally would be sheff wed 74pts fulham 72pts Preston 70pts derby 70 pts sorry to disappoint you but that's my take on it. Having said that i still think there is a twist coming on Saturday. I do believe both Fulham and Derby will win Saturday so the pressure on sheff wed against Newcastle in the evening kick off will be massive. The gap in my opinion will be reduced to 5 pts come Saturday night with Fulham in the box seat. Good way of putting it. Even if we win every game near enough, the gap is still too big, with too fewer games remaining. Teams above us could end up with a 50% points haul and still out last us. I quite fancy us to claw back Preston along with Norwich which we already seem to have done. But think Fulham and Wednesday could be a bridge too far, especially getting past both of them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 19 minutes ago, jagerbob said: ....But think Fulham and Wednesday could be a bridge too far, especially getting past both of them! But mathematically (so also in reality) it is still possible! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagerbob Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 6 minutes ago, RoyMac5 said: But mathematically (so also in reality) it is still possible! I guess it could be exciting, as we seem to have a bit of a mojo back. Confidence is growing with performances and results. QPR and Fulham were two of the most inform sides in the division and we deserved to beat both, and did. Blues are in freefall so im confident of another win there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresOnlyWanChope Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 16 hours ago, PistoldPete2 said: The problem isn't the points total... Blackpool got promoted having finished their 46 games on 70 points... We could well get another 11 points from next 6 games. Problem is that wendies and fulham are so far ahead. Yeh, but also for this time of the season any team who hasn't reached 60 points will really be up against it. But yeh the gap is too big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB SPORTS Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 On 05/04/2017 at 19:30, PistoldPete2 said: The problem isn't the points total... Blackpool got promoted having finished their 46 games on 70 points... We could well get another 11 points from next 6 games. Problem is that wendies and fulham are so far ahead. Don't want to sound negative, however we managed to contrive to finish 8th with 77 points two seasons ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ram59 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 4 minutes ago, ONEPIEGON said: Don't want to sound negative, however we managed to contrive to finish 8th with 77 points two seasons ago. But not long before that, Hull got automatic promotion on 78 points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sexydadbod Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 People stop need to looking what the number of points for the play offs were a few years ago. The gap between the top teams in the championship and the lower teams has grown bigger which inevitably means that the bigger teams will have more points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammie Steve Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 Just as long as we never miss out on promotion with 89 points and a slightly inferior GD I can put up with most permutations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonBHA Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 1 hour ago, steve brummie said: Just as long as we never miss out on promotion with 89 points and a slightly inferior GD I can put up with most permutations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkFruitsRam7 Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 2 minutes ago, SimonBHA said: Congratulations for this season by the way mate. You really deserve it after the semi-final heartache you had to endure last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonBHA Posted April 6, 2017 Share Posted April 6, 2017 1 minute ago, BurtonRam7 said: Congratulations for this season by the way mate. You really deserve it after the semi-final heartache you had to endure last year. I know it's looking good but can't celebrate just yet. I think we need at least 3 points from our next two games (QPR / Wolves away) and neither will be easy. Wolves in particular in great form at the moment. That said, I have a hunch there'll be thousands at the Amex watching your game against Huddersfield on Sky where a Derby win could perhaps see us over the line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssendonRam Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 18 hours ago, QuitYourJibbaJivin said: I agree completely that we are no way ready for the prem and it would almost be a travesty if we snuck I at the expense of team that have been there consistently all season but that's football. If we some how went up I hope we wouldn't go all out crazy buying more expensive players hoping to stay up, yes we would need to add to the squad to. Or embarrass ourselves. Maybe 3 players in key positions. The trick is assembling a squad that would be able to make a fist of going straight back up the following season. Being a yoyo club has done no harm to Burnley and WBA. The problem is you don't get the chance to be a yoyo club unless you make it up first. I could not give a flying continental about the injustice of it...as you say, that's football. I don't even tend to use the travesty line when Derby are the victims of the said travesty. In my (perhaps slightly harsh) view, once you stop wallowing in the travesties visited upon you and try to learn what you can from all that transpired, the travesties inevitably end up resulting from an inability to take your opportunities when they did present themselves. As for that damn gypsy curse, that's an entirely different matter.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brammie Steve Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 5 hours ago, EssendonRam said: As for that damn gypsy curse, that's an entirely different matter.... "I was an 18th century milor' (curse that gipsy wench!)" -Wellington's dog Boot in the Perishers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Not bothered about going up. a season of struggle would probably mean yet another managerial change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagerbob Posted April 7, 2017 Share Posted April 7, 2017 Spot on. Who wants Rowett to be fired seriously? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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