Rammy03 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Call me optimistic but here's how I see it... The race for the play offs is between 4 teams: Villa, Bristol, Middlesbrough and Derby. Borough have robbed 6 points from us this season and I know we ourselves haven't been great as of recent but personally I think they are crap. For me Bristol have come out of nowhere and like us, can be a bit on and off. The game we play against them will be huge but when it comes down to it, I don't think they have it in them. I am tipping Bristol to bottle the play offs and finish seventh. Aston villa look too good at the moment and are churning out results even when the performances over the course of 90 minutes aren't great. Them beating Bristol play a big part in this so I think they will solidly finish 5th. We are great at pride park but awful away. I don't know whether this is to do with the timing of the game or the preparation but at Blackburn, we were poo. I'm glad that we knocked 4 past Bolton because now I think the players will wake up, smell the danger and perform. Sheffield United will be the unfortunate team to finish 3rd, West Brom 4th, Villa 5th and Derby 6th. We have played Sheffield United and beat them at home however they have done the same. It will be a tight couple of games but they don't have as much about them as Leeds for example so we will beat them and progress to the play off final. Sliding West Brom will fall even further and lose to villa in their semi final. That leaves a Derby Vs villa play off final. History will repeat itself and villa will fall at the final hurdle again. Derby go up. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoyMac5 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 7 minutes ago, Rammy03 said: The race for the play offs is between 4 teams: Villa, Bristol, Middlesbrough and Derby. Villa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marriot Ram99 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I hope your right, it's not too likely we will go up but if we can scrape into the play offs who knows? I think we can beat any of the teams in the current top 6 if we are on a game, the problem is our away form has been that bad it will be a great achievement just getting in the play offs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coneheadjohn Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I reckon we would beat Sheffield Utd which would be a complete travesty for them(never mind). I would unfortunately have to pick Villa as they have beat us easily this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 villa v sheff utd final could go either way. If grealish plays then villa will win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gone Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Boro finish 6th, not score a goal and win in the final on peno’s. poohouse Pulis, it will happen folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Millenniumram Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 You’re right it’s between those four teams, but unfortunately I’m not as optimistic as you with how things are going to go. I think unfortunately we’ve left ourselves too much to do and our appalling away form will kill us. Villa will piss it in and I think boros struggles in front of goal will allow brizzle to take that final 6th place. Think whoever finishes third (probably sheff U) will Kane brizzle but villas form will see them beat the stuttering West Brom. Sets up sheff U vs Villa final, of which I think Villas experience will see them up. Hope I’m wrong but being realistic that’s where I see the season going. FWIW I think we’ll pip boro to 7th but it’ll all be over before the final day aside from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Sounds lovely @Rammy03. It's so hard to predict. Villa are nailed on so there's one place to fight for. Boro were on such a pleasing run of defeats but they've just recorded back to back wins so they're in the mix just in time. Bristol City lead but are just as capable as we are of collapsing at any moment. Derby are just Derby. If, and it's a massive if, we get into the playoffs, and Sheff Utd finish 3rd then yeah I agree with you, our big names ought to turn up and we should progress to the final. Mount v Grealish? I wouldn't want to call it. But yeah there's hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ram1964 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 In reality we havent been great all season,with the exception of half a dozen performances. Consistency has been poor and improvement since the beginning of the season not evident. However if we can scramble into the play offs and Leeds gain the autos i think we have a fair chance of obtaining promotion in the play offs. Beating Bristol city could be the hardest game in achieving promotion and we need to ensure performaces such as the Blackburn game are a thing of the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mckram Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Hate to be a mood killer but at the minute I just can’t see us beating Bristol City away. If we played them at home then I’d be feeling a lot different. We don’t beat them away then no play offs... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lukedcfc Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I would love nothing more than to beat Villa at Wembley. Following the loss to us they lose Grealish, Abraham, El ghazi and McGinn as they can't afford to keep them. This is a dream scenario and its unlikely to happen but it would be the perfect end to the season. We need to improve our away form though, I fear that's what will trip us up unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JfR Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 7 minutes ago, Mckram said: Hate to be a mood killer but at the minute I just can’t see us beating Bristol City away. If we played them at home then I’d be feeling a lot different. We don’t beat them away then no play offs... If it makes you feel any better, Bristol's away form is the 5th best in the league while their home form is only the 14th best Though they sit on that home form table between Blackburn and Stoke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mckram Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 1 minute ago, JfR said: If it makes you feel any better, Bristol's away form is the 5th best in the league while their home form is only the 14th best Though they sit on that home form table between Blackburn and Stoke... A little better...although I think we have to probably get at least 4 points from Birmingham and Swansea away for anything against Bristol City to matter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Anything can happen so its pointless trying to predict who we'll beat in the final. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 I predicted 8th at the start of the season, and although I am hopeful, I still think that's where we will finish. Come on, Derby - surprise me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 Maybe Villa will walk it but it'd be grand to be in the mix. For me that'd be a good end to a tricky first season for Frank and Jody and it would give us fans something to look forward to next season after the re-build continues over the summer. There's always the outside chance of an upset too. We did absolutely dismantle a similar Villa side in terms of their personnel last season and whilst they might be favourites, it's not an impossibility that we could turn them over. COYR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gritstone Ram Posted April 13, 2019 Share Posted April 13, 2019 3 hours ago, Rammy03 said: Call me optimistic but here's how I see it... The race for the play offs is between 4 teams: Villa, Bristol, Middlesbrough and Derby. Borough have robbed 6 points from us this season and I know we ourselves haven't been great as of recent but personally I think they are crap. For me Bristol have come out of nowhere and like us, can be a bit on and off. The game we play against them will be huge but when it comes down to it, I don't think they have it in them. I am tipping Bristol to bottle the play offs and finish seventh. Aston villa look too good at the moment and are churning out results even when the performances over the course of 90 minutes aren't great. Them beating Bristol play a big part in this so I think they will solidly finish 5th. We are great at pride park but awful away. I don't know whether this is to do with the timing of the game or the preparation but at Blackburn, we were poo. I'm glad that we knocked 4 past Bolton because now I think the players will wake up, smell the danger and perform. Sheffield United will be the unfortunate team to finish 3rd, West Brom 4th, Villa 5th and Derby 6th. We have played Sheffield United and beat them at home however they have done the same. It will be a tight couple of games but they don't have as much about them as Leeds for example so we will beat them and progress to the play off final. Sliding West Brom will fall even further and lose to villa in their semi final. That leaves a Derby Vs villa play off final. History will repeat itself and villa will fall at the final hurdle again. Derby go up. Right? I know I’ve had a few tonight but I think Boro have robbed 4points off us. We did get two points off them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BramcoteRam84 Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 I actually think Friday’s match is the toughest one we have left. Birmingham are very organised defensively and have that physicality we haven’t dealt with away from home all season, and I’m not sure we have the players to deal with it. Win it and we’re in great shape, the fans will start to believe we’re going to do it. Draw or Lose, then many fans will say it’s over. It won’t be over even if we lose. It will require performances at Bristol and Swansea but they are two teams that are made for us given how they set up, we’re more likely to get a Brentford type performance which will give us chances to win. Bottom line, we need some away performances please!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superzak Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 It will be interesting if it goes down to the last game of the season...WBA will be no pushovers at P.P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OohMartWright Posted April 14, 2019 Share Posted April 14, 2019 3 minutes ago, superzak said: It will be interesting if it goes down to the last game of the season...WBA will be no pushovers at P.P I would expect them to have cemented their play-off place by then so they will probably rest a number of key players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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