Comrade 86 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 On 05/03/2024 at 20:24, Comrade 86 said: In the end and this season especially, I guess we all see what we want to see, but I'd argue that we should expect to finish the season really strongly and that unlike some other sides, we still have scope to improve further. Everyone is raving about Barnsley, but I don't see it. I don't think they have the quality we and Portsmouth do, despite their good recent run of form and I remain confident that we will occupy one of the top 2 slots come the end of the season. How many on here still fancy Barnsley now, I wonder? kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong and TigerTedd 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1 minute ago, Comrade 86 said: How many on here still fancy Barnsley now, I wonder? It can change so quickly, that's the problem. A great day for us today could be completely reversed in a few days. Posh didn't win in 4 and were believed to be out of it. Now 4 wins in a row, and they're a point behind us if they win their games in hand. I don't even think Portsmouth can be overly confident that they're safe in the top two right now. They have to play all four directly below them in the league. I highly doubt they'll lose all four of those games, but if they do it's not inconceivable that they don't even get the home advantage in the play-offs, let alone automatic promotion. If we can hold our nerve in the 'big' games, and get 4 points from Bolton and Pompey, then we'll do it. With the fixtures we do have left, we'll kick ourselves if we miss out from this position. ck- and r_wilcockson 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comrade 86 Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1 minute ago, Kernow said: It can change so quickly, that's the problem. A great day for us today could be completely reversed in a few days. Posh didn't win in 4 and were believed to be out of it. Now 4 wins in a row, and they're a point behind us if they win their games in hand. I don't even think Portsmouth can be overly confident that they're safe in the top two right now. They have to play all four directly below them in the league. I highly doubt they'll lose all four of those games, but if they do it's not inconceivable that they don't even get the home advantage in the play-offs, let alone automatic promotion. If we can hold our nerve in the 'big' games, and get 4 points from Bolton and Pompey, then we'll do it. With the fixtures we do have left, we'll kick ourselves if we miss out from this position. Maybe, but there's no way on earth we're finishing between 6 and 9 points behind Barnsley and I don't think there ever was. Every team that beats us is suddenly deified, so I don't think it's really me that needs to understand the swings inherent a promotion push. kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davenportram Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 All we’ve got to do is get better results than those around us and we go up. Simples Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 1 hour ago, davenportram said: All we’ve got to do is get better results than those around us and we go up. Simples All we’ve got to do is match the results of those around us and we go up. Even more simples 😀 MarsdenRam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealhantsram Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Is the op going to keep this thread up to date. What's the lowest we can finish now? Carl Sagan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 5 minutes ago, therealhantsram said: Is the op going to keep this thread up to date. What's the lowest we can finish now? Charlton in 14th cannot overtake us, so technically 13th. But seeing as the top 13 will obviously play one another before the end of the season, mathematically it'll be higher than this, I just can't be bothered to work out how high! WystonRam and Mucker1884 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 I put us down to lose all of our remaining matches in The Fishy calculator and it had us finishing 7th, 5 points behind 6th. Motwyw therealhantsram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 1 hour ago, therealhantsram said: Is the op going to keep this thread up to date. What's the lowest we can finish now? You could read back one page! Or am I meant to update it every day, even when there are no matches? On 09/03/2024 at 17:33, Carl Sagan said: Some great results today at the top. At the bottom, we can't now finish lower than 14th. I do remember one ignominious point earlier in the season when Burton Albion were above us in the league. Now they can't catch us! therealhantsram, Ghost of Clough and archram 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BathRam72 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 7 hours ago, Carl Sagan said: You could read back one page! Or am I meant to update it every day, even when there are no matches? Yes please 😆 Carl Sagan, Ken Tram and Jourdan 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Tram Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 10 hours ago, Kernow said: Charlton in 14th cannot overtake us, so technically 13th. But seeing as the top 13 will obviously play one another before the end of the season, mathematically it'll be higher than this, I just can't be bothered to work out how high! Go on @Kernow and @Carl Sagan... it won't take ten minutes to check a few match fixtures. I know that you want to ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ram59 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 10 hours ago, Kernow said: Charlton in 14th cannot overtake us, so technically 13th. But seeing as the top 13 will obviously play one another before the end of the season, mathematically it'll be higher than this, I just can't be bothered to work out how high! But Wycombe in 15th can overtake us.🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crewton Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 I find it hard to imagine that we'd pick up fewer than a point per game in our remaining matches, so we'd be really unlucky to finish below 6th with 81 points. Tamworthram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworthram Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 36 minutes ago, ram59 said: But Wycombe in 15th can overtake us.🤔 They can but it would mean them winning all of their remaining games including v Wigan. Which would mean Wigan can't overtake us. So, it's as you were. 😀 The reality is that, taking into account the fact that teams have to play each other and therefore you can't just do the maths to see which teams could still catch us in order to work out our lowest possible position, it's far too complicated. I haven't got the time, energy or brain power to work out all of the possible scenarios but I'd guess we can't finish below something like 11th - possibly even higher. Ken Tram and RadioactiveWaste 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ram59 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 4 hours ago, Tamworthram said: They can but it would mean them winning all of their remaining games including v Wigan. Which would mean Wigan can't overtake us. So, it's as you were. 😀 The reality is that, taking into account the fact that teams have to play each other and therefore you can't just do the maths to see which teams could still catch us in order to work out our lowest possible position, it's far too complicated. I haven't got the time, energy or brain power to work out all of the possible scenarios but I'd guess we can't finish below something like 11th - possibly even higher. Not strictly correct, Wycombe and Wigan can afford to draw against each other and still match our current points, overtaking us on goal difference. The others aren't brought into the equation yet, let's just hope we can tick as many off the list as soon as possible. Ken Tram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 6 hours ago, ram59 said: But Wycombe in 15th can overtake us.🤔 Bet you a fiver they don't! TigerTedd and Carl Sagan 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kernow Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 After tonight's games, no lower than 11th. Carl Sagan, angieram and Ken Tram 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted March 12 Author Share Posted March 12 Now, with 8 games to go, we can't finish lower than 11th. So we'll definitely be top half! Only Bristol Rovers and above can overtake us. Maybe with 4 or 5 games left I'll start looking at the remaining fixtures to see what a difference that makes in terms of people being mathematically able to overhaul us. Kernow and Ken Tram 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archied Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 28 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said: Now, with 8 games to go, we can't finish lower than 11th. So we'll definitely be top half! Only Bristol Rovers and above can overtake us. Maybe with 4 or 5 games left I'll start looking at the remaining fixtures to see what a difference that makes in terms of people being mathematically able to overhaul us. 15 points ahead of 7th 💪 Carl Sagan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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