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Offline Ads

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #825 on: January 19, 2018, 10:01:18 PM »
Derby were refreshingly woeful. Bristol even more so.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #826 on: January 19, 2018, 10:02:17 PM »
Derby were refreshingly woeful. Bristol even more so.

Exactly. 2nd place is there for the taking.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #827 on: January 19, 2018, 10:35:20 PM »
Derby were refreshingly woeful. Bristol even more so.

Exactly. 2nd place is there for the taking.

It's not possible, we've drawn too many games you know.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #828 on: January 20, 2018, 04:54:22 AM »
I only watched the last ten minutes

I thought both teams looked rubbish

It’s on

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #829 on: January 20, 2018, 06:58:40 AM »
Bristol City are in short term promotion limbo with their league cup run. After beating manure, they went on a bad league run and they will, naturally, be thinking of the second leg against Man City.

Win it and their form could dip whilst waiting for the final. Lose it and there could be a hangover which could take them out the play offs. Marvellous stuff.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #830 on: January 20, 2018, 06:59:49 AM »
^^ of course, they could be galvanised by it, but I'm looking at it optimisticly for us.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #831 on: January 20, 2018, 09:46:15 AM »
I don't think it's short term limbo, I think their assault on promotion was what was short term. Same for Sheffield United.

Small squads will have an effect and I believe we're seeing that. They were refreshingly awful again last night, which is good news.

Let's hope Cardiff fit the same criteria. One win in five against the worst team in the league...hoping for a Wednesday win tonight.
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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #832 on: January 20, 2018, 10:53:16 AM »
The whole thing is quite open. I think the team who might go on a good run is Fulham. They've been a bit inconsistent up to now though.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #833 on: January 20, 2018, 10:57:51 AM »
The whole thing is quite open. I think the team who might go on a good run is Fulham. They've been a bit inconsistent up to now though.

Our game down there next month will be huge.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #834 on: January 20, 2018, 11:03:30 AM »
^^ of course, they could be galvanised by it, but I'm looking at it optimisticly for us.

Bristol City haven't won since Mid December have they? I think beating Man. United took a lot out of them so beating Man. City would have the same effect.

I think you have to look at other teams and think "do they have another 40 points left in them this season?"

If people are saying we need 90 + points to finish second one of Derby, Bristol or Cardiff is going to have to go on a mass winning run in the next four months.

Cardiff and Bristol have hardly won a game between them last six weeks and Derby look to me a team that will draw a few between now and the end of the season.

Cautiously optimistic again.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #835 on: January 20, 2018, 11:38:28 AM »
If Bristol were awful to get a point at Pride Park than what does that make us when we lost 2-0 there barely a month ago? Being cocky comes back to bite us in the arse like if we fail to win today.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #836 on: January 20, 2018, 01:16:26 PM »
And we put 5 past Bristol 2 weeks ago

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #837 on: January 20, 2018, 04:55:29 PM »
watch out for fulham, 6-0

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #838 on: January 20, 2018, 04:58:05 PM »
Well then.

I can see 7 points from our next three.

Wonder if that will be enough to be above Derby and Cardiff.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #839 on: January 20, 2018, 05:19:48 PM »
I don't think 90 will be needed this year. The high points tend to be when teams run away with it. With it being so close and teams taking points off each other I think high 80s is more realistic. Fulham do look like dark horses but let's not forget it was Burton they were playing. I'd expect us to get at least 4 when we meet them in a few weeks.

It's in our hands. A good result at Sheffield and the home games ought to bear fruit should see us going to Fulham in good shape. You'd take a draw there on the back of a decent points haul in the meantime.

 


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