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Author Topic: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths  (Read 280988 times)

Offline footyskillz

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #1140 on: February 21, 2018, 02:58:25 PM »
As beat Preston away this home draw still okay as its 4 points.
I could see Cardiff and or Derby drawing. 2 losses would be unlikely. Would set fair for weekend after this evening points wise.

The big issue are these 2 at home and that the villa win both do that and that's a great advantage

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #1141 on: February 21, 2018, 06:55:23 PM »
Preparing for the worst but is the play off final on a Saturday or Bank holiday Monday this season?

Want to get a ticket for the Slam Dunk festival at the NEC which is on the Monday (likes of Good Charlotte and Jimmy Eat World so not a metalhead in sight) but don't want it clashing with us in the play off final.

Pretty sure it's usually on a Saturday when there's a tournament on in the summer.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #1142 on: February 21, 2018, 07:21:33 PM »
Saturday of the bank holiday weekend

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #1143 on: February 21, 2018, 07:22:05 PM »
Saturday of the bank holiday weekend

That will do very nicely.

Hopefully it won't come to that though.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #1144 on: February 21, 2018, 09:49:37 PM »
Well good and bad tonight i guess. Bad is cardiff now 4 points ahead of us. good is none of the teams below us won, but its very tight. Need to get back to winning ways fast because same results saturday and cardiff will be disappearing into the distance

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #1145 on: February 21, 2018, 09:55:13 PM »
We need 7 points from our next three.

We really should be capable of that even with the injuries given who we're playing.

Offline QuintonVilla

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #1146 on: February 21, 2018, 09:56:03 PM »
If we missed out to Derby obviously we'd still be pissed off but you could kind of hold your hands up and say fair enough. They've got 27 strikers and play decent football at times. If we finish below Cardiff and Warnock it should go down as a massive failure. Their budget has been a fraction of ours and they play football that would make McLeish wince.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #1147 on: February 21, 2018, 09:58:27 PM »
If we missed out to Derby obviously we'd still be pissed off but you could kind of hold your hands up and say fair enough. They've got 27 strikers and play decent football at times. If we finish below Cardiff and Warnock it should go down as a massive failure. Their budget has been a fraction of ours and they play football that would make McLeish wince.

If that happens our slow start to the season will have cost us big time.

We started with 1 win in 9. Cardiff won their first five league games so within the first month we were ten points behind them.

Something like that shouldn't have happened particularly after our start to the previous season.

We didn't even play that many decent teams at the start. 1 point from Hull and Reading who are in or just above the relegation zone.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #1148 on: February 21, 2018, 10:01:49 PM »
I had a quick look on a Cardiff forum after they drew with Millwall the other week and were basically robbed by the ref. There was a thread on there along the lines of "who seriously thinks we're still going up". I imagine they're feeling a bit differently tonight. This raises a few interesting points, firstly things can change fast, secondly they're perhaps not all that but are functional and find a way to win more often than not (a bit like us), thirdly fans are very quick to fear the worst after a couple of bad results. Keep the faith brothers and sisters. Lots of ups and downs to come over the next 10 weeks but isn't it good to be in the thick of it?
« Last Edit: February 21, 2018, 10:03:25 PM by Meanwood Villa »

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #1149 on: February 21, 2018, 10:09:06 PM »
We need 7 points from our next three.

We really should be capable of that even with the injuries given who we're playing.


yep, i'd settle for that.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #1150 on: February 21, 2018, 10:21:21 PM »
I wouldn't. We need to beat Wednesday, QPR and Sunderland. Three really poor sides.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #1151 on: February 21, 2018, 10:23:55 PM »
The way we've played the last two games there is no way we're winning all three games coming up. Without Adomah and Grealish we don't even look like scoring from open play.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #1152 on: February 21, 2018, 10:32:10 PM »
Depends on selection. We are playing three struggling sides, one of which is the worst in the division. Step down from Fulham and even workman like Preston.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #1153 on: February 21, 2018, 11:00:18 PM »
Whatever you think of Warnock he has done a superb job at Cardiff. From where they were when you took over as manager to where they are on what he’s had to spend is just remarkable.

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #1154 on: February 21, 2018, 11:10:10 PM »
Saturday of the bank holiday weekend

That will do very nicely.

Hopefully it won't come to that though.

Champions league final too.

 


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