The Run in... bumpy ride or plain sailing?

adamtheaddick

Huddersfield away
Mk dons away
Carlisle home
Southampton away
Colchester home
Norwich home
Exeter away
Leeds home
Oldham away.

4 home 5 away.

Where and when will the points be won or lost, its a nightmare run in on paper but we do seem to raise our game against the bigger teams (not local rivals) can we make 2nd? Or will we just scrape into the playoffs, Saturday is a huge game. Win and you can nearly say its settles for the playoff and then fighting for 2nd with norwich destined to be champions. Out of all the 'big' games exeter scares me the most.

Views and predictions?

ShootersHillGuru

Huddersfield away - Lose 2 - 0
Mk dons away - Draw 1 - 1
Carlisle home - Win 2 - 0
Southampton away - Lose 3 - 0
Colchester home - Draw 1 - 1
Norwich home - Lose 0 - 2
Exeter away - Draw 1 - 1
Leeds home - Draw 1 - 1
Oldham away. - Draw 0 - 0

Will go to the wire about playoffs place. Last 9 games I can only see one win. Not hopeful but who said footballs a funny old game.

Key could be turning one of the draws into a win.

creepyaddick

We will win 4/5 away and draw at saints.
At home we will win all 4 games

ShootersHillGuru

[cite]Posted By: creepyaddick[/cite]We will win 4/5 away and draw at saints.
At home we will win all 4 games

I dunno. Lunchtime drinkers ;0)

BigRedEvil

Huddersfield is our biggest game at the moment.

Win on Saturday and we put 8 points between us and falling out of the play offs

_MrDick

I think that it's gonna be touch and go whether we make the play offs or not

ValleyGary

Huddersfield away - Draw
Mk dons away - Draw
Carlisle home - Win
Southampton away - Lose
Colchester home - Win
Norwich home - Lose
Exeter away - Win 0
Leeds home - Draw
Oldham away. - Draw

13 points should be enough for playoffs.

Southendaddick

Saturday for me is the biggest game in a long while the way the results have panned out over the last two weeks.

On the basis that Leeds lose at Norwich (fingers crossed)

We win and us, Millwall and Leeds will all have an equal chance of automatics (assuming Millwall beat Stockport)
Draw - Safely in the play offs (dont see Huddersfield catching us)
Lose - Potentially slipping out of the top 6 altogether.

Friend Or Defoe

BBC Predictor

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_2/predictor/default.stm

currently going through it!

creepyaddick

Why does everyone think Norwich will beat us?

Stats on our side. 1990 the last time at the Valley.

Choice

Huddersfield away - Draw 1-1
Mk dons away - Win 3-1
Carlisle home - Win 1 - 0
Southampton away - Lose 2-1
Colchester home - Draw 1 - 1
Norwich home - Win 2-0
Exeter away - Win 2-1
Leeds home - Draw 1 - 1
Oldham away - Win 2-0 (They looked truly crap on saturday)

my predictions look slightly unrealistic but you never know

leftbehind

[quote][cite]Posted By: creepyaddick[/cite]Why does everyone think Norwich will beat us?

Stats on our side. 1990 the last time at the Valley.[/quote]

Stats mean nothing its what happens on the pitch on the day.

ShootersHillGuru

[cite]Posted By: creepyaddick[/cite]Why does everyone think Norwich will beat us?

Stats on our side. 1990 the last time at the Valley.

As the saying goes "that was then, this is now"

BigRedEvil

Norwich will probably be champions by the time they play us.

Which may or may not work in our favour.

Elthamaddick

[cite]Posted By: creepyaddick[/cite]We will win 4/5 away and draw at saints.
At home we will win all 4 games

8 wins and a draw !!!!.........2nd spot nailed on then you think.

LargeAddick

I think we'll take 13 points maximum but can see it being nearer eight. Avoid defeat at Huddersfield and I reckon we'll make the play-offs.

paulbaconsarnie

if we avoid defeat against huddersfield and southampton, i think that will be enough to secure a play off place.
i can see the last 4 games being very tense affairs;
we could confirm norwich's promomtion,
boost/dent exeters chances of survival,
kill off leeds automatic place, sending millwall up as a consequence,
secure our place in play offs/secure oldham's place in the division.

EDIT - i predict between 10 and 14 pts from them games.

Morts-Genius

Anyone care to list the last 10 seasons points run in?

Mike

[quote][cite]Posted By: Elthamaddick[/cite][quote][cite]Posted By: creepyaddick[/cite]We will win 4/5 away and draw at saints.
At home we will win all 4 games[/quote]

8 wins and a draw !!!!.........2nd spot nailed on then you think.[/quote]

sod second lets go for the title

uncle

If we beat southampton, colchester, norwich and leeds we'll win the league. So plain sailing because i think we'll beat all 4 easy

mascot88

Always love your optimism uncle!!

COME ON YOU REDS!!!

Shrew

Just about pinch 4th place, Hudders to miss out. Norwich Millwall go up.

Elthamaddick

[cite]Posted By: uncle[/cite]If we beat southampton, colchester, norwich and leeds we'll win the league. So plain sailing because i think we'll beat all 4 easy

Love it Unc...the way the Hammers are playing we could meet next season !

Mortimerician

I'm struggling to see 10 points in that lot

Shrew

10 Points Mort
MK away 1
Carlisle home 3
Colchester home 1
Exeter away 3
Leeds home 1
Oldham away 1

dartfordgent

breaking season so far in 9 game blocks

aug / sept 6 W 2 D 1 L 20 points 17 gf 8 ga +9g
Oct/ nov 4 W 4 D 1 L 16 points 20 gf 10 ga +10g
Dec / Jan 4 W 4 D 1 L 16 points 15 gf 12 ga +3g
Feb/Mar 3 W 3 D 3 L 12 points 12 gf 13 ga -1 g

so mmm amazing logic and computer says we getting worse scoring less goals each period but letting more in

so next 9 game should be if we keep up the trend 9 goals for and 14 against

so we could get 27 points thats winning 8 games 1 - 0 and loosing one game 14 -1
and go up or we could loose all games by one nil or two one and finish mid table

Statistics its all balls we just need to score more goals than we let in in every game simple Parky tighten up the back and get the mid field producing chances for the srtikers...

dartfordgent

oops that 24 point not 27 derrrr

WhenIwasLittleBoy

Huddersfield away L
Mk dons away W
Carlisle home W
Southampton away L
Colchester home D
Norwich home D
Exeter away W
Leeds home D
Oldham away. W


An extra 15 points, may not be enought the way Southampton are going, and Huddersfield starting to hit a bit of form

pilchard

Huddersfield draw
Mk Dons win
Carlisle win
Southampton defeat
Colchester win
Norwich defeat
Exeter draw
Leeds win
Oldham draw

15 points (probably way to optimistic) makes 82? probably the play offs then.
If we had mirrored our form up to Christmas in the 2nd half of the season then we would be in the automatic
spots, sadly that now looks unlikely.

drawnablank

Huddersfield away - Draw 1 - 1
Mk dons away - Win 2 - 1
Carlisle home - Win 2 - 0
Southampton away - Lose 2 - 0
Colchester home - Win 2 - 1
Norwich home - Lose 3 - 0
Exeter away - Win 1 - 0
Leeds home - Win 2 - 1
Oldham away - Draw 0 - 0

Talk of The South

It will always be a bumpy ride with Charlton - we could be 15 points clear at the top and have a run in that involved relegated teams, teams with nothing to play for, and several under 12 teams who joined the league as competition winners, and we would still struggle...its what we do!

Im sure we will pick up a few points when we are not expected to do and drop points when we thing we have finally turned the corner

Huddersfield defeat
Mk Dons draw
Carlisle win
Southampton defeat
Colchester draw
Norwich win
Exeter win
Leeds draw
Oldham defeat