Just had a quick look at teams who are above us and they got a hard set of fixtures left compared to what we have.
Bolton - Leicester Away, Middlesbrough home, Cardiff Away, Blackpool Home
Leicester - Bolton Home, Palace away, Watford Home, Notts Forest Away
Notts Forest - Middlesbrough Away, Barnsley Home, Millwall Away, Leicester Home
These 3 teams have got a tough round of fixtures to come and if we get a good draw at Cardiff we might stand in for a chance of a late surge in the playoffs.
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Spoke to a Palace fan today on the phone today , he didn't sound too happy when i suggested we were coming for them & could bump them out of the playoffs.
That way, if we win all four of our final matches, Bolton and Forest need to lose only 1 of their other three to take to it goal difference.
Brighton only getting 3 points max from their last 4 would help too.
For us to have any chance we need to win all 4 games in my opinion. We'd also need Leicester to beat Bolton tomorrow night (or at least draw) and Forest to draw or lose.
Then we'd be 4 points behind with 3 to play.
I agree with JT, top 10 would be fantastic, especially as 3-4 weeks ago we were worrying about relegation after the Millwall defeat.
However, I believe we need one or two more seasons in this division to build before we can't put together a strong promotion/play-off bid, that leaves us in a position to maintain PL status for ore than one or two seasons should we make it their. No fun watching your team get tonked week in week out.
Were we to some how sneak in, in order to get promoted we'd likely need to win 6 of our last 7 games which added to our current run would mean winning 9 our last 11 games. I don't have the stats to back it up, but a run of form like that would probably be one of our best ever runs, especially at the end of the season. There's been little evidence so far this season to suggest we've got that level of consistency in the side. Nice to dream none-the-less.
In a way though, I'd rather we had a low key, but solid end to season rather than make the play-offs and lose as it'll help to manage expectations, both in the stands and in the board room. It'd be a different story if we could win the play-offs though....
Honestly though i do not feel as a club capable of competing with premier league standard clubs despite the amount of money we would get if to say we was promoted
3 of which I think are winnable, if we take 3 wins then I reckon it could be interesting.
If there are potential new owners circling (all rumours and guess work from various sources) then a newly promoted Charlton would certainly look a very interesting prospect, even at the so called price that TJ is supposedly holding out for (£30 million???). The Sky money along with any potential new investment could make things interesting in regards to our chances of staying in the Prem, IF we get there and it is a very very big IF!
If we did beat Cardiff, i wonder if we would be the only side to do the double over them this season ?
I want us to do it, I really do, what a story it would be.
But on the other hand I dont want us to do it, if we get to the play off finals (unlikely I know), my idiot of a nephew has booked his wedding that day, yes a bloody sunday and yes play off final day. I wont be able to go. I missed the 98 play off final, and it would kill me to miss this one (if there is to be a 'this one')
Cant see 9 points from the remaining 12 being enough for us to get into the Playoffs.