Having seen 10 or so matches this season I would not back this team to win a two leg match against even a mediocre team in this league.
For example, Doncaster, Wimbledon, or Rochdale, taking the 1 goal lead from out recent home fixtures would we have defended it a few days later at their place? I doubt it.
To remain in the top 6 we have to beat the teams in 7th 8th and 9th etc. Peterborough and pompy were must win games in my opinion to give us a decent leed over 7th place. One point from six is clearly not good enough and if (when) we lose at Blackburn we will not even have a lead.
Only way I can see us making the play offs is if we bring in a 20 goals a season striker.
The owners history tells us that is not going to happen.
Re a striker, bringing (a decent) one in is made more difficult because we play only one up front.
I can see a possible scenario when the window closes, we are left simply hopping Leon Best can regain some of his old form. Although unlikely that's not impossible as he is still nowhere near match fit.
The comments that Karl made last week about his last interaction with Roland (and all previous evidence) suggests this regieme will not invest in January which means no decent striker coming in which means no playoffs.
I honestly think this squad is only one decent goal scorer away from being genuine promotion contenders.
I think we will. we are more than good enough for finish 6th.
What happens then depends on how many, and which, players we finish the season with injured. We have a few match winners in our squad that would be able to make all the difference in a tight Playoff game but if they are not available then it will be very difficult to progress past the semi-final.
Only way I can see us making the play offs is if we bring in a 20 goals a season striker.
The owners history tells us that is not going to happen.
Re a striker, bringing (a decent) one in is made more difficult because we play only one up front.
I can see a possible scenario when the window closes, we are left simply hopping Leon Best can regain some of his old form. Although unlikely that's not impossible as he is still nowhere near match fit.
I doubt Harry Kane could get 20 a season playing for us....
To get to the play offs first you need to finish in the top six. You need to score goals. You need a forward line to score them not just a midfield. You need a fully fit squad. You need to strengthen in the January window if need too. Above all you need an owner who gives a fuck,
As none of the above will happen the answer to the Threadline is NO.
To get to the play offs first you need to finish in the top six.
You need to score goals.
You need a forward line to score them not just a midfield.
You need a fully fit squad.
You need to strengthen in the January window if need too.
Above all you need an owner who gives a fuck,
As none of the above will happen the answer to the Threadline is NO.
This was posted just over 5 years ago. 2 owners ago but the premise still stands.
You cant win games without scoring goals. Relying on Leaburn & Bonne to score you those goals wont work I'm afraid. Yes, JRS will chip in with more than his fair share but the strikers need to be scoring the majority.
To get to the play offs first you need to finish in the top six.
You need to score goals.
You need a forward line to score them not just a midfield.
You need a fully fit squad.
You need to strengthen in the January window if need too.
Above all you need an owner who gives a fuck,
As none of the above will happen the answer to the Threadline is NO.
This was posted just over 5 years ago. 2 owners ago but the premise still stands.
You cant win games without scoring goals. Relying on Leaburn & Bonne to score you those goals wont work I'm afraid. Yes, JRS will chip in with more than his fair share but the strikers need to be scoring the majority.
Again I made this point yesterday and it stands today.
All people go on about is we need a goalscorer we need a goalscorer.
Scoring goals has not been our issue this season.
The fact we have conceded 38 has been our issue.
Obviously we don't know what's gonna happen and we may get injuries or loss of form before someone points it out, but no one can see in the future, as it stands our goalscoring record is actually pretty decent
If you extrapolate points per game of the top six teams and extend that until the end of the season, our target for the playoffs is at present 76 points. That means we must win at least 12 of our remaining 19 games. But that would also be dependent on all eight teams immediately above us not outperforming us……
To get to the play offs first you need to finish in the top six.
You need to score goals.
You need a forward line to score them not just a midfield.
You need a fully fit squad.
You need to strengthen in the January window if need too.
Above all you need an owner who gives a fuck,
As none of the above will happen the answer to the Threadline is NO.
This was posted just over 5 years ago. 2 owners ago but the premise still stands.
You cant win games without scoring goals. Relying on Leaburn & Bonne to score you those goals wont work I'm afraid. Yes, JRS will chip in with more than his fair share but the strikers need to be scoring the majority.
Again I made this point yesterday and it stands today.
All people go on about is we need a goalscorer we need a goalscorer.
Scoring goals has not been our issue this season.
The fact we have conceded 38 has been our issue.
Obviously we don't know what's gonna happen and we may get injuries or loss of form before someone points it out, but no one can see in the future, as it stands our goalscoring record is actually pretty decent
Take out the 5 against Plymouth & the 4 against Ipswich and that leaves 32 goals in 25 games. Not quite the same picture. And you'll never get our defence keeping clean sheets like the Arsenal of old.
To get to the play offs first you need to finish in the top six.
You need to score goals.
You need a forward line to score them not just a midfield.
You need a fully fit squad.
You need to strengthen in the January window if need too.
Above all you need an owner who gives a fuck,
As none of the above will happen the answer to the Threadline is NO.
This was posted just over 5 years ago. 2 owners ago but the premise still stands.
You cant win games without scoring goals. Relying on Leaburn & Bonne to score you those goals wont work I'm afraid. Yes, JRS will chip in with more than his fair share but the strikers need to be scoring the majority.
Again I made this point yesterday and it stands today.
All people go on about is we need a goalscorer we need a goalscorer.
Scoring goals has not been our issue this season.
The fact we have conceded 38 has been our issue.
Obviously we don't know what's gonna happen and we may get injuries or loss of form before someone points it out, but no one can see in the future, as it stands our goalscoring record is actually pretty decent
Take out the 5 against Plymouth & the 4 against Ipswich and that leaves 32 goals in 25 games. Not quite the same picture. And you'll never get our defence keeping clean sheets like the Arsenal of old.
Dont forget to get out the headers, and goals scored a weaker foot as well
To get to the play offs first you need to finish in the top six.
You need to score goals.
You need a forward line to score them not just a midfield.
You need a fully fit squad.
You need to strengthen in the January window if need too.
Above all you need an owner who gives a fuck,
As none of the above will happen the answer to the Threadline is NO.
This was posted just over 5 years ago. 2 owners ago but the premise still stands.
You cant win games without scoring goals. Relying on Leaburn & Bonne to score you those goals wont work I'm afraid. Yes, JRS will chip in with more than his fair share but the strikers need to be scoring the majority.
Again I made this point yesterday and it stands today.
All people go on about is we need a goalscorer we need a goalscorer.
Scoring goals has not been our issue this season.
The fact we have conceded 38 has been our issue.
Obviously we don't know what's gonna happen and we may get injuries or loss of form before someone points it out, but no one can see in the future, as it stands our goalscoring record is actually pretty decent
Take out the 5 against Plymouth & the 4 against Ipswich and that leaves 32 goals in 25 games. Not quite the same picture. And you'll never get our defence keeping clean sheets like the Arsenal of old.
Dont forget to get out the headers, and goals scored a weaker foot as well
and the pens, proper goalscorers don't need cheap pens to add to their tally
To get to the play offs first you need to finish in the top six.
You need to score goals.
You need a forward line to score them not just a midfield.
You need a fully fit squad.
You need to strengthen in the January window if need too.
Above all you need an owner who gives a fuck,
As none of the above will happen the answer to the Threadline is NO.
This was posted just over 5 years ago. 2 owners ago but the premise still stands.
You cant win games without scoring goals. Relying on Leaburn & Bonne to score you those goals wont work I'm afraid. Yes, JRS will chip in with more than his fair share but the strikers need to be scoring the majority.
Again I made this point yesterday and it stands today.
All people go on about is we need a goalscorer we need a goalscorer.
Scoring goals has not been our issue this season.
The fact we have conceded 38 has been our issue.
Obviously we don't know what's gonna happen and we may get injuries or loss of form before someone points it out, but no one can see in the future, as it stands our goalscoring record is actually pretty decent
Take out the 5 against Plymouth & the 4 against Ipswich and that leaves 32 goals in 25 games. Not quite the same picture. And you'll never get our defence keeping clean sheets like the Arsenal of old.
Dont forget to get out the headers, and goals scored a weaker foot as well
and the pens, proper goalscorers don't need cheap pens to add to their tally
Have we had any penalties this season... Genuinely cant remember if we have or not
Any realistic opportunity of the play offs went after last Saturday. Deserved what they got and bar the young Irish kid coming in, it will be those eleven that will see out the rest of this season around 10th to 16th position
To get to the play offs first you need to finish in the top six.
You need to score goals.
You need a forward line to score them not just a midfield.
You need a fully fit squad.
You need to strengthen in the January window if need too.
Above all you need an owner who gives a fuck,
As none of the above will happen the answer to the Threadline is NO.
This was posted just over 5 years ago. 2 owners ago but the premise still stands.
You cant win games without scoring goals. Relying on Leaburn & Bonne to score you those goals wont work I'm afraid. Yes, JRS will chip in with more than his fair share but the strikers need to be scoring the majority.
Again I made this point yesterday and it stands today.
All people go on about is we need a goalscorer we need a goalscorer.
Scoring goals has not been our issue this season.
The fact we have conceded 38 has been our issue.
Obviously we don't know what's gonna happen and we may get injuries or loss of form before someone points it out, but no one can see in the future, as it stands our goalscoring record is actually pretty decent
Take out the 5 against Plymouth & the 4 against Ipswich and that leaves 32 goals in 25 games. Not quite the same picture. And you'll never get our defence keeping clean sheets like the Arsenal of old.
Dont forget to get out the headers, and goals scored a weaker foot as well
and the pens, proper goalscorers don't need cheap pens to add to their tally
Have we had any penalties this season... Genuinely cant remember if we have or not
One against Plymouth at home (but that one has already been scrubbed with the rest of the goals that night)
To get to the play offs first you need to finish in the top six.
You need to score goals.
You need a forward line to score them not just a midfield.
You need a fully fit squad.
You need to strengthen in the January window if need too.
Above all you need an owner who gives a fuck,
As none of the above will happen the answer to the Threadline is NO.
This was posted just over 5 years ago. 2 owners ago but the premise still stands.
You cant win games without scoring goals. Relying on Leaburn & Bonne to score you those goals wont work I'm afraid. Yes, JRS will chip in with more than his fair share but the strikers need to be scoring the majority.
Again I made this point yesterday and it stands today.
All people go on about is we need a goalscorer we need a goalscorer.
Scoring goals has not been our issue this season.
The fact we have conceded 38 has been our issue.
Obviously we don't know what's gonna happen and we may get injuries or loss of form before someone points it out, but no one can see in the future, as it stands our goalscoring record is actually pretty decent
Take out the 5 against Plymouth & the 4 against Ipswich and that leaves 32 goals in 25 games. Not quite the same picture. And you'll never get our defence keeping clean sheets like the Arsenal of old.
Dont forget to get out the headers, and goals scored a weaker foot as well
and the pens, proper goalscorers don't need cheap pens to add to their tally
Have we had any penalties this season... Genuinely cant remember if we have or not
...I seem to recall a penalty shoot out of some kind this season.
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We just don't have the strength in depth or physical presence to launch a proper promotion challenge.
Its what happens in the play off that counts.
Having seen 10 or so matches this season I would not back this team to win a two leg match against even a mediocre team in this league.
For example, Doncaster, Wimbledon, or Rochdale, taking the 1 goal lead from out recent home fixtures would we have defended it a few days later at their place? I doubt it.
Peterborough and pompy were must win games in my opinion to give us a decent leed over 7th place.
One point from six is clearly not good enough and if (when) we lose at Blackburn we will not even have a lead.
The owners history tells us that is not going to happen.
Re a striker, bringing (a decent) one in is made more difficult because we play only one up front.
I can see a possible scenario when the window closes, we are left simply hopping Leon Best can regain some of his old form.
Although unlikely that's not impossible as he is still nowhere near match fit.
I honestly think this squad is only one decent goal scorer away from being genuine promotion contenders.
Once in there anything can happen. It would not surprise me at all if we went up.
CLB74, please remember my final ticket.
What happens then depends on how many, and which, players we finish the season with injured. We have a few match winners in our squad that would be able to make all the difference in a tight Playoff game but if they are not available then it will be very difficult to progress past the semi-final.
You need to score goals.
You need a forward line to score them not just a midfield.
You need a fully fit squad.
You need to strengthen in the January window if need too.
Above all you need an owner who gives a fuck,
As none of the above will happen the answer to the Threadline is NO.
You cant win games without scoring goals. Relying on Leaburn & Bonne to score you those goals wont work I'm afraid. Yes, JRS will chip in with more than his fair share but the strikers need to be scoring the majority.
We have played 27 games and scored 41 goals
Only
Ipswich (53)
Plymouth (51)
Sheffield Wednesday (47)
Peterborough (43)
Bristol Rovers (43)
Have scored more than us.
All people go on about is we need a goalscorer we need a goalscorer.
Scoring goals has not been our issue this season.
The fact we have conceded 38 has been our issue.
Obviously we don't know what's gonna happen and we may get injuries or loss of form before someone points it out, but no one can see in the future, as it stands our goalscoring record is actually pretty decent
That means we must win at least 12 of our remaining 19 games.
But that would also be dependent on all eight teams immediately above us not outperforming us……