We wont go down, we have some easy games coming up that we should pick up points in, have a game in hand on the bottom teams and to cap it off there are teams a lot worse than us at the bottom.
Lucky for us though as skill and performance would not have saved us.
Easy games … ? For a team who have lost 5 on the trot and had 1 shot on target in 3 games….. Oh yes we are fecking so much better than these teams in our EASY games.
Exactly. It's a massive assumption that we'll easily beat the teams around and below us. Bearing in mind that even under Jacko we've lost to Crewe, and drawn against Morecambe
That's why the next 2 games are crucial, as 2 decent results won't just give us some points, they'll lift some of the tension.
Gents, I said “we should pick up points” in those games. I never mentioned winning any of them and as you have just seen we took a point off Sunderland.
Despite the fact we are a poor team we are capable of nicking a few more points between now and the end of the season and they will keep us up.
The key will be getting our strikers back. Stockley seems to be back and Washington close. They get injured again and we are in trouble so we are not safe.
Doncaster v Gillingham on Saturday. Another team who can’t get maximum points to stay up. Think the bottom 5 are rubbish. Will check back after final day, but reckon fewer than 45 to stay up. Changing prediction to 42 points
Happily, the scores went largely for us. Sadly, if you take a step back, it is ridiculous we can say that and not that they went against us. It shows the low point we are in.
Morecambe still have to play Wigan, Oxford and MK Dons. Assuming they lose those they'd then need to get at least 4 wins and probably 5 from their other 7 games to have a chance of staying up, one of which is away to us.
Gillingham have Doncaster this weekend, probably a must win for both. Doncaster i think are already down though, they realistically need to win 5-6 of their last 9.
Considering that we’ve only got one point from our last six games I’m surprised we’re not deeper in the mire. Feels like the bottom clubs are more detached than normal at this stage of the season, which is just as well.
I actually think our form and confidence will improve after the battling point against Sunderland. Would be good to get Washington back soon, and personally I think a return for Corey Blackett-Taylor would add interest to what might turn out to be a fairly humdrum end to the season.
Considering that we’ve only got one point from our last six games I’m surprised we’re not deeper in the mire. Feels like the bottom clubs are more detached than normal at this stage of the season, which is just as well.
I actually think our form and confidence will improve after the battling point against Sunderland. Would be good to get Washington back soon, and personally I think a return for Corey Blackett-Taylor would add interest to what might turn out to be a fairly humdrum end to the season.
Wimbledon haven’t won in 20 and are still outside the relegation zone. Very weak divisions this season at the bottom.
Considering that we’ve only got one point from our last six games I’m surprised we’re not deeper in the mire. Feels like the bottom clubs are more detached than normal at this stage of the season, which is just as well.
I actually think our form and confidence will improve after the battling point against Sunderland. Would be good to get Washington back soon, and personally I think a return for Corey Blackett-Taylor would add interest to what might turn out to be a fairly humdrum end to the season.
Wimbledon haven’t won in 20 and are still outside the relegation zone. Very weak divisions this season at the bottom.
They've only got another 2 weeks to wait before that is rectified 😉.
Wimbledon not winning today became the first team in over a decade in leagues one and two not to win in 20 games.
And yet they are still not relegated, not even close. This season you could be safe from relegation with 42 points & miss the play offs with 78 points.
Tough fixtures coming up for Wimbledon.Sheffield Wednesday away, followed by Charlton and MK. Surely got to be treating Charlton as most winnerable match out of the 3.
Tough fixtures coming up for Wimbledon.Sheffield Wednesday away, followed by Charlton and MK. Surely got to be treating Charlton as most winnerable match out of the 3.
Ironically the postponement has probably helped them.
I feel we are now safe. At the time the game got called off we could have got dragged in again.
This is still a must win for them, but not for us.
Tough fixtures coming up for Wimbledon.Sheffield Wednesday away, followed by Charlton and MK. Surely got to be treating Charlton as most winnerable match out of the 3.
Desperate form at the bottom of L1. Of the bottom 5, Doncaster actually have the best form and you can see why Gillingham have moved out of the bottom 4
Watching Quest, a shocking decision in the Gillingham game where Accrington were denied a stonewall penalty. That decision could be crucial at the end of the season
Brilliant win for Morecambe over Oxford last night. Away to Cambridge on Saturday, a game they'll surely be targeting as they have some tough fixtures to come (plus playing us)
I can't believe all of Cambridge, Accrington and Cheltenham won on the day that we pull off a great win at Rotherham... meaning we move up zero spaces!
Crewe Alexandra are the first side in the Football League to be relegated this season
Interesting comment by George Elek on Quest, that bad L1 teams tend to really struggle the following season in L2. It's very easy to go down again, as the likes of Southend have shown, while Scunthorpe have had 3 terrible seasons in L2 since relegation from L1.
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Despite the fact we are a poor team we are capable of nicking a few more points between now and the end of the season and they will keep us up.
Gillingham have Doncaster this weekend, probably a must win for both. Doncaster i think are already down though, they realistically need to win 5-6 of their last 9.
I feel we are now safe. At the time the game got called off we could have got dragged in again.
This is still a must win for them, but not for us.
Rotherham do have 2 games in hand, but all the momentum is with MK Dons now.
Currently losing 3-0 at Portsmouth. Three points behind McDons and now only one game in hand.
MK games:
Sheff Wed (H)
Oxford (A)
Morecambe (H)
Plymouth (A)
Rotherham games:
Ipswich (H)
Burton (A)
Oxford (H)
Sunderland (A)
Gillingham (A)