2019/20 Championship games

Barnsley’s next 2 games after today are away at Luton and home to Wigan.

Good news for us, that’s 2 massive games where at least one of them will drop points.

Come on Preston do something.

First shot of the game at Huddersfield apparently Chris Kamara having an orgasm 😲.

Sage said:

Barnsley’s next 2 games after today are away at Luton and home to Wigan.

Good news for us, that’s 2 massive games where at least one of them will drop points.

Ideally would want a draw in the first game & Wigan to beat Barnsley. 

golfaddick said:

ForeverAddickted said:

golfaddick said:

paulie8290 said:

bottom 3 all behind

That's all that matters. I don't care if Stoke win 5 -0. All you need is 3 teams to be below you. Assuming Wigan do get the 12 point deduction then I'd rather Luton & Barnsley lose all the rest of any 6-pointers that they play.

I'd just rather there were more than a three point gap between us and them, dont want to rely on a result against Leeds

But currently there is a 5 point gap between  us and Barnsley, 6 with Luton & 8 with Wigan.......with us having a better goal difference so you could effectively add a point.

All means we might only need another 4 or 5 points as I cant see them winning 3 or 4 games out of 5.

Saying that.......our next game after Brentford is against Reading !

I can’t see us getting another win to be honest . All we can hope by the time we play Wigan they will be down and most of the players will have left having not been paid .

guinnessaddick said:

Don’t want Reading doing too well, seeing as we are playing next Saturday.

If they win today and then in midweek v Huddersfield they'll be safe and might relax a bit and rest players against us.

All good now , we are staying up say we are staying up !!! 

BigRedEvil said:

Currently we're 8 points ahead of Wigan. 6 to Luton, 5 to Barnsley 

Isn't the Wigan thing subject to various legal challenges? I think we should adopt the attitude that they're still on 50 points tbh and staying ahead of Hull is the priority

oohaahmortimer said:

All good now , we are staying up say we are staying up !!! 

Just need confirmation of Wigan’s 12 point deduction

Windsock! 😉

Our goal difference could be so important this season 

There Is there a scinario if Wigan were to lose their next three games , where it would benefit us to lose to them so they don’t drop into the bottom 3 before a points deduction. Not sure mathematically that can happen ? 

Chris_from_Sidcup said:

guinnessaddick said:

Don’t want Reading doing too well, seeing as we are playing next Saturday.

If they win today and then in midweek v Huddersfield they'll be safe and might relax a bit and rest players against us.

Or be really relaxed and able to knock the ball around, whereas we will be nervous and snatch at shots like we did yesterday

Bedsaddick said:

There Is there a scinario if Wigan were to lose their next three games , where it would benefit us to lose to them so they don’t drop into the bottom 3 before a points deduction. Not sure mathematically that can happen ? 

Makes no difference, if they were to already be in the relegation zone they go down and get the points deduction next season. If they finish above it, they get the deduction. Without the deduction, they’re very unlikely to finish in the bottom 3.

We should only be focusing on getting the points total we need to ensure safety, without the points deduction of other clubs. The points deduction makes it easier for us of course, but as long as we finish above 3 other teams, that’s all I care about.

Bedsaddick said:

Barnsley to play Brentford and Leeds Away yet 

God help them having to play the two top form teams away in their final fixtures. 

I'm just glad we don't find ourselves in that position :-) 

Can Wigan appeal regarding their points deduction?