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League One Relegation Watch 2024

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  • This site is so up and down it’s ridiculous.

    People buzzing after a point at Bolton and yet before we’ve even kicked a ball again, people have jacked it in.

    We have 13 games left - that’s 39 points to play for, it’s still well within NJ and our players hands.
    9 of this games are against teams 11th or less, it's definitely in our hands
  • It’s been dull as fuck following us most of the time in recent years , now we’re in a relegation battle , looking at all the other results and permutations is part of the excitement in football for me , competition they call it .
    When you’re pushing for promotion or looking to survive games involving the teams around you take on an extra significance and get the juices flowing .
    All the results from those teams down there matter to us and will combine to produce our survival target .
    Brushing it all off as if it matters not is bizarre , the fight for survival is on and of course I’d prefer midtable beige Charlton but this is gonna have more excitement than our recent dullard seasons even if it is for the wrong reasons of us being sooooooo shit .
  • Blucher
    Blucher Posts: 4,135
    Psychologically important to stay out of the bottom 4. If we get something out of the game tomorrow, we'll stay out of it even if Port Vale can beat Lincoln at home. For how long remains to be seen, with Derby and the following two games away.

    The game at Cheltenham on Tuesday week is going to be hugely important. 
  • bromleyjohn
    bromleyjohn Posts: 5,985
    Phew!
  • eastterrace6168
    eastterrace6168 Posts: 22,487
    edited February 2024
    IdleHans said:
    We are 39 points behind Portsmouth with 13 to play. If we don't beat them today then we've blown the title
    I'd be happy with second place though...🤷‍♂️
  • If we were to match (or even better) the quality of performances in the second half of the Lincoln game and for the entire game against Bolton then I simply don't see us going down. In fact I'm anticipating a comfortable win over Portsmouth today and expect us to be pushing for promotion under NJ next season.
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,446
    edited February 2024
    16
    Reading
    34119144449-538
    17
    Cambridge United
    32108143140-938
    18
    Burton Albion
    32108142941-1238
    19
    Shrewsbury Town
    33105182344-2135
    20
    Charlton Athletic
    33712144752-533

    21

    Cheltenham Town

    32

    9

    6

    17

    28

    43

    -15

    33
    22
    Port Vale
    3187163250-1831
    23
    Fleetwood Town
    3368193355-2226
    24
    Carlisle United
    3248202655-2920

    Games today: 

    Cambridge United v Peterborough United
    Bristol Rovers v Carlisle United
    Burton Albion v Northampton Town
    Charlton Athletic v Portsmouth
    Exeter City v Fleetwood Town
    Port Vale v Lincoln City
    Reading v Shrewsbury Town 

    Result from Yesterday: 

    Wigan Athletic 1-1 Cheltenham Town
  • Burton, Fleetwood and Port Vale all have very winnable games I reckon. 

    I have discounted Reading who I think will win today as they look too strong and I'm decent form.

    We desperately need Shrews and those behind us to lose.  The gap to the rest is already wide.
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 50,974
    Cambridge v Posh kicked off at 12
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  • ButtleJR
    ButtleJR Posts: 1,586
    Posh have missed 2 open goals and hit the bar so far...
  • ButtleJR
    ButtleJR Posts: 1,586
    ButtleJR said:
    Posh have missed 2 open goals and hit the bar so far...
    Cambridge have it in the net but thankfully offside 
  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,618
    ButtleJR said:
    Posh have missed 2 open goals and hit the bar so far...
    Win for Cambridge then  :
  • ross1 said:
    Cambridge v Posh kicked off at 12

    ********
    I heard it was around 11!
  • ButtleJR
    ButtleJR Posts: 1,586
    edited February 2024
    Posh score. 0-1. Oddly similar to Thierry smalls goal against Bolton. 
  • Cambridge 0-1 P'boro
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 50,974
    edited February 2024
    Posh score in 55th minute

    Posh goal identical to Small goal for us
  • ButtleJR
    ButtleJR Posts: 1,586
    edited February 2024
    Posh have missed so many good chances that it makes me think that Cambridge will nick one. Just had another one off the bar.
  • ButtleJR
    ButtleJR Posts: 1,586
    Bonne coming on...
  • ButtleJR
    ButtleJR Posts: 1,586
    Posh win 0-1.
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  • Must say, everyone around us are doing their best to help us out this week, now over to us today...
  • Shrews winning isn’t ideal
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,446
    16
    Reading
    35119154652-638
    17
    Cambridge United
    33108153141-1038
    18
    Burton Albion
    33108152943-1438
    19
    Shrewsbury Town
    34115182646-2038
    20
    Charlton Athletic
    34713144752-534

    21

    Cheltenham Town

    32

    9

    6

    17

    28

    43

    -15

    33
    22
    Port Vale
    3287173252-2031
    23
    Fleetwood Town
    3469193456-2227
    24
    Carlisle United
    3348212757-3020

    Looks to be slowly becoming a bottom 5...
  • Personally, I can’t see how anybody can look at that league table and think anything other than we are in deep shit.

    Until we prove we can win multiple games, never mind just one, it looks grim.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,757
    edited February 2024
    Personally, I can’t see how anybody can look at that league table and think anything other than we are in deep shit.

    Until we prove we can win multiple games, never mind just one, it looks grim.
    The only table that matters is the one that has 46 games played.

    We will win games playing the way we have the last two Saturdays.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,557
    Personally, I can’t see how anybody can look at that league table and think anything other than we are in deep shit.

    Until we prove we can win multiple games, never mind just one, it looks grim.
    But we have easy away games coming up at Fleetwood, Burton, Cheltenham, Shrewsbury. The fact we have won away once all season doesn't come into the equation 
  • Personally, I can’t see how anybody can look at that league table and think anything other than we are in deep shit.

    Until we prove we can win multiple games, never mind just one, it looks grim.
    But we have easy away games coming up at Fleetwood, Burton, Cheltenham, Shrewsbury. The fact we have won away once all season doesn't come into the equation 
    Still plenty of opportunities to double that then... What we've achieved in the past, doesnt necessarily dictate what'll happen in the future
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,757
    edited February 2024
    Personally, I can’t see how anybody can look at that league table and think anything other than we are in deep shit.

    Until we prove we can win multiple games, never mind just one, it looks grim.
    But we have easy away games coming up at Fleetwood, Burton, Cheltenham, Shrewsbury. The fact we have won away once all season doesn't come into the equation 
    The only way to stop these complaints is to actually win a game but I do feel very confident, having watched the growth of this NJ team, that’ll we get at least a couple of away wins between now and May.

    We aren’t Appleton’s Charlton anymore.
  • Croydon
    Croydon Posts: 12,725
    edited February 2024
    Personally, I can’t see how anybody can look at that league table and think anything other than we are in deep shit.

    Until we prove we can win multiple games, never mind just one, it looks grim.
    But we have easy away games coming up at Fleetwood, Burton, Cheltenham, Shrewsbury. The fact we have won away once all season doesn't come into the equation 
    The only way to stop these complaints is to actually win a game but I do feel very confident, having watched the growth of this NJ team, that’ll we get at least a couple of away wins between now and May.
    I understand people getting caught up on the one away win, but this is a completely different team (personnel and mentality) to the one that we had until end of January. Those stats to me are largely irrelevant
  • peterreeves
    peterreeves Posts: 1,062
    At least Nathan is giving us some hope after nothing previously. If we fail to climb out of this mess then we deserve relegation but I think we have a chance.