Not having a go at all! Been very complimentary to Plymouth in this thread, really hope you make playoffs over your Sunderland’s and your Wycombes. Just do think that record against top teams over the last few months isn’t great, and the run in for you is all against those teams. Mirrors us in many ways - bar a few exceptions, we generally seem to see off the lower sides and struggle/get poorer results against the best. That’s what sets the Wigans, Millers and MKs apart at the moment for me.Damned with faint praise then
I think that means our home record is now the equal best in the division alongside Rotherham......
We despatched Wendies and Bolton 3-0 each....
in terms of beating/losing to sides around us we lost narrowly to Wigan and Rotherham at home, heavily to Wycombe and bix=zarrely to Lincoln. Wigan and Lincoln to last minute/injury time goals.
Drew at MK, lost narrowly at Sunderland beat Oxford (ahem) and Bolton.
Drew at Pompey ( 95th minute equaliser by them)
Our bad defeats we home to WW and away to SW, and maybe Cambridge (0-2, played badly) everywhere else even in defeat we were competitive.
So the reality is we play each side home and away...it just so happens we appear to have saved the besttill last....thanks EFL....
But would you rather be playing us or Portsmouth/Bolton/Rotherham next week?
I think what this run has done, and it is historic in we have never won six in a row with clean sheets before I believe it has bought us the space that a defeat or even two won't be fatal to our playoffs hopes and if we can continue it then we might well stage an unlikely tilt at the autos.
Personally I think that's still a very long shot and once Rotherham have their Wembley distraction out of the way they will pick up again....
Based on last nights performance which was settled by two great finishes as the only real difference between the teams I have a sneaking hope that Cheltenham might do you a favour at the weekend.
Fingers crossed.
I agree, but I was replying specifically to someone who was talking about us being only two points behind them if we beat them.
It could have been better that’s true but only one game were we comprehensively outplayed. Sadly it was WW. Most of the other defeats were the odd goal and often late on.
They way we defended last season panic buying was the only way to go.
I guess you could look at it that way. If Ipswich won they would still be 5 points behind us, having played a game more. If Plymouth win they will be 8 ahead of us having played a game more. I'm still optimistic we can finish 4th at least. Maybe a draw would be best all round
That was my thinking too - I'll do it when I update after this weekend's fixtures.
Ipswich have very little chance.
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Bolton still working out what they need to do to get into the play-offs with a few six pointers coming up
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Wanderers have seven games left to go in League One and face a big run of fixtures in April
Nope
