LondonBristolian Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 I think what is really useful about today's result, apart from being out the bottom three, is we've kept Burton and Blackburn deep in the mire, dragged Forest and Wolves right into it and got Birmingham, QPR and Ipswich looking over their shoulders. Winning today by no means fixes everything but the more we can keep everyone else in the fight, the better our chances. COYR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 I saw the table yes that will help to do that- more sides in the scrap, the better our chances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 Wolves, Forest, Birmingham all on worse runs than us over the last 6-10 games. None are out of it if either team start to bottle it. Blackburn had been poor before a little revival under Mowbray, but will the new manager effect rub off? Chances look much better today, but you can't see us getting many points from our next three games unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 1 hour ago, LondonBristolian said: I think what is really useful about today's result, apart from being out the bottom three, is we've kept Burton and Blackburn deep in the mire, dragged Forest and Wolves right into it and got Birmingham, QPR and Ipswich looking over their shoulders. Winning today by no means fixes everything but the more we can keep everyone else in the fight, the better our chances. COYR! I very much doubt QPR who are 9 points ahead of us are looking over their shoulder. They, Ipswich and Brum all drew today. So we only gained 2 pts on each of them, by just about beating the second worst team in the division. We now have Hudds, Preston and Brentford to come all of whom have already beaten us this season. I would say 4 pts would be a very good return from those three. The scrap is between everyone below and including Burton IMO. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 6 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: I very much doubt QPR who are 9 points ahead of us are looking over their shoulder. They, Ipswich and Brum all drew today. So we only gained 2 pts on each of them, by just about beating the second worst team in the division. We now have Hudds, Preston and Brentford to come all of whom have already beaten us this season. I would say 4 pts would be a very good return from those three. The scrap is between everyone below and including Burton IMO. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Yep, QPR already have 47 points. Seen some speculating that might just be enough already. Think it will need more than that, but they are in no danger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 3 minutes ago, cityexile said: Yep, QPR already have 47 points. Seen some speculating that might just be enough already. Think it will need more than that, but they are in no danger. I reckon they're a win and a couple of draws from safety. No rival to us. Hopefully they're mathematically safe by the time we play them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogkev Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 I still feel Birmingham are in trouble, not expecting them to go down, but come the last game of the season, could we leap frog them with a win? Birmingham have a -16 goal difference! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogkev Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 Amazing how bad Zola has been since taking over. Worse form than Johnson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldlandReddies Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 After todays results i would say Wigan now down with Rotherham and its 1 last place from 5. us, Wolves, Blackbum, Florist and Burton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MC RISK77 Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 17 minutes ago, reddogkev said: Amazing how bad Zola has been since taking over. Worse form than Johnson? As great a player as he was he has been a dreadful manager everywhere he has been...great guy but I think he will be given the bullet by brum by end of season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 4 minutes ago, OldlandReddies said: After todays results i would say Wigan now down with Rotherham and its 1 last place from 5. us, Wolves, Blackbum, Florist and Burton. I agree. Doubly frustrating to think that the away defeats v Wolves and Forest, and the draw v Burton are right up there amougst the most frustrating results this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finbarr_in_z Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 We're going to stay up on goal difference. My ticker won't take all of this. http://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/championship/league Predicted final table Home Away Total P W D L P W D L P W D L F A +/- Pts 1 Newcastle United1-3 18 11 2 5 19 13 3 3 37 24 5 8 70 32 +38 77 2 Brighton & Hove Albion 19 14 3 2 18 9 5 4 37 23 8 6 63 31 +32 77 3 Huddersfield Town1-0 18 13 2 3 18 9 3 6 36 22 5 9 47 39 +8 71 4 Leeds United0-0 19 12 3 4 18 8 3 7 37 20 6 11 50 36 +14 66 5 Reading0-3 19 12 5 2 18 7 2 9 37 19 7 11 49 49 0 64 6 Sheffield Wednesday0-2 18 12 2 4 19 6 6 7 37 18 8 11 48 37 +11 62 7 Fulham3-1 18 8 6 4 18 8 6 4 36 16 12 8 63 42 +21 60 8 Preston North End3-0 19 10 4 5 18 5 7 6 37 15 11 11 51 45 +6 56 9 Norwich City2-2 18 11 4 3 19 4 5 10 37 15 9 13 63 56 +7 54 10 Derby County 19 8 7 4 18 6 3 9 37 14 10 13 39 36 +3 52 11 Barnsley1-1 19 6 7 6 18 8 2 8 37 14 9 14 55 53 +2 51 12 Aston Villa2-0 18 9 7 2 19 3 5 11 37 12 12 13 37 39 -2 48 13 Cardiff City1-1 19 8 4 7 18 5 5 8 37 13 9 15 50 53 -3 48 14 Brentford0-1 17 7 5 5 19 6 3 10 36 13 8 15 54 52 +2 47 15 Queens Park Rangers0-0 19 7 4 8 18 6 4 8 37 13 8 16 41 50 -9 47 16 Ipswich Town1-1 19 6 9 4 18 4 6 8 37 10 15 12 37 44 -7 45 17 Birmingham City1-1 19 7 4 8 18 4 7 7 37 11 11 15 38 54 -16 44 18 Burton Albion1-0 18 8 3 7 19 2 8 9 37 10 11 16 36 48 -12 41 19 Nottingham Forest0-1 18 9 3 6 19 2 4 13 37 11 7 19 51 62 -11 40 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers1-0 17 5 3 9 18 5 6 7 35 10 9 16 41 46 -5 39 21 Bristol City1-0 18 7 4 7 19 3 4 12 37 10 8 19 46 53 -7 38 22 Blackburn Rovers2-2 19 7 6 6 17 2 5 10 36 9 11 16 42 53 -11 38 23 Wigan Athletic0-1 18 3 6 9 19 5 4 10 37 8 10 19 31 42 -11 34 24 Rotherham United0-1 18 4 4 10 19 0 1 18 37 4 5 28 32 82 -50 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldlandReddies Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 Interesting that both Wolves and Forest have picked up less points than us over the last 10 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chivs Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 23 minutes ago, OldlandReddies said: After todays results i would say Wigan now down with Rotherham and its 1 last place from 5. us, Wolves, Blackbum, Florist and Burton. Is that because Wigan are a massive 4 points below us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Popodopolous Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 Will be a big, messy and desperate struggle. Quite a lot of sides will be in this until quite late in season. Games in Hand? Wolves have Brentford away, Huddersfield at home. Not many points likely there. Blackburn have Fulham. Again not many points there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFC Rich Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 Form table from last 6. Looks not bad considering. (On a side note Fulham are looking good and had a cracking result today). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciderbeans Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 Fulham pushing for play offs should hopefully destroy Blackburn in their game in hand which will help. Hopefully wolves will keep dropping points. Birmingham could also be dragged back in due to their terrible form Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
REDOXO Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 Brentford Wolves big game Tuesday too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 I did think Birmingham were safe but now I`m not so sure. Dreadful form and we`re only six points behind them and they`ve got to come to AG so who knows what will happen. Past experience tells us that there is always one team who drops into the mix with about five games left so why not them this year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldlandReddies Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 54 minutes ago, Chivs said: Is that because Wigan are a massive 4 points below us? Yes, huge gap in the context of number of games left and the fact they lost to probably the one team they and their fans thought they were capable of climbing above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 3 hours ago, LondonBristolian said: I think what is really useful about today's result, apart from being out the bottom three, is we've kept Burton and Blackburn deep in the mire, dragged Forest and Wolves right into it and got Birmingham, QPR and Ipswich looking over their shoulders. Winning today by no means fixes everything but the more we can keep everyone else in the fight, the better our chances. COYR! I'm not sure Burton are 'deep in the mire' - they've got 41 invaluable points - but their run in looks daunting, they've still got to play Huddersfield, Newcastle, Villa, Leeds, Reading and Brentford...they've done incredibly well, punched well above their weight. How big will our games against Blackburn, Wolves and QPR be?! It's gonna go to the wire....will we ever have a boring season?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie BCFC Posted March 11, 2017 Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 4 hours ago, Alessandro said: Wolves, Forest, Birmingham all on worse runs than us over the last 6-10 games. None are out of it if either team start to bottle it. Blackburn had been poor before a little revival under Mowbray, but will the new manager effect rub off? Chances look much better today, but you can't see us getting many points from our next three games unfortunately. So are Barnsley 1 win in 8 I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LondonBristolian Posted March 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2017 3 hours ago, Chivs said: Is that because Wigan are a massive 4 points below us? Wigan have lost to us. Twice. That has to suggest a massive lack of quality... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pnefcok Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Personally think it's between you and Blackburn. Wigan will struggle to pull away from it all, they are a very poor side. Think those just above like Wolves, Forest, Burton, Birmingham etc. will do just about enough to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 6 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said: I very much doubt QPR who are 9 points ahead of us are looking over their shoulder. They, Ipswich and Brum all drew today. So we only gained 2 pts on each of them, by just about beating the second worst team in the division. We now have Hudds, Preston and Brentford to come all of whom have already beaten us this season. I would say 4 pts would be a very good return from those three. The scrap is between everyone below and including Burton IMO. Let's not get ahead of ourselves. lets do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 4 minutes ago, pnefcok said: Personally think it's between you and Blackburn. Wigan will struggle to pull away from it all, they are a very poor side. Think those just above like Wolves, Forest, Burton, Birmingham etc. will do just about enough to be safe. Jesus it's come to this mind. Lose out to Burton and be replaced by Fleetwood. F uc k me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 5 hours ago, Chivs said: Is that because Wigan are a massive 4 points below us? lets be honest if we had 4 points less than we have now would you think we were going to stay up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 5 hours ago, MC RISK77 said: As great a player as he was he has been a dreadful manager everywhere he has been..... Well he did take Watford to 3rd place in the championship in his first season as manager there....wouldn't call that dreadful... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pillred Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 3 hours ago, BS4 on Tour... said: I'm not sure Burton are 'deep in the mire' - they've got 41 invaluable points - but their run in looks daunting, they've still got to play Huddersfield, Newcastle, Villa, Leeds, Reading and Brentford...they've done incredibly well, punched well above their weight. How big will our games against Blackburn, Wolves and QPR be?! It's gonna go to the wire....will we ever have a boring season?! I cant believe I'm saying this but yes hopefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted March 12, 2017 Report Share Posted March 12, 2017 Forest fan down the boozer is convinced they will fall into the bottom 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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