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Preston win would have been the lesser of two evils. Gap between 1st and 3rd more important than 1st and 2nd.

Couldn't care less if we win the league, as long as we get promoted. All means the same come the first day of next season.

While I agree it would be nice to win the title - 60 years since we last won one.

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Probably the worst result of the night and they will take confidence from that.

 

Still long way to go and two good results against those will put us in a strong position heading in to December, which looks a much easier month.

I don't agree but recognise that it depends which way you look at it. Don't think there were clear favoured results tonight and don't think any possible outcomes would have been disastorous either.

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Doesn't matter that swindon beat Preston. Means preston won't catch us quite yet and swindon won't last, their squad is small, finances are thin and they will drop down so are not really a threat. We will get three points from them so there's no worries there. Plus, Preston are the more dangerous team so it would be good to play them in bad form

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Probably the worst result of the night and they will take confidence from that.

 

Still long way to go and two good results against those will put us in a strong position heading in to December, which looks a much easier month.

Was happier with Swindon than Preston, as like others I think MK Dons are maybe the true third, or even Preston.

In truth far to early to really start worrying about others results. Nothing we can do about that. Look to our own form and we wil be ok.

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Not bothered really.

As it stands gap between us and second is 5 points and us and third is 7 points. Considering MK Dons are 9 behind with two games in hand id rather keep our gap over preston at the moment.

With MK Dons having their game postponed for the international break after the Swindon game they will have 3 games in hand. I can only imagine fixture congestions will get worse as every international break they will have another game to make up. Hopefully they go to a replay in the FA Cup to build up even more fixtures.

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To be fair, seeing as MK Dons have two games in hand on 27pts, and Rochdale, Notts County and Sheff Utd all have one game in hand on 26pts, it's reasonable to think that at least one of them are theoretically on the same as/more points than Swindon are now, so the gap to 3rd was always likely to be this amount.

 

Especially when you take into account that MK Dons games in hand are against Rochdale and Sheff Utd.

 

Imagine those games happening now:

 

MK Dons win both: MK Dons 33pts, Rochdale & Sheff Utd 26pts

 

MK win one, lose one: MK Dons 30pts, Rochdale/Sheff Utd 29pts/26pts.

 

MK lose both: Rochdale & Sheff Utd 29pts, MK Dons 27pts.

 

Both draws: MK Dons 29pts, Rochdale & Sheff Utd 27pts.

 

 

Basically, any permutation sees the gap between us and 3rd place being the same (or worse) as it is with Swindon winning.

 

So probably better for Swindon to win tonight than Preston, as it takes care of the gap between us and 2nd, while not affecting the gap between us and 3rd in reality.

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To be fair, seeing as MK Dons have two games in hand on 27pts, and Rochdale, Notts County and Sheff Utd all have one game in hand on 26pts, it's reasonable to think that at least one of them are theoretically on the same as/more points than Swindon are now, so the gap to 3rd was always likely to be this amount.

 

Especially when you take into account that MK Dons games in hand are against Rochdale and Sheff Utd.

 

Imagine those games happening now:

 

MK Dons win both: MK Dons 33pts, Rochdale & Sheff Utd 26pts

 

MK win one, lose one: MK Dons 30pts, Rochdale/Sheff Utd 29pts/26pts.

 

MK lose both: Rochdale & Sheff Utd 29pts, MK Dons 27pts.

 

Both draws: MK Dons 29pts, Rochdale & Sheff Utd 27pts.

 

 

Basically, any permutation sees the gap between us and 3rd place being the same (or worse) as it is with Swindon winning.

 

So probably better for Swindon to win tonight than Preston, as it takes care of the gap between us and 2nd, while not affecting the gap between us and 3rd in reality.

nice 1 Statto  :thumbsup:

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To be fair, seeing as MK Dons have two games in hand on 27pts, and Rochdale, Notts County and Sheff Utd all have one game in hand on 26pts, it's reasonable to think that at least one of them are theoretically on the same as/more points than Swindon are now, so the gap to 3rd was always likely to be this amount.

Especially when you take into account that MK Dons games in hand are against Rochdale and Sheff Utd.

Imagine those games happening now:

MK Dons win both: MK Dons 33pts, Rochdale & Sheff Utd 26pts

MK win one, lose one: MK Dons 30pts, Rochdale/Sheff Utd 29pts/26pts.

MK lose both: Rochdale & Sheff Utd 29pts, MK Dons 27pts.

Both draws: MK Dons 29pts, Rochdale & Sheff Utd 27pts.

Basically, any permutation sees the gap between us and 3rd place being the same (or worse) as it is with Swindon winning.

So probably better for Swindon to win tonight than Preston, as it takes care of the gap between us and 2nd, while not affecting the gap between us and 3rd in reality.

As I've posted on twitter earlier, it makes those wins against Sheffield United and MK Dons all the more important.

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