Wokingham Red Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 30th Jan - Coventry (a) 2nd Feb - Leeds (H) 10th Feb - Middlesbrough (a) 13th Feb - Southampton (H) Four very tough games in a short period of time. If we can come out of these still within 6 points of the playoffs that would be a great platform to maybe make a late charge. We lose them all and then it's another season of mediocrity confirmed. The optimist in me says that 5 points out of this lot would be a good outcome but it will be a very tough ask; especially the next two. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back of the Dolman Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 2 minutes ago, Wokingham Red said: 30th Jan - Coventry (a) 2nd Feb - Leeds (H) 10th Feb - Middlesbrough (a) 13th Feb - Southampton (H) Four very tough games in a short period of time. If we can come out of these still within 6 points of the playoffs that would be a great platform to maybe make a late charge. We lose them all and then it's another season of mediocrity confirmed. The optimist in me says that 5 points out of this lot would be a good outcome but it will be a very tough ask; especially the next two. Hate to be pessimistic but I can’t see a game there that we will pick up 3 points. Maybe Middlesbrough with their injuries but even then it would be very difficult. Hopefuly I’ll be proved wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Coach Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 2 minutes ago, Back of the Dolman said: Hate to be pessimistic but I can’t see a game there that we will pick up 3 points. Maybe Middlesbrough with their injuries but even then it would be very difficult. Hopefuly I’ll be proved wrong Likewise. To be even more negative I can’t even see where we could nick a point. Possibly Boro and maybe Coventry. Our record against Leeds is woeful. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wokingham Red Posted January 22 Author Report Share Posted January 22 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Back of the Dolman said: Hate to be pessimistic but I can’t see a game there that we will pick up 3 points. I guess the only glimmer of hope is that the last time we were faced with a very tough set of fixtures was in December: Sunderland, Hull, Watford. We all know what happened there. What happens in the rest of this transfer window may or may not have an effect. Edited January 22 by Wokingham Red Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gratz260689 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Think could play to are advantages by playing teams that will come and have a go at us, rather than sitting back and we spend 90 minutes trying to break them down!! 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 1 minute ago, Gratz260689 said: Think could play to are advantages by playing teams that will come and have a go at us, rather than sitting back and we spend 90 minutes trying to break them down!! The issue in comparison to the previous three games we won is, imo, at least three of those teams are good enough to have a go at us and batter us if we don't turn up. If someone offered me four points from those four games and no need to play them I would snap their hand off.......maybe I should have more faith, we'll see!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke_bristol Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 We have a dreadful record against Leeds and I don’t expect anything from that one, but we blow hot and cold enough to think we could get a win and draw from the remaining three Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FNQ Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Well none of ‘em are as good as West Ham… But they’re all a damn sight better than Millwall and Blackburn.. So who knows? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Negan Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Well we never beat Leeds so let’s just forget about that already. Boro away tends to be a very good ground for us, southampton and cov… maybe a point. Don’t have much expectation for this so anything more than 2 points will be good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilRascal Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 We do tend to do better against teams who are set up to attack and get the 3 points, as opposed to teams who are defensive and happy for a draw (Millwall, for example). So we could nick a few points. Does look like a scary run of games though! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Son of Fred Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 (edited) 48 minutes ago, The Coach said: Likewise. To be even more negative I can’t even see where we could nick a point. Possibly Boro and maybe Coventry. Our record against Leeds is woeful. Coventry unbeaten in their last ten league & cup outings.... Only really seeing Boro away as a possible decent result... I'd take 4 points from those four right now & be reasonably happy. Hopefully we will be pleasantly surprised!! Edited January 22 by Son of Fred 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Stripe Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 None of the above teams are better than West Ham. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmNick Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 2 minutes ago, Elmore James said: None of the above teams are better than West Ham. And none of them are worse than Millwall and Blackburn who we've lost to in the last month or so. What's your point? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Stripe Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 2 minutes ago, IAmNick said: And none of them are worse than Millwall and Blackburn who we've lost to in the last month or so. What's your point? City rose to the occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Rs Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Cant see more then 4 points for us here, beat one and draw with one of Middlesborough/Coventry. Hopefully we get a win against Coventry and that gives us some momentum going into the leeds game at home and then who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFCGav Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Important run of games and as said, if we can still be in with a sniff of PO's after them it should be a good end to the season. Lose to Forest then pick up 3 or fewer points in those 4 games and it's sadly time to look forward to the Euros and next season. As we stand today, we're still just about fighting on two fronts. Let's keep the dreaming alive as long as possible and go from there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorenzos Only Goal Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 3 hours ago, Wokingham Red said: 30th Jan - Coventry (a) 2nd Feb - Leeds (H) 10th Feb - Middlesbrough (a) 13th Feb - Southampton (H) Four very tough games in a short period of time. If we can come out of these still within 6 points of the playoffs that would be a great platform to maybe make a late charge. We lose them all and then it's another season of mediocrity confirmed. The optimist in me says that 5 points out of this lot would be a good outcome but it will be a very tough ask; especially the next two. To be honest I think it's irrelevant where points come from as long as we pick them up and are capable of beating anyone. We've shown that with West Ham and we could well do well in the playoff's. If we manager to get to the playoffs which given our transitional state (inflicted on us by BT, JL and co) the best we can hope for is maybe a beat Forrest get a nice game out of it, and pick up some nice wins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shauntaylor85 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 This season relies on Friday night. Lose and it’s over aside from getting enough points to be safe. Thoroughly disappointing yet again, club continues to make same mistakes year on year. 9 minutes ago, Lorenzos Only Goal said: To be honest I think it's irrelevant where points come from as long as we pick them up and are capable of beating anyone. We've shown that with West Ham and we could well do well in the playoff's. If we manager to get to the playoffs which given our transitional state (inflicted on us by BT, JL and co) the best we can hope for is maybe a beat Forrest get a nice game out of it, and pick up some nice wins. We are better off playing the good sides as opposed to a Millwall or Preston who we just have no answer to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 (edited) Hard to think the playoffs are remotely credible, we are 6 points adrift of Coventry (who as has been pointed out, are on an incredible run). Lose on Friday & effectively our season is pretty much over. It is a very tough run of fixtures including games against 2 sides with a ridiculous financial advantage. Our record against Coventry (lot of draws) & Boro is actually ok though. Edited January 22 by GrahamC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 cant see us getting a point let alone 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numero Uno Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 1 minute ago, redsquirrel said: cant see us getting a point let alone 4 I wasn't confident of getting anything on Saturday if I'm honest. I think Ismael knows his onions at this level and Watford will end up in the mix when it matters. I'm hoping that we will stick in at least one of our resilient performances in that bunch of games, maybe two, and pick up something. If we lose all four, this forum........................ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clevedon Red Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Can’t see anything other than 4 easy wins and 12 points. Pass the meds matron. 1 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyderInACan Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 We're a front foot, top-6, promotion chasing team. I predict 5 wins from those 4 games. 1 10 1 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swede Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 They're all tough in the Championship. I would be more than happy with a point at Cov but that will be really tough. As people have said, leeds tend to rub our noses in it. We have a chance against Boro although I'm sure Luke Ayling will be right up for that one. Saints are on a roll so that will be extremely difficult. Playing Cov on the Tuesday and then leeds on the Friday is a bit of a tall ask. We really could do with the likes of Naismith coming back. So 4 points and I would be mid table realistic happy & not pie in the sky directors play off happy. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Geoff Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Time for JL and snake to check the tin hats are still in the store cupboard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natchfever Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 Regardless of who would be managing us this season, I see 2 points incoming at best Very tough group of games, so probably 12 points 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 5 hours ago, Sir Geoff said: Time for JL and snake to check the tin hats are still in the store cupboard. and maybe order some flak jackets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkev Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 5 hours ago, redsquirrel said: cant see us getting a point let alone 4 That’s the spirit , I sort of agree though 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy082005 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 9 hours ago, Wokingham Red said: 30th Jan - Coventry (a) 2nd Feb - Leeds (H) 10th Feb - Middlesbrough (a) 13th Feb - Southampton (H) Four very tough games in a short period of time. If we can come out of these still within 6 points of the playoffs that would be a great platform to maybe make a late charge. We lose them all and then it's another season of mediocrity confirmed. The optimist in me says that 5 points out of this lot would be a good outcome but it will be a very tough ask; especially the next two. If we don’t get 15 points here ….Manning out 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robbored Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 9 hours ago, Wokingham Red said: 30th Jan - Coventry (a) 2nd Feb - Leeds (H) 10th Feb - Middlesbrough (a) 13th Feb - Southampton (H) Four very tough games in a short period of time. If we can come out of these still within 6 points of the playoffs that would be a great platform to maybe make a late charge. We lose them all and then it's another season of mediocrity confirmed. The optimist in me says that 5 points out of this lot would be a good outcome but it will be a very tough ask; especially the next two. It’s impossible to predict accurately. If we could it wouldn’t take long to reach our first million. However - City have a respectable record at the Ricoh and at the Riverside and based on that I’d be happy with 4 points Our record against Leeds is poor home and away and a point against ‘dirty Leeds’ is about the best we can expect. I can see them beating us at AG Saints - that’s difficult to call. They’re flying and will be after all the points and that might just give City a chance to nick a surprise win but I can see another draw. So…….6 or 7 points would a good return Imo. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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