by WoodleyRoyal » 21 Oct 2020 21:08
by SouthDownsRoyal » 21 Oct 2020 21:43
WoodleyRoyal Rotherham home
Blackburn away
Coventry Away
Preston home
Stoke home
all the above are in the bottom half (as I write this) if we have automatic promotion ambitions we would need to be taking minimum 10 points from these games.
then we have Bournemouth away, Millwall away and bristol city at home to finish off November.
I see no reason on the current form why we shouldn't be taking at least10 points out of that lot, and should set us up nicely for the 3 tougher games
by 3points » 21 Oct 2020 21:55
by Barney » 21 Oct 2020 21:58
3points Just looked at the table and see that we’ve played three of the bottom four so far.
False 1st????
by Snowflake Royal » 21 Oct 2020 23:18
WoodleyRoyal Rotherham home
Blackburn away
Coventry Away
Preston home
Stoke home
all the above are in the bottom half (as I write this) if we have automatic promotion ambitions we would need to be taking minimum 10 points from these games.
then we have Bournemouth away, Millwall away and bristol city at home to finish off November.
I see no reason on the current form why we shouldn't be taking at least10 points out of that lot, and should set us up nicely for the 3 tougher games
by JR » 21 Oct 2020 23:47
SouthDownsRoyalWoodleyRoyal Rotherham home
Blackburn away
Coventry Away
Preston home
Stoke home
all the above are in the bottom half (as I write this) if we have automatic promotion ambitions we would need to be taking minimum 10 points from these games.
then we have Bournemouth away, Millwall away and bristol city at home to finish off November.
I see no reason on the current form why we shouldn't be taking at least10 points out of that lot, and should set us up nicely for the 3 tougher games
I agree.
All the cliches about no easy games, anyone can beat anyone etc sure but as you say, and I have said the same. If we are to be genuine promotion candidates then yes ten points minimum from those.
I’m not sure we will achieve it and I’d expect 7/8 points (based on nothing other than gut feeling) 7/8 would be OK but would see us drop int the POs and with (on paper) tougher games ahead that’s when it gets tricky.
Stoke will surely be a draw
by Chameleon » 22 Oct 2020 00:15
by TiagoIlori » 22 Oct 2020 01:17
by Crowbar6753 » 22 Oct 2020 01:45
by Simmops » 22 Oct 2020 05:43
by Stranded » 22 Oct 2020 07:08
by Hound » 22 Oct 2020 08:22
by WestYorksRoyal » 22 Oct 2020 08:23
by Snowflake Royal » 22 Oct 2020 08:27
by Nameless » 22 Oct 2020 08:36
Snowflake Royal It's also about getting points on the board early knowing the season could be cancelled or postponed in a month's time.
by NewCorkSeth » 22 Oct 2020 08:40
Hound Yep it’s just jeep picking up points where we can at the moment
Certainly I’d be disappointed with not getting a decent points return from that set of games mind you, but I do feel we’re probably likely to lose one pretty soon. Then it’s about bouncing back
by Stranded » 22 Oct 2020 09:09
WestYorksRoyal We're doing well, but this list of games shows how tentative I still am. In 05/06 and at our peak in 11/12, you'd look at games and know we'd win (forget the no easy games cliché, the teams just had an aura).
Now I'm even looking at Rotherham as a possible banana skin. I'd be very happy with 10 points from those 5.
Maybe some games where we make a statement and score a hatful would make me feel better. When you keep coming out on top in close games, it's to be expected a couple of results will eventually go against you.
by Millsy » 22 Oct 2020 09:12
by SouthDownsRoyal » 22 Oct 2020 09:14
Millsy The next 40 games will be crucial and a much better indicator than the next 5, for me.
by Hound » 22 Oct 2020 09:18
StrandedWestYorksRoyal We're doing well, but this list of games shows how tentative I still am. In 05/06 and at our peak in 11/12, you'd look at games and know we'd win (forget the no easy games cliché, the teams just had an aura).
Now I'm even looking at Rotherham as a possible banana skin. I'd be very happy with 10 points from those 5.
Maybe some games where we make a statement and score a hatful would make me feel better. When you keep coming out on top in close games, it's to be expected a couple of results will eventually go against you.
The aura for both those teams developed over time - in 05/06 for me at least it was a win against Hull in November (about game 18 or so) where Hull were the better team, equalised and looked like going on to win it - we then scored 2 in a minute to kill the game off. From that point on, I turned up to each game with the only question being "How many will we win by today?".
In 11/12 the aura was only there in the last third of the season.
Since then we've been generally awful so it will take a while for any aura to build and the natural nervousness that this may be the game we are found out to die down a bit, especially in home games.
The way I am looking at it, at the start of the season most of us would have been over the moon with 10 to 12 points from the first 7 games, we are already well ahead of that.
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