singe Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) 44 minutes ago, pukka said: Mon Sat Tuesday, Sat Wednesday Sat Tuesday Sat A very Busy April Ouch. I thought Dale had plenty of games, but by the time we play our next game they are likely to have caught up the games in hand, so it should make it very intersting but potentially nerve wracking. Win them both and they will go above us on GD. I'm trying not to think about that. They have: Tue Sat Tue Sat Tue Sat Tue Sat IIRC we've always done poorly after length gaps in fixtures. Edited March 19, 2018 by singe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Magic Mikey said: Anyone know the reasoning behind this? We very rarely play home games on a Wednesday 10 games since the 1998/99 season (excl boxing day/NYD games). W4 D1 L5 Includes 0-6 v Spurs, 2-5 v Juan Ugarte, but also 3-0 v Forest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcmetty Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 53 minutes ago, singe said: IIRC we've always done poorly after length gaps in fixtures. Since 98/99 season, 21 games where previous fixture was over 10 days ago: W10 D7 L4 - looks pretty good to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BP1960 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, singe said: Ouch. I thought Dale had plenty of games, but by the time we play our next game they are likely to have caught up the games in hand, so it should make it very intersting but potentially nerve wracking. Win them both and they will go above us on GD. I'm trying not to think about that. They have: Tue Sat Tue Sat Tue Sat Tue Sat IIRC we've always done poorly after length gaps in fixtures. Rusty, too many games it's tiredness. Edited March 19, 2018 by BP1960 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonboy Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 So the 7 teams directly above us and Rochdale to play in April...5 games being at home. Then Northampton away to finish If we can't get 12 points plus from that lot we deserve to go down. Think we will need at least 52 points before Northampton to be safe, as most weeks teams from the bottom 10 are playing each other so will pick up points by default....us included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonboy Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 So the 7 teams directly above us and Rochdale to play in April...5 games being at home. Then Northampton away to finish If we can't get 12 points plus from that lot we deserve to go down. Think we will need at least 52 points before Northampton to be safe, as most weeks teams from the bottom 10 are playing each other so will pick up points by default....us included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonboy Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 So the 7 teams directly above us and Rochdale to play in April...5 games being at home. Then Northampton away to finish If we can't get 12 points plus from that lot we deserve to go down. Think we will need at least 52 points before Northampton to be safe, as most weeks teams from the bottom 10 are playing each other so will pick up points by default....us included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonboy Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 3 hours ago, LaticMark said: 2nd Blackpool H (Mon) 7th Oxford A 11th Walsall H (Wed) 14th Gillingham H 17th Rochdale A (Tues) 21st Wimbledon A 24th Southend H (Tues) 28th Doncaster H So the 7 teams directly above us and Rochdale to play in April...5 games being at home. Then Northampton away to finish If we can't get 12 points plus from that lot we deserve to go down. Think we will need at least 52 points before Northampton to be safe, as most weeks teams from the bottom 10 are playing each other so will pick up points by default....us included. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Londonboy Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Sorry IT issue!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddogs Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Northampton and Fleetwood both in action tomorrow night if results go against us bottom 4 beckons.Shrewbury win and Dale v Fleetwood nil nil please ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_mighty_bosh Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Just looking at our fixtures compared to other teams, and we have a favourable run in. After Wigan away, no team that we play is currently above 12th. With our attacking options I'd like to think that we've got enough quality to take the game to a lot of those teams, especially at home, that should see us safe. The worries for me are our defensive depth, style of play, a potential backlog in the last 30 days of the season and Wellens' inexperience in this situation. Our first choice back 5 is good but if we lose any of them for an extended period of time we could be in real trouble as the back up players are a big drop in quality. As good as our attacking players can be, we're going into this relegation battle with a style that isn't really reliable in tense situations. This is what worries me a little about Wellens, if he can get us set up well enough to be tight as a unit then brilliant but most other managers around us have experience of beating the drop or setting their teams up to be solid. We are at a disadvantage in this respect. Hopefully having loads of fixtures from Walsall onwards will help us pick up the points we need, but get on a bad run from now until then and things could easily snowball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frizzell54 Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Three wins and 3 draws should do it, we can lose the other 4. I hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 1 hour ago, the_mighty_bosh said: Our first choice back 5 is good There is scant evidence for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 12 minutes ago, Dave_Og said: There is scant evidence for that. Like all the other teams in the bottom half... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, kowenicki said: Like all the other teams in the bottom half... Eh? We have had pretty much all season and still have the worst defensive record in the division Edited March 19, 2018 by Dave_Og Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 (edited) 20 minutes ago, Dave_Og said: Eh? We have had pretty much all season and still have the worst defensive record in the division How does that contradict what I just said? i.e. There is scant evidence that any team in the bottom half can defend. Scant isn’t definitive. Edited March 19, 2018 by kowenicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Just now, kowenicki said: How does that contradict what I just said? i.e. There is scant evidence that any team in the bottom half can defend. You are just arguing for the sake of if. It's blindingly obvious that the goals against column is killing us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, Dave_Og said: You are just arguing for the sake of if. It's blindingly obvious that the goals against column is killing us I’m not arguing. I’m just saying defence isn’t a strong point of most lower teams for obvious reasons. As to goals against killing us... it’s certainly not helping, but 3 teams below have a worse goal difference so if our defence is killing us then their attack is killing them. Which is a worse situation... I don’t know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_Og Posted March 19, 2018 Share Posted March 19, 2018 Just now, kowenicki said: I’m not arguing. I’m just saying defence isn’t a strong point of most lower teams for obvious reasons. As to goals against killing us... it’s certainly not helping, but 3 teams below have a worse goal difference so if our defence is killing us then their attack is killing them. Which is a worse situation... I don’t know? The posited suggestion that I responded to is that the first choice defence is good. It isn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lookersman Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 lack of matches through ridiculous called off through weather and alleged international call ups will cost us dear methinks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Mikey Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 29 minutes ago, lookersman said: lack of matches through ridiculous called off through weather and alleged international call ups will cost us dear methinks Alleged! If only there was a way to check if they'd been actually called up. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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