5 wins out of 5 WON'T be enough

[Chesney Christ]

I don't want to sound all negative, because believe or not I don't think it is beyond the realms of possibility that we could actually win our last 5 games. However, I can't possibly believe 75 points will be enough. I'm trying to convince myself that it will be but I can't.

Forest are 9 points clear of us so would have to lose three games for us to even be level with them. Not gonna happen. Even if we beat Southend, we would still be 5 points behind them. I can't see them dropping 5 points in 4 games. Leeds are now widely expected to get 5 points back, so they are effectively 9 clear of us. Also not going to happen. In their current form, I doubt they will drop 4 points anyway so getting the points back may be an irrelevance.

Someone please convince me otherwise.

 

[Uncle Spielberg]

Put all thoughts of a play off out of your mind. It AIN'T gonna happen.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Leeds are now widely expected to get 5 points back,
.

from who? what proof is there

 

[dougdeep]

It could be. The thread title is a little misleading.

 

[steward 433]

Maybe?? Until it is mathematically impossible don't give up hope

Remember being 11 points adrift from safety one christmas? look what happened there!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DTES]

Remember being 11 points adrift from safety one christmas?

When you're down the bottom, everyone else around you is throwing away more points than they're winning - that doesn't apply here unfortunately.

 

[Chesney Christ]

from who? what proof is there

A lot of people have been saying so on here, not that that makes anything true admittedly!

 

[steward 433]

When you're down the bottom, everyone else around you is throwing away more points than they're winning - that doesn't apply here unfortunately.

I am the eternal optimist and still live in hope as the teams above us play a few games against each other and will lose points!

 

[Chesney Christ]

I am the eternal optomist and still live in hope as the teams above us play a few games against each other and will lose points!

Who's playing who? Can't be bothered to look it up...

 

[steward 433]

Who's playing who? Can't be bothered to look it up...

Albion - Southend 08/04
Leeds - Carlisle 12/04
Tranmere - Forest 12/04
Southend - Carlisle 19/04

Southend could get turned over for 6 points and that's just a few of the fixtures left!

 

[dougdeep]

I am the eternal optomist.

Do you do eye tests?

 

[steward 433]

Do you do eye tests?

SMARTARSE

So i wasn't checking my spelling all that well sorry

 

[SeagullRic]

When you're down the bottom, everyone else around you is throwing away more points than they're winning - that doesn't apply here unfortunately.

Except if you get near the top of the Championship.

 

[bright1064]

If we win all five of our remaining games, we will make the playoffs.

That is assuming Leeds don't get any points back.

But we won't win all five games, no way! Wilkins' points target before yesterdays game was 13 points from all remaining games. That is still acheivable with 4 wins and a draw.

Can we do it? I dont know, but it's not impossible and we still have to believe and get behind the team!

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

If we beat Southend then we pick up points from them. On Saturday Leeds have to play Carlisle with an early kick off , so there will be an added incentive to beat Luton if (when) the mighty Leeds drop 3 points. Southend also have to play Carlisle, so the 5th and 6th place spots are still acheivable.

 

[footychick]

At least if we lose to Saarfend we'll know for sure, saves all this 'will we, won't we business.

*gets coat

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Donny and Forest will get more than 75 points easily. Leeds and Southend can also get more than 75 points, without too much trouble (even if we beat Southend).

And even if we had beaten Port Vale, we probably still wouldn't have made the playoffs.

 

[Mendoza]

We avoided relegation, which some people doubted we could even do that.

5 games left we are still in the race, as has been said before a lot of the top 8 have to play each other, and theres nothing to say what happened to us on Saturday will happen to another team.

We were quite a way behind Walsall not long ago, Man U were 8 points behind Arsenal in February, things can change!

With a 4 point gap and 15 to play for impossible is nothing (as the advert goes)

 

[drew]

At the end of the day, we are not in a strong position following the debacle against Port Vale but you do need to look at the fixtures. We need to beat Southend to close the gap. They then have both Carlisle and Tranmere away to play. Lose all three then thats the 9pts they could lose. Win our 5 (hope) and we are on 75 pts, Southend on 74. Suspect Leeds will get some point back so they will be certain of one play-off spot. Just need Forest to beat Tranmere away and the max Tranmere can get is 71 pts. This is of course only one permutation but agree we need to look to win all 5. Hopefully Swansea will celebrate the title with a night out in Brighton the day before our match.