Bottom Three in Championship

[perseus]

Tough Easter for Wigan

Middlesbrough Away
Derby Home

Then the 6 pointer v Fulham the following weekend.

At 89 minutes they needed five miracles. Then they got an equaliser (Waghorn, good goal) and Rotherham threw away three points.

Down to three miracles now. Beat Boro and Derby and Rotherham lose their next two and they will be in with a sporting chance.

 

[Pavilionaire]

Since Sami left we've shown comfortable midtable form. I honestly think Hughton is already focusing on next season and rightly so. After today I'm no longer worried about relegation. If it isn't WIgan it will be Rotherham.

 

[chaileyjem]

Since Sami left we've shown comfortable midtable form. .

Pushing for play off form.

Under Hyypia we had a rather miserable 19 points from 22 games.
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Under Hughton/Jones we've won 26 points from 17 league games.
DWWLWLLDDWWLWLDDW
Hyypia works out at about 39 points over a 46 game season which would have been us in the bottom 3.
Hughton/Jones would leave us with 70 points over a 46 game season. Nearly enough for top 6 most seasons (but not this one!)

with mostly the same players...

 

[A mex eyecan]

Pushing for play off form.

Under Hyypia we had a rather miserable 19 points from 22 games.
LLWWDLLDDDDLDDLWDDLLLD
Under Hughton/Jones we've won 26 points from 17 league games.
DWWLWLLDDWWLWLDDW
Hyypia works out at about 39 points over a 46 game season which would have been us in the bottom 3.
Hughton/Jones would leave us with 70 points over a 46 game season. Nearly enough for top 6 most seasons (but not this one!)

with mostly the same players...

About sums things up nicely. And CH has in the main had to achieve this with a squad not of his making.

 

[jimbob5]

Pushing for play off form.

Under Hyypia we had a rather miserable 19 points from 22 games.
LLWWDLLDDDDLDDLWDDLLLD
Under Hughton/Jones we've won 26 points from 17 league games.
DWWLWLLDDWWLWLDDW
Hyypia works out at about 39 points over a 46 game season which would have been us in the bottom 3.
Hughton/Jones would leave us with 70 points over a 46 game season. Nearly enough for top 6 most seasons (but not this one!)

with mostly the same players...

In other words CH is doing about the same as OG last season and CH does not have the 3 or 4 top quality players that OG had.

 

[spanish flair]

In other words CH is doing about the same as OG last season and CH does not have the 3 or 4 top quality players that OG had.

True and this makes me really hopeful for a good season next season, if the board back Hughton.

 

[Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo]

Tough Easter for Wigan

Middlesbrough Away
Derby Home

Then the 6 pointer v Fulham the following weekend.

Wigan might fancy something from the Derby game. Derby are in terrible form at the moment. No wins in March and they've only picked up 2 points in their last 6 games, plus they've lost to Fulham and us away from home in that run. If Wigan win that one and Rotherham, who will be on a real down after throwing away an important 3 points against Wednesday, don't pick anything up from the games against us and Birmingham than it's not over by a long shot for Wigan. The only thing that might help Derby is the international break, a chance for the squad to regroup and sort themselves out as they are in real danger of losing out on a play off spot if this form continues.

 

[Acker79]

Pushing for play off form.

Under Hyypia we had a rather miserable 19 points from 22 games.
LLWWDLLDDDDLDDLWDDLLLD
Under Hughton/Jones we've won 26 points from 17 league games.
DWWLWLLDDWWLWLDDW
Hyypia works out at about 39 points over a 46 game season which would have been us in the bottom 3.
Hughton/Jones would leave us with 70 points over a 46 game season. Nearly enough for top 6 most seasons (but not this one!)

with mostly the same players...

Hughton has benefited from having Stephens back and signing Kayal. There was a sense before Hyypia left that the club were fully aware they had let him down with player recruitment and were prepared to rectify this in the January window. I believe we would have improved because of this (and Stephens returning) if Hyypia had stayed. I don't know if it would have been as dramatic an improvement as we have had under Hughton, but I think we would have been safe.

 

[jimbob5]

Hughton has benefited from having Stephens back and signing Kayal. There was a sense before Hyypia left that the club were fully aware they had let him down with player recruitment and were prepared to rectify this in the January window. I believe we would have improved because of this (and Stephens returning) if Hyypia had stayed. I don't know if it would have been as dramatic an improvement as we have had under Hughton, but I think we would have been safe.

They might have been safe under SH but that would be down to 3 teams being even worse. 6 pointer home losses to Millwall and Fulham etc did it for SH.

 

[chaileyjem]

Hughton has benefited from having Stephens back and signing Kayal. .

Yep. Kayal has transformed the midfield. Stephens, whilst increasingly influential, has only been a small part of the post Hyypia improvement. Only played his first 90 minutes last week.

 

[Acker79]

Yep. Kayal has transformed the midfield. Stephens, whilst increasingly influential, has only been a small part of the post Hyypia improvement. Only played his first 90 minutes last week.

He has played almost half of the games (in actual time on the pitch) since returning. He has now played 3 x 90+mins in the last week. Every time he has been in the match day squad he has been used in the game. Hughton himself has talked of Stephens' importance to the team.

 

[LamieRobertson]

He has played almost half of the games (in actual time on the pitch) since returning. He has now played 3 x 90+mins in the last week. Every time he has been in the match day squad he has been used in the game. Hughton himself has talked of Stephens' importance to the team.

Stephens himself must be so pleased to be back playing football and lasting 90 mins ..when he first arrived last season it took him a while to settle in but he became an important member of the team.

 

[Jim D]

Wigan might fancy something from the Derby game. Derby are in terrible form at the moment. No wins in March and they've only picked up 2 points in their last 6 games, plus they've lost to Fulham and us away from home in that run. If Wigan win that one and Rotherham, who will be on a real down after throwing away an important 3 points against Wednesday, don't pick anything up from the games against us and Birmingham than it's not over by a long shot for Wigan. The only thing that might help Derby is the international break, a chance for the squad to regroup and sort themselves out as they are in real danger of losing out on a play off spot if this form continues.

Doesn't this remind you of a couple of years back....... team that were top of the league suddenly lose form and are in danger of missing out on even the playoffs. They get back on track in the last game and then beat the higher placed team in the semis and scrape home in the final. It couldn't happen again could it?

 

[Hampster Gull]

Doesn't this remind you of a couple of years back....... team that were top of the league suddenly lose form and are in danger of missing out on even the playoffs. They get back on track in the last game and then beat the higher placed team in the semis and scrape home in the final. It couldn't happen again could it?

Yep. If I had to bet on winners of playoffs I would say Derby

 

[BensGrandad]

Stephens will form the base of a succesful team with Kayal next seeason, not sure whether Crots will come back as he was as this is his 2nd serious injury but we can hope

 

[Soulman]

Wigan might fancy something from the Derby game. Derby are in terrible form at the moment. No wins in March and they've only picked up 2 points in their last 6 games, plus they've lost to Fulham and us away from home in that run. If Wigan win that one and Rotherham, who will be on a real down after throwing away an important 3 points against Wednesday, don't pick anything up from the games against us and Birmingham than it's not over by a long shot for Wigan. The only thing that might help Derby is the international break, a chance for the squad to regroup and sort themselves out as they are in real danger of losing out on a play off spot if this form continues.

Not so sure.
Derby were very good against us and lost. I watched them against Wolves on Friday night and they dominated Wolves and looked good.. I think they will beat Wigan as i don't believe they can go on outplaying teams and not scoring. They certainly miss Chris Martin though.

 

[nwgull]

Not so sure.
Derby were very good against us and lost. I watched them against Wolves on Friday night and they dominated Wolves and looked good.. I think they will beat Wigan as i don't believe they can go on outplaying teams and not scoring. They certainly miss Chris Martin though.

Not to mention that Wolves are significantly better than Wigan, and so are we at home.

 

[perseus]

We might find out that Norwich, Bournemouth and Watford are all better than Derby.

 

[Guinness Boy]

Every game Wigan have left to play is against a side who will need to win, unless you consider us safe already.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Every game Wigan have left to play is against a side who will need to win, unless you consider us safe already.

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As things stand now thats a tough run in...although you could say by the time they get to play Millwall, Wolves and Brentford they might not have anything to play for.