Can we still make the playoffs this season?

[Goldstone1976]

Poll to follow

 

[Napper]

2 points average a game to make them.

Unlikely for anyteam to maintain that over 30 odd games. Absolutely Impossible for our team / squad.

Top half is the best possible outcome IMO

 

[Don Quixote]

Yes we can, but extremely unlikely.

 

[hans kraay fan club]

Not a chance.

Zero.

Nil.

Zip.

 

[Greg Bobkin]

 

[narly101]

Not a chance in hell.

 

[terryberry1]

We are more likely to be relegated than find ourselves in the play offs

 

[Kuipers Supporters Club]

Certainly not this season, and dare I say we will never make the play offs with Hyypia in charge.

 

[terryberry1]

Saying that palace were in relegation zone a few years back when Ian Dowie took them to the prem

 

[Bold Seagull]

 

[Brovion]

It's November so the table's pretty much set for the season now. Yes I know there are always teams that buck the early trend but it's fair to say that the teams that are in the relegation/promotion fights now will, by and large, still be in them at the business end of the season.

Look where we are now and you'll have a pretty good idea of whether we'll be in the play-offs or not.

 

[BensGrandad]

Yes we can, but extremely unlikely.

That is the answer

 

[fleet]

Yes but only if we change manager now - every game without a win makes it harder, and the new manager has to hit winning form immediately

 

[durrington gull]

Hahaha - got to be a wind up Shirley!!

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Blow FFP then yes, but since were actually sensible - absolutely not.

To be honest, I wouldnt be disappointed with a mid-table finish the way things are going.

 

[dazzer6666]

Mathematically of course we can, practically we won't. I still think we will be about 12th.

 

[SAC]

Very, very unlikely but obviously not impossible even with a decent manager.

I really don't think FFP has got much to do with it, it's just used as an excuse for poor decision making.

 

[Horton hears a few]

I think even with any new manager it's going to be a struggle now. New players are required too.

 

[Goldstone1976]

Hahaha - got to be a wind up Shirley!!

No, not a wind up, but you're right to think there is a motive! And it's this....

At the time of writing 75% of NSC voters think that no matter what we do now, we won't achieve a playoff place this season (incidentally, I agree).

Let's say that TB thinks the same. If he does, why would he change Sami right now and, presumably have to pay both a termination fee for Sami and a sign-on bonus for whoever replaces him (assuming, God forbid, that his replacement isn't Nathan). That money would be better spent preparing a squad to challenge next season, shirley? Removing Sami right now won't achieve anything unless we look in imminent danger of relegation in, say, February when TB might be forced to replace him to avoid relegation.

If nothing can be done to achieve the playoffs, you might as well stick with Sami for this season all the time you don't believe we'll be relegated because he might just pull it out of the bag and have a successful last half of this season, giving you confidence that next season we might challenge again...

For next season, however? Well, that's an entirely different game...

 

[portslade seagull]

Should be ' can we avoid relegation this season ' as that seems more appropiate