The importance of tonight’s game (Birmingham verses Wigan)! - Official Match Thread

[father_and_son]

You could argue that if Brummy win, then Blackburn would be playing with the added pressure of actually been able to get into the play-off's, so you can look at it any which way. Personally, I'd snatch your hand off for a Birmingham draw without hesitation with bells on.

Blackburn would need a bit of a miracle to get in... Even if Wigan lost by, say, three tonight, BB still need to beat them by 2 goals on Saturday AND have both us and Reading lose (or us draw and Reading get massacred) - mathematically not impossible but the odds against are pretty overwhelming.

Still think Wigan are safe and its down to Reading losing points on Sat for us to have a chance.

 

[KLUNK]

Indeed. And those who say "we never do well at Forest" should take heart from this stat:

Wigan have never won at Birmingham in eight meetings in all competitions, drawing four and losing four.

I like that stat, wasn't aware. Let's just hope that sequence is extended to 9

 

[Rugrat]

Blackburn would need a bit of a miracle to get in... Even if Wigan lost by, say, three tonight, BB still need to beat them by 2 goals on Saturday AND have both us and Reading lose (or us draw and Reading get massacred) - mathematically not impossible but the odds against are pretty overwhelming.

Still think Wigan are safe and its down to Reading losing points on Sat for us to have a chance.

But if Wigan were to lose by 2 or 3 tonight you can bet Blackburn would be right up for it. They are one of the form teams in the league and I think they have to go for it anticipating us slipping up

As for Brum, I'm not sure they are any worse than Blackpool were before they came to the Amex and somehow they've managed to produce 2 outstanding results. Wigan are stuttering and Brum know it's last chance saloon. Might draw a big partisan crowd too?

Unlikely, but stranger things have happened

 

[father_and_son]

Unlikely, but stranger things have happened

Let's see part 1 tonight then... 3-0 to Birmingham! Get in.

 

[y2dave]

Hoping for an unlikely Brum win but if Wigan win we will be confirmed as a Live game on Sky.

 

[Jim D]

I would love to see some stats for key end of season games to see if it really is a case of...

"Nothing to play for" - they don't care/will lose more easily, or
"Nothing to play for" - they can relax and play with freedom and might win

"Something to play for" - they will try extra hard/more likely to win, or
"Something to play for" - they'll be tense and nervy which will hinder them.

I suspect stats will show it probably makes no difference at all.

Not sure about that but I was having a look at teams outside the playoffs after 45 games getting in. Apart from Leicester last year (winning at Forest) it has only happened three times in the last 20 years. Also, teams inside the top 6 playing at home in the last game have a big tendancy to win. So it looks like all eyes on Wigan then.......

 

[saafend_seagull]

Hoping for an unlikely Brum win but if Wigan win we will be confirmed as a Live game on Sky.

Doubt it.

Reading and bham.

 

[stripeyshark]

Possible scenario:
Birmingham beat Wigan
Blackburn need to beat Wigan on the last day
We end up needing wigan to draw or lose
Wigan win in the last minute with Blackburn pushing for a winner.

 

[Keeping The Dream Alive.]

All Brummies tonight aren't we chaps.

 

[glasfryn]

I bloody hate Birmingham

but for today only

UP THE BRUM

 

[Giraffe]

Possible scenario:
Birmingham beat Wigan
Blackburn need to beat Wigan on the last day
We end up needing wigan to draw or lose
Wigan win in the last minute with Blackburn pushing for a winner.

Hmm that would indeed be a nightmare, although Blackburn would probably need to win by at least two goals , so pushing for a last minute winner might not be likely. But it's possible. Eeek.

 

[TomandJerry]

Squeaky bum time

 

[Trufflehound]

Squeaky brum time

Corrected for you.

 

[Giraffe]

Corrected for you.

Very good.

 

[deletebeepbeepbeep]

Can't see anything other than a Wigan win.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Work with a Wigan fan. He's very very confident. Seems that they barely recognise the danger. Over-confidence playing into our hands? I hope so.

 

[Scoffers]

Birmingham probably feel like they have a much better chance of beating Bolton on Saturday, I wonder if that will affect their performance tonight?

 

[Nathan]

Doubt it.

Reading and bham.

Brum are away to Bolton, i can't see many tuning in to watch that.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Still think Wigan will win tonight and we'll scrape a draw against Forest on Saturday.

 

[Bob!]

quoted wrong person!