Will we make the top 6?

[kevo]

There is clear blue space now between us and the teams below us - we're five points ahead of Ipswich with a game in hand and seven points ahead of Blackburn. The top 6 places will surely go to the teams currently in the top 8. Wigan on a roll, but you do wonder if their schedule will catch up with them. And no reason at all why we shouldn't catch Forest and Reading.

 

[Rugrat]

Voted no and still stand by my judgement. We got lucky against QPR and today. Luck can carry us only so far.

Lucky today?

and v Wigan?

It all evens out in the end

 

[Hotchilidog]

It's back in our own hands. A lot of work yet to do, but we CAN do it!

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

I know I haven't exactly been full of joy on here recently but I must say I'm getting very very excited.

 

[Footsoldier]

Although we rode our luck against QPR, we weren't particularly lucky today, and we were unlucky against Wigan.

I'm doing the reverse sociology. I'm not tempting fate unlike some on here.

 

[Luke93]

Realistically, I think we'll finish above Reading and Forest. Can't see us catching up with anyone else... Unless we somehow win like 9 games! We could still potentially finish on 89, but 74(Ish) seems realistic.

 

[Rugrat]

Realistically, I think we'll finish above Reading and Forest. Can't see us catching up with anyone else... Unless we somehow win like 9 games! We could still potentially finish on 89, but 74(Ish) seems realistic.

Points are somewhat irrelevant if we finish above those 2

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

Derby v Forest 12:15 next Saturday.

I'd say Derby are also catchable.

 

[Mowgli37]

I'm usually quite positive so I must have been at a rather low ebb when I voted 'No' initially! Feeling cautiously optimistic now...

 

[grummitts gloves]

In answer to the original question.Yes.

 

[ruthers]

I voted no a while ago but i'd now say we are capable of achieving around 19 points from the last 11 games. This would give us 75 points and be enough for the top six.

Last season at this stage we had the same points sat in 6th and in the end the final play off spot was achieved with just 68 points.

Lots to be positive about.
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[HantsSeagull]

results of next saturdays games will be telling. Beat Ipswich and that should be them and everyone else below 8Th out of the equation.

reading gotta go to Birmingham

forest go to derby.

we should be in the play offs by this time next week with a game in hand. (kiss of death!)

 

[Spicy]

I think we could hobble into 6th place so am hoping for that.

 

[symyjym]

Derby v Forest 12:15 next Saturday.

I'd say Derby are also catchable.

Yep, that's the way I see it. Win our game in hand and there are 4 pts in it so it is not beyond the realms of possibility. Wigan will jump them first.

 

[Blue Valkyrie]

I'm sure Derby / Forest / Wigan supporters still don't think they are guatanteed to reach the playoffs. Which means they think one team outside the top 6 will finish above them.

Could be us, all to play for.

 

[Triggaaar]

I'm doing the reverse sociology. I'm not tempting fate unlike some on here.

Understood, but keep it to yourself. I only voted on the poll today, and I still voted no. When polls ask 'how many points will we get from the next 5 games' I always vote 0, and I tend to vote 'lose 3-0' in all score predictors. I'm counter-balancing posts like this:

Realistically, I think we'll finish above Reading and Forest.

 

[Chris001]

We could if form improves but I cannot see that at present

What do you reckon now?

It's in our own hands taking into account our game in hand.

 

[Beach Hut]

What do you reckon now?

It's in our own hands taking into account our game in hand.

Definitely in with a shout as we really seem to have shifted gears all of a sudden and just at the right time.

I honestly thought we would get nothing from the last two games yet 6 points it is which is a huge achievement.

 

[Paddy B]

If form from the last ten games is replicated in the next 10 games, the battle for 6th (5th would be out of reach) going into the final game would look like this:-

6. BHA 73
7. Reading 72
8. Forest 70

Reading are at home to Burnley who would already be up and you know who we have....

 

[Machiavelli]

Derby v Forest 12:15 next Saturday.

I'd say Derby are also catchable.

I'm with you on this BV.
We need six more wins, I reckon, and there's a chance that we could notch up three in our next three. That would just leave us needing to win our remaining home games, all of which are against teams in the bottom third of the table.