SS says 16 or 17 points should do it. 

Average for 6th spot is 74.

Blackpool - 1

Wigan - 1

Bristol - 3

Rotherham - 3

Barnsley - 3 

Wycombe - 1

Lincoln - 0

Peterborough - 1

Stevenage - 3 

 

Scraping in with 76

 

none of huddersfiedl, charlton or stockport have a particular easy run in. I would say on paper ours is the easiest, however football isn't played on paper and doesn't take into account our wigan/blackpool away curse.

Can see this going right down to the last game

The problem for me is that even if we make it, i just can't see us being solid enough over two legs against either a Wycombe, Wrexham or a Stockport. 

Hope i'm wrong like. 

Edited March 26, 20251 yr by bwfc4ife

8 minutes ago, bwfc4ife said:

The problem for me is that even if we make it, i just can't see us being solid enough over two legs against either a Wycombe, Wrexham or a Stockport. 

Hope i'm wrong like. 

They would fear us, more than we should be fearing them, wherever we finish, whoever we are playing. 

5 minutes ago, bwfc4ife said:

The problem for me is that even if we make it, i just can't see us being solid enough over two legs against either a Wycombe, Wrexham or a Stockport. 

IF we get there, i expect the play offs to be pretty tight this season - low scoring games. We've had 2 x 0-0 draws v Wrexham, a 0-0 with Wycombe, 1-0 home to Stockport (the away game was under Evatt and an outlier), Hudds we won 1-0 (again discounting the Evatt outlier) and again a close game v Charlton, close game at Reading, etc.

The challenge will be getting there. I think it'll get pretty bunched up in that group and we could finish anywhere from 3rd to 8th still. Our problem is lack of forward options. Neither Collins nor McAtee are out and out strikers and we don't have much to support them. If this team got promoted from where we were the day Evatt left, with just two fit (part time ish) forwards, it would be a hell of a footballing achievement.

by this time next week, we'd have lost 4 on the bounce 

id forget about playoffs for another year

5 minutes ago, L/H White said:

by this time next week, we'd have lost 4 on the bounce 

id forget about playoffs for another year

😂

10 minutes ago, L/H White said:

by this time next week, we'd have lost 4 on the bounce 

id forget about playoffs for another year

If there was ever a time to put this Blackpool and Wigan hoodo to bed it would be now. 

13 minutes ago, thebells said:

IF we get there, i expect the play offs to be pretty tight this season - low scoring games. We've had 2 x 0-0 draws v Wrexham, a 0-0 with Wycombe, 1-0 home to Stockport (the away game was under Evatt and an outlier), Hudds we won 1-0 (again discounting the Evatt outlier) and again a close game v Charlton, close game at Reading, etc.

The challenge will be getting there. I think it'll get pretty bunched up in that group and we could finish anywhere from 3rd to 8th still. Our problem is lack of forward options. Neither Collins nor McAtee are out and out strikers and we don't have much to support them. If this team got promoted from where we were the day Evatt left, with just two fit (part time ish) forwards, it would be a hell of a footballing achievement.

I'd tend to agree with you but Wrexham really should've had at least 2 or 3 against us. The Wycombe away game was like the Alamo and as far as Charlton are concerned, i keep expecting them to drop off. Stockport just looked bigger, more physical and organised at home. At times in the second half, it looked like they had an extra man on the field. 

I had us only getting 74 as I'm realistic and looking at the last 3-4 seasons that's not enough.

12 minutes ago, bwfc4ife said:

If there was ever a time to put this Blackpool and Wigan hoodo to bed it would be now. 

let's hope so

 

41 minutes ago, L/H White said:

by this time next week, we'd have lost 4 on the bounce 

id forget about playoffs for another year

Fucking hell 

Glad to see you're looking on the positive side 

4 minutes ago, 1969 said:

Fucking hell 

Glad to see you're looking on the positive side 

haha

just a realist 

1 hour ago, L/H White said:

by this time next week, we'd have lost 4 on the bounce 

id forget about playoffs for another year

You think you will lose to Everton and Fulham ? 😘😂🤡

1 hour ago, bwfc4ife said:

The problem for me is that even if we make it, i just can't see us being solid enough over two legs against either a Wycombe, Wrexham or a Stockport. 

Hope i'm wrong like. 

If we make 6th I believe we can beat any of them three over two legs

27.

87 points.

I've read that 75 points should be enough, which means that we need 15 points from 9 games, very doable. ( though we did need 15 points from 11 games which was very,very doable )

Reach the play offs & we've as good a chance as anyone, but going into them with momentum improves our chances.

Biggest concern for me is the lack of depth upfront. Neither of them are worldbeaters but injuries to either Collins or McAtee could really harm us. 

1 hour ago, bwfc4ife said:

At times in the second half, it looked like they had an extra man on the field. 

They did. He was dressed in black! 

2 hours ago, thebells said:

IF we get there, i expect the play offs to be pretty tight this season - low scoring games. We've had 2 x 0-0 draws v Wrexham, a 0-0 with Wycombe, 1-0 home to Stockport (the away game was under Evatt and an outlier), Hudds we won 1-0 (again discounting the Evatt outlier) and again a close game v Charlton, close game at Reading, etc.

The challenge will be getting there. I think it'll get pretty bunched up in that group and we could finish anywhere from 3rd to 8th still. Our problem is lack of forward options. Neither Collins nor McAtee are out and out strikers and we don't have much to support them. If this team got promoted from where we were the day Evatt left, with just two fit (part time ish) forwards, it would be a hell of a footballing achievement.

Really don't get that.

They may not be big, strong target men, but they score goals. 

That's all we can expect really. 

Neither have been as regular throughout the season as they would have hoped, and I reckon their goals return isn't too bad.

So what do we think about Charlton v Huddersfield on Saturday. A win for Charlton could put them 9 ahead of us if we slip up at Blackpool but leaving Huddersfield within catching difference, or would a draw be best for us and trust we win at the seaside. This could be a decisive weekend for us especially as Stockport are pretty nailed on to beat Burton at Edgeley.

4 minutes ago, Tonge moor green jacket said:

Really don't get that.

They may not be big, strong target men, but they score goals. 

That's all we can expect really. 

Neither have been as regular throughout the season as they would have hoped, and I reckon their goals return isn't too bad.

I suppose i have them both down as 'off the main man' types as opposed to 'the main man' if you know what i mean. I'm too old for trendy new positions but they're more of a 10 than a 9.

They've played a combined 72 League Games this season and scored 20 between them, which I think points to neither of them being signed as 'goalscorers' but more as creators!

Not being critical of them - McAtee in particular has been excellent since SS came in. And SS has to work with what he has / the injuries he has inherited.

Just an observation that it will be tough to get promoted without what i would consider an out and out striker.

 

4 hours ago, bwfc4ife said:

The problem for me is that even if we make it, i just can't see us being solid enough over two legs against either a Wycombe, Wrexham or a Stockport. 

Hope i'm wrong like. 

Maybe we will be, maybe we won't

But let''s get there first and worry about that later

As for the previous season results count for nothing basically it’s a shoot out do you all remember how we thrashed Oxford last season counted for feck all in the final. 

4 hours ago, desperado said:

They would fear us, more than we should be fearing them, wherever we finish, whoever we are playing. 

based on the job they did on us home and away, why would Stockport fear us? or Charlton?

2 hours ago, thebells said:

I suppose i have them both down as 'off the main man' types as opposed to 'the main man' if you know what i mean. I'm too old for trendy new positions but they're more of a 10 than a 9.

They've played a combined 72 League Games this season and scored 20 between them, which I think points to neither of them being signed as 'goalscorers' but more as creators!

Not being critical of them - McAtee in particular has been excellent since SS came in. And SS has to work with what he has / the injuries he has inherited.

Just an observation that it will be tough to get promoted without what i would consider an out and out striker.

 

How many sub appearances, and how many under Evatt?

How many did shagger play and score?

We do need another, different bloke for up top, but I feel there is a need to toughen the team up, and be able to dominate from a defensive point of view, as well as score goals.

Being tougher to score against will mean we don't need to score as many to win games, and we'll need to address it, whatever division we're in.