| Do people think the season is over? 11:22 - Jan 30 with 6213 views | unstableblue |
A deflating performance yesterday, with the Ipswich disease of 5,6,7 players putting in sub 5/10 performances on a big occasion.
I thought Sheff Weds could have been beaten yesterday, but Town beat themselves with a lacklustre and unadventurous performance, strewn with errors.
But we have been improving, there were a lot of changes in the team, and Morsy suspension is a massive blow to our team. Don’t get too low, and don’t get too high! Albeit Wimbledon was also not a great performance.
So do you think we still have a chance of sneaking into the play offs??
Win the next three, including STEPPING UP for the MKDons away mega clash… and we’ll be believing again. But I don’t fancy our chances given their form, style and our history of wilting on the big game. But Morsy returning will be big. |  |
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| Do people think the season is over? on 13:09 - Jan 30 with 2087 views | Illinoisblue |
It probably is but we’re not dead yet. Cook’s awful start to this season has probably doomed us but you never know. |  |
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| Do people think the season is over? on 13:16 - Jan 30 with 2068 views | BlueBadger |
| Do people think the season is over? on 12:23 - Jan 30 by FightingEssex |
Playoffs potentially effecting holiday plans. Bare minimum on offer from the usual mercenaries we seem to sign. We need to change the entire culture of this club before we can make any progress. |
Blimey, a mockney Mach tribute act is certainly a new angle, |  |
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| Do people think the season is over? on 13:20 - Jan 30 with 2059 views | pointofblue |
If we keep winning two games from three (losing the other) that would take us to 77 points which would be around fifth or sixth, based on previous seasons. It’s possible but the defeats leave us very little room to manoeuvre.
Gillingham - W
Doncaster - W
MK Dons - L
Burton - W
Cheltenham - W
Morecambe - W
Fleetwood - W
Lincoln - W
Portsmouth - D
Oxford - L
Plymouth - W
Cambridge - W
Shrewsbury - W
Rotherham - L
Wigan - L
Crewe - W
Charlton - D
That’s 35 points which would take us to 76. |  |
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| Do people think the season is over? on 13:28 - Jan 30 with 2055 views | BlueBadger |
| Do people think the season is over? on 12:22 - Jan 30 by DavoIPB |
Yep season over I'm afraid. We have beaten the rubbish teams recently and even then very unconvincingly against AS and Wimbledon. Not really creating chances and fragile defensively. Not going to beat the top 8 teams in this league in a hurry. Expect unconvincing wins in the next two, although we may struggle against Doncaster, beyond that can see us winning one, losing one for the rest of the season when we really need to win 2 lose 1.
I have been wrong many times before though.
It's amazing how quickly the hope of new manager and a seemingly new more structured approach has already gone. Now seems lacking in ideas how to break teams down and defence has definitely got worse over the past few games. |
We've also beaten Wycombe(sitting 4th) and Accrington(13ths but 4 points behind us with a game in hand).
Given that we've won 4 out of out 6 it's probably too early, nay distinctly hyperbolic if not outright stupid to say it's all gone pear-shaped. | |
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| Do people think the season is over? on 13:33 - Jan 30 with 2053 views | itfcsuth |
I think we will finish the season strong, but it won’t be enough. The damage was ultimately done before KM arrived.
He’s doing very well so far, and hope will continue through until the end of season.
We need to take stock of the squad, and look to balance it out a little bit more.
We did well last summer in the transfer market, but you aren’t going to get it 100% right at the first hit, so it will need some tweaking.
I think we will be in really good stead going in to next season. |  | | |
| Do people think the season is over? on 13:36 - Jan 30 with 2048 views | HARRY10 |
| Do people think the season is over? on 12:09 - Jan 30 by skinnybob72 |
I was looking at recent end of season L1 tables and you need c75+ points to get into the play-offs. Town therefore need another 34 points - which is effectively 12 wins from the final 17 games - anyone see that happening?
The other noticeable thing from the current table is that the teams above Town have all lost between 4 and 7 games so far, Town have lost 10.
In short, to make the play-offs, Town need to have an exceptional end to the season coupled with a couple of teams having a complete collapse.
IMO the season is largely over barring a miracle. |
This season the average points per game give the 5th/6th clubs a finishing total of 82 points
leaving us needing another 41 points
out of a possible 51 points
we can therefore only afford to drop another 10 points between now and the end of season | | | |
| Do people think the season is over? on 13:44 - Jan 30 with 2040 views | EastTownBlue |
Five wins out of six in February (excluding MK) keeps things alive but still leaves us with a bit too much to do. | | | |
| Do people think the season is over? on 14:06 - Jan 30 with 2021 views | C_Jam_Blue |
Season still very much in the balance. Plus points are:
Still have some momentum
Two ideal fixtures to help rebuild confidence coming up
Only Wigan and MK Dons of the top 10 have more points than us over the past 5 games
Most teams in top 10 are shipping points with some on quite poor runs
On the down side
Too many games where we have no shots on target, despite the creative talent we have
Our top scorer doesn't looking like getting a goal at the moment and the other strikers are not really looking like taking his spot
Had a slight inkling yesterday that other managers now know what to expect from KMcK, the surprise element has maybe gone. Tactically Shef W were much stronger.
I can see it's likely to be a squeaky bum spring this year | | | |
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| Do people think the season is over? on 14:09 - Jan 30 with 2013 views | Mach_foreignBlue |
| Do people think the season is over? on 13:16 - Jan 30 by BlueBadger |
Blimey, a mockney Mach tribute act is certainly a new angle, |
Hey football expert, our defence is much more better and more reliable without Toto isn't it? |  | | |
| Do people think the season is over? on 14:12 - Jan 30 with 2015 views | istanblue |
Win our next 2 (which should be a comfortable 6 points) and the belief will be back. Interesting comments from KM post-match when he said that results aren't the most important thing right now. Probably means that Ashton and Gamechanger are not going hell for leather for the play-offs this season. |  | | |
| Do people think the season is over? on 14:40 - Jan 30 with 1977 views | gordon |
Definitely not over - of the next 8 games we play teams in 24th, 23rd, 21st, 19th,18th, 17th, 10th and (the big one) 4th. Even if we continue to look decent but not outstanding, after that run of games we're going to be close enough that the season will ben very much alive.
The run-in is harder and I think we'll fall a few points short, but having shown enough to be confident about next season. |  | | |
| Do people think the season is over? on 15:23 - Jan 30 with 1956 views | Guthrum |
No it's not over. People place too much weight on beating the teams around and above us. Not saying it's unimportant to do that, but the most crucial thing is beating all those below us - which will give the points to climb the table.
We have more games against teams below where we currently are than at least a couple of those above us. |  |
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| Do people think the season is over? on 15:32 - Jan 30 with 1934 views | BlueBadger |
| Do people think the season is over? on 14:09 - Jan 30 by Mach_foreignBlue |
Hey football expert, our defence is much more better and more reliable without Toto isn't it? |
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| Do people think the season is over? on 15:34 - Jan 30 with 1932 views | HARRY10 |
| Do people think the season is over? on 14:40 - Jan 30 by gordon |
Definitely not over - of the next 8 games we play teams in 24th, 23rd, 21st, 19th,18th, 17th, 10th and (the big one) 4th. Even if we continue to look decent but not outstanding, after that run of games we're going to be close enough that the season will ben very much alive.
The run-in is harder and I think we'll fall a few points short, but having shown enough to be confident about next season. |
around 41 out of 51
it matters nothing about in what sequence the games are played - it is the sum total of points over those 17 games that counts, if those in 5th/6th continue, then we will need a minimum of 81 points
the guff about 'confidence' is absurd
if a player is not motivated on the wages they are on, then there lies the problem | | | |
| Do people think the season is over? on 15:43 - Jan 30 with 1928 views | TheBoyBlue |
No. The league is completely unpredictable and inconsistent, as yesterday's results showed. Unless there is a dramatic change to that over the last three months of the season, if we can at least carry on the win-2-lose-1 form then we stand a good chance of sneaking into the play-offs. It is a tall order though. | |
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| Do people think the season is over? on 16:17 - Jan 30 with 1902 views | Keaneish |
We don’t look a threat and we’ve played poorly in large spells more than we have fluidly in recent games. We have a good run of fixtures now where we can take a lot of points from Feb’s fixture list but have to say, I’m a little underwhelmed at the moment especially after such a lacklustre display in a pivotal game.
I don’t mind a long journey but to do a massive round trip and be so unapologetically toothless is poor. At the moment, we’ve stiffened up the back at cost to attacking threat and it’s making for some very limp performances. Lambert’s side passed to death in the final third but were impotent; Cook’s side would get in behind sides; McGreal’s preferred early balls into the box more often than not and McKenna’s approach is a mash-up of bits of them all.
We’ll give the play-offs a good crack still I think but too many need to do better as it’s been far from a great week. |  |
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| Do people think the season is over? on 16:24 - Jan 30 with 1896 views | WD19 |
It’s been more or less over since we threw away 10 points from winning positions in the first 5 games against (mostly) completely toilet opposition. |  | | |
| Do people think the season is over? on 16:39 - Jan 30 with 1881 views | Whos_blue |
Not quite, but quickly running out of time.
More hope than expectation from me.
I always cling to the hope.
As the saying goes, it's what kills you!!! |  |
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| Do people think the season is over? on 16:50 - Jan 30 with 1876 views | jayessess |
Not out of it, but might well be shortly. 12 from our last 6 was the bare minimum, same again from the next 6 probably won't be enough. |  |
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| Do people think the season is over? on 16:53 - Jan 30 with 1873 views | gordon |
| Do people think the season is over? on 15:34 - Jan 30 by HARRY10 |
around 41 out of 51
it matters nothing about in what sequence the games are played - it is the sum total of points over those 17 games that counts, if those in 5th/6th continue, then we will need a minimum of 81 points
the guff about 'confidence' is absurd
if a player is not motivated on the wages they are on, then there lies the problem |
The second sentence is wrong in terms of the season being over or not - if our next four games were Rotherham, Oxford, Wigan and MK Dons, then I'd expect our season to basically be over in a few weeks. But as it is, because we've got an easy run, the season is likely to still be alive for a good while longer (in the sense of being within 6 or so points of the play-offs as the games tick down). | | | |
| Do people think the season is over? on 16:54 - Jan 30 with 1875 views | N2_Blue |
I've predicted the last 5 games spot on as part of a 74 point prediction (see my signature) which included defeats to Bolton and Sheff Weds
However there is no room for margin at all now.
February has to be a solid month of wins otherwise it will be over - it is very unlikely. |  |
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| Do people think the season is over? on 17:24 - Jan 30 with 1851 views | Blue_Heath |
Season was over long ago, too big a gap to make up and I feel it will be closer to 80 points for 6th this rather than the usual 75.
All we can hope for is a strong finish to end of season and hope that we take the momentum into the following one. | | | |
| Do people think the season is over? on 17:33 - Jan 30 with 1836 views | LankHenners |
No but it would require a near perfect run through Feb and not losing to MK Dons to make it seem alive again. 4 wins and 2 draws has to be the minimum before the final run of games.
Unfortunately this is quite a strong year and I fear Cook's totally abject start to the season and failure to get any consistency into the team has cost us even if McKenna manages to get us to around 75 points. |  |
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| Do people think the season is over? on 21:06 - Jan 30 with 1771 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Do people think the season is over? on 12:23 - Jan 30 by FightingEssex |
Playoffs potentially effecting holiday plans. Bare minimum on offer from the usual mercenaries we seem to sign. We need to change the entire culture of this club before we can make any progress. |
I had to double check this wasn’t an old thread on reading that. We have just changed the club ownership and management structure, and then appoint a completely different style of manager. That’s a pretty good way to start changing the culture. |  |
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| Do people think the season is over? on 21:12 - Jan 30 with 1761 views | jayessess |
| Do people think the season is over? on 21:06 - Jan 30 by Swansea_Blue |
I had to double check this wasn’t an old thread on reading that. We have just changed the club ownership and management structure, and then appoint a completely different style of manager. That’s a pretty good way to start changing the culture. |
It's weird how people always default to moaning about the characters of the players, isn't it? Always seems more likely to me that all things being equal we'd probably sign roughly the same mix of personalities as every other club and that their quality, our coaching and the manager's tactics would be the real difference? | |
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