| One slight negative 18:33 - Apr 29 with 2630 views | GlasgowBlue |
We have spent most the season saying "win this game in hand or win that game in hand and we will be x amount pf points ahead in the table".
We have had three games in hand over our opponents this season. Blackburn, Portsmouth and Southampton. We got a total of 2 points from our games in hand.
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| One slight negative on 12:22 - Apr 30 with 323 views | _CliveBaker_ |
I'm not sure its particularly significant when the games are played, or whether they're in hand.
Ultimately everyone has played 45 and we're 2nd. Win on Saturday and we finish 2nd, on 84 points. It would probably be 5 - 8 or so short of what would be considered a really good return, but if its enough who cares. |  | | |
| Fat finger downvote Jerseys, sorry (n/t) on 12:23 - Apr 30 with 317 views | Dyland |
| One slight negative on 22:33 - Apr 29 by The_Flashing_Smile |
I've seen plenty of mention of the games in hand, but no-one assuming we'd win them. |
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| One slight negative on 12:31 - Apr 30 with 292 views | witchdoctor |
| One slight negative on 18:41 - Apr 29 by Bobbychase |
Correct in a way but feels harsh given that we have just had three very, very difficult away games and took five points from them, and arguably could have had more. |
5 points? |  | | |
| One slight negative on 12:43 - Apr 30 with 274 views | _CliveBaker_ |
| One slight negative on 12:31 - Apr 30 by witchdoctor |
5 points? |
He means the last 3 games. Charlton, WBA & Southampton. | | | |
| One slight negative on 16:39 - Apr 30 with 188 views | Blue_In_Boston |
| One slight negative on 12:15 - Apr 30 by HighgateBlue |
Sure, it would have been better to win the games we didn't win.
If we beat QPR, nobody will mind which games we didn't win.
If we don't beat QPR and consequently don't finish 2nd, it will be because of what happened across the season as a whole that we have fallen short. Most obviously during the early part of the season rather than the late. |
When I commented about early season form it was dismissed, as if points collected in the opening 10 fixtures are wiped like bookings are, and are almost meaningless.
Hopefully it doesn't matter, but oh to have banked one more win early doors. |  | | |
| One slight negative on 16:44 - Apr 30 with 180 views | Wallingford_Boy |
Indeed, fortunately its been a low bar this season, with everyone dropping points left, right and centre!
Bar Cov of course. |  |
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| One slight negative on 00:36 - May 1 with 99 views | darkhorse28 |
We’ve stumbled all season. And the narrative we came together as a group is written if we go up, obvious, and measurable nonsense if we don’t. We’ve won two of last 7 is it, at the business end you have to go down to 14th to find teams winning fewer games.
That boro can go up, having been so poor for so long, tells a story.
But, it’s where we finish Saturday that counts, and arguably all that counts, we get the resources then and a young talented coach to go again.
Same decisions. And it’ll be the same outcome or worse. But there’s growth there for sure, and potential, a few new signings and who knows.
I always think McKenna works his socks off, is a talented coach, but also a lucky coach when he’s needed it.
23/24 I watched most games.., I’ve never seen so much resilience or so much luck in one season.
The recent pens, the leif red that wasn’t, the Birmingham and Boro decisions that went our way - we’ve a few more points than we maybe should have had these last few weeks, Nodgr pen too, I’ll say it, not a pen.
Normally I’d be sceptical of the football gods, after playing well at Southampton and not getting it done, the post, the save, the free header - all heading towards a kidney punch at the last hurdle.
But McKenna earns his luck - we win on Saturday, a tight 2-1 or 1-0. But a win…, and all the underwhelming performances. Gone - and (maybe) lessons learned and growth, or repeated, that’s football, win a game and write your own narrative, he’s earned the right at that point.
Just please god not Wrexham in the playoffs - god no. | | | |
| One slight negative on 04:36 - May 1 with 75 views | Esseeja |
| One slight negative on 12:07 - Apr 30 by longtimefan |
I think people forget the results and how nervy the end of the 23/24 Championship season was. It was far from straightforward and convincing. After the last minute winner against Southampton we lost the next one (Norwich) and then drew the next three, home games against Watford and Middlesbrough and away against Hull before settling things with the Coventry and Huddersfield wins. Fortunately Leeds were worse. |
I was never nervous during 23/24, I must have been one of the few who thought we would win every game we would win after we came back from 2-0 down against Cardiff, from what I was watching, we were unstoppable going forward and I thought we were quality at grinding out tough battles away from home. I legitimately thought we would break 100 points.
Shame Hirst got injured against Leicester because I thought it was possible we would even challenge Reading's 106. | | | |
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| One slight negative on 06:15 - May 1 with 37 views | The_Flashing_Smile |
| One slight negative on 00:36 - May 1 by darkhorse28 |
We’ve stumbled all season. And the narrative we came together as a group is written if we go up, obvious, and measurable nonsense if we don’t. We’ve won two of last 7 is it, at the business end you have to go down to 14th to find teams winning fewer games.
That boro can go up, having been so poor for so long, tells a story.
But, it’s where we finish Saturday that counts, and arguably all that counts, we get the resources then and a young talented coach to go again.
Same decisions. And it’ll be the same outcome or worse. But there’s growth there for sure, and potential, a few new signings and who knows.
I always think McKenna works his socks off, is a talented coach, but also a lucky coach when he’s needed it.
23/24 I watched most games.., I’ve never seen so much resilience or so much luck in one season.
The recent pens, the leif red that wasn’t, the Birmingham and Boro decisions that went our way - we’ve a few more points than we maybe should have had these last few weeks, Nodgr pen too, I’ll say it, not a pen.
Normally I’d be sceptical of the football gods, after playing well at Southampton and not getting it done, the post, the save, the free header - all heading towards a kidney punch at the last hurdle.
But McKenna earns his luck - we win on Saturday, a tight 2-1 or 1-0. But a win…, and all the underwhelming performances. Gone - and (maybe) lessons learned and growth, or repeated, that’s football, win a game and write your own narrative, he’s earned the right at that point.
Just please god not Wrexham in the playoffs - god no. |
Interesting when you call us lucky and cite penalty decisions, that you completely omit the penalty decisions which cost us four points - and so wrong were they that the PGMOL apologised for them.
Disingenuous darkhorse, as ever. |  |
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