If we win tonight ... 14:15 - Mar 6 with 6626 views | SomethingBlue | ... it does open the door to the play-off fringes just a tiny bit and would inject some genuine interest into the next two home games, especially given the other fixtures. Hope we can step up; hadn't realised quite how depleted Wednesday were, to be honest, and if we're to make the rest of the season remotely competitive it is an opportunity we have to take. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 14:19 - Mar 6 with 4605 views | Darth_Koont | Cue the inevitable loss or draw ... Whatever happens, it would be nice to experience a little burst of confidence and momentum before the season is over, and this is our only real chance. It'll be a very long slog until August if our season just peters out already in March. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 14:23 - Mar 6 with 4590 views | SomethingBlue |
If we win tonight ... on 14:19 - Mar 6 by Darth_Koont | Cue the inevitable loss or draw ... Whatever happens, it would be nice to experience a little burst of confidence and momentum before the season is over, and this is our only real chance. It'll be a very long slog until August if our season just peters out already in March. |
Yeah, I fully expect a draw to be honest. If we won it would still resemble, more than anything, those first couple of full seasons under Mick where we sort-of had a chance but didn't really ... but it would at least set the next week up interestingly. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 14:28 - Mar 6 with 4571 views | artsbossbeard | I've not bothered looking at the table for a while now and I was amazed to see how for The Owls have dropped down the table when I did check. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 14:35 - Mar 6 with 4541 views | SomethingBlue |
If we win tonight ... on 14:28 - Mar 6 by artsbossbeard | I've not bothered looking at the table for a while now and I was amazed to see how for The Owls have dropped down the table when I did check. |
Even allowing for their current injuries, what's happened there in the past couple of years puts anything that's gone on at Town firmly in the shade. With what they've spent they *have* to be in the PL by now and reading between the lines you sense their owners' interest may be on borrowed time ... | |
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If we win tonight ... on 14:38 - Mar 6 with 4509 views | artsbossbeard |
If we win tonight ... on 14:35 - Mar 6 by SomethingBlue | Even allowing for their current injuries, what's happened there in the past couple of years puts anything that's gone on at Town firmly in the shade. With what they've spent they *have* to be in the PL by now and reading between the lines you sense their owners' interest may be on borrowed time ... |
Exactly! You kinda sense that if they don't do it this year, which they won't, then the money side is against them for the foreseeable. See also, Norwich. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 15:06 - Mar 6 with 4445 views | Half_Idiot |
If we win tonight ... on 14:35 - Mar 6 by SomethingBlue | Even allowing for their current injuries, what's happened there in the past couple of years puts anything that's gone on at Town firmly in the shade. With what they've spent they *have* to be in the PL by now and reading between the lines you sense their owners' interest may be on borrowed time ... |
There are rumours that the "injuries" aren't that at all, and the players out have performance/appearance clauses in their contracts that the owner doesn't want to pay. A lot of the Owls fans I talk to anticipated a decline in performance this season but I don't think they were expecting it to be this bad. I get the impression the owner thought he could buy his way to the premier league. That obviously hasn't happened so now he's happy to just let things tick over and hope for a miracle... Sounds familiar. | | | |
If we win tonight ... on 15:22 - Mar 6 with 4381 views | Illinoisblue |
If we win tonight ... on 15:06 - Mar 6 by Half_Idiot | There are rumours that the "injuries" aren't that at all, and the players out have performance/appearance clauses in their contracts that the owner doesn't want to pay. A lot of the Owls fans I talk to anticipated a decline in performance this season but I don't think they were expecting it to be this bad. I get the impression the owner thought he could buy his way to the premier league. That obviously hasn't happened so now he's happy to just let things tick over and hope for a miracle... Sounds familiar. |
they must be spending a fortune on wages when you look at the players they have in their squad. Obviously they get decent crowds but even so. They spent 10 million alone on Jordan Rhodes.... for a return of 7 goals so far. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 15:22 - Mar 6 with 4385 views | itfcjoe | We've got 3 very winnable games in a week coming up - get 9 points and we are right in there.....but we will get (at most) 6 or 7 and still be too far away to really consider them. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 15:27 - Mar 6 with 4350 views | King_of_Portman_Rd |
If we win tonight ... on 15:06 - Mar 6 by Half_Idiot | There are rumours that the "injuries" aren't that at all, and the players out have performance/appearance clauses in their contracts that the owner doesn't want to pay. A lot of the Owls fans I talk to anticipated a decline in performance this season but I don't think they were expecting it to be this bad. I get the impression the owner thought he could buy his way to the premier league. That obviously hasn't happened so now he's happy to just let things tick over and hope for a miracle... Sounds familiar. |
Their first season in the playoffs came a year into the new regime which everyone at the club said at the time was well ahead of the plan (around 2 years ahead to be precise) Because of that they then started spending a bit more to fast track their long term plan and only matched the play off place the following season.. Which is where they then spent fortunes on the likes of Rhodes to really rubber stamp it, but it's all fallen apart since. Sounds like an owner who started very well and fell into the trap of think he had it sussed, but has had the rug well and truly pulled from underneath him this season. | | | |
If we win tonight ... on 15:28 - Mar 6 with 4344 views | ITFC_Forever |
If we win tonight ... on 15:22 - Mar 6 by itfcjoe | We've got 3 very winnable games in a week coming up - get 9 points and we are right in there.....but we will get (at most) 6 or 7 and still be too far away to really consider them. |
Even if we win them all, we will in all likelihood still be 3 / 4 / 5 points of the POs. That would put us on a run of 4 wins, double anything we have managed all season, so I'm not holding my breath - then we'll still need to put together another similar run to get in the POs and then maintain decent form for the rest of the season. If 75 points is the usual benchmark to reach the POs, we need to win another 27 points between now and the end of the season (12 games) - that's an average of 2.25 points per game. No chance. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 15:31 - Mar 6 with 4322 views | itfcjoe |
If we win tonight ... on 15:28 - Mar 6 by ITFC_Forever | Even if we win them all, we will in all likelihood still be 3 / 4 / 5 points of the POs. That would put us on a run of 4 wins, double anything we have managed all season, so I'm not holding my breath - then we'll still need to put together another similar run to get in the POs and then maintain decent form for the rest of the season. If 75 points is the usual benchmark to reach the POs, we need to win another 27 points between now and the end of the season (12 games) - that's an average of 2.25 points per game. No chance. |
I don't disagree with the general premise as don't think we have that run in us. Just speaking more generally that we have 5 very winnable games in the next 6 and are playing some better stuff. After that the run into the end of the season is tough and we'd most likely fall away - but would be nice to have a bit of hope - although there is the flip side which would say it may rubber stamp mick's new deal before we fall away which may not be best thing for the club | |
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If we win tonight ... on 15:34 - Mar 6 with 4313 views | homer_123 | It won't happen. However, it would be highly amusing to think that, at possibly the lowest ebb of relationship between Club/ Manager and Fans we could still end up in the play-offs. Just for second, imagine how mad that would actually be given the current toxic climate....I don't think (some) supporters would quite know what to do!!!! | |
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If we win tonight ... on 15:36 - Mar 6 with 4288 views | artsbossbeard |
If we win tonight ... on 15:34 - Mar 6 by homer_123 | It won't happen. However, it would be highly amusing to think that, at possibly the lowest ebb of relationship between Club/ Manager and Fans we could still end up in the play-offs. Just for second, imagine how mad that would actually be given the current toxic climate....I don't think (some) supporters would quite know what to do!!!! |
I'm giggling at the very thought. Imagine' Mick Out' Wembley banners. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 15:37 - Mar 6 with 4282 views | ITFC_Forever |
If we win tonight ... on 15:31 - Mar 6 by itfcjoe | I don't disagree with the general premise as don't think we have that run in us. Just speaking more generally that we have 5 very winnable games in the next 6 and are playing some better stuff. After that the run into the end of the season is tough and we'd most likely fall away - but would be nice to have a bit of hope - although there is the flip side which would say it may rubber stamp mick's new deal before we fall away which may not be best thing for the club |
I think Mick is staying no matter what, unless we go on a real cataclysmic run, which again, we probably haven't got in us. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 15:46 - Mar 6 with 4238 views | TractorBoyOlly | Wednesday have won 1 in 11 we really need to beat them and then go for it against Sheff Utd. Then we can start thinking about the play-offs. Fail to win both and we can forget it. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 15:53 - Mar 6 with 4209 views | Ryorry |
If we win tonight ... on 15:34 - Mar 6 by homer_123 | It won't happen. However, it would be highly amusing to think that, at possibly the lowest ebb of relationship between Club/ Manager and Fans we could still end up in the play-offs. Just for second, imagine how mad that would actually be given the current toxic climate....I don't think (some) supporters would quite know what to do!!!! |
Was just thinking similarly - what if we actually ended up getting promoted?!!!!! In which case he could throw as many 1 & 2 finger gestures, accompanied by a couple of words which start with f and y, in my direction as he liked & welcome! | |
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If we win tonight ... on 15:55 - Mar 6 with 4191 views | vapour_trail |
If we win tonight ... on 15:37 - Mar 6 by ITFC_Forever | I think Mick is staying no matter what, unless we go on a real cataclysmic run, which again, we probably haven't got in us. |
It’s looking that way isn’t it, which part of me finds very funny purely on the impact it will have on The Morons. Wouldn’t rule out the baggies asking him to take them back up either though. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 16:15 - Mar 6 with 4118 views | christiand | So a couple of draws over the next few games will finally put all this play off talk to bed then? Honestly, are we one of the top 6 clubs in this league? We simply aren't. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 16:18 - Mar 6 with 4098 views | artsbossbeard |
If we win tonight ... on 16:15 - Mar 6 by christiand | So a couple of draws over the next few games will finally put all this play off talk to bed then? Honestly, are we one of the top 6 clubs in this league? We simply aren't. |
I don't think anyone is saying we are, sorry to disappoint. SB has simply made the point that it's still mathematically possible. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 16:21 - Mar 6 with 4076 views | chicoazul |
If we win tonight ... on 14:35 - Mar 6 by SomethingBlue | Even allowing for their current injuries, what's happened there in the past couple of years puts anything that's gone on at Town firmly in the shade. With what they've spent they *have* to be in the PL by now and reading between the lines you sense their owners' interest may be on borrowed time ... |
Maybe this was Evans' plan all along. Wait for everyone else to go bust. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 16:25 - Mar 6 with 4048 views | christiand |
If we win tonight ... on 16:18 - Mar 6 by artsbossbeard | I don't think anyone is saying we are, sorry to disappoint. SB has simply made the point that it's still mathematically possible. |
A few will mention it as we approach the build up to a another match in the hope we can suddenly get 5 wins in a row. We just aren't good enough this season, which we need to accept and move on whether it is mathematically possible. There are simply more consistent sides above us and I can't see us overhauling them or them suddenly collapsing in their form. [Post edited 6 Mar 2018 16:27]
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If we win tonight ... on 16:26 - Mar 6 with 4037 views | artsbossbeard |
If we win tonight ... on 16:25 - Mar 6 by christiand | A few will mention it as we approach the build up to a another match in the hope we can suddenly get 5 wins in a row. We just aren't good enough this season, which we need to accept and move on whether it is mathematically possible. There are simply more consistent sides above us and I can't see us overhauling them or them suddenly collapsing in their form. [Post edited 6 Mar 2018 16:27]
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I think many have accepted this to be the case, yes. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 16:27 - Mar 6 with 4033 views | SomethingBlue |
If we win tonight ... on 16:18 - Mar 6 by artsbossbeard | I don't think anyone is saying we are, sorry to disappoint. SB has simply made the point that it's still mathematically possible. |
Precisely. Odd non-sequitur from the previous poster. | |
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If we win tonight ... on 16:28 - Mar 6 with 4028 views | Darth_Koont |
If we win tonight ... on 16:25 - Mar 6 by christiand | A few will mention it as we approach the build up to a another match in the hope we can suddenly get 5 wins in a row. We just aren't good enough this season, which we need to accept and move on whether it is mathematically possible. There are simply more consistent sides above us and I can't see us overhauling them or them suddenly collapsing in their form. [Post edited 6 Mar 2018 16:27]
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But the sides up to 6th aren't all that consistent either. Even Derby and Fulham have a poor run of results in them. That's why we've kept the same sort of distance over the past few months without ever putting even a good run of results together let alone a great run. [Post edited 6 Mar 2018 16:29]
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If we win tonight ... on 16:28 - Mar 6 with 4022 views | JimmyJazz |
If we win tonight ... on 15:34 - Mar 6 by homer_123 | It won't happen. However, it would be highly amusing to think that, at possibly the lowest ebb of relationship between Club/ Manager and Fans we could still end up in the play-offs. Just for second, imagine how mad that would actually be given the current toxic climate....I don't think (some) supporters would quite know what to do!!!! |
I would imagine that it wouldn't change their tune. Imagine looking back in years to come at a season where we reached the play-offs - so that must have been an exciting season to follow the Town? No, I didn't attend that season because I was having a sulk at whatever I could think of, owner, manager, prices, style of play, state of the roof of the stand. | |
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