The Final Countdown UPDATED 16/4/2011

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

Have listed ALL teams that have a chance of the Play-offs at this time, will update this first post as the games play out. Removing contenders as they fall out of the race. It is still a long post with 7 games to go, sorry about that. HAve highlighted the top 6 fixtures.

Here is the run in for the top teams, behind Ipswich Barnsley have a max of 68, just would not be enough to reach play offs
........................................Max pts
1 QPR 39 40 79........100
2 Norwich 39 21 70.........91
3 Cardiff 39 17 66.........87
4 Swansea 39 16 66.........87
5 Leeds 39 12 64.........85
6 Reading 39 21 63.........84
7 Nott'm For 39 10 60.........81
8 Millwall 39 12 57.........78
9 Burnley 38 6 57.........81
10 Watford 39 12 56.........77
11 Hull cit 39 3 56.........77
12 Leicester 39 0 56.........77
13 Portsmth 39 0 54.........75
14 Bristol Cy 39 -3 53.........74
15 Ipswich 39 0 52.........73



Saturday, 9 April 2011
Barnsley v Bristol City, 15:00
Doncaster v Cardiff, 15:00
Ipswich v Crystal Palace, 15:00
Leicester v Burnley, 15:00
Millwall v Leeds, 15:00
Nott'm Forest v Reading, 15:00
Portsmouth v Preston, 15:00
Scunthorpe v QPR, 15:00
Watford v Hull, 15:00
Swansea v Norwich, 17:20

Tuesday, 12 April 2011
Barnsley v QPR, 19:45
Derby v Leeds, 19:45
Ipswich v Middlesbrough, 19:45
Leicester v Crystal Palace, 19:45
Millwall v Bristol City, 19:45
Nott'm Forest v Burnley, 19:45
Portsmouth v Coventry, 19:45
Scunthorpe v Reading, 19:45
Sheff Utd v Cardiff, 19:45
Swansea v Hull, 19:45
Watford v Norwich, 19:45

Friday, 15 April 2011
Norwich v Nott'm Forest, 19:45
Saturday, 16 April 2011
Bristol City v Ipswich, 15:00
Burnley v Swansea, 15:00
Cardiff v Portsmouth, 15:00
Coventry v Millwall, 15:00
Hull v Doncaster, 15:00
Leeds v Watford, 15:00
Reading v Leicester, 15:00

Monday, 18 April 2011
QPR v Derby, 19:45
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Burnley v Middlesbrough, 19:45
Thursday, 21 April 2011
Ipswich v Norwich, 19:45
Friday, 22 April 2011
Nott'm Forest v Leicester, 17:15
Leeds v Reading, 19:45
Saturday, 23 April 2011
Cardiff v QPR, 12:45
Derby v Burnley, 15:00
Hull v Middlesbrough, 15:00
Portsmouth v Swansea, 15:00
Sheff Utd v Bristol City, 15:00
Watford v Barnsley, 15:00
Millwall v Preston, 17:20
Monday, 25 April 2011
Bristol City v Nott'm Forest, 15:00
Burnley v Portsmouth, 15:00
Crystal Palace v Leeds, 15:00
Leicester v Watford, 15:00
Norwich v Derby, 15:00
Preston v Cardiff, 15:00
QPR v Hull, 15:00
Reading v Sheff Utd, 15:00
Scunthorpe v Millwall, 15:00
Swansea v Ipswich, 15:00
Saturday, 30 April 2011
Leeds v Burnley, 12:45
Coventry v Reading, 15:00
Derby v Bristol City, 15:00
Doncaster v Leicester, 15:00
Hull v Crystal Palace, 15:00
Ipswich v Preston, 15:00
Millwall v Swansea, 15:00
Nott'm Forest v Scunthorpe, 15:00
Watford v QPR, 15:00
Monday, 2 May 2011
Cardiff v Middlesbrough, 17:15
Portsmouth v Norwich, 19:45


Saturday, 7 May 2011
Barnsley v Millwall, 12:45
Bristol City v Hull, 12:45
Burnley v Cardiff, 12:45
Crystal Palace v Nott'm Forest, 12:45
Leicester v Ipswich, 12:45
Norwich v Coventry, 12:45
Preston v Watford, 12:45
QPR v Leeds, 12:45
Reading v Derby, 12:45
Scunthorpe v Portsmouth, 12:45
Swansea v Sheff Utd, 12:45

[Svlad Cjelli]

Snowball won't like someone stealing his thunder.....

[leicsRoyal]

The more I look at those fixtures the more confident I become, but then I get filled with the what if's.

There again I've had that for the last 3 games so must be a good thing.

[Harpers So Solid Crew]

Totally agree Leics, what if we win the next 2 away games, we currently have no sale on tha last day for Derby at home, could be that buying tickets would be a necessity next wednesday. Have been holding off paying for a sale, Just in case the impossible was to happen. Although have booked for the Wembley date, so will be sods law that will be where we end up.

[leicsRoyal]

From a personal and probably selfish point of view I would love to see us in a Wembley play off final again, just with a different result this time.
Leicester all over again just with 35,000 fans there at the home of football, dreamland!

Not sure I would walk from the town to the stadium following the open top parade again though!

Talking of tickets, I hope that Coventry give us an extended allocation.

[The Prisoner]

If only we'd beaten Scunthorpe on the opening day!

[leicsRoyal]

If only we'd beaten Scunthorpe on the opening day!

Or taken more than one point from Norwich.

[brendywendy]

or got the win we deserved vs cardiff

or got 3 points instead of 1 in all those other draws

[Silver Fox]

or my auntie had bollocks

[brendywendy]

or wed still had gylfi

[leicsRoyal]

or my auntie had bollocks

Think there's a chant along those lines!

[Svlad Cjelli]

or got the win we deserved vs cardiff

Home AND away!

[Ian Royal]

or my auntie had bollocks

Your uncle would be surprised and disappointed?

[The Prisoner]

or got the win we deserved vs cardiff

Home AND away!

you know we belong together,
you and I forever and ever.
No matter where you are,
you're my guiding star.

[brendywendy]

let me be the one,
that you turn to,
someone that you rely on to,

closer each day

home and awaaay

[papereyes]

I've got hospitality for Derby at home

Get.
In.



Sensibly, we appear to be playing 3 or 4 clubs fighting relegation, Leeds and a plummeting Forest.

While we won't keep our form up, there's enough here to keep us where we are and finish the season in form.

Other than that, I'm all for a mixture of WNG and let's see what happens.

[The Prisoner]

I've got hospitality for Derby at home

Get.
In.



Sensibly, we appear to be playing 3 or 4 clubs fighting relegation, Leeds and a plummeting Forest.

While we won't keep our form up, there's enough here to keep us where we are and finish the season in form.

Other than that, I'm all for a mixture of WNG and let's see what happens.

Can you keep your reasoned football punditry and corporate receiving smugness off the thread pls? There was some serious home and away theme tune sh!t going down here.....

[papereyes]

Neighbours
Everybody needs good
Neighbours

[Ian Royal]

Burnley are going to play a huge part, they still have to play: Forest, Swansea, Leeds & Cardiff. As well as Leicester and Pompey.

And us beating Forest would be huge as well, as I'm sure many have said... that would give them a maximum finish of 78 points compared to our 84, with the worst recent form in the division and with a 6 point and 13 goal deficit to make up in 6 games.

Our main competitors for the play offs are all struggling in the form table too, highest being 8th (Leeds) and obviously lowest being Forest in 24th. Norwich and QPR are doing fine so it's very hard to see us overhauling either of them.

[leicsRoyal]

didn't realise quite how tough Burnley's run in is, get Bikey in the team he owes us a play off place!