Final 12 Games

[Snowball]

YES Middlesbrough H------W
NO Ipswich Town A--------D
YES Preston H--------------W
YES Barnsley A--------------W
NO Portsmouth H----------D
NO Nottm Forest A--------L
YES Scunthorpe A----------W
NO Leicester City H-------D
NO Leeds United A--------L
NO Sheffield Utd H--------W
YES Coventry City A--------D
YES Derby County H--------W

22 points from the last 12 would be more than satisfactory.

6/12


Delighted, then, with 29?

[Snowball]

Given that Long-Hunt as individuals and as a pair are really clicking
but they have done so against a lot of the top sides and better sides
QPR (2), Norwich, Hull (2), Watford, Cardiff, Swansea, Millwall

Why should we not expect them to at least equal that form against weaker sides?

They could well do BETTER

(a) because the opposition is weaker
(b) Because goals breeds confidence


Given that Elwood is now 14 games undefeated and still improving
and the team is gaining confidence from that
Why should we not expect him and the team to at least equal that form against weaker sides?

They could well do better

(a) because the opposition is weaker
(b) Because an undefeated run breeds confidence.

Frankly I would be shocked rigid to get less than 1.5 ppg for the rest of the season. I think 2 ppg is well within our grasp

We managed a fantastic 2.41 ppg

[Snowball]

Y Middlesbrough (H) - W 3-1
N Ipswich Town (A) - L 0-2
N Preston (H) - D 1-1
Y Barnsley (A) - W 1-0 (Correct Score)
N Portsmouth (H) - D 2-2
N Nottm Forest (A) - D 0-0
N Scunthorpe (A) - D 1-1
N Leicester City (H) - L 3-1
N Leeds United (A) - W 2-1
N Sheffield Utd (H) - W 1-0
N Coventry City (A) - L 2-1
N Derby County (H) - D 0-0

2 out of 12 Ian. Can I be your bookie?

You also predicted 17 points from 12 and a finishing spot of 65 points total.

That would have made us 11th or 12th

[Wimb]

Middlesbrough H W 2-1 Sorta
Ipswich Town A L 0-2 Wrong
Preston H W 4-0 Sorta
Barnsley A D 2-2 Wrong
Portsmouth H W 2-1 Sorta
Nottm Forest A L 1-3 Wrong
Scunthorpe A W 2-1 Sorta
Leicester City H D 1-1 Wrong
Leeds United A L 1-3 Wrong
Sheffield Utd H W 2-0 Wrong
Coventry City A D 1-1 Sorta
Derby County H W 3-0 Sorta

6 results right, no scorelines and 6 flat out wrong. Never been more happy to be wrong to be honest!

[Maguire]

Crunch time was ages ago and we fukked it up so please stop all this silly talk of getting the pLOLay offs.

We're just not good enough.

Just a bit of reverse psychology brenders.

(although before the 8 match winning run I defo didn't expect to get in the POs, no problem admitting that)

[Sarah Star]

mr angry, floyd, royalee,
sir dodger royal, can you hear me? can you hear me?
roadrunner, weybridge wanderer, 2ww1wc,
you negative ninnies are taking one hell of a beating.
one hell of a beating.

Yeah, yeah - I look forward to seeing you at Wembley crying into your wig, face paint smeared by the tears rolling down your cheeks

I'm still looking forward to it in fact...

I am assuming they are tears of joy though.

[seahawk10]

mr angry, floyd, royalee,
sir dodger royal, can you hear me? can you hear me?
roadrunner, weybridge wanderer, 2ww1wc,
you negative ninnies are taking one hell of a beating.
one hell of a beating.

Yeah, yeah - I look forward to seeing you at Wembley crying into your wig, face paint smeared by the tears rolling down your cheeks

I'm still looking forward to it in fact...

I am assuming they are tears of joy though.

:clap:

[Ian Royal]

I think I'm right in saying that excluding Those Games, our best 8 game form this season was 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. So that was a pretty dramatic improvement.

If we'd just lost one and drawn one in that run... which would still have given us the best run of form all season, we'd have been relying on our GD to make it into the play offs. Match our previous best form and we'd be in 8th on 68... exactly where a lot of people were saying we were most likely to finish.

Personally I am delighted to be proved wrong, but just outside the play offs really was the most sensible place to expect us to finish based on the majority of our season. Just shows what a huge impact a good run of wins can have, changing a season from one of not quite there disappointment, to playing Premier League football next season (possibly).

[Snowball]

I think I'm right in saying that excluding Those Games, our best 8 game form this season was 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss. So that was a pretty dramatic improvement.

If we'd just lost one and drawn one in that run... which would still have given us the best run of form all season, we'd have been relying on our GD to make it into the play offs. Match our previous best form and we'd be in 8th on 68... exactly where a lot of people were saying we were most likely to finish.

Personally I am delighted to be proved wrong, but just outside the play offs really was the most sensible place to expect us to finish based on the majority of our season. Just shows what a huge impact a good run of wins can have, changing a season from one of not quite there disappointment, to playing Premier League football next season (possibly).

You weren't just a little bit wrong, Ian. You got 10/12 WRONG, that's 83.33% completely wrong
and your predictions had us tenth, a fair way off the play-offs.

If all there was to forecasting was saying, "Oh we averaged X points per game for the last 34 games
and we'll do exactly the same for the last 12 games" life wouldn't be very interesting, would it?

We could stop the title race after 23 games and just double everyone's points.

A lot of people MAY have agreed with you, but others looked beyond the mere averages.

They saw.

Elwood solidifying the midfield and helping defence, improving every game.

Elwood allowing us to play 4-4-2, at which we are better.

Elwood bringing out the best in Karacan.

Noel Hunt improving, getting fitter, ready to score more goals.

Shane Long getting better and better, scoring more goals

The Long-Hunt partnership becoming a very good partnership likely to increase the goals scored by both.

The purchase of Manset increasing competition for places and giving us something different.

The return of Zurab.

Competition for the keeper's jersey making both keeps' step up their game.


The simple fact we had played a lot of the best sides, had got both games v QPR and Swansea and Norwich and Cardiff out of the way.

the fact that our closet rivals were weakening, Leeds erratic, Forest on an appalling run (meaning we had great chances of points off them)