| The race for 22nd place 07:02 - Apr 11 with 6369 views | dmm |
22nd place is very much up for grabs and may well go to the wire. Huddersfield v Reading on the last day to be the decider? It's squeaky bums and gnawed fingernails for the next few weeks for this lot.
Rotherham United (18th, 45 points)
April 15: Luton Town (h)
April 18: Burnley (h)
April 22: Bristol City (a)
April 27: Cardiff City (h)
April 29: Middlesbrough (h)
May 8: Wigan Athletic (a)
Huddersfield Town (19th, 43 points)
April 15: Swansea City (a)
April 18: Sunderland (a)
April 29: Cardiff City (a)
May 4: Sheffield United (h)
May 8: Reading (h)
Queens Park Rangers (20th, 43 points)
April 15: Coventry City (h)
April 19: Norwich City (h)
April 22: Burnley (a)
April 29: Stoke City (a)
May 8: Bristol City (h)
Cardiff City (21st, 42 points)
April 15: Sheffield United (a)
April 19: Watford (a)
April 22: Stoke City (h)
April 27: Rotherham (a)
April 30: Huddersfield Town (h)
May 8: Burnley (a)
Reading (22nd, 41 points)
April 15: Burnley (h)
April 19: Luton Town (h)
April 22: Coventry City (a)
April 29: Wigan Athletic (h)
May 8: Huddersfield Town (a)
Blackpool (23rd, 35 points)
April 15: Wigan Athletic (h)
April 18: West Bromwich Albion (h)
April 22: Birmingham City (a)
April 29: Millwall (h)
May 8: Norwich City (a)
Wigan Athletic (24th, 34 points)
April 15: Blackpool (a)
April 18: Stoke City (a)
April 22: Millwall (h)
April 29: Reading (a)
May 8: Rotherham United (h) |  | | |  |
| The race for 22nd place on 12:26 - Apr 11 with 1694 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| The race for 22nd place on 12:01 - Apr 11 by slmrstid |
Of the remaining 5 we have left, Burnley very obviously is the only one you see as a guaranteed defeat.
They may be top half, but Coventry and Norwich are, on paper at least, beatable, as are Bristol City.
Win those three home games and we stay up regardless of everyone else. Even Stoke away will be a winnable/drawable game.
If we don't do that then we simply get what we deserve. |
If we get some momentum v Cov and Norwich, and Burnley play the kids or have their beach towels out already then I can see us getting a result there.
As with every game in the Championship it’s about timing and the EFL fairy. [Post edited 11 Apr 2023 12:27]
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| The race for 22nd place on 12:28 - Apr 11 with 1686 views | DannyPaddox |
| The race for 22nd place on 10:03 - Apr 11 by Hayesender |
Also if Burnley win their next two games they're champions, so hopefully fully on the beach when we go there |
Burnley won’t be on the beach. Kompany isn’t that sort of manager.
They’ll set a target of 100 points and 100 goals. |  | | |
| The race for 22nd place on 12:41 - Apr 11 with 1617 views | Match82 |
It's QPR. I've never seen a team more likely to win games we shouldn't and lose ones we should win. So that's a draw with Coventry and obviously we'll get three points vs Burnley. Hopefully that's enough. |  | | |
| The race for 22nd place on 13:17 - Apr 11 with 1495 views | LazyFan |
Cardiff looks vulnerable to me.
Their run-in looks very tough. |  |
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| The race for 22nd place on 13:20 - Apr 11 with 1478 views | Northernr |
| The race for 22nd place on 13:17 - Apr 11 by LazyFan |
Cardiff looks vulnerable to me.
Their run-in looks very tough. |
They were abysmal yesterday apparently. I actually thought they were out of it.
The problem is we're going to have to win a game. At least one. I don't see us doing it. Yesterday was better, but still two goals down immediately, still all over the place in defence. |  | | |
| The race for 22nd place on 13:24 - Apr 11 with 1444 views | Nov77 |
| The race for 22nd place on 13:20 - Apr 11 by Northernr |
They were abysmal yesterday apparently. I actually thought they were out of it.
The problem is we're going to have to win a game. At least one. I don't see us doing it. Yesterday was better, but still two goals down immediately, still all over the place in defence. |
It also took a goal of outrageous luck to get us level, you don’t get many of them in a season. |  |
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| The race for 22nd place on 13:27 - Apr 11 with 1383 views | Wegerles_Stairs |
| The race for 22nd place on 13:20 - Apr 11 by Northernr |
They were abysmal yesterday apparently. I actually thought they were out of it.
The problem is we're going to have to win a game. At least one. I don't see us doing it. Yesterday was better, but still two goals down immediately, still all over the place in defence. |
Really? I'm pretty negative about our team but we played well yesterday after we went two-down against a team with a decent manager. The key is starting well and getting a goal (even two) rather than doing what we did yesterday. Use the momentum to steamroll Coventry from the start on Saturday. I hope the club contribute by making it a sell-out too. |  | | |
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| The race for 22nd place on 13:30 - Apr 11 with 1364 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| The race for 22nd place on 13:24 - Apr 11 by Nov77 |
It also took a goal of outrageous luck to get us level, you don’t get many of them in a season. |
Equally though Martin and Richards missed goals that they will put away majority of the time. [Post edited 11 Apr 2023 13:30]
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| The race for 22nd place on 13:31 - Apr 11 with 1363 views | monners1969 |
Seeing Cardiffs run in has made me marginally more positive... |  | | |
| The race for 22nd place on 14:15 - Apr 11 with 1265 views | Loyalitat |
| The race for 22nd place on 13:27 - Apr 11 by Wegerles_Stairs |
Really? I'm pretty negative about our team but we played well yesterday after we went two-down against a team with a decent manager. The key is starting well and getting a goal (even two) rather than doing what we did yesterday. Use the momentum to steamroll Coventry from the start on Saturday. I hope the club contribute by making it a sell-out too. |
Coventry have totally sold out their allocation, top and bottom of School end, so the rest is down to us.
Saturday will be a very tough game, no steamroller, as they're just three points off sixth spot They can be got at defensively, but they are lighting quick on the break with a gem of a player in Hamer.
Credit to them for just about staying the pace as they have lost three good attacking midfielders to long-term injuries: Kasey Palmer, Callum O'Hare and Jamie Allen. Here's hoping Gyokeres's "goal-drought" continues. [Post edited 11 Apr 2023 14:26]
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| The race for 22nd place on 14:26 - Apr 11 with 1241 views | Harbour |
| The race for 22nd place on 14:15 - Apr 11 by Loyalitat |
Coventry have totally sold out their allocation, top and bottom of School end, so the rest is down to us.
Saturday will be a very tough game, no steamroller, as they're just three points off sixth spot They can be got at defensively, but they are lighting quick on the break with a gem of a player in Hamer.
Credit to them for just about staying the pace as they have lost three good attacking midfielders to long-term injuries: Kasey Palmer, Callum O'Hare and Jamie Allen. Here's hoping Gyokeres's "goal-drought" continues. [Post edited 11 Apr 2023 14:26]
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Yes Coventry Saturday will be a tough game if we concede an early goal will be a long afternoon. There March form very good but they dipped in April conceding 4 at home to Stoke plus 2 draws. They are beatable but if defend like we have been we will lose. Fingers x for at least a point. Draw with Norwich lose to Burnley and hopefully a win v Stoke or Bristol City. It will be nervy and as Clive said go down to the last game. | | | |
| The race for 22nd place on 14:55 - Apr 11 with 1174 views | Antti_Heinola |
| The race for 22nd place on 13:24 - Apr 11 by Nov77 |
It also took a goal of outrageous luck to get us level, you don’t get many of them in a season. |
Barely mentioned on here, and I'm not really sure why, is that their goal was a blatant handball and should not have been allowed.
Yes, poor defending from us, but they really got away with that one. Luck probably evened itself out with Martin's goal. |  |
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| The race for 22nd place on 15:28 - Apr 11 with 1086 views | kensalriser |
How lucky was it that Martin was purposely closing down the keeper? |  |
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| The race for 22nd place on 15:43 - Apr 11 with 1056 views | gazza1 |
A win against Coventry will put all this talk to bed......play like we did for most of the game against WBA and it should be enough. | | | |
| The race for 22nd place on 16:02 - Apr 11 with 1022 views | Rangersw12 |
| The race for 22nd place on 14:15 - Apr 11 by Loyalitat |
Coventry have totally sold out their allocation, top and bottom of School end, so the rest is down to us.
Saturday will be a very tough game, no steamroller, as they're just three points off sixth spot They can be got at defensively, but they are lighting quick on the break with a gem of a player in Hamer.
Credit to them for just about staying the pace as they have lost three good attacking midfielders to long-term injuries: Kasey Palmer, Callum O'Hare and Jamie Allen. Here's hoping Gyokeres's "goal-drought" continues. [Post edited 11 Apr 2023 14:26]
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Brilliant planning from Hoos again giving up our home advantage FFS | | | |
| The race for 22nd place on 16:04 - Apr 11 with 1013 views | BazzaInTheLoft |
| The race for 22nd place on 16:02 - Apr 11 by Rangersw12 |
Brilliant planning from Hoos again giving up our home advantage FFS |
I don’t understand can you elaborate? | | | |
| The race for 22nd place on 16:07 - Apr 11 with 1005 views | terryb |
| The race for 22nd place on 16:02 - Apr 11 by Rangersw12 |
Brilliant planning from Hoos again giving up our home advantage FFS |
If Coventry having the full away end stops our players being able to perform, then we will deserve to lose! | | | |
| The race for 22nd place on 16:09 - Apr 11 with 999 views | CroydonCaptJack |
| The race for 22nd place on 16:07 - Apr 11 by terryb |
If Coventry having the full away end stops our players being able to perform, then we will deserve to lose! |
Yes, ridiculous argument really isn't it Terry.
No doubt someone would be moaning about lost revenue if we only sold them top tier. |  | | |
| The race for 22nd place on 16:29 - Apr 11 with 953 views | OldPedro |
| The race for 22nd place on 08:39 - Apr 11 by dmm |
yep, indeed kernow. I'm inclined to think that's a good thing - six pointers and all that. Could be wrong though. |
Well we have recently lost to Rotherham, Blackpool and Wigan, so we've already lost those 6 pointers. |  |
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| The race for 22nd place on 16:52 - Apr 11 with 878 views | ParkRoyalR |
| The race for 22nd place on 15:28 - Apr 11 by kensalriser |
How lucky was it that Martin was purposely closing down the keeper? |
Agree, was actually a very well-worked press by Dykes and Martin, with Dykes initially closing down WBA's left-back and deflecting the ball across the pitch with Martin anticipating and closing down keeper and
Could be wrong but on the replay definitely looks more like Martin got his foot around and made deliberate contact with the clearance rather than the ball just randomly hitting him and deflecting in,
Just shows if you work hard, press and put quality early ball in the box some defences will struggle to anticipate and re-set in the same way ours does! | | | |
| The race for 22nd place on 16:53 - Apr 11 with 880 views | Rangersw12 |
| The race for 22nd place on 16:04 - Apr 11 by BazzaInTheLoft |
I don’t understand can you elaborate? |
How many times have teams built up a head of steam with raucous away fans in both tiers.
With the ground only holding approx 17,500 nowadays it's ridiculous to give away teams nearly 3k tickets and I can't think of many clubs doing it.
Yes as fans we should be better to counter it but to me it just adds to the general malaise around the club and gifting away fans an advantage
I put this to Hoos when they requested questions but seems that interview never happened [Post edited 11 Apr 2023 16:57]
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| The race for 22nd place on 17:05 - Apr 11 with 859 views | ParkRoyalR |
| The race for 22nd place on 16:53 - Apr 11 by Rangersw12 |
How many times have teams built up a head of steam with raucous away fans in both tiers.
With the ground only holding approx 17,500 nowadays it's ridiculous to give away teams nearly 3k tickets and I can't think of many clubs doing it.
Yes as fans we should be better to counter it but to me it just adds to the general malaise around the club and gifting away fans an advantage
I put this to Hoos when they requested questions but seems that interview never happened [Post edited 11 Apr 2023 16:57]
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If i was the bloke putting in £2m a month to keep our club afloat,
I'm thinking there's 14k of you, if you really care as much as you say, you'd make some noise from the 1st minute, jut like the Coventry home support did at their place, rather than wait in silence until we hopefully score.
You wanted safe standing to help re-energise the home support and I paid for it, now its your turn to step up to the plate.
Really about time the home fans stepped up like the away support did at the Hawthorns. | | | |
| The race for 22nd place on 17:20 - Apr 11 with 817 views | Rangersw12 |
| The race for 22nd place on 17:05 - Apr 11 by ParkRoyalR |
If i was the bloke putting in £2m a month to keep our club afloat,
I'm thinking there's 14k of you, if you really care as much as you say, you'd make some noise from the 1st minute, jut like the Coventry home support did at their place, rather than wait in silence until we hopefully score.
You wanted safe standing to help re-energise the home support and I paid for it, now its your turn to step up to the plate.
Really about time the home fans stepped up like the away support did at the Hawthorns. |
Coventry have home fans at both ends so isn't the same as us giving both tiers
Should have had safe standing at both ends and tried to build our support but nah let's just give away fans 3k tickets to make an extra 50k 🙄 | | | |
| The race for 22nd place on 17:27 - Apr 11 with 791 views | Hunterhoop |
| The race for 22nd place on 12:07 - Apr 11 by Red_Ranger |
I reckon we need 5 more points.
48 and safe by my calcs.
Question is - where are they coming from???? |
Agree.
With our GD, I think we’ll need 48 too. I can see Reading getting to 47, and Cardiff to at least 46, probably 47 too.
This Sat is actually the big weekend for us, IMO.
We play Cov at home. Reading have Burnley and Cardiff are away at Sheff Utd. If they both match or better us, we’re f*cked again.
If we win and they both lose, as they should, we would be 5 clear of Reading and 4 clear of Cardiff so even with their game in hand it’s not in their destiny to finish above us. So from them on we just need to match one of them for points to stay up.
As Clive said, we need to win a game, and the way the fixtures fall for the others, this Sat should have the biggest psychological effect. |  | | |
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