Londonboy Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Just noticed 4 of our next 5 league games are at home...and all 5 games are winable. Bury H Scunny H Southend A...where we usually do well Dale H Wimbledon H 10 points minimum I recon and we are well in the mix for the playoffs!! Then Gillingham A where again we seem to do well and Northampton H so Happy Days (I hope) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deckyd Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Honestly think we could get 13 with a draw at Southend, winning the rest. Maybe a draw with Scunny as well at worst but the rest we should be looking at taking all 3 points and as of late we are more thsn able to do that. Starting tomorrow night... 5-2 or a 3-1 me hopes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 (edited) Predicting Latics results is as easy as predicting 6 numbers on the lottery, Take it one game at a time and enjoy the ride. Tomorrow is important - lose and we're back in the bottom 4. Win and we're looking up and sets up a cracker on Saturday, However, there's a lot of tired legs in our first XI the high intensity pressing game we play is beginning to have an effect. I wouldn't be surprised to see a couple of changes tomorrow night. Wilson for Bryan and maybe a midfield change given the knocks they are carrying. Edited October 23, 2017 by oafcprozac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsworthlatic Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 (edited) 30 minutes ago, Londonboy said: Just noticed 4 of our next 5 league games are at home...and all 5 games are winable. Bury H Scunny H Southend A...where we usually do well Dale H Wimbledon H 10 points minimum I recon and we are well in the mix for the playoffs!! Then Gillingham A where again we seem to do well and Northampton H so Happy Days (I hope) Wellens has alluded to '5 game blocks' which isn't a bad way of doing it. Past managers I know who have done this are generally pretty clever in their manner of thinking and acting upon this. Darrell Clarke alludes to this all of the time at Bristol Rovers, as did David Flitcroft at Bury when gaining promotion from League Two. I presume (don't know for certain) it helps them plan ahead etc. To answer the question I'd want 10 at least really but 9 I wouldn't be too disappointed at. What I hope we'll carry on doing is winning games or losing and miss out draws for the time being (in respect of winning 1, losing 1 instead of drawing 2) We'll soon see but certainly some very winnable games coming up here, hopefully we can capitalise on them and get the points to take us up the table! We certainly have the ability to do that! Edited October 23, 2017 by unsworthlatic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 0-15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapegoat Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 I agree with the point on win or lose. I think its useful for a couple of reasons: (1) Long unbeaten runs can end up being a bit anti-productive. Teams tend to start being ‘happy’ with a draw too early in games as it keeps the run going - and as stated 1 win and 1 defeat is better than 2 draws. Someone of EFL matters made this point last week and I agree. (3) Also, sometimes a defeat reminds players what it feels like and can be used to spur a team on. Gutted that due to work and personal commitments I am going to miss the next 2 home games - but to answer the OP I’d be very happy with 9 points from the 5. Maintain that for the rest of the season and I’d expect us to be Top 10, which is a massive improvement. In fact anything north of 59 points would be progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al_bro Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Four home games we have to look to get at least 12 from them if we want to get into the top six. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Should be aiming for 15. What we'll get is another matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowenicki Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 12 or 13. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yarddog73 Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Six in the next two games for starters, we've a relatively easy next eight games and there's no reason we can't keep the run going. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fergie Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 Sorry to piss on anybody’s parade but there is no easy games in this league as we very well know after 20 odd years in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcshuck Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 45 minutes ago, Fergie said: Sorry to piss on anybody’s parade but there is no easy games in this league as we very well know after 20 odd years in it. There are. Remember when the likes of Hereford etc graced this league .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythemostimportantkick Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 4 minutes ago, oafcshuck said: There are. Remember when the likes of Hereford etc graced this league .... Didn't they stuff us 5-0 or summat with Guinann (sp) getting an hatrick ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oafcprozac Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 (edited) Would that be the same Hereford we beat 4-0 at BP then asolutely twatted us 5-0 in the return? Edited October 23, 2017 by oafcprozac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astottie Posted October 23, 2017 Share Posted October 23, 2017 4 hours ago, al_bro said: Four home games we have to look to get at least 12 from them if we want to get into the top six. I'd be happy with just the 12? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Burns Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 6 hours ago, oafcshuck said: There are. Remember when the likes of Hereford etc graced this league .... Oh dear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magister Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 It is reasonable to think that for all 5 of Wellens league games we have started as second favourites and our opponents have expected to win and have set up and approached the games accordingly......we are now likely to enter a phase where teams are more circumspect in their approach and it will be interesting to see how we cope with less ambition from opponents and less space going forward. As Fergie states above. Games aren't easy to win in this league Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
singe Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Magister said: It is reasonable to think that for all 5 of Wellens league games we have started as second favourites and our opponents have expected to win and have set up and approached the games accordingly......we are now likely to enter a phase where teams are more circumspect in their approach and it will be interesting to see how we cope with less ambition from opponents and less space going forward. As Fergie states above. Games aren't easy to win in this league Totally agree. Similarly, histroically how often we do well against the teams that are toward the top of the league, and less so against teams that are struggling, most likely for the same reason you have given but possibly lack of mental strength too. Consequently I think these next 5 games will be as much as test of RW's managerial capabilities as the caretaker ones were, despire being more difficult "on paper". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hands on Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 We can beat anyone in this league and we could lose to anyone. The important thing is to make progress up the league and I would hope to see us comfortably 14th by the end of November and 12th by the end of December. Current form would have us pushing the top six but we can't do that or can we? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deyres42 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Racing and Football Outlook has us finishing on 60 points at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
youngen Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 Im gonna back us in a 5 game rolling accumulator, starting with a tenner tonight. Will be a 1 game single after a 0-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rudemedic Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 3 points on board Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scapegoat Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 (edited) On 24/10/2017 at 11:44 AM, deyres42 said: Racing and Football Outlook has us finishing on 60 points at the moment. And that would be genuine progress. We have not had a season with a points total above the 50s since the Sheridan play-off season. Even the good season under LJ fell apart at the end when he left and we ended up with 50-something. For me, my views on RW this season would be as follows: Relegation - massive failure Relegation scrap - would feel like we haven’t moved forward and would wonder whether RW was the man for the next season Mid-table mediocrity but less than 60 points - met expectations and would be hopeful for the next season 60+ and top half - out-performed and would be looking for the new owners to back him for the following season Anything more than that (Top 10 / Top 6) - massively outperformaned Promotion - build a statue! Edited October 25, 2017 by Scapegoat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Handsy Posted October 25, 2017 Share Posted October 25, 2017 We had an off day last night and still won go for all 15 no reason we cant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lags Posted October 26, 2017 Share Posted October 26, 2017 Anything between 9-11 points without losing would be a decent return. We've not sustained that sort of accumulation in seasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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