darkwolf666
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Current points from last 10 games
'Boro 22 pts
Derby 21
Hull 19
Brighton 18
Ipswich 18
Burnley 14
Indeed it does look like Burnley are falling away, 'Boro have gained 8 points on them in those 10 games, and Derby 7.
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Four horse race
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Current points from last 10 games
'Boro 22 pts
Derby 21
Hull 19
Brighton 18
Ipswich 18
Burnley 14
Indeed it does look like Burnley are falling away, 'Boro have gained 8 points on them in those 10 games, and Derby 7.
TSB
Captain Hindsight
Trust me, Icy: 92 points will get us promoted!
Marshy
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Burnley will not fall away. They have some good players coming back to bolster squad, as well as add in January.
The one thing that worries me is that we are drawing too many games. As a result Derby Hull and Boro have gradually crept up on us because they are winning games, losing the odd one but not drawing many. If this pattern continues they will overtake us and we will be fourth in the group and vulnerable to the inevitable two or three teams who go on a good run from any of Ipswich, Birmingham, Cardiff, Brentford, Sheffield ****ing Wednesday, QPR or Reading - all of whom are capable of putting a sequence of wins together. It all depends on how quickly we get key injured players back, the results when other teams at the top play each other, whether we retain Wilson and who we get in in January. So many variables and God its all a bit tight!!!
darkwolf666
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I guess a lot of it is how you look at things. Are these draws we are going through, as Mr Holloway said, our blip, if so then we are still picking up points. Assuming that is the case and that we come out of this slight doldrums and start winning more games then at present then we should be able to open up a gap again!
All teams will have lulls, hopefully this is ours - as a matter of note, Middlesborough's next five games are all against top half teams, 3 away from home!
All teams will have lulls, hopefully this is ours - as a matter of note, Middlesborough's next five games are all against top half teams, 3 away from home!
Garry Nelson's Left Foot
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People need to relax. We'll make the play offs. All we need is eight or nine wins and a few draws from the next TWENTY FIVE games. We're nailed on for a top six finish, the only question is if we'll finish top two. We'll have a good idea of that by the end of January.
To repeat: the worst case scenario this season is the play offs.
That's an amazing position to be in pre-christmas. I wish everyone could just relax and enjoy that.
To repeat: the worst case scenario this season is the play offs.
That's an amazing position to be in pre-christmas. I wish everyone could just relax and enjoy that.
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Seagull58
In the Algarve
I think its important to beat boro on Saturday. We can leave the cosy 0-0 to the end of the season when we've done enough. Much, much better to get the points in the bag and let boro catch us up later in the season. The problem with "win the home games and draw the away games and you go up" is that we won't win all the home games. We may even lose a couple, so we must win a few away games.
TSB
Captain Hindsight
Five-horse race, without Derby?
Burnley have had a stunning two months.
Burnley have had a stunning two months.
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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This thread just shows how quickly things can change. I wouldn't rule out anyone down to Forest in the promotion rave. Happy to rule out QPR now - I think we all expected them to go on a run after we played them. Shame we played them one of the few times Austin played a full game though!
warmleyseagull
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You serious? If Forest win all 15 remaining games they will only have 87, which is not normally enough. Derby in free fall, there are five riders left in this race. End of.
I think it just shows how stupid some posters are.
Yep.
The promotion race includes the play-offs.
warmleyseagull
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In that case, it is true in every season that all the top half and arguably a few more are still in the hunt with 15 to go. Nothing new there.
Leekbrookgull
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But have Hull City had the Wobble ? We have (hopefully) Derby County are having theirs now.
Actually, maybe he did mean automatic, since the OP was talking about a 4 horse race - obviously that meant for the autos.
sydney
tinky ****in winky
expecting sheff weds 
to be there abouts....they are definitely on a good run atm...!!
to be there abouts....they are definitely on a good run atm...!!
4 of the next 5 for Hull are against teams challenging for play offs or better. If they are still top of the league at the end of that then I can't see them being caught. Burnley have come through a tough spell intact and have a run of very winnable games right through to when they visit us at beginning of April
Right now, they look the most likely to occupy 1 and 2 imo ....... a couple of weeks and that could change though
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
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Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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87 isn't enough to get 6th - you serious?
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
- 29,297
Nah I meant play offs. As you rightly pointed out, a promotion race includes anyone going for the top 6.
Top 2 you can't rule out any of the top 6 IMO. There's often someone who sneaks into the play offs & has a good chance of winning them - I wouldn't rule out anyone above Forest!
Prince Monolulu
Everything in Moderation
Derby's price for Top 6 I find amazing.
