Which is exactly what you need to do, keep the back door shut and you only need to take one chance up front. Clean sheets breeds confidence throughout the rest of the team as well. Unfortunately we can be prone to leaking quite badly at the back, even against some pretty mediocre teams. I don't see us getting anything from Leicester, Ipswich or Leeds so it's the playoffs or bust for us.
Agree they look very good, reacted really strongly last night again, I would much prefer our chances against Leeds. All of that said, with ten to go it wouldn't surprise me if a team like Preston got into the playoffs and then win it, it's that much of a lottery.
The only way we are going to make a difference is to beat all three of them when we play them, can anybody really see us doing that, I think the exact opposite is likely to happen, our record against sides in the top half is not good.
I don't think it really matters, all three of them are better than us, we won't be overtaking any of them now. It's the glory of the playoffs now or a very long time in the championship.
You've got to hand it to them, they are a very good side, they just keep going and their intensity is fantastic. We won't be catching any of these three.
We were, but we could also point to some contributing factors, like playing with 10 men for most of the game, and down to 9 against United. I think arsenal are done here now, can't see them getting near nine.