woodsaint1 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 (edited) Ipswich still to play Boro (H), Hull (A), Coventry (A) and Huddersfield (H). Leeds still to play Blackburn (H), Boro (A), QPR (A) and ourselves. Points will be dropped, but that will likely apply to us as well. Cant see us winning the remaining 6. Gave up all hope after Boro but the teams around us are stuttering and it keeps pulling me back in 😵. Maybe Watford will put us out of our misery Edited April 10 by woodsaint1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 6 minutes ago, woodsaint1 said: Gave up all hope after Boro but the teams around us are stuttering and it keeps pulling me back in No it doesn’t, we’ve consistently been 10-15 points off the top of the table all season. That’s not about to drastically change in the final month. We’re fourth and this week’s results have just made us fourthier. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodsaint1 Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 44 minutes ago, Lighthouse said: No it doesn’t, we’ve consistently been 10-15 points off the top of the table all season. That’s not about to drastically change in the final month. We’re fourth and this week’s results have just made us fourthier. Alright dark cloud, just trying to spread a bit optimism fs 🙄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HKsaint Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Don’t dream. This weekend, every top three will win and only we drop points as usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, Turkish said: didn't they once say man would never climb Everest? They were right about me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRM Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 (edited) 13 hours ago, Lighthouse said: No it doesn’t, we’ve consistently been 10-15 points off the top of the table all season. That’s not about to drastically change in the final month. We’re fourth and this week’s results have just made us fourthier. I think you can start the Saints v WBA play off build up thread now. Edited April 11 by JRM 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 7 hours ago, Turkish said: didn't they once say man would never climb Everest? I will hold my hands up and say that I never really believed that Neil Armstrong could ever do that but fair play he proved me wrong. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austsaint Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, CB Fry said: I will hold my hands up and say that I never really believed that Neil Armstrong could ever do that but fair play he proved me wrong. I made a similar mistake - believing that Edmund Hillary could never walk on the moon; but he did. Maybe Saints will be promoted automatically this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
east-stand-nic Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 I think i am right in saying, if we win our two game sin hand we will still be 4 points behind second place, yes? So 5 as we have a far worse GD. That would mean we have to get 5 points more than second place, in the last 4 games, so 1.25 points per game more. Not going to happen even if we win all 6 i suspect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dman Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 15 minutes ago, east-stand-nic said: I think i am right in saying, if we win our two game sin hand we will still be 4 points behind second place, yes? So 5 as we have a far worse GD. That would mean we have to get 5 points more than second place, in the last 4 games, so 1.25 points per game more. Not going to happen even if we win all 6 i suspect. So we'd need to win all of our remaining games (1 vs Leicester 1v Leeds) and we'd need Lecister and ipswich to lose 2 games (well 1 additional to us for leicester) and Leeds to drop a point. Ipswich have arguably the hardest run in (Boro H, Hull A, Cov A, Huddersfield H) but I can't see either leeds or leciester failing to win in 2 games. I also can't see us beating either of them, so basically, 4th it is. HAd we not completely fluffed our lines over easter, then it would have been in our hands 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkish Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 9 hours ago, Obstacle1 said: Yes but they didn't have Russell Martin on the job. He'd probably swap out the Sherpas for Stephens and Manning Stephen’s in a hybrid role of mountaineer, Sherpa and donkey, he’s that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintant Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 hour ago, Dman said: So we'd need to win all of our remaining games (1 vs Leicester 1v Leeds) and we'd need Lecister and ipswich to lose 2 games (well 1 additional to us for leicester) and Leeds to drop a point. Ipswich have arguably the hardest run in (Boro H, Hull A, Cov A, Huddersfield H) but I can't see either leeds or leciester failing to win in 2 games. I also can't see us beating either of them, so basically, 4th it is. HAd we not completely fluffed our lines over easter, then it would have been in our hands The biggest hurdle is us winning all six games - not impossible but extremely unlikely. However, if we did somehow manage it I think we'd probably be promoted automatically. Ipswich have a tough run in and would need 3 wins out of their 4 games. Leeds would need to win their 3 games (if we beat them) and Boro away won't be easy. Clutching at more straws than a scarecrow having a wank I know but while there's hope.... 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stripey McStripe Shirt Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 1 minute ago, AlexLaw76 said: What if they stay up this season? A few more points deductions for teams around them and they could finish comfortably mid-table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 6 minutes ago, Stripey McStripe Shirt said: What if they stay up this season? 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPY Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 11 hours ago, CB Fry said: I will hold my hands up and say that I never really believed that Neil Armstrong could ever do that but fair play he proved me wrong. Not sure it counts if they’ve admitted to being a drugs cheat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baird of the land Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 19 hours ago, woodsaint1 said: Ipswich still to play Boro (H), Hull (A), Coventry (A) and Huddersfield (H). Leeds still to play Blackburn (H), Boro (A), QPR (A) and ourselves. Points will be dropped, but that will likely apply to us as well. Cant see us winning the remaining 6. Gave up all hope after Boro but the teams around us are stuttering and it keeps pulling me back in 😵. Maybe Watford will put us out of our misery Ipswich are the ones that look like they might need help from saints based on the remaining fixtures. Definitely more of a keegan ‘I’d love it…’ speech feel about a world where we win 6 including beating 2 of top 3 away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 21 hours ago, Lighthouse said: No it doesn’t, we’ve consistently been 10-15 points off the top of the table all season. That’s not about to drastically change in the final month. We’re fourth and this week’s results have just made us fourthier. Maybe top, but we were 2nd back in January Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Good send off for Klopp. 0-3 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee On Solent Saint Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 Tella got some good minutes against the Hammers tonight. On the pitch when they scored both late goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Lee On Solent Saint said: Tella got some good minutes against the Hammers tonight. On the pitch when they scored both late goals. Amazing the nerve of some of these European teams beating teams from the best league in the world. No doubt Tim Sherwood will put it down to them having such easy games in their own leagues whereas some of ours have to play the likes of Luton and Burnley Edited April 11 by whelk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stripey McStripe Shirt Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 12 hours ago, whelk said: Good send off for Klopp. 0-3 The only thing funnier than Klopp's Kids not winning anything in his final season, is for them to only win the Carabao Cup when there was so much talk of a quadruple a few weeks ago. (fwiw, I still think they can probably turn the tie around in the 2nd leg and annoyingly probably win the league as well). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Kent Saint Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 It’s still hilarious ! Despite that I think the players of most teams are being flogged to death but you take the money …. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee On Solent Saint Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 22 minutes ago, East Kent Saint said: It’s still hilarious ! Despite that I think the players of most teams are being flogged to death but you take the money …. No doubt they will be off to the US or Australia to play pre-season friendlies. They don't moan about clocking up the miles and playing too many games then. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skintsaint Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, Lee On Solent Saint said: No doubt they will be off to the US or Australia to play pre-season friendlies. They don't moan about clocking up the miles and playing too many games then. Gotta chase that £££. I believe Spurs have lined up two friendlies in Aus for the end of May. Crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Kent Saint Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Plymouth 1 up already! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Leicester has got to be one of the great footballing stories of failure - if they don’t go up 😂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwsaint Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 minute ago, FarehamSaintJames said: Leicester has got to be one of the great footballing stories of failure - if they don’t go up 😂 And if they do they’ll get a points deduction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 10 minutes ago, kwsaint said: And if they do they’ll get a points deduction And if they don’t they’ll get a points deduction and transfers need to be approved by the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexLaw76 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Daka has a bout of the Che Adams' there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Who? Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 28 minutes ago, kwsaint said: And if they do they’ll get a points deduction It will only be in the premier league, but what if they do not go up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 37 minutes ago, Dr Who? said: It will only be in the premier league, but what if they do not go up? They'll have to sell everyone who moves, and they have a transfer embargo so they wouldn't be able to replace. No underestimating what failure would do to Leicester. Could end them as a club. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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AlexLaw76 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 That is Plymouth all but safe. 7 points from 9 since parting company with the car crash of their previous manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Still worth keeping half an eye on the automatic places after that. Still massively unlikely, but certainly feels Leicester at least are still catchable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Challenger Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Could do worse than take a look at the Argyle keeper for next season. Swap in Baz for that game and Leicester would have got something from that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raging Bull Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 5 minutes ago, S-Clarke said: They'll have to sell everyone who moves, and they have a transfer embargo so they wouldn't be able to replace. No underestimating what failure would do to Leicester. Could end them as a club. You can’t underestimate how much pressure this will be putting on everyone at the club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 This is good for a laugh https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/134544-plymouth-post-match/ 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holmes_and_Watson Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Lots of possession for Leicester. Didn't create enough from it. Got caught with a nice crisp move. They didn't manage to create much for a lot of the second half. Plymouth were tiring and didn't hold onto it. Leicester had a couple of very good chances, and all of the ball. But couldn't get the goal. 17 mins for Vardy to get a touch, the 'tator said. Leicester have a lot of decent players, but not clicking for them for a little while now. I'd still like to avoid them if they did finish 3rd, although their confidence would be dented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErwinK1961 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 10 minutes ago, Raging Bull said: You can’t underestimate how much pressure this will be putting on everyone at the club. I used to think this, but really what’s the worst that will happen to the players? They’ll just move somewhere else. Same with the management / coaches. It’s the loyal background staff (and fans of course) that will suffer the most and be feeling the most pressure. Who unfortunately for them have little control over what happens on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Leicester’s next 3 games are WBA, us and Preston. Can see them being in play off with us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galway saint Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 37 minutes ago, Challenger said: Could do worse than take a look at the Argyle keeper for next season. Swap in Baz for that game and Leicester would have got something from that. the smothering save from vardy was good and he was confident and commanded his box. seemed to know where his goals were. Baz in goal and they would not have won that. first ten minutes I thought leicester would win easily but they were quite profligate up front and seemed to run out of ideas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnersaint Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, The Cat said: This is good for a laugh https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/134544-plymouth-post-match/ There'll be identical comments on here if we lose to Watford tomorrow, so it's perhaps best not to gloat too much. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy_D Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 3 minutes ago, Winnersaint said: There'll be identical comments on here if we lose to Watford tomorrow, so it's perhaps best not to gloat too much. It’s sport. If you don’t enjoy things that go well because things might not go well later, you never enjoy it at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winnersaint Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 minute ago, Jimmy_D said: It’s sport. If you don’t enjoy things that go well because things might not go well later, you never enjoy it at all.. Its a part of the human condition of a football fan. I got that impression when we were on the unbeaten run on here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FarehamSaintJames Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, The Cat said: This is good for a laugh https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/134544-plymouth-post-match/ Absolute gold mine tonight 😂 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyNumber7 Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, The Cat said: This is good for a laugh https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/134544-plymouth-post-match/ Reading that thread, I had to remind myself that with 4 games to go they are top of the league. It's as bad as this place. A lot of football fans really are entitled morons. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 43 minutes ago, Winnersaint said: There'll be identical comments on here if we lose to Watford tomorrow, so it's perhaps best not to gloat too much. Yes but in fairness they are still top of the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Fry Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 1 hour ago, The Cat said: This is good for a laugh https://www.foxestalk.co.uk/topic/134544-plymouth-post-match/ Some absolutely lovely stuff there. Deranged. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stknowle Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 (edited) On 11/04/2024 at 00:35, HKsaint said: Don’t dream. This weekend, every top three will win and only we drop points as usual. NEVER deny or even counsel us against our right to dream please HK my old pal. Edited April 12 by stknowle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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