Originally Posted by
animallittle3
I give Sunderland and Portsmouth no more than a 20% chance of overtaking us .
We will have a 7 point lead over Pompey who will have a game in hand and an 8 point lead over the Mackems who will have 3 games in hand .
Heading in to the home straight the pressure on both of our two closet rivals will be immense and Sunderland have to play 6 games within the next 20 days .
There maybe some value in whoever wins next Sunday's EFL Trophy may get a boost , that said Sunderland face back to back away games following the EFL trophy final , Accrington on the Wednesday and at Rochdale a week on saturday , both are fighting for their lives and will be up for it against the Mackems .
Portsmouth go to Wycombe on the saturday following the final and nobody's found it too easy at Adams Park .
Interesting to note that Sunderland host Portsmouth on the penultimate saturday of the season at the SOL .
Win next saturday and we can almost sniff the prize in my opinion .
I take the obvious point that we ourselves need to keep going and not hand over any momentum or hope to the two chasers , any slip up and they cash in could just tip the scales back towards them .
I reckon 14 points from the 21 available should just about do it for us .