The Most interesting run in for many years...read on

[Archiemiller]

I will be very dissapointed if we miss out on the play-offs from this position, but wont be dissapointed if we dont gain promotion this season, might sound strange to some but im a realist not a pessamist, we are nowhere near a championship outfit IMO, think we would need at least 6 or 7 players of better Quality to have a realistic chance of survival and we all (well some of us) know that aint going to happen, for me lets stay put and build slowly but surely within our budget. U.T.F.M.

[frogmiller]

Great info Nardendee.

I predicted we'd finish in 6th but wouldn't go up. I'm hoping only one of those is wrong.

[Nardendee]

I had no preconceived ideas on what might happen this year but I have really enjoyed it and particularly given our slow start I think we have done great but having got to this point I agree with ArchieMiller that anything less than 6th would be a major disappointment.

In spite of our stuttering performances recently we are in a position where we have the added advantage that there aren’t many games left and whilst form suggests one or two teams are quite capable on paper, of winning all their games, the reality is that they have to play each other, so at least one, maybe both will drop points.

In theory 70 points might be enough ( though I think 72/73 is the likely target). The other thing is that there are very few teams with little to play for and teams battling against relegation can be tougher than promotion chasing opposition at this stage.

Given all this then, our admittedly diminishing points advantage is a very useful buffer. So the trick is to keep the gaps the same or widen it game on game. So when we play a rival it is first important not to lose.

Having said that we have three home games left, and as well as Fleetwood have been playing, I would argue that we should beat them if we have any aims of reaching the play offs.(

[great_fire]

The one thing you can always guarantee in football in that most teams will have good or bad runs and that those runs will end.

S****horpe have had a bad run for the whole on 2018, that must be due to change, so that's not good for Rotherham.