Quote Originally Posted by caytonmiller View Post
So how are we suppose to target the bottom teams. Wouldn't this mean resting our best players in the harder games? Not sure that would go down well.
Plus if we target the bottom teams and like last 2 games we only get 1 point from them. Where does that leave us?. Easy to say target those games but there's no guarantee of winning them, don't forget even those other 5 teams in the bottom 6 have better squads than us.
We have to play the strongest team in every game. The championship is all about playing 6-7 games then getting 10 days rest.
Ok I know we very rarely see eye to eye, And I certainly don’t want an argument, discussing things in text style messages isn’t easy. First point, I am not saying we shouldn’t play our best team in games, I don’t know how you got that from my posts. You seem to think I am saying we only have to beat the teams around us!! That is not what I am saying, I am saying not getting good results against such teams hurts us more over a season. It is to do with the likelihood of the fact that points lost to those teams end up being crucial at the end of the season. So you would hope that the team, plays their best and works their hardest in those games to increase the chances of getting good results. The chances of getting good results from teams at the top is lower than teams in the bottom half, it has to be teams at the top win more than teams in the bottom, teams at the bottom are there because they are not as good. It is clear in games against Hudderfield, Bristol, Wednesday and Qpr we did not give our best. Now we have played 14 games out of 46 (nearly a third) we have 10 points we have 70% of those from teams in the bottom half it is more likely this trend will continue.