According to today's Echo we have a very busy and important period coming up...https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/25662695.southampton-season-defined-eight-games-30-days-coming/ Without trying to steal Libby's thunder (you're slacking mate...), how many points does everybody reckon we will accumulate?. Brum (H) WBA (H) Narch (A) Cov (H) Oxford (A) Brum (A) Millwall (H) Boro (A) An additional prediction, will Tonda Eckert still be the manager?
Brum (H) Draw WBA (H) Win Narch (A) Win Cov (H) Loss Oxford (A) Win Brum (A) Win Millwall (H) Win (last kick of ball) Boro (A) Draw 17 points, second place.
Brum (H) draw WBA (H) win Narch (A) lose Cov (H) draw Oxford (A) draw Brum (A) lose Millwall (H) win Boro (A) lose 9 points, solid mid table
Assuming we have Scienza fit.. Brum (H) - Win WBA (H) - Win Narch (A) - Win Cov (H) - Loss Oxford (A) - Win Brum (A) - Draw Millwall (H) - Draw Boro (A) - Draw 15 points
Brum (H) W WBA (H) W Narch (A) D Cov (H) D Oxford (A) W Brum (A) L Millwall (H) W Boro (A) D 15 points and in the top 6 Tonda will still be the manager
Funnily enough I was thinking of doing one of these today! Good shout on doing the 8 games though. Brum (H) D WBA (H) W Narch (A) D Cov (H) L Oxford (A) W Brum (A) L Millwall (H) W Boro (A) W
Brum (H) L WBA (H) L Narch (A) L Cov (H) L Oxford (A) L Brum (A) L Millwall (H) L Boro (A) L You're welcome.
Brum (H) win WBA (H) draw Narch (A) win Cov (H) lose Oxford (A) win Brum (A) lose Millwall (H) win Boro (A) lose 13 points
Brum (H) - Draw WBA (H) - Win Narch (A) - Win Cov (H) - Lose Oxford (A) - Win Brum (A) - Lose Millwall (H) - Draw Boro (A) - Lose 11 points An additional prediction, will Tonda Eckert still be the manager? Yes
Realistically we need to be averaging > 2 pts per game, so I'm going 17 points. Brum (H) - Draw WBA (H) - Win Narch (A) - Win Cov (H) - Win Oxford (A) - Win Brum (A) - Lose Millwall (H) - Draw Boro (A) - Win
Brum (H) - Lose WBA (H) - Win Narch (A) - Win Cov (H) - Lose Oxford (A) - Win Brum (A) - Draw Millwall (H) - Win Boro (A) - Lose 13 points.
I think we need to win the next 3 + oxford to stay in the mix for the end of the season (and reduce the twitching after a loss a bit). Coventry feels like a free hit the way they are walking the league at the moment. the last three are anyones guess. so 12+ at a minimum
No game at home should be a free hit for us. And I disagree with your first point as well. Everyone except Coventry are dropping points left, right and centre so we don't need to win every game to stay in the play off hunt.
Maybe my wording wasn't great for the points I was wanting to make. Currently 2-6 in the table have a points/game of 1.8-1.6 so to be in the mix we first have to catch up with them and then be as consistent as they are - so yes you're right teams are dropping points but to catch up we have to drop less then everyone else / beat those above us and we've only been doing that since Tonda took over so winning the next 3 games keeps us on track for that and shows we can be consistent at that level. As for coventry I said free hit not because the result doesn't matter (it does) but more the fact that what ever the result if will be written off with some reason by some sections. We play well and lose "coventry are flying". We draw and "coventry have not dropped many points this season and we took some off them" etc etc. I said in an earlier post that beating coventry alongside winning the other "easier" games would help put a marker down and show the teams around us that we can win any game - we certainly didn't look like that earlier in the season.
8 games is 24 points, right. OK that’s what we’ll get. Brought to you by the blindly optimistic club. Alternatively maybe 1 point and then a meltdown. It’s what I love about Saints. Predictions. Might as well using a crystal ball.
