Fully agree, other than Boro we should be rolling over all these teams. Unfortunately that simply hasn't been the case for this team. I think the Bolton game will be the hardest as they have a well organised defence. Leeds never seem that solid to me, Wednesday at home should be a win and Rotherham and Fulham have been piss poor. We just have to hope we play like we have against Millwall or the 5-0 vs Huddersfield rather than the Wigan game.
Hope Fulham will be safe by the time we play them. They've had an awful season an I imagine they're just waiting for it to end. Can't see much fight coming from them if their season is over. We're probably the favorites (perhaps bar the Boro game) for every remaining game. We just can win all 6, we won't but neither will our rivals.
I think we're going to win a heck of a lot of them though! Middlesbrough is obviously a must win as things stand, but I don't think we'll be able to afford dropping more than 4 points in the other games.
Brighton V Bournemouth Fri 10 Apr 19:45 Derby V Brentford Sat 11 Apr 12:15 Millwall V Watford Sat 11 Apr 15:00 Middlesbrough V Rotherham Sat 11 Apr 15:00 Bolton V Norwich Sat 11 Apr 15:00 Ipswich V Blackpool Sat 11 Apr 15:00 Birmingham V Wolves Sat 11 Apr 15:00 Derby V Blackpool Tue 14 Apr 19:45 Middlesbrough V Wolves Tue 14 Apr 19:45 Sheff Wed V Brentford Tue 14 Apr 19:45 Leeds V Norwich Tue 14 Apr 19:45 Ipswich V Cardiff Tue 14 Apr 19:45 Reading V Bournemouth Tue 14 Apr 20:00 Nottm Forest V Watford Wed 15 Apr 19:45 Wolves V Ipswich Sat 18 Apr 12:15 Norwich V Middlesbrough Fri 17 Apr 19:45 Bournemouth V Sheff Wed Sat 18 Apr 15:00 Huddersfield V Derby Sat 18 Apr 15:00 Watford V Birmingham Sat 18 Apr 15:00 Brentford V Bolton Sat 18 Apr 15:00 Bournemouth V Bolton Sat 25 Apr 15:00 Millwall V Derby Sat 25 Apr 15:00 Brighton V Watford Sat 25 Apr 15:00 Fulham V Middlesbrough Sat 25 Apr 15:00 Rotherham V Norwich Sat 25 Apr 15:00 Reading V Brentford Sat 25 Apr 15:00 Ipswich V Nottm Forest Sat 25 Apr 15:00 Wigan V Wolves Sat 25 Apr 15:00 Charlton V Bournemouth Sat 2 May 12:15 Derby V Reading Sat 2 May 12:15 Watford V Sheff Wed Sat 2 May 12:15 Middlesbrough V Brighton Sat 2 May 12:15 Norwich V Fulham Sat 2 May 12:15 Brentford V Wigan Sat 2 May 12:15 Blackburn V Ipswich Sat 2 May 12:15 Wolves v Millwall Sat 2 May 12:15
On paper yes, but their next two fixtures are both localish derbies away at Brighton and Reading. I think if you offered them 4 points now they would snap your hand off.
Good shout. I dont fancy our away fixtures at Leeds and Bolton though! Leeds are very hit and miss and Bolton have a resolute defense. Hopefully after putting ourselves in a great position we can avoid any slip ups!
Well it is probably nearer than Norwich v Ipswich Fleet. It sounds like I will have to get the atlas out again.
Brighton's nearest derby is Crystal Palace! Bournemouth's rise is fairly recent though, so it could now be a Derby. Given how difficult Brighton made it for us, they could give Bournemouth a test. Not sure about Reading though. A special thanks to JR for the fixture list, which I've now printed out. It's going to be an exciting last 5 games anyway!
Not an expert but surely the four South Coast clubs constitute derbies - Bournemouth, Southampton, Portsmouth and Brighton?
I lived in sussex and worked in Brighton for 20 years up to 2000, EastEnd, and Palace was definitely the local derby in those days. Southampton to a lesser intent, but that was long ago. It could well be Bournemouth now.
We worry about playing a poor Fulham at home for our final game, but Bournemouth are away to Charlton at the same time. Give me our game every time, Bournemouth will not find it easy getting three points from that match.
It is just that Fulham is a bogey team and it wouldn't matter if they were in the Doc Martins League Division 2 they would still probably beat us!
