The reason it’s possible is that there are six sides in those places and we can expect any one or two of those sides to go on a bad run and to fall off the pace. Oxford may well make it but Sunderland may not. Ultimately it’s about whether we can hit the points mark. If we do then we should make the top six. On today’s evidence we won’t, however we will know a lot more about our chances in a couple of weeks from now. We’ve got six games we can drop points in and the more games we win now the more we can drop later in the season and vice versa. Doncaster and Gillingham are must wins. Beat MK Dons and Rotherham and it’s entirely feasible. Lose them both and I’m afraid it’s curtains.
Something like 10 managers in the last ?? years?! Edit.Just checked and it’s 11 in 10 years excluding caretakers!
I don’t think we’ll make the play offs. It’s a big points per game needed. About 2.3 and I think that’s beyond this group of players.
Gillingham and Doncaster we should and must win. Then it’s fair to say that having lost to Sheffield Wednesday we need to win against MK Dons. If we can’t do that we don’t deserve that play off spot. That would leave us needing about 25 more points from a remaining 16 games and with momentum on our side, which is entirely doable. For me, this little period of games is absolutely critical to our chances.
Apparently Sunderland have had two days of discussions with Roy Keane and an announcement is imminent.
Even if we don’t make the playoffs this Season everything points to things improving after a period when we really didn’t seem to have any clear direction from top to bottom at the Club. https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/ipswich-town/mckenna-itfc-training-methods-outlined-8662990
Probably not related to this thread, but it looks nailed on that Keane is taking over at Sunderland. Can you imagine if we somehow end up in the play offs, and against them??
Looks like Sunderland have dodged a bullet! Roy Keane: Sunderland talks with former manager break down https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/60332100
Its quoted our points projections figures for L1 is 84 points for 6th spot. I’m trying to find a source. Thats really high and well above average (74ish) so we do have a lot to do. But I maintain we can win the next 7. If we beat Wigan and Bolton lose to them (around the same time) that could be a 6 pointer… my worry is we don’t have David Johnson anymore so finding a reliable source of goals game to game is the issue. hkwever we’ve seriously tightened up at the back from PC who had us leaking like a sieve. We’ve barely conceded any in the last few games from recollection. it’s gonna be a rollercoaster ride if we do keep winning over the next few games to keep us in the race…
