St Marco Posted 30 January, 2009 Posted 30 January, 2009 Are playing tonight, so which way do we want this to go? Doncaster have a game in hand. If they win they go 6 points clear of us. If Norwich win they go 6 points clear of us. If they draw they go 4 points adrift of us. Hard to say which way to call it because either way we're going to lose ground on 1 of them or both of them tonight
Andy_Porter Posted 30 January, 2009 Posted 30 January, 2009 Draw. Both are going to be in the mix come the end of the season, it's not as if either side will definatly pull away so a draw has to best for us.
St Marco Posted 30 January, 2009 Author Posted 30 January, 2009 Doncaster 1-0 if they win this game and win their 1 in hand andy they will be 9 points clear of us meaning we would need 10 points to over-take them. Think we can say if that happens they won't be going down.
westmidlandsaint Posted 30 January, 2009 Posted 30 January, 2009 Read in to this what you will. Just had a message from my mate who i went to norwich game with on tuesday to say that Mark Wotte is at the Donny v Norwich game. Can anyone confirm this as if true must be scouting for a player as we have played both teams twice already. Any thoughts
Andy_Porter Posted 30 January, 2009 Posted 30 January, 2009 Read in to this what you will. Just had a message from my mate who i went to norwich game with on tuesday to say that Mark Wotte is at the Donny v Norwich game. Can anyone confirm this as if true must be scouting for a player as we have played both teams twice already. Any thoughts Is Lupoli playing?
Englesaint Posted 30 January, 2009 Posted 30 January, 2009 Draw. Both are going to be in the mix come the end of the season, it's not as if either side will definatly pull away so a draw has to best for us. Definitely. The more draws there in the bottom half the better - keeps as many teams as possible in the mix. 1-1 at present so fingers crossed.
70's Mike Posted 30 January, 2009 Posted 30 January, 2009 only a good result if we win tomorrow, we need to start winning at home soon or it will be to late
Minsk Posted 30 January, 2009 Posted 30 January, 2009 Great result! IF - every match in the CCC which does not involve Saints ends in a draw AND IF - Saints win ALL of their remaining matches WE will be the CCC Champions by 3 points AND It is mathematically more probable for this to happen than any one of us winning the National Lottery Think about that as you are putting your numbers on tomorrow! AND NO, you cannot have any of what I'm smoking :-D:smt033:smt030:-D
Windmill Arm 2 Posted 30 January, 2009 Posted 30 January, 2009 Great result! IF - every match in the CCC which does not involve Saints ends in a draw AND IF - Saints win ALL of their remaining matches WE will be the CCC Champions by 3 points AND It is mathematically more probable for this to happen than any one of us winning the National Lottery Think about that as you are putting your numbers on tomorrow! AND NO, you cannot have any of what I'm smoking :-D:smt033:smt030:-D Oh go on...just a quick toke !
hypochondriac Posted 30 January, 2009 Posted 30 January, 2009 only a good result if we win tomorrow' date=' we need to start winning at home soon or it will be to late[/quote'] Nope. It will still be a good result whether we win or lose. I love when people say that!
St Marco Posted 30 January, 2009 Author Posted 30 January, 2009 Nope. It will still be a good result whether we win or lose. I love when people say that! We'll to be fair mate they have both gone 1 point further away from us. If we win we will claw back 2 points on them both. If we lose we will need 5 points to over-take them. Seeing as then Doncaster have a game in hand and if they win that will take them well clear of us. We need to be gaining points on those above us not losing them. If we don't take advantage of the others results we will never leap frog them. What worries me is if we do fail to win tomorrow and Watford and Derby win it could potentially do us in right there. Because that would mean we would need to win 2 games to get out while hoping others lose. We have to play Watford next then Derby later meaning if we have a repeat of Forest and Doncaster against them it will be over for us. It might not be mathimatically over but we would be at minimum 9 points a drift. Seeing as we have won only once in the past 12 games i am not too confident we could win 3-4 of our remaining 17 games while hoping at least 1 of those teams loses all theirs. It just would be very unlikely. A win tomorrow will help us a lot. We lose and Derby win then that for me makes the Watford game a lose and were down game. Let's pray that does not happen hey.
hamster Posted 30 January, 2009 Posted 30 January, 2009 We'll to be fair mate they have both gone 1 point further away from us. If we win we will claw back 2 points on them both. If we lose we will need 5 points to over-take them. Seeing as then Doncaster have a game in hand and if they win that will take them well clear of us. We need to be gaining points on those above us not losing them. If we don't take advantage of the others results we will never leap frog them. What worries me is if we do fail to win tomorrow and Watford and Derby win it could potentially do us in right there. Because that would mean we would need to win 2 games to get out while hoping others lose. We have to play Watford next then Derby later meaning if we have a repeat of Forest and Doncaster against them it will be over for us. It might not be mathimatically over but we would be at minimum 9 points a drift. Seeing as we have won only once in the past 12 games i am not too confident we could win 3-4 of our remaining 17 games while hoping at least 1 of those teams loses all theirs. It just would be very unlikely. A win tomorrow will help us a lot. We lose and Derby win then that for me makes the Watford game a lose and were down game. Let's pray that does not happen hey. In English please Marco?
BadgerBadger Posted 30 January, 2009 Posted 30 January, 2009 In English please Marco? I think he's saying we have to win tomorrow
hypochondriac Posted 30 January, 2009 Posted 30 January, 2009 We'll to be fair mate they have both gone 1 point further away from us. If we win we will claw back 2 points on them both. If we lose we will need 5 points to over-take them. Seeing as then Doncaster have a game in hand and if they win that will take them well clear of us. We need to be gaining points on those above us not losing them. If we don't take advantage of the others results we will never leap frog them. What worries me is if we do fail to win tomorrow and Watford and Derby win it could potentially do us in right there. Because that would mean we would need to win 2 games to get out while hoping others lose. We have to play Watford next then Derby later meaning if we have a repeat of Forest and Doncaster against them it will be over for us. It might not be mathimatically over but we would be at minimum 9 points a drift. Seeing as we have won only once in the past 12 games i am not too confident we could win 3-4 of our remaining 17 games while hoping at least 1 of those teams loses all theirs. It just would be very unlikely. A win tomorrow will help us a lot. We lose and Derby win then that for me makes the Watford game a lose and were down game. Let's pray that does not happen hey. There couldn't have been a better scenario with regards to that games result, therefore it is a good result. How good it is depends upon what we do but it doesn't mean it is suddenly a bad result does it!
St Landrew Posted 30 January, 2009 Posted 30 January, 2009 I know I'm posting after the result, but if I'd seen this question before the match I would have said a draw please. Neither side maximised the points. 1 point, that will never come back, went astray. That's best for Saints. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/7855662.stm
St Marco Posted 31 January, 2009 Author Posted 31 January, 2009 In English please Marco? Translated = There are no aliens in area 51; they are under the sms pitch wearing the Pompey shirt that was burried there. Better for you to read?
St Marco Posted 31 January, 2009 Author Posted 31 January, 2009 There couldn't have been a better scenario with regards to that games result, therefore it is a good result. How good it is depends upon what we do but it doesn't mean it is suddenly a bad result does it! I 100% agree that a draw for us was the best result. It gives us a chance to get the gap back to needing just one win if we do our bit and win against Swansea. Would rather be chasing 4 points then 6! (understand Hamster mate? or do i need to go to double spacing for ya? )
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