It's in our own hands now

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  1. Lor

    Lordtyke Well-Known Member

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    3 points in front of Portsmouth...same games played
    5 points in front of Sunderland...they have 2 games in hand

    We have to play them both

    This will be the real test of this team
     
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    It was in our own hands even before we kicked off today.
     
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    No it wasn't, if we had lost and Sunderland and Portsmouth won we would be level with both teams, with Sunderland having 2 games on us.

    So now we just have to beat them both to cement our place in second spot
     
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    Do your maths right, it was in our own hands. Before kick off today all we had to do was win all our games and we we're up.
     
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    Sunderland fans not happy at all. Both us and Luton are the teams to catch now.
     
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    andytyke Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    Was it? Sunderland we’re 3 points behind us with 2 games in hand

    If we had both won all our games with them just losing to us we would be on same points
     
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    Winning all our games would include beating them and gaining 3 points on them.
     
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    They had 2 games in hand
     
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    Lordtyke Well-Known Member

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    I Thank you
     
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    But we had the better goal difference
     
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    But we were able to control the outcome of that..thus promotion being in our hands before today’s game also?
     
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    andytyke Administrator Staff Member Admin

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    Ahah but that’s not really in our own hands.
     
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    Well it is because by beating them we'd add 1 to it and we're already way ahead of them goals wise due to all their draws.
     
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    Not really as Sunderland could win all their games 10-0. Unlikely lol but possible. In our own hands means that no matter what the other team does they can’t finish above us
     
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    But so could we and we were already ahead of them goal difference wise. Anyway I hope they at best draw their midweek matches and that allows us to stay second with the same number of games played.
     
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    Yeah but they were3 points behind with an inferior goal difference therefore us beating them would have left them behind us on goal difference
     
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    Again, like last week, it's way too early to be saying this. Goal difference doesn't equate to it being "in our own hands"... we could win every game 1-0 and Sunderland win a handful 1-0 and the rest 2-0.

    Let's not get carried away just yet. We've got a third of the season to go!!!
     
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    Ffs lol. Nothing we do could stop Sunderland bettering our GD

    Any way it was in our own hand first match of season, had we won every game
     
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    Yeah, been reading their forum. Some seem resigned to playoffs.

    Pity we can't just give them 2k seats and fill the rest of the north stand with our own when they come to Oakwell.
     
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    Lol, it's irrelevant anyway, neither us or them are going to win all our remaining matches. Technically it is in our own hands but it's a pointless argument. Beating them here would be massive though. That's going to be a heart stopper of a game.
     
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