I thought my internet had gone down. I reckon we need about 70 points to creep into the play-offs, that's 5 more wins and a few draws. Tough task but possible. We play a lot of the other contenders so it's in our hands.
I'm not worried about playing the other contenders for the play-offs. We're all much of a muchness in terms of performances, although I have long thought some of our players are significantly better than the average. They did their best to prove me wrong on that through December, January and February like, but some players are getting their form back and the additions in January have helped now they've settled in. The way we're defending gives us the advantage too. I'm worried that two of the next three games are against sides in the top 4. We've played 6 games against those top 4 teams this season, losing 5 and drawing 1. We've deserved every bit of those five defeats and possibly more. At this stage in the teams development, those four sides are better than us. I'm worried a couple of defeats in those games, which would certainly see us falling down the table with the league being so tight, could knock confidence and then see us struggle against the teams who are not much cop.
Agree about the 2 games against Bristol and Preston, they will be a good measure of the progress made in the last 6 matches. Like you I think we have a better than average squad for this league. And we score goals for fun from set pieces, as you've pointed out. "That" feeling is slowly coming back.......
