The Relegation Fight

Sheff Weds beat Wycombe tonight, so they are now 5 points behind us. We have a game in hand ourselves against Wycombe to be played in March.

Wycombe are basically relegated. They are more points behind us (17) than what they have (16)!

Rotherham lost at home to Cardiff, which was a better result for us. They are now 4 points behind us and we've played the same amount of games. Makes Saturday a real chance to move towards safety if we can win and get 7 clear of Rotherham.

Definitely a yes from me.  We have been leaking goals for fun both last season and this season playing 4-2-3-1. Its not so bad when you can outscore the opposition with  players like Eze, and Wells but it was never going to work with Bonne and Dykes.

Last season we played 5-3-2 on 4 occasions, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 1. IMO those 4 games were best that Manning played because he didn't get as exposed as he did playing 4-2-3-1. In particular in the last game of the season against WBA  I thought Manning did very well. Yet at the start of this season Warburton reverted back to his favourite system. It wasn't until he was on the verge of getting the sacked that he reverted to a system that suited the team. 

Warburton is a stubborn manager who is slow to learn. 

Birmingham losing today is good for us.

Derby look to be heading to safety, but Huddersfield look in disarray, losing to Wycombe from 2-0 up. They are sliding into danger.

At this stage, considering our recent good form, there are definitely 3 teams worse than us and we need to be focusing on finishing as high as possible.

That was what I was going to point out stoatey but you put it so much better!   The form book and examining the value of the sides shows that Bournmouth and Brentford should be games we lose, but you never know.... I hope Warburton's tactics pay off!

Positive results tonight with Sheffield Weds and Huddersfield losing.

We are 5 clear of Wednesday with 2 games in hand. We are level with Huddersfield but they have played 3 more. They are in real disarray.

Derby won, but like us I think they will be more than safe.

Ok, so who is starting the Play Off Thread?