The Play Off Fight 21/22

7th but only 1 point behind the teams in 5th and 6th with 3 games in hand.

We are still very much masters of our own destiny. Big win tomorrow if we can get it.

An issue is that the teams who changed manager are all closing in, especially Middlesbrough who look a good outside bet for Top 2 if they add to their ranks in January.

From a QPR perspective our goals have dried up. We got 22 in the first 11 but only 11 in the last 11. That's a big drop off and makes it hard to win games. We need to turn that around again if we are to make the Top 6.

Fulham just hit Reading for 7. When they turn it on they are unstoppable and it reinforces again that we really just need to focus on finishing Top 6. Top 2 is beyond us this season in my opinion.

Reading meanwhile are in a right mess at the moment.

it all depends on what we do in this window. All of the favourites are sur eto spend and bring in more talent. We need something to give the current squad a bit of a kick and get them preforming like they did at the end of the season and during pre season. We know we have the talent we just need them hitting form.

Thats nice and positive singlespeed

I think West Brom are going backwards and Forest have more chance getting poo from a rocking horse finishing 5th.

I think that Fulham and Bournemouth are the best 2 teams in the league and will both get automatic promotion but we can certainly get a play off place.

Outside of the top 2 there are so many teams still in with a chance of a play off place that it makes every game important. Let's not forget that we sit in 5th place despite IMO never really playing at our best. Austin and Johansen have shown glimpses of what they can do but neither has been as good as last season. We eventually found a gem in Albert but our attacking from the wing back positions has suffered due to injuries. It's going to be difficult without Chair and Dieng over the next few weeks but I'd like to think we can get better.

One of the big factors could be which of the promotion contenders makes the most significant signings. We saw from our acquisitions in January last year just what a boost they can give a team. West Brom being able to splash out on a goal scorer like Daryl Dikes is huge and after watching Forest v Arsenal it looks like Forest have got a really solid player in Steve Cook. Hopefully, Warburton can bring in a couple of gems to help us stay in contention.