The Run-In

Yet another round of fixtures and an even bigger cushion for us over the bottom 3 with a good win against Sunderland in what was one of two games between sides down the wrong end this weekend.  In the other one, Reading drew 2-2 at home to Bolton which puts both teams on to 36 points to fall 7 points behind us.

That draw for Bolton means they drop down one place on Goal Difference after Hull won a crazy game at the KC 4-3 against Norwich.  Barnsley remain 2 points clear of the drop after a 3-1 defeat away to Middlesbrough, Birmingham stay 22nd after a 3-2 loss away to Cardiff whilst Burton move level on points with the Blues but remain 23rd after a 0-0 draw at home to Bristol City.  Forest remain just above us after a 0-0 draw at home to Derby today.

All the postponed matches from the start of the month will be played this coming Tuesday so the next table will be up then as we play the first of 3 successive away games before our next home game at the start of April.

Well that incredible result was one that none of us saw coming, but was a vital one when you see that Burton also lost to put us 16 clear of the bottom 3 with 27 points available!

We also move up above Forest in to 15th, whilst we move 8 points clear of Sheffield Wednesday in 18th.  If we are looking up the table then we are just 3 points behind Norwich and 4 points behind Leeds.

The real crazy bit is that we are now closer to the play-offs than we are to the relegation spots!  Could a win at Fulham on Saturday mean we could start dreaming?

I bet my Millwall supporting neighbour £20 that QPR would finish higher in the league than them. I offered to pay him out early as there is no chance of that. He asked me to stick the money on them making playoffs and we would go halves on winnings, got 33/1. So I hope you are right mate!!!

I all fairness they are playing well and have a lot of winable games left to play.

Fulham are playing really good football, and if this was not the Championship I would say it will be them! 

This really illustrates how poor the teams below us are doing. In 32 matches collectively there are just 5 green boxes for those teams.

It will certainly be exciting to see who goes down as it should go to the last day.

Two games over Easter means we're now halfway though the table of fixtures for the sides down the wrong end of the table and results ovee the two rounds of games have seen us open up a 16 point lead over the current bottom 3 (reduced to 13 points if Barnsley win their rearranged game away to Nottingham Forest).  Birminghams decision to bring in Monk suddenly looks a great one as they've won their last 3 games, including against a Hull side who have picked up some very good results recently.  Given Birminghams next two games and current form, it's not unreasonable to think the could be picking up two more wins from their next two games!

We're currently the highest point-scoring team on this table with 11, and Birmingham currently 2nd on 9 points.  In contrast, Burton and Barnsley are the joint lowest scorers on 2 points each and both look in real trouble at the moment.





This second table shows both Norwich and Ipswich are in poor form, meaning a win at Hull could see us overtake Norwich to go level on points with Ipswich.  Sheffield Wednesday look to be in the best form and have overtaken Nottingham Forest after their game against Barnsley was called off.  Leeds seem unable to get any consistancy with their current results, though they should be able to beat Sunderland on Saturday!

IF we beat Hull & Sheffield Wednesday this coming week and Barnsley fail to win both games then we will be mathmatically safe.  Sunderland and Burton can now no longer mathmatically catch us.

I completely agree, push on to try and finish as high as we can to build some momentum for next season