Can we get into a Play-Off place?

[norfolk white]

Here is the annual ‘Can we finish in the Top 6’ thread. We have 16 games left or in other words 48 points left to play for this season. These are the games left remaining for ourselves and our contenders for a top 6 place – in Black Bold are the games where those going for a top six finish play each other as well as when there is a local derby, in Red Bold are teams we can no longer catch. I will try and keep this updated after there is a full set of fixtures.


Leeds United

February:

8th Nottingham Forrest (A); Brentford (A);15th Bristol City (H); 22nd Reading (H); 26th Middlesbrough (A); 29th Hull City (A)


March:

7th Huddersfield Town (H); 15th Cardiff City (H); 18th Fulham (H); 21st Luton Town (H)


April:

4th Blackburn Rovers (A); 10th Stoke City (H); 13th Swansea City (A); 18th Barnsley (H); 25th Derby County (A)


May:

2nd Charlton Athletic (H)

Possible Points total = 103 pts.


West Bromwich Albion

February:

9th Millwall (A); 12th Reading (A); 15th Nottingham Forrest (H); 22nd Bristol City (A); 25th PNE (H); 29th Wigan Athletic (H)


March:

7th Swansea City (A); 14th Birmingham City (H); 17th Brentford (A); 21st Sheffield Wednesday (A)


April

4th Hull City (H); 10th Derby County (H); 13th Blackburn Rovers (A); 18th Fulham (H); 25th Bristol City

April:

22nd Sheffield Wednesday (A); 27th Derby County (H); 30th Millwall (A)

May;

2nd QPR (H)

Possible Points total = 101pts.


Nottingham Forrest

February:

8th Leeds United (H); 11th Charlton Athletic (H); 15th WBA (A); 22nd QPR (H); 25th Cardiff City (A)


March:

2nd Middlesbrough (A); 6th Millwall (H); 14th Sheffield Wednesday (A); Hudderfield Town (H); 21st Bristol City (H)


April:

4th Derby County (A); 10th Fulham (H); 13th PNE (A); 18th Swansea City (H); 25th Barnsley (A)


May:

2nd Stoke City (H)

Possible Points total = 99 pts.


Fulham

February:

8th Blackburn Rovers (A); 12th Millwall (A); 15th Barnsley (H); 21st Derby County (A); 26th Swansea City (H); 29th PNE (H)


March:

7th Bristol City (A); 14th Brentford (H); 18th Leeds United (A); 21st QPR (A)


April:

4th Birmingham City; (H); 10th Nottingham Forrest (A); 14th Cardiff City (H); 18th WBA (A); 25th Sheffield Wednesday (H)


May:

2nd Wigan Athletic (A)

Possible Points total = 95 pts.



Brentford

February:

8th Middlesbrough (H); 11th Leeds United (H); 15th Birmingham City (A); 22nd Blackburn Rovers (H); 25th Luton Town (A); 29th Cardiff City (A)


March:
7th Sheffield Wednesday (H); 14th Fulham (A); 17th WBA (H); 21st Reading (A)


April:

4th Wigan (H); 10th Charlton Athletic (H); 13th Derby County (A); 18th PNE (H); 25th Stoke City (A)


May:

2nd Barnsley (H)


Possible Points total = 95 pts.



Bristol City

February:

7th Birmingham City (H); 12th Derby County (H); 15th Leeds United (A); 22nd WBA (H); 25th Huddersfield Town (A); 29th Millwall (A)


March:

7th Fulham (H); 14th Blackburn Rovers (A); 17th Sheffield Wednesday (H); 21st Nottingham Forrest (A)


April:

4th Cardiff City (H); 10th Hull City (H); 13th Middlesbrough (A); 18th Stoke City (H); 25th Swansea City (A)


May:

2nd PNE (H)

Possible Points total = 95 pts.


US:

February:

8th Wigan (A); 12th Stoke City (A); 15th Millwall (H); 22nd Hull City (H); 25th WBA (A); 29th Fulham (A)


March:

7th QPR (H); 14th Luton Town (A); 18th Cardiff City (H); 21st Derby County (H)


April:

4th Huddersfield Town (A); 10th Sheffield Wednesday (A); 13th Nottingham Forrest (H); 18th Brentford (A); 25th Birmingham City (H)

May:

2nd Bristol City (A)

Possible Points total = 94 pts.


Swansea City

February:

8th Derby County (H); 11th QPR (H); 14th Hull City (A); 22nd Huddersfield Town (H); 26th Fulham (A); 29th Blackburn Rovers (A)


March:

7th WBA (H); 14th Middlesbrough (A); 18th Luton Town (H); 21st Millwall (A)


April:

4th Sheffield Wednesday (H); 10th Birmingham City (A); 13th Leeds United (H); 18th Nottingham Forrest (A); 25th Bristol City (H)


May;

2nd Reading (A)

Possible Points total = 93pts.


Millwall

February:

9th WBA (H); 12th Fulham (H); 15th PNE (A); 22nd Wigan (A); 26th Birmingham City (H); 29th Bristol City (H)

March:

6th Nottingham Forrest (A); 14th Derby County (H); 17th Barnsley (A); 21st Swansea City (H)

April:

4th Charlton Athletic (A); 10th Midlesbrough (H); 13th Hull City (A); Blackburn Rovers (H); 25th QPR (A)

May:

2nd Huddersfield Town (H)

Possible Points total = 92 pts.


Blackburn Rovers

February:

8th Fulham (H); 11th Hull City (H); 15th Charlton Athletic (A); 22nd Brentford (A); 26th Stoke City (H); 29th Swansea City (H)


March:

7th Derby County (A); 14th Bristol City (H); 18th Wigan Athletic (A); 21st Barnsley (A)


April:

4th Leeds United (H); 10th Cardiff City (A); 13th WBA (H); 18th Millwall (A); 25th Reading (A)

May:

2nd Luton (A)

Possible Points total = 92 pts.


Sheffield Wednesday

February:

8th Barnsley (A); 12th Luton Town (A); 15th Reading (H); 22nd Birmingham City (A); 26th Charlton Athletic (H); 29th Derby County (H)


March:

7th Brentford (A); 14th Nottingham Forrest (H); 17th Bristol City (A); 21st WBA (H)


April:

4th Swansea (A); 10th PNE (H); 13th QPR (A); 18th Huddersfield Town (H); 25th Fulham (A)

May:

2nd Middlesbrough (H)

Possible Points total = 91 pts.


Cardiff City

February:

8th Luton (A); 12th Huddersfield Town (A); 15th Wigan Athletic (H); 22nd Stoke City (A); 25th Nottingham Forrest (H); 29th Brentford (H)


March:

7th Barnsley (A) 15th Leeds United (H); 18th PNE (A); 21st Charlton Athletic (H)


April:

4th Bristol City (A); 10th Blackburn Rovers (H); 14th Fulham (A); 18th Derby County (H); 25th Middlesbrough (A)


May:

2nd Hull City (H)

Possible Points total = 91 pts.


Derby County

February:

8th Swansea City (A); 12th Bristol City (A); 15th Huddersfield Town (H); 21st Fulham (H); 25th QPR (A); 29th Sheffield Wednesday (A)


March

7th Blackburn Rovers (H); 14th Millwall (A); 17th Reading (H); 21st PNE (A)


April:

4th Nottingham Forrest (H); 10th WBA (A); 13th Brentford (H); 18th Cardiff City (A); 2th Leeds United (H)


May:

2nd Birmingham City (H)

Possible Points total = 88 pts.

 

[diggerb]

No chance. While we are bossing games and cant hit a barn door with a banjo. You dont climb the table with draws. It frustrates the life out of me because if Hemmings wanted it he could make it happen. Its pne, been putting up with it nearly 60 years but by god under the current circumstances its wearing a bit thin.!!

 

[paddysr]

No chance. While we are bossing games and cant hit a barn door with a banjo. You dont climb the table with draws. It frustrates the life out of me because if Hemmings wanted it he could make it happen. Its pne, been putting up with it nearly 60 years but by god under the current circumstances its wearing a bit thin.!!

We're just too slow in the final 3rd. We get there quick enough then the movement just stops

 

[norfolk white]

No chance. While we are bossing games and cant hit a barn door with a banjo. You dont climb the table with draws. It frustrates the life out of me because if Hemmings wanted it he could make it happen. Its pne, been putting up with it nearly 60 years but by god under the current circumstances its wearing a bit thin.!!

I don’t see why we cannot make it. Earlier in the season we were free scoring and we have the same players plus SS, we just need to get back to scoring and taking our chances. It happened before why not now?

 

[Lord Edgington]

No

 

[OOOO3]

I don’t think any of the chasing pack are any better than us but think the 6 teams above us are all better and will churn out more points.

 

[No Danger]

I think we will fall just short. Today, in the second half, we got into good positions and then had a shortage of options in the box and it's not the first time it's happened. Some tough away games to come but I'm not writing us off.
We could do with more clean sheets at home. Think we've only had 2.

 

[MrHodgeheg123]

I don’t think any of the chasing pack are any better than us but think the 6 teams above us are all better and will churn out more points.

We're 5 points off THIRD.
I just don't get all this "they're better than us " guff.

 

[No Danger]

Here is the annual ‘Can we finish in the Top 6’ thread. We have 16 games left or in other words 48 points left to play for this season. These are the games left remaining for ourselves and our contenders for a top 6 place – in Black Bold are the games where those going for a top six finish play each other as well as when there is a local derby, in Red Bold are teams we can no longer catch. I will try and keep this updated after there is a full set of fixtures.


Leeds United

February:

8th Nottingham Forrest (A); Brentford (A);15th Bristol City (H); 22nd Reading (H); 26th Middlesbrough (A); 29th Hull City (A)


March:

7th Huddersfield Town (H); 15th Cardiff City (H); 18th Fulham (H); 21st Luton Town (H)


April:

4th Blackburn Rovers (A); 10th Stoke City (H); 13th Swansea City (A); 18th Barnsley (H); 25th Derby County (A)


May:

2nd Charlton Athletic (H)

Possible Points total = 103 pts.


West Bromwich Albion

February:

9th Millwall (A); 12th Reading (A); 15th Nottingham Forrest (H); 22nd Bristol City (A); 25th PNE (H); 29th Wigan Athletic (H)


March:

7th Swansea City (A); 14th Birmingham City (H); 17th Brentford (A); 21st Sheffield Wednesday (A)


April

4th Hull City (H); 10th Derby County (H); 13th Blackburn Rovers (A); 18th Fulham (H); 25th Bristol City

April:

22nd Sheffield Wednesday (A); 27th Derby County (H); 30th Millwall (A)

May;

2nd QPR (H)

Possible Points total = 101pts.


Nottingham Forrest

February:

8th Leeds United (H); 11th Charlton Athletic (H); 15th WBA (A); 22nd QPR (H); 25th Cardiff City (A)


March:

2nd Middlesbrough (A); 6th Millwall (H); 14th Sheffield Wednesday (A); Hudderfield Town (H); 21st Bristol City (H)


April:

4th Derby County (A); 10th Fulham (H); 13th PNE (A); 18th Swansea City (H); 25th Barnsley (A)


May:

2nd Stoke City (H)

Possible Points total = 99 pts.


Fulham

February:

8th Blackburn Rovers (A); 12th Millwall (A); 15th Barnsley (H); 21st Derby County (A); 26th Swansea City (H); 29th PNE (H)


March:

7th Bristol City (A); 14th Brentford (H); 18th Leeds United (A); 21st QPR (A)


April:

4th Birmingham City; (H); 10th Nottingham Forrest (A); 14th Cardiff City (H); 18th WBA (A); 25th Sheffield Wednesday (H)


May:

2nd Wigan Athletic (A)

Possible Points total = 95 pts.



Brentford

February:

8th Middlesbrough (H); 11th Leeds United (H); 15th Birmingham City (A); 22nd Blackburn Rovers (H); 25th Luton Town (A); 29th Cardiff City (A)


March:
7th Sheffield Wednesday (H); 14th Fulham (A); 17th WBA (H); 21st Reading (A)


April:

4th Wigan (H); 10th Charlton Athletic (H); 13th Derby County (A); 18th PNE (H); 25th Stoke City (A)


May:

2nd Barnsley (H)


Possible Points total = 95 pts.



Bristol City

February:

7th Birmingham City (H); 12th Derby County (H); 15th Leeds United (A); 22nd WBA (H); 25th Huddersfield Town (A); 29th Millwall (A)


March:

7th Fulham (H); 14th Blackburn Rovers (A); 17th Sheffield Wednesday (H); 21st Nottingham Forrest (A)


April:

4th Cardiff City (H); 10th Hull City (H); 13th Middlesbrough (A); 18th Stoke City (H); 25th Swansea City (A)


May:

2nd PNE (H)

Possible Points total = 95 pts.


US:

February:

8th Wigan (A); 12th Stoke City (A); 15th Millwall (H); 25th WBA (A); 29th Fulham (A)


March:

7th QPR (H); 14th Luton Town (A); 18th Cardiff City (H); 21st Derby County (H)


April:

4th Huddersfield Town (A); 10th Sheffield Wednesday (A); 13th Nottingham Forrest (H); 18th Brentford (A); 25th Birmingham City (H)

May:

2nd Bristol City (A)

Possible Points total = 94 pts.


Swansea City

February:

8th Derby County (H); 11th QPR (H); 14th Hull City (A); 22nd Huddersfield Town (H); 26th Fulham (A); 29th Blackburn Rovers (A)


March:

7th WBA (H); 14th Middlesbrough (A); 18th Luton Town (H); 21st Millwall (A)


April:

4th Sheffield Wednesday (H); 10th Birmingham City (A); 13th Leeds United (H); 18th Nottingham Forrest (A); 25th Bristol City (H)


May;

2nd Reading (A)

Possible Points total = 93pts.


Millwall

February:

9th WBA (H); 12th Fulham (H); 15th PNE (A); 22nd Wigan (A); 26th Birmingham City (H); 29th Bristol City (H)

March:

6th Nottingham Forrest (A); 14th Derby County (H); 17th Barnsley (A); 21st Swansea City (H)

April:

4th Charlton Athletic (A); 10th Midlesbrough (H); 13th Hull City (A); Blackburn Rovers (H); 25th QPR (A)

May:

2nd Huddersfield Town (H)

Possible Points total = 92 pts.


Blackburn Rovers

February:

8th Fulham (H); 11th Hull City (H); 15th Charlton Athletic (A); 22nd Brentford (A); 26th Stoke City (H); 29th Swansea City (H)


March:

7th Derby County (A); 14th Bristol City (H); 18th Wigan Athletic (A); 21st Barnsley (A)


April:

4th Leeds United (H); 10th Cardiff City (A); 13th WBA (H); 18th Millwall (A); 25th Reading (A)

May:

2nd Luton (A)

Possible Points total = 92 pts.


Sheffield Wednesday

February:

8th Barnsley (A); 12th Luton Town (A); 15th Reading (H); 22nd Birmingham City (A); 26th Charlton Athletic (H); 29th Derby County (H)


March:

7th Brentford (A); 14th Nottingham Forrest (H); 17th Bristol City (A); 21st WBA (H)


April:

4th Swansea (A); 10th PNE (H); 13th QPR (A); 18th Huddersfield Town (H); 25th Fulham (A)

May:

2nd Middlesbrough (H)

Possible Points total = 91 pts.


Cardiff City

February:

8th Luton (A); 12th Huddersfield Town (A); 15th Wigan Athletic (H); 22nd Stoke City (A); 25th Nottingham Forrest (H); 29th Brentford (H)


March:

7th Barnsley (A) 15th Leeds United (H); 18th PNE (A); 21st Charlton Athletic (H)


April:

4th Bristol City (A); 10th Blackburn Rovers (H); 14th Fulham (A); 18th Derby County (H); 25th Middlesbrough (A)


May:

2nd Hull City (H)

Possible Points total = 91 pts.


Derby County

February:

8th Swansea City (A); 12th Bristol City (A); 15th Huddersfield Town (H); 21st Fulham (H); 25th QPR (A); 29th Sheffield Wednesday (A)


March

7th Blackburn Rovers (H); 14th Millwall (A); 17th Reading (H); 21st PNE (A)


April:

4th Nottingham Forrest (H); 10th WBA (A); 13th Brentford (H); 18th Cardiff City (A); 2th Leeds United (H)


May:

2nd Birmingham City (H)

Possible Points total = 88 pts.

Good list. I notice our home game against Hull is missing on February 22nd. With so much information in front of you I'm not surprised one slipped the net.

 

[PNEroulette]

We've every chance of getting in the play offs and am sure AN will still be aiming at a top 2 position. We have our weaknesses but so do all the teams above us. We have a very good side.

 

[LostinSpace]

Of course it's possible, but we probably won't make it.

I'll continue to hope until it's mathematically impossible.

Remember the run we pulled on Cardiff!?

 

[OOOO3]

We're 5 points off THIRD.
I just don't get all this "they're better than us " guff.

That’s what the league table currently tells us... I think it will continue to

 

[No Danger]

Of course it's possible, but we probably won't make it.

I'll continue to hope until it's mathematically impossible.

Remember the run we pulled on Cardiff!?

I always remember that 6-0 win against them. Our goal differences were identical but we had scored more goals. Lonergan saved a penalty. Had it been 6-1 Cardiff would have been in the play offs. Shame we were so poor against Sheffield Utd.

 

[norfolk white]

Good list. I notice our home game against Hull is missing on February 22nd. With so much information in front of you I'm not surprised one slipped the net.

Many thanks ND, I have now rectified it

 

[potsie66]

At the start of the season if after 30 games you told me we'd be 3 points of the play offs I've had bitten your hand off.. Which makes this last transfer window so frustrating... Fingers crossed for the lads going forward 🤞🤞🤞

 

[MrBoomBoom]

We forfeited the PO’s the moment Trevor refused to fund and improve our horrific forward line of Nugent, Stockley & Maguire.

Give it up fellas, spare yourself the inevitable heartache.

 

[Preston Lad]

Not for me.

We seriously lack a cutting edge and that will cost us.

 

[mozzchops]

Time will tell.

 

[Wisemen say]

Not while we are playing without any attacking flair, a rigidity that has us more defensive than attack minded, with slow and monotonous forward play and no fluidity and without a recognised striker, especially at home.

 

[SF]

Possibly, the teams around us aren't very good. We'll finish above Bristol City with Johnson in charge.