pacbuddies Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Bolton have a nice easy run in, us, Sunderland, stoke, west brom and spurs 11 points may well be achievedHow is 11 points even possible from 4 games? It's not but the fact that Bolton have 5 games left means it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markdraper Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 A few things for people slating my Bolton predictions: - They have 5 games left, 15 pts to play for - 2 games in hand which is psychologically massive - All winnable games for them on paper when the urgency of a relegation scrap is taken into account - their last 6 games they have taken 10pts, so 11 from their next 5 games isn't that unfeasible during the final push - out of all teams I was probably most generous to them, but even if you swap one of the wins for a loss they'd still be above us in that prediction table!! So they only need 2 wins + 2 draws, or 3 wins from 5.... They could easily beat us, stoke and WBA for instance. Especially if one of those games they get a visit from Mr Muamba to give them a pep talk prior... Lose against Bolton and it's not them we'll scrapping with I fear, but us vs QPR for that final spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Don't worry the same thing happened when it was suggested QPR could possibly beat spurs People need to wake up and smell the coffee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 They've got 5 gamesMy mistake. Didn't count us for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClarrieBlue Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 A few things for people slating my Bolton predictions: - They have 5 games left, 15 pts to play for - 2 games in hand which is psychologically massive - All winnable games for them on paper when the urgency of a relegation scrap is taken into account - their last 6 games they have taken 10pts, so 11 from their next 5 games isn't that unfeasible during the final push - out of all teams I was probably most generous to them, but even if you swap one of the wins for a loss they'd still be above us in that prediction table!! So they only need 2 wins + 2 draws, or 3 wins from 5.... They could easily beat us, stoke and WBA for instance. Especially if one of those games they get a visit from Mr Muamba to give them a pep talk prior... Lose against Bolton and it's not them we'll scrapping with I fear, but us vs QPR for that final spot. Bolton have 1 game in hand, it's against Spurs, if that's winnable for them it's also winnable for us. Bolton have lost 21 games out of 33 and you feel they are now good enough to win 3 from 5, it's difficult to see where that increase in form is going to come from, yesterday was probably one of their easier fixtures and they only drew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I think they will beat WBA at home and stoke away and probably draw the rest so 9 points Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markdraper Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Bolton have 1 game in hand, it's against Spurs, if that's winnable for them it's also winnable for us. Bolton have lost 21 games out of 33 and you feel they are now good enough to win 3 from 5, it's difficult to see where that increase in form is going to come from, yesterday was probably one of their easier fixtures and they only drew. There's no 'increase' in form needed.. in their last 6 games Bolton have won 3, drawn 1 & lost 2... if you were to repeat that over the next 6 (albeit 5 left) they would stay up. Bolton also don't do 'draws' - yes they drew this weekend but that was only their 3rd this season. Bolton have won more games than us and if they keep that up they will get more points... IF Bolton beat us I firmly believe they'll stay up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Bolton beat Wolves, Blackburn and QPR, so let's not get carried away on form shell we, they have 9 wins all season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacketspuds Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Just done the predictor and had us finish 17th with 37 points above QPR on G/D and Blackburn on 34 points. Our only point coming at home to Bolton on Tuesday. Anything more than this will be a bonus. TBH if we manage 1 draw and 4 defeats (or worse) from our final 5 games we will most likely be the worst team in 2012 and will deserve to go down. I bet this was part of Randy's 5-year plan. On the flip-side, I'd still much rather be in our position than any of the teams around us at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdabush Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 There's no 'increase' in form needed.. in their last 6 games Bolton have won 3, drawn 1 & lost 2... if you were to repeat that over the next 6 (albeit 5 left) they would stay up. The 3 games they won were against QPR, Wolves and Blackburn. Even with that run of games, they've still only managed 10 points in 6 games, yet you believe they'll now achieve 11 in 5 games. Not a chance, even if they beat us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Of course there's a chance, stop tempting fate by writing them off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClarrieBlue Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Bolton have 1 game in hand, it's against Spurs, if that's winnable for them it's also winnable for us. Bolton have lost 21 games out of 33 and you feel they are now good enough to win 3 from 5, it's difficult to see where that increase in form is going to come from, yesterday was probably one of their easier fixtures and they only drew. There's no 'increase' in form needed.. in their last 6 games Bolton have won 3, drawn 1 & lost 2... if you were to repeat that over the next 6 (albeit 5 left) they would stay up. Bolton also don't do 'draws' - yes they drew this weekend but that was only their 3rd this season. Bolton have won more games than us and if they keep that up they will get more points... IF Bolton beat us I firmly believe they'll stay up. That probably makes some sort of sense on Planet CI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oaks Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 I've always laughed at these people predicting 1 point from the remaining games, especially as weve only lost 3 games from sides outside the top 6 all season and the West Brom defeat was purly down to the worst refereeing decision I've ever whitnessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Of course there's a chance, stop tempting fate by writing them offNot this "tempting fate" rubbish again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 People need to stop judging other teams by our own low standards The others are battling and winning games, including wins against elite sides Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdabush Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 People need to stop judging other teams by our own low standards The others are battling and winning games, including wins against elite sides What elite sides have Bolton beaten then? Our own low standards have been enough to put us 6 points ahead of Bolton this season (albeit with 1 game in hand). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Beat Bolton and we are OK. But we don't win games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Bolton 8th in form table We are 19th, only wolves below us FACT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Well, that's one spot gone... adios Wolves, hope we don't see you next season! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted April 22, 2012 Share Posted April 22, 2012 Relegation still lingers around like a bad smell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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