The countdown- Where will we finish?

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

One down, four to go on the antisuperstitious acca. All eyes on Oxford tomorrow...

[TANGODANCER]

Questions, not statements: Sitting tenth on sixty-nine points, are Oxford going to be doing anything but cruising comfortably along safely mid table-ish at worst? Sheffield will most likely be going all out to make their game in hand count and get them beyond the reach of anybody as soon s possible, probably moreso after our result tonight. Can/will Oxford really do a job on them by turning the gas up and are Sheffield still feasibly catchable??

[BWFC_Insane]

Questions, not statements: Sitting tenth on sixty-nine points, are Oxford going to be doing anything but cruising comfortably along safely mid table-ish at worst? Sheffield will most likely be going all out to make their game in hand count and get them beyond the reach of anybody as soon s possible, probably moreso after our result tonight. Can/will Oxford really do a job on them by turning the gas up and are Sheffield still feasibly catchable??

Oxford play Fleetwood tomorrow.

[LeverEnd]

Oxford are playing Fleetwood. Sheffield have on paper their easiest game of the season at home to doomed bottom club Coventry. Top 2 are set now and we aren't catching them IMO.
Nice as it would be who cares?!

[TANGODANCER]

Oxford are playing Fleetwood. Sheffield have on paper their easiest game of the season at home to doomed bottom club Coventry. Top 2 are set now and we aren't catching them IMO. Nice as it would be who cares?!

We're one of those top two? I thought Shefield played Oxford tomorrow, not Fleetwood, my error. Wouldn't it be something if Coventry tore the hymn sheet up and beat Sheffield ....yeah....

[Prufrock]

Lad on the train back reckoned we've won 11 away this season, so that's some record!

Oh we're close.

[Montreal Wanderer]

Oxford are playing Fleetwood. Sheffield have on paper their easiest game of the season at home to doomed bottom club Coventry. Top 2 are set now and we aren't catching them IMO. Nice as it would be who cares?!

We're one of those top two?

Er...for this game he is a Scunny supporter (I think), Tango.

[LeverEnd]

Oxford are playing Fleetwood. Sheffield have on paper their easiest game of the season at home to doomed bottom club Coventry. Top 2 are set now and we aren't catching them IMO. Nice as it would be who cares?!

We're one of those top two?

Er...for this game he is a Scunny supporter (I think), Tango.

'Them' as in Sheffield utd i meant Tango, poorly worded.

And Monty...

[boltonboris]

You can almost smell it...........

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

You can almost smell it...........

So can the bookies. Bet365 have us at 1/150 for promotion. Best odds you'll get is 1/16 at Billy Hill.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Sounds like Fleetwood will be facing a wounded bear tonight at Oxford. They lost the Sherpa Van Trophy final at Wembley on Sunday and you get the feeling their gaffer will have them bang up for getting right back on the bike. If they win against Fleetwood - who have won one in the last five - they go eighth.

"I don't intend ever to look back at the (Wembley) game, and I mean ever. Bear in mind being injured and having to retire cost me 10 years of my career, Sunday was my worst moment in football.
"It's gone now, it's one we put in the history books and we move forward. It's about 18 points now and nothing else. The next two games are huge. If you're within four or five points going into the last three or four games, the pressure mounts on the teams above you."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39495146

[Billbob]

Well what a season, being through the court case. The injuries have been dire, thinking who is leaving the loans. It's not been simple but Adam le fondre coming in with morais master stroke but i think it helps having a ex football agent as a chairman. Credit is got be given for Ken being open as much he can at times especially when the legal stuff is going on with Dean Holdsworth. It's not been pretty this last few years with the manager's we have experienced, even Darren prately as been a revelation in my eyes. I think the partnership of our central defence as been fantastic but getting goals across the team is showing great dividends now as relying on one player can be quite costly if injuries occurs. I have a permanent Cheshire cat smile but this never say die attitude call it Phoenix from the flames.

[boltonboris]

Well what a season, being through the court case. The injuries have been dire, thinking who is leaving the loans. It's not been simple but Adam le fondre coming in with morais master stroke but i think it helps having a ex football agent as a chairman. Credit is got be given for Ken being open as much he can at times especially when the legal stuff is going on with Dean Holdsworth. It's not been pretty this last few years with the manager's we have experienced, even Darren prately as been a revelation in my eyes. I think the partnership of our central defence as been fantastic but getting goals across the team is showing great dividends now as relying on one player can be quite costly if injuries occurs. I have a permanent Cheshire cat smile but this never say die attitude call it Phoenix from the flames.

Well said and welcome!

[Billbob]

Thanks for the welcome from a smiley wanderer

[LeverEnd]

Thanks for the welcome from a smiley wanderer

Not on your own matey! A few months ago i must admit i thought we were screwed. Amazing turnaround.

[General Mannerheim]

Coventry know they are down, they will be under no pressure, but with a sense of pride restored following the Wembley trophy -
could well cause an upset at Bramall Lane....?

[BWFC_Insane]

Coventry know they are down, they will be under no pressure, but with a sense of pride restored following the Wembley trophy -
could well cause an upset at Bramall Lane....?

Frankly I don't care. I'd happily have Sheff Utd win every game, so long as Fleetwood lose a couple and Bradford too.

I think winning the league would be nice. But getting up is just so huge that 2nd wouldn't be even a minor disappointment. It would be full on elation either way.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Coventry know they are down, they will be under no pressure, but with a sense of pride restored following the Wembley trophy - could well cause an upset at Bramall Lane....?

Yeah, it wouldn't be the world's most amazing thing if that happened. Life's weird like that.

[BWFC_Insane]

Sounds like Fleetwood will be facing a wounded bear tonight at Oxford. They lost the Sherpa Van Trophy final at Wembley on Sunday and you get the feeling their gaffer will have them bang up for getting right back on the bike. If they win against Fleetwood - who have won one in the last five - they go eighth.

"I don't intend ever to look back at the (Wembley) game, and I mean ever. Bear in mind being injured and having to retire cost me 10 years of my career, Sunday was my worst moment in football.
"It's gone now, it's one we put in the history books and we move forward. It's about 18 points now and nothing else. The next two games are huge. If you're within four or five points going into the last three or four games, the pressure mounts on the teams above you."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39495146

Or a tired demoralised one. Think Fleetwood might win tonight. Their next game at Oldham though, looks tough for a side with a few coming back from injury, and arguably not the most physical side going.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Sounds like Fleetwood will be facing a wounded bear tonight at Oxford. They lost the Sherpa Van Trophy final at Wembley on Sunday and you get the feeling their gaffer will have them bang up for getting right back on the bike. If they win against Fleetwood - who have won one in the last five - they go eighth.

Or a tired demoralised one. Think Fleetwood might win tonight. Their next game at Oldham though, looks tough for a side with a few coming back from injury, and arguably not the most physical side going.

Yeah, maybe. Sometimes hard to say how teams will react. If they were midtable and out of the race they wouldn't want to play this game at all, but Appleton's not a bad manager and he'll know this gives them the chance to get it out of their systems and chase another Wembley date. I bet Fleetwood are more nervous about it than Oxford.

What is in Fleetwood's favour is that they're currently happier away than at home. Before we rocked up to their place they'd won 9 and drawn 3 of their last 12 home games; since we obliterated them they've drawn 0-0 with Dons and lost 0-1 to drop-dodgers Swindon. Whereas on the road, they've only conceded one goal in their eight trips since Christmas, going WWWDWWWD - all the odder considering before the turkey dinner they were poor travellers, at one point losing 6 times in 8 trips. Post-crackers they've almost become a caricature of what we were like in the autumn - 1-0, 1-0, 2-0, 1-1, 1-0, 2-0, 1-0, 0-0.

That said, you notice that in the one game they did concede, they didn't have enough firepower to win – and that they also couldn't score past Bury. Somebody on here mentioned the yips, and Fleetwood seem to have it at the moment. If Oxford score early, you can only imagine the thoughts in the visitors' heads.