League One, 2022/23

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Derby must be concerned, its turning into a major slump for them.

Aye - after going 15 league games unbeaten (W9 D6), since early February the Rams are W3 D2 L3 (and losing 2-0 at home today to a lower midtable team)

I think a Barnsley win is the preferred result vs Wycombe

Aye, on balance, although we could do without Barnsley maintaining this steamroller form till June. Unless of course they finish 2nd

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Latest:
Plymouth 2-0 FGR
Ipswich 2-0 Shrewsbury
Derby 0-2 Fleetwood
Wycombe 0-0 Barnsley
Bristol Rovers 0-2 Portsmouth

[jmjhb]

Derby throwing a right wobble.

At this point it's any 2 of 4 of us, Derby, Wycombe and Peterborough for 5th and 6th. Not sure if that's better or worse!

Pompey have a run of eminently winnable games too...

[jmjhb]

...and Wycombe score.

Nope, disallowed!

[BWFC_Insane]

Derby throwing a right wobble.

At this point it's any 2 of 4 of us, Derby, Wycombe and Peterborough for 5th and 6th. Not sure if that's better or worse!

Pompey have a run of eminently winnable games too...

Better. Derby wobbling is good. We can fight for two spots not one.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

One on-target shot each at Wycombe-Barnsley. Yer fine margins.

Worth noting Wycombe won 3-0 at Barnsley in August, although Duff appears to have changed the Tykes beyond recognition since.

[jmjhb]

Goal Barnsley!

[BWFC_Insane]

Goal Barnsley!

Eieieio

And all that…

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Latest:
Plymouth 2-0 FGR
Ipswich 2-0 Shrewsbury
Derby 0-2 Fleetwood
Wycombe 0-1 Barnsley
Bristol Rovers 0-2 Portsmouth

[DJBlu]

Cheers Barnsley.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

FT

Plymouth 2-0 FGR
Ipswich 2-0 Shrewsbury
Derby 0-2 Fleetwood
Wycombe 0-1 Barnsley
Bristol Rovers 0-2 Portsmouth

Decent.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

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[knobpolisher]

Yep, ignoring the top 4 - as I think we now should - all in all a good weekend.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Yep, ignoring the top 4 - as I think we now should - all in all a good weekend.

Not sure Barnsley are out of reach, although I'm glad they won today. And if they keep winning they will be... but maintaining form has proven elusive for most teams. Not long since Derby were invincible.

[officer_dibble]

Plenty of football to be played yet this season. Not a bad weekend of results for us this time.

[knobpolisher]

Yep, ignoring the top 4 - as I think we now should - all in all a good weekend.

Not sure Barnsley are out of reach, although I'm glad they won today. And if they keep winning they will be... but maintaining form has proven elusive for most teams. Not long since Derby were invincible.

Barnsley 5 points clear and 3 games in hand ? That will take a mega wobble, Yes they have a couple of tricky fixtures but the rest of their run in looks reasonable.

[BWFC_Insane]

Yep, ignoring the top 4 - as I think we now should - all in all a good weekend.

Not sure Barnsley are out of reach, although I'm glad they won today. And if they keep winning they will be... but maintaining form has proven elusive for most teams. Not long since Derby were invincible.

Barnsley are gone short of a really major blow up. They will hope to catch Plymouth rather than anything else.

The chasing pack have obviously closed in on us of late but the point last night coupled with results today means when games are evened out they still can’t reach us. Which is pretty amazing considering how things might have looked last weekend.

We are going to need to win plenty of our games left. That’s not changed as I doubt all three big chasers will mess up much - at least one will really challenge and I doubt we have much leeway. But that’s what run ins are made of. They are a test of character.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

Extrapolated form: All over the place. Eight different teams on course for the playoffs, depending on how you cut it. Posh's recent form is a threat, Pompey perhaps less so, although they'll be hoping Mousinho can have more months like his second (W5 L2) than his first (W3 D2 L2).

The big worry for Wanderers is no surprise - last-six form not nearly good enough, and plenty of scrappers ready to take advantage in a tightening race. That worry receded a little last night, but will need to be fully banished from Easter onwards.
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[knobpolisher]

And it's Peterborough Derby next Saturday. Win for posh and we could go up a place without playing.

[knobpolisher]

The Bolton (evening) news have published an article on the remaining fixtures or all those in the hunt.
Interesting reading , Derby looks difficult whereas ours look the most favourable of the lot.
Am I allowed to post a link ? If so here it is with acknowledgement to the Bolton news website.

https://www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/23398059.amp/