No wins in four

McG_BFC

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Not a cause for any alarm but be nice to shove 3 points on the board tomorrow just to keep in with the Top 6. What you don't want is to lose that bit of momentum going in to the New Year and to be a mid-table club who play out the last 10 fixtures just to complete the season.
 
Chatting about this earlier this week.
Would you rather have four consecutive draws or two wins and two defeats?
Obviously, from a points perspective, the latter is better, but, there again, the former keeps the unbeaten run going.
Would drawing every remaining game, whilst unrealistic, keep us safe and happy?
 
We need a win tomorrow, and to do that we need to start scoring goals, wev only scored three in the last four games. Before that we scored five in the previous two. Imo, it would be a mistake to set up to defend and hope for a breakaway goal, but hey, I’m not the right honourable Neil Critchley.
 
I said on the 1st day of the season, that I'll take survival this season and build on that. That's remains my thoughts, but the higher up the league we finish the better the finances for SS and NC next season.
Draws are obviously better than a loss, but they're 2 points dropped and too many result in dropping down the table.
The defence is doing well, we just need to score more goals - starting at the Brummies please.
Onwards and upwards.
 
If 50 points is a realistic figure for staying up we need 23 from 27 games and I can’t see this team not achieving that.

Also with Derby are currently on 1 point, and Peterborough & Barnsley looking very ordinary, the total needed to stay up may well be a lot less than 50.

Finishing 21st will be great but I’m confident we will finish a fair bit higher than that.
 
Not a cause for any alarm but be nice to shove 3 points on the board tomorrow just to keep in with the Top 6. What you don't want is to lose that bit of momentum going in to the New Year and to be a mid-table club who play out the last 10 fixtures just to complete the season.
We were just hoping to stay up a couple of months ago. Happy to be in and around the Play Offs right now. Anything can and might happen especially duing the January transfer window. All teams will have patches of wins and win-less streaks. I'd be more concerned if we hadn't played well in those games but Stoke got lucky after avoiding a sending off where that player then scored the goal, we had Swansea on the back foot by the end of that game, WBA played well but we had some glaring chances to have snatched that and we battered QPR who were very lucky to get a point.
 
I'd take another point tomorrow tbh but a win would be sweet. Let's get to 45-50 first before we start talking about the play offs 🍊
 
Unless you're flying at the top or rooted in the bottom three then the league table is pretty much meaningless at this time of the season or any time up to March really.

As an example, 10 months ago we were 15th in League One.
 
I think that most of us would have been happy with staying up at start of season.
Now we are all hoping foe direct or play-off promotion.
I'll be happy not to be relegated. Anything else is a bonus.
As long as NC stays next season we should be in a better position, both financial and league-wise.
 
Every club down to 18th will be looking up at the play offs. we are only 4 points above 18th. I don't think we will finish lower than 18th, in all probability, unless we fall apart. And I doubt we will get into the top 3. Apart from that, it's anywhere between 4th and 18th, I guess! All to fight for.
 
I think with blues injuries/suspensions this is a game we really do need to be getting 3pts... just to get near that safe point. No easy games but defo right time to be playing them
 
Chatting about this earlier this week.
Would you rather have four consecutive draws or two wins and two defeats?
Obviously, from a points perspective, the latter is better, but, there again, the former keeps the unbeaten run going.
Would drawing every remaining game, whilst unrealistic, keep us safe and happy?
It's good being a team that is hard to beat but if we don't score goals then one against will do it. A strong defence is the foundation of a good team but it can't be the be all and end all.
 
Chatting about this earlier this week.
Would you rather have four consecutive draws or two wins and two defeats?
Obviously, from a points perspective, the latter is better, but, there again, the former keeps the unbeaten run going.
Would drawing every remaining game, whilst unrealistic, keep us safe and happy?
Mathematically, all draws should keep us up. (Odds on that!!!!!!)
Win all our home games? That’ll do better.
Win all the games you’re present at?
 

The Matt Scrafton column: Blackpool making progress on and off the pitch​

That might appear to be quite a bold statement to make given we aren’t even in December yet, but why hide from the truth?
Neil Critchley’s men have taken to the second tier like a duck to water.
I said Blackpool would be the best performing side of the three teams to get promoted from League One last season.
Did I expect them to adjust to their new level so quickly and so impressively?
Absolutely not but this Blackpool side never ceases to amaze me under Critchley and co.
Even though the Seasiders are without a win in their last four outings, there is still a real buzz around the club and rightfully so.
The performances remain to a seriously high standard, evidenced by Tuesday night’s draw against promotion hopefuls West Brom.
The men in tangerine aren’t just holding their own in these games, they’re competing and, with a bit of luck or fine margins on their side, their three straight draws could quite easily have been turned into wins. They look like they belong at this level – and that’s because they do.
It’s no coincidence that Critchley’s men have yet to taste defeat against West Brom, Fulham and Bournemouth, the three sides who occupied the top three spots prior to their midweek encounter.
There’s nothing to fear at this level whatsoever and, when they have tasted defeat, it isn’t like they have been battered.
I don’t recall one game where they were well and truly beaten and made to look ordinary.
People might point to the 3-0 home defeat to Huddersfield Town back in September, but people forget how good the Seasiders were during the first half of that game.
They really ought to have been ahead at the break, but the Terriers simply blitzed them with some clinical finishing during a 10-minute blitz at the start of the second half.
That made the scoreline look terribly one-sided but take the game on its merits over the course of the 90 minutes and, again, Pool were well in it.
Aside from that, Blackpool were fairly comprehensively beaten by Cardiff City of all sides in their opening home game of the season.
Despite going on a dismal run shortly after that game that ultimately resulted in the sacking of Mick McCarthy, the Bluebirds were a step above that game and it looked like a case of men against boys.
Blackpool were still adjusting to the division at that point though and the squad that took to the field that day doesn’t resemble the one we see now, so that defeat was certainly an exception rather than the rule.
Coventry City were another team who caused the Seasiders plenty of problems, but that game only ended 1-0 to the Sky Blues and Critchley’s men had their chances to snatch a draw.
Aside from those relatively rare examples, Blackpool have looked every inch a Championship team and a very good one at that.
Off the pitch, meanwhile, the club continues to make great strides.
It was great to see Blackpool’s Community Trust recognised for its sterling work at the start of the week with a trophy at the North West Football Awards.
Critchley was also in attendance for that showpiece event, claiming the manager of the season award.
Knowing Pool’s head coach relatively well, I’m sure he will have hated being the centre of attention like that, speaking on stage in front of a crowded room.
As he likes to emphasise, it isn’t about him, it’s a team effort.
Individual awards mean very little in the grand scheme of things in what is a team game.
Critchley richly deserved that accolade and, given his rising stock in the game, it’s something he’ll probably have to get used to.
It was great to see pictures and footage from the event of owner Simon Sadler, director Brett Gerrity and other members of the club’s staff.
As Critchley was quick to point out, the community award is probably of more significance than his managerial gong.
While it’s great to see the club taste success on the pitch, and long may that continue, it’s imperative the Seasiders connect with the local populace and build back that support of a lost generation.
Win, lose or draw, the supporters have a club to be proud of nowadays. It’s now about sustaining that.
Further development and investment is on the way in the form of the training ground and, looking longer term, a new East Stand and the potential regeneration of the wider Revoe area.
All this won’t come cheaply and it won’t happen overnight but Pool fans can be rest assured Sadler and co will be doing all they can to make sure they come to fruition.
That’s as exciting as any victory.
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We’ve played 3rd, 4th, 6th at home and 9th away so we shouldn’t be too alarmed, we’re competing against the best teams in the league and it reaffirms the point that there is nothing to fear.

I think expectations have changed and rightly so, I would be disappointed if we finished 21st because I think we're better than that. Nobody knew how we'd perform at this level but we've seen enough of us and other teams to know that we have the quality and resilience to be midtable at the least.

But yeah, a couple of wins before Christmas would be nice, expecting a mixed bag of results and the league is tough to call but we'll be fine.
 
Chatting about this earlier this week.
Would you rather have four consecutive draws or two wins and two defeats?
Obviously, from a points perspective, the latter is better, but, there again, the former keeps the unbeaten run going.
Would drawing every remaining game, whilst unrealistic, keep us safe and happy?
I can’t believe you have even asked that question 🤣 any sane person would take 2 wins and 2 defeats over 4 draws 🤣
 
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