Goal difference

[Trafford]

It’s looking increasingly likely that the play offs will come down to goal difference, so we need to make the most of games such as Reading tomorrow. No games are easy of course but, with the forwards struggling to score consistently, there couldn’t be a better opportunity to make one count and hopefully carry that into the remaining games.

 

[CaptainMorgans]

It’s looking increasingly likely that the play offs will come down to goal difference, so we need to make the most of games such as Reading tomorrow. No games are easy of course but, with the forwards struggling to score consistently, there couldn’t be a better opportunity to make one count and hopefully carry that into the remaining games.

I'd take 1-0.
Particularly without a proper striker.

 

[scouseblade]

Points on the board rather than goals in the column. Yes it would be nice to win 2 or 3 nil but Id rather take 1-0 and 3 points.

 

[Stevo]

6-0.... mcburnie hatrick

 

[Alex Cheeseright]

6-0.... mcburnie hatrick

Spoiler alert

 

[Houston_Blade]

No Billy, no goals

 

[CaptainMorgans]

No Billy, no goals

It does seem to be the case that we struggle without him.
For all McBurnie's sort of industry, he isn't a goal threat. We're totally reliant on MGW and exceptional though he is, his shooting is often not accurate enough.

 

[LJBlade]

Points on the board rather than goals in the column. Yes it would be nice to win 2 or 3 nil but Id rather take 1-0 and 3 points.

Am I missing a whoosh here?

 

[brownblade]

It’s looking increasingly likely that the play offs will come down to goal difference, so we need to make the most of games such as Reading tomorrow. No games are easy of course but, with the forwards struggling to score consistently, there couldn’t be a better opportunity to make one count and hopefully carry that into the remaining games.

Fair point. It could be a thing. COYB.

 

[raimond]

Just win the bloody game first.

 

[Captain2]

Ollie McBurnie will score tomorrow that’s my Easter Prediction

 

[Panini]

The Championship table looks like this after 40 games pretty much every season.

It's quite rare for goal difference to be the difference between a team in the last playoff spot and the team missing out.

The second tier changed from goals scored to goal difference in 1998/99 and it's happened 6 times in the 23 years since.

A sidenote - we finished 6th in 1997/98 with a GD of +15, because we scored 69.

Birmingham missed out with a GD of +25, having scored 60.

 

[Dkc]

The Championship table looks like this after 40 games pretty much every season.

It's quite rare for goal difference to be the difference between a team in the last playoff spot and the team missing out.

The second tier changed from goals scored to goal difference in 1998/99 and it's happened 6 times in the 23 years since.

A sidenote - we finished 6th in 1997/98 with a GD of +15, because we scored 69.

Birmingham missed out with a GD of +25, having scored 60.

Yep. It's tight at the top but it's normally tight in the run-in. Can't say it's looking looking 'increasingly likely' that the play offs will come down to goal difference. Still, a decent GD can't hurt.

 

[jono_t2000]

The Championship table looks like this after 40 games pretty much every season.

It's quite rare for goal difference to be the difference between a team in the last playoff spot and the team missing out.

The second tier changed from goals scored to goal difference in 1998/99 and it's happened 6 times in the 23 years since.

A sidenote - we finished 6th in 1997/98 with a GD of +15, because we scored 69.

Birmingham missed out with a GD of +25, having scored 60.

.

 

[Frank the tank]

So we should try and score more goals

 

[Charlieblade]

6-0.... mcburnie hatrick

Beat me to it.

 

[Greasy Chap Butty]

I reckon if we can increase our goal difference +1 each game we'll make the playoffs

 

[Champagneblade]

No Billy, no goals

To the tune of a Bob Marley Classic but I just can't see the Kop getting behind it!

 

[steve26272]

Points on the board rather than goals in the column. Yes it would be nice to win 2 or 3 nil but Id rather take 1-0 and 3 points.

Honest question

Why would you rather take 1-0 over a 2/3-0?

And surely the 2/3-0 would also bring the 3 points a 1-0 would


Play offs will be as much about momentum as ability

I would rather go into those games with individuals buzzing about their personal goal glut and the teams confidence high following a run of 2/3-0 wins than a run of nervy 1-0’s

 

[Trafford]

Not cool to bump your own post but……..

 

[Russ]

Boro missed a great opportunity to get a few more goals against Cardiff. Cardiff were playing with their flip flops on.

 

[Toronto Blade]

Yep Cardiff's 4th straight loss but playing Boro who hadn't won in their last 5 and only scored once. So getting 2 against Cardiff is a fantastic performance for them.

 

[Russ]

It wasn’t a fantastic performance mate.
But I guess they were happy with the result.

 

[Champagneblade]

It's all about QPR now.

Having seen Cardiff last Saturday, Boro dropping points would have been an unexpected bonus.

Win Friday night and Boro will shit themselves. 5 behind with two to play looks soul destroying from their perspective.

QPR were not a good side when we played them, they have a few out, (as do we but they don't have the same depth), and they lost at home recently to Peterborough. So if we have any aspirations of going up then this is the sort of team we need to be leaving in our wake.

 

[djbaldken]

It's all about QPR now.

Having seen Cardiff last Saturday, Boro dropping points would have been an unexpected bonus.

Win Friday night and Boro will shit themselves. 5 behind with two to play looks soul destroying from their perspective.

QPR were not a good side when we played them, they have a few out, (as do we but they don't have the same depth), and they lost at home recently to Peterborough. So if we have any aspirations of going up then this is the sort of team we need to be leaving in our wake.

Like we did against Reading, Stoke and Bristol. Not to mention Coventry and Blackpool.

 

[Champagneblade]

Ok I appreciate Sheffield United have given you 13 examples to use against that point but my point is that if we are on our game then teams like QPR aren't really that good.

Now we are capable of throwing in a Reading or a Stoke no show, we've shown that. But the team with Sharp in has largely avoided that, Coventry's off day aside. I take slight exception to Blackpool because there is a fine cheating ref sized margin between drawing 0-0 and getting lauded for a professional 2-0 away win, which it should have been, but as we know, we aren't Bournemouth so we don't get all the decisions going our way!

I think we'll win because it means a career changing scenario for our players and not for theirs and whilst you can't treat 46 games like Cup finals, you can treat the last two with the end in sight. I expect the team to play like men possessed.

 

[S64 Blade]

Boro missed a great opportunity to get a few more goals against Cardiff. Cardiff were playing with their flip flops on.

So did we!

 

[Trafford]

So did we!

I hope that Sander miss at the end doesn’t come back to haunt us

 

[S64 Blade]

I hope that Sander miss at the end doesn’t come back to haunt us

Probably will. We have a history of goal difference biting us in the arse!

 

[WorkingtonBlade]

Not cool to bump your own post but……..

On the contrary, I think bumping a post which you started by saying that the Reading home game was a great opportunity to Improve our goal difference is pretty brave!