There's a smell of promotion in my nostrils again!

[1973Blade]

Not great but good enough. UTB!!

 

[Gavlar]

Massive win.

 

[Flatcap]

Thank F*** for that. Now get Anel back, Hecky on the sideline and let's put this to bed. Oh and please play Doyle.

 

[Gavlar]

11 games left and 7 point lead and better goal difference. I will take that.

 

[BiggerBladeThanThou]

Great away 3 pts. Hopefully a kick up the arse we need.

However, if you’ve got promotion in your nostrils….we need to go on a forest-esque shopping spree.

 

[Montymagic]

Massive win

You ain't having two likes.

But yes.

 

[HD8 Blades]

I’d read on here we were doomed

 

[CPB]

Gritty win. Promotion type win.

Let's be honest here despite it being nervy we were better team in 1st half. 2nd half we started poor again until bit before we scored.

Could have been made more comfortable had sharps effort gone in but was decent save.

Players dug in though.

You know for the knockers or pessimists around. We had these types of performances when we went up few years ago. Ground out wins.

Biggest thing tonight after the 3 points is hopefully iliman ain't injured....

 

[FlamingLip]

Gap between 2nd and third < Gap between 3rd and 7th.

and a free hit at an FA Cup Semi fixture is quite the Barry Bonus. Let's give the anxieties a night off and relax.

 

[MobileBlade]

10 games left and 7 point lead and better goal difference. I will take that.

11 games left. But it becomes an eight game season now.

 

[BouncinBlade]

the remaining fixtures area starting to look a little easier on the eye now! UTB

 

[Fatlad666]

Dozy our new lucky mascot

 

[BobbyDavison'sDebut]

11 games left and 7 point lead and better goal difference. I will take that.

The goal difference isn't a factor here unfortunately

 

[Bergen Blade]

3 wins in our last 4. Conceded just once in those games. All of a sudden we're in great form again!

 

[blade_11]

Get the confidence back after Saturday, hopefully come flying out the traps at the weekend

 

[diode_blade]

55% possession to the blades according to Sky, so we could not have been that too bad....even if we did not play good...

 

[Dec]

11 games left and 7 point lead and better goal difference. I will take that.

Our goal difference isn't better, taking into account how it would change if they caught up on points.

 

[Blade.com]

11 games left. But it becomes an eight game season now.

Yep, over to us the fans now. Let’s shout them home. UTB

 

[Gavlar]

Our goal difference isn't better, taking into account how it would change if they caught up on points.

I'm not interested in IFs, I'm talking about how it is now.

 

[Gavlar]

The goal difference isn't a factor here unfortunately

It could be in the future.

 

[Keen Blade]

Our goal difference isn't better, taking into account how it would change if they caught up on points.

Correct
To catch us on points they have to win 2 games and draw 1 whilst we lose 3. So our GD suffers by at least 3 and theirs improves by at least 2.
Meaning their GD catches ours up by at least 5 (and likely it would be more).

 

[Greasy Chap Butty]

 

[CPB]

Correct
To catch us on points they have to win 2 games and draw 1 whilst we lose 3. So our GD suffers by at least 3 and theirs improves by at least 2.
Meaning their GD catches ours up by at least 5 (and likely it would be more).

Aye. Unless we ended up winning a few by 3+ goals etc.

But like a few have said each game now we don't concede the gap or make it better/ restore means we are closer to promotion.

We are going to be back with a game in hand scenario soon though because of the fa cup

 

[DifferentClass]

I just farted so that's all I can smell

 

[blade too long]

We have 6 games v bottom half teams 3 home games and 5 home games in all
So possibly 7 winnable games out of 11

And there's only 33 points max available and no one is winning all 11
If we win 7 of last 11 can't see anyone coming close

 

[Blade100]

We have 6 games v bottom half teams 3 home games and 5 home games in all
So possibly 7 winnable games out of 11

And there's only 33 points max available and no one is winning all 11
If we win 7 of last 11 can't see anyone coming close

 

[GreasyChipBeattie]

There's a whiff of excrement in my nostrils on account of I'm still shittin' missen!

 

[Dec]

I'm not interested in IFs, I'm talking about how it is now.

Boro's GD is better than ours relative to the points they have, it's as simple as that.

 

[Gavlar]

Boro's GD is better than ours relative to the points they have, it's as simple as that.

Interesting way of looking at. It’s really not that simple. The fact is we have more points and a better GD at present. This relative to the points they have makes no sense? We have played the same games as each other.

 

[Sheffsteel]

Interesting way of looking at. It’s really not that simple. The fact is we have more points and a better GD at present. This relative to the points they have makes no sense? We have played the same games as each other.

but it is relevant. The current comparative goal difference means nothing because GD only becomes important when teams finish on level points.
So in real terms you need to make adjustments for teams finishing on equal points...then compare the goal difference.

The fact remains that if Middlesboro catch us up on points...it's more likely they will be slightly above us on goal difference.
Where as if Blackburn caught us up....it's odds on that we would still be well above them on goal difference.

Before last week, even if Boro did catch us up, then our goal difference was likely to be slightly better (reletatively speaking)
but with them beating Reading 5-0, this now makes them favourites if both clubs finish on level points.