keith margam
Vital Football Legend
With the chance of auto promotion all but mathematically gone, we turn our attention to a play-off spot. As we tumble down the table due to our disastrous form, and teams around us keep on winning, the last play-off spot and sixth place looks increasingly likely, with a home and away tie against Bournemouth, with whom we have drawn at home and were thumped 3-0 away a few weeks ago.
There are three games left and Reading, who are in seventh place and are our next opponents this Sunday, are eight points behind us. We need a draw from one of the games left to guarantee the play-offs, but the form we are in and the team on a suicide mission, it will be tough.
We knew what was missing from the squad and had our opportunity to bring in a recognised striker in the January transfer window. Instead we wasted the spare cash on Whittaker, who couldn’t even get in a struggling Derby side and Cooper never played, and Hourihane, who was fantastic first few games but has been a passenger ever since, so much so that he had to be dropped, not that the others were much better.
Back to Reading, they have only lost one in their last six at home, and that was back in February, with three wins and two draws since then.
There are three games left and Reading, who are in seventh place and are our next opponents this Sunday, are eight points behind us. We need a draw from one of the games left to guarantee the play-offs, but the form we are in and the team on a suicide mission, it will be tough.
We knew what was missing from the squad and had our opportunity to bring in a recognised striker in the January transfer window. Instead we wasted the spare cash on Whittaker, who couldn’t even get in a struggling Derby side and Cooper never played, and Hourihane, who was fantastic first few games but has been a passenger ever since, so much so that he had to be dropped, not that the others were much better.
Back to Reading, they have only lost one in their last six at home, and that was back in February, with three wins and two draws since then.
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