teams competing for 6th place ?

[redbrez]

Who do you  think will be the teams most likely to challenge us?
Oldham? Think they will be there about, maybe not quite strong enough
Chesterfield? Now they have lost Doyle,  I think they will drop a bit.
Bradford? One of our main threats , let's hope the fa cup distracts them.
Gillingham,   could be a dark horse?
Hate to say it but I think sKitson horpe,  could be our main threat?

And the only team above us I think might drop of is Swindon,  but should have enough points to stay In the play off places .

[Dare to dream!]

I think it'll be MK Dons not Swindon who will drop off. As for sixth there are a lot of team challenging but the ones we should be keeping an eye on for me are Peterborough and Bradford. A leyton Orient win tonight would be useful.

[Filo]

Radio Sheffield keep talking up Sheff Utds automatic promotion push, we are 3 points behind them, on that basis we must be in with a shout of at least the play offs

[mushRTID]

It's ours to lose now. We have the squad, no excuses. Chesterfield were the threat until Doyle went.

[Alan Southstand]

Gillingham are the team at the moment - unbeaten in last 6 and on a right roll since Justin Edinburgh was appointed manager. I think they are our (and everyone else'a) main threat and we go there soon!

[Dare to dream!]

Radio Sheffield keep talking up Sheff Utds automatic promotion push, we are 3 points behind them, on that basis we must be in with a shout of at least the play offs

It will be a big ask, but look at Bournemouth when we went up last season. There's no reason why we cant win these next three games coming up

[GazLaz]

Both us and Sheff United have strengthened well. Brayford and Done were great signings for them. We are improving at the right time and there is probably more to come. We can even cover pretty much like for like in most positions in the case of injury. I still think we need to work on a plan to start better in the home games but the signs are positive.

[Dutch Uncle]

I would go with Scunthorpe and Bradford as main rivals

However the trouble is if any one of the 12 teams from 7th down to 18th puts together a great run then they could take 6th place.

[graingrover]

Scunthorpe are flying !

[ravenrover]

Radio Sheffield keep talking up Sheff Utds automatic promotion push, we are 3 points behind them, on that basis we must be in with a shout of at least the play offs

Ah but don't forget, Dee Dah keeps telling us enough so we shouldn't, Blades have 2 games in hand and will be only 6 points behind the top 2. Big assumption that they will win them.
Another factor to remember according to the delightful Mr Clough who is rapidly overtaking Mr Evans in my loathing of, is that they have played every other team above them home and away so have only the TLO of us and the other also rans to play

[donnygeoff]

So what about 5th. As much chance as sixth

[Bessie Red]

Gillingham are the team at the moment - unbeaten in last 6 and on a right roll since Justin Edinburgh was appointed manager. I think they are our (and everyone else'a) main threat and we go there soon!

Crewe were on aright roll aswell until they met us last night!! If we play to our full potential from now till the end of the season I see know reason why we shouldn't end up in at least a Play Off place.

[IDM]

And we are still the only team in the division with only one defeat in the last 10 league games.

[Sammy Chung was King]

Gillingham will finish just below play offs, squad not strong enough
Scunthorpe are a danger with the firepower they have, but won't quite make it
Chesterfield will be just short of play offs
Oldham will drop out squad not good enough
Bradford will miss out
Sheff utd will make it in 5th
Preston 4th
MK Dons will win it
We will be third, Bristol City second, Swindon will drop but just hold on to play offs.

1.MK Dons
2.Bristol City
3.Doncaster
4.Preston
5.Sheff utd
6.Swindon

[RoversAlias]

Third? Unbelievable optimism, good to see!

I think we are all competing for 5th at best to be honest, the top few sides are a different class of team this season.

[RobTheRover]

I can see where you are coming from with that, Alias.  However, on our day we have the beating of everyone in this league.  Confidence is the key.  Keep this run going and we can ride this wave all the way.  The key test will be how we react to our next defeat (whenever that may be).

[GazLaz]

We are very very unlikely to finish above Sheff United.

[colincramb]

I agree Gaz. It's 6th place for me. Worried about Bradford, not sure why Sammy feels they will miss out. They just keep winning, whether it's the cup or the league.

[Mr1Croft]

Based on the last 10 games, we are very much in the hunt for 2-6th. At the moment its looking like its going to be very tight with Bradford and Scunthorpe just below the play offs.

If the form of last 10 games continue then the final table will look like this:

[NickDRFC]

Makes for ominous

Based on the last 10 games, we are very much in the hunt for 2-6th. At the moment its looking like its going to be very tight with Bradford and Scunthorpe just below the play offs.

If the form of last 10 games continue then the final table will look like this:

Hmm, makes for ominous viewing.

[IDM]

Forget top 2, we would need to win maybe 14 out of 16 games - possible but very unlikely.

Let the top 3 or 4 stay there, along the way beating our rivals for the play offs - for example Preston are at home to Scunthorpe on Saturday.  A Preston win helps us most if our aim is for the play offs?

[southwestexile]

Don't forget that we have experience of being around the top and under pressure at the business end of the season, should reduce the negativity of squeaky bum time. At least one of the other top 6 sides will bottle it. I fancy a trip to Wembley where we come from 2 behind to beat the Blunts 3-2 in the 8th minute of injury time

[IDM]

We are now where we are supposed to be, in relation to our reported budget levels. I believe we will be competing to the end of the season, wherever we finish between 3rd and 11th?

[Filo]

Based on the last 10 games, we are very much in the hunt for 2-6th. At the moment its looking like its going to be very tight with Bradford and Scunthorpe just below the play offs.

If the form of last 10 games continue then the final table will look like this:

I only see a blank square

[Colemans Left Hook]

And we are still the only team in the division with only one defeat in the last 10 league games.

funny you said that just watched the rovers highlights of the yeovil game and they said 1 in 10 so according to my abacus it's now 1 in 11 and counting

just noticed yeovil have resigned on loan the worst player ever to "play" for rovers webster on loan from millwall that's another loan defender added pdq -- rovers were lucky they aren't playing them this saturday with their strengthened side -- so yeovil are going to pick up and move away from the bottom (AND TAKE POINTS OFF THE UPPER ECHELON TEAMS) just like crewe did  (move away from the bottom)

[Dr Fundlekrotch]

I only see a blank square, too

[Mr1Croft]

Attached the image for those who can't see it. Nothing special mind.

[Colemans Left Hook]

 :crying:just checked yeovils next few fixtures 

   
Yeovil v Gillingham   Sat 21 Feb   15:00   
Scunthorpe v Yeovil   Sat 28 Feb   15:00   
Yeovil v Walsall   Tue 3 Mar   19:45   
Yeovil v Oldham   Sat 7 Mar   15:00   
Yeovil v Bristol City   Tue 10 Mar   19:45   
so we can see why they have done the loan business (same as last season) and as you can see they can do a few favours for Rovers starting on Saturday

[IDM]

And we are still the only team in the division with only one defeat in the last 10 league games.

funny you said that just watched the rovers highlights of the yeovil game and they said 1 in 10 so according to my abacus it's now 1 in 11 and counting

just noticed yeovil have resigned on loan the worst player ever to "play" for rovers webster on loan from millwall that's another loan defender added pdq -- rovers were lucky they aren't playing them this saturday with their strengthened side -- so yeovil are going to pick up and move away from the bottom (AND TAKE POINTS OFF THE UPPER ECHELON TEAMS) just like crewe did  (move away from the bottom)

Yes it is one in 11, since losing at home to Gillingham.  I quoted one in ten simply because the BBC website full league 1 table has a colour coded form guide for the last 10 games, and this is easy to compare team by team.

[Dr Fundlekrotch]

On the basis of Mr Croft's table, I think the really important thing to note is that we are now just 1 point from safety!