Wise's win ratio is indeed better than Blackwell's, and has improved over the last couple of months. Cardiff are one of the divisions better teams - painful though it is to acknowledge given the history.
I believe we are now in a position where we can stay up if we win all of the games we could reasonably be expected to and crucially turn a couple of predicted losses into draws. This is where we are letting ourselves down - Wise is as somebody pointed out doing the things that many people on the list have prescribed, but we are still losing too many games. In his defence, a win lose win lose sequence is better than a win lose draw draw sequence, but it does nothing for the nerves If we beat QPR on Tuesday we will in principal and allowing for other teams 'games played' be within three points of safety. Given the recent improvements on the pitch, I'd be happy with that - happier still if we could grind out a couple of draws against high flyers. (H) Crystal Palace Win (A) Cardiff Lose (H) QPR (Win) (A) Wolves (Lose) (A) Birmingham (Lose) (H) Sheffield Wednesday (Win) (H) Luton (Win) (A) Leicester (Win) (A) Southend (Win) (H) Preston (Draw) (H) Plymouth (Win) (A) Colchester (Draw) (H) Burnley (Draw) (A) Southampton (Lose) (H) Ipswich (Win) (A) Derby (Lose) The sequence above gives us survival, but we should expect at least one of the wins not to materialise (Southend/Leicester?)- which means we may need to be grinding out draws against Southampton, Derby and Preston to make the grade. It's possible that last game of the season will be the decider. Chris Wright _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist the mole has returned
