I know there's been a fair few threads on this recently, but us, Motherwell, St Johnstone and Livingston now have four games to battle it out for top six. We're on 42, Motherwell are two behind and St Johnstone/Livi are a bit further back with 4 and 5 points less respectively. Here's our last four fixtures:
Hibs:
Motherwell (H)
Livingston (A)
Kilmarnock (H)
Hearts (A)
Motherwell:
Hibs (A)
St Johnstone (H)
Aberdeen (A)
Rangers (H)
St Johnstone:
St Mirren (H)
Motherwell (A)
Dundee (H)
Kilmarnock (A)
Livingston:
Aberdeen (A)
Hibs (H)
Hamilton (H)
Celtic (A)
St Johnstone arguably have the easiest run-in, but they're a bit far behind now. Motherwell and Livingston will both struggle. Ours could be worse but there's that last game to contend with. I have us down as getting 5 points, Motherwell 5, St Johnstone 6 and Livingston 4, meaning we'll take the final spot.
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Thread: The race for top six
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15-03-2019 08:42 PM #1
The race for top six
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15-03-2019 08:49 PM #2
I'd be disappointed if we didn't take 8 points from that. If we win tomorrow I'd say the race is pretty much over.
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15-03-2019 08:51 PM #3
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Win tomorrow and it’s pretty much done IMO.
Get top six secured and we can think about looking higher. Not winning tomorrow will make anything higher than sixth difficult though.
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15-03-2019 08:54 PM #4
Win tomorrow and we'll make the top six I would say.
We will be at least 4 points clear with 3 games left and with a vastly superior goal difference meaning that St Johnstone would have to get at least 5 more points than us over the last 3 games to overtake us, Motherwell and Livingston would need at least 6 more points.
Tomorrow's huge.
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15-03-2019 09:01 PM #5
I've mocked the split and the fact that folk were getting excited about this a month or two back, but I must admit I'm getting quite excited about it.
We are where we are, not much point moaning about the reasons why we're here.
It's quite an interesting wee mini league with a few quid at the end of it for those who come out on top, not to mention finishing the season on an optimistic note.
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15-03-2019 09:12 PM #6
Avoiding defeat tomorrow, should hopefully see us finish top six, but i want a win to see us on the way to at least finishing 5th possibly even 4th.
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15-03-2019 09:23 PM #8
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16-03-2019 06:54 AM #9
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We need 6 points to give us the best **** at top 6, not getting 3 points today puts a huge amount of pressure on us, to get there as the last 3 games.give no guarantee of the points we need.
Having such a weak squad available today is going to be a massive test, with the central area of the team being the real crunch point, given how lively Motherwell.look in the last third of the park, interested to see how the new biss sets up.
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16-03-2019 07:08 AM #10
Huge game today and would be great to get a win but imperative we don't lose it. All tough games but good that Well and Saints play each other. We have shown decent resilience recently so vital that continues. Think Flo and Sparky can get us there.
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16-03-2019 07:51 AM #11
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its a sad state of affairs we are even having this discussion. With 14000 season ticket holders, we should be fighting it out with the huns and sheep for 2nd and 3rd not struggling to grab 6th place. That just shows what an underwhelming season it has been.
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16-03-2019 07:58 AM #12This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show QuoteMon the Hibs.
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16-03-2019 08:13 AM #15
have a feeling our goal difference could be important to us here.
Motherwell are flying with good young players coming through all of a sudden, expecting a tough game today
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16-03-2019 08:30 AM #16
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We need to be looking above us, Hearts are 5 clear. They are our target atm. Then Killie when we are above Hearts, Killie are 8 clear of us with Aberdeen 9 clear.
These are big asks but they have to be the targets
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16-03-2019 09:00 AM #18This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote"We know the people who have invested so far are simple fans." Vladimir Romanov - Scotsman 10th December 2012
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16-03-2019 09:15 AM #21
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Hard work will be key today.
lennon signed a very imbalanced midfield and we have not been hardworking enough (or fit enough?) to stop the supply from mid to front from opponents. puts hanlon etc under more pressure than before.
need to work our socks off today - if we do then a pivotal 3pts are ours
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The rangers: £32.6m
Aberdeen: £15.4m
Hearts: £12.1m
Hibernian: £9.6m
Motherwell: £6.8m
The numbers that teams in Scotland, outwith the old firm, work with are all close enough together that there is no given right to definitely be better than other teams as a result - especially on a season by season basis.
Top 6 is never going to be a given for us and no one is saying that it's the final target for the season;it's just what we need to achieve first so that we can then focus on trying to finish higher up in the league.Mon the Hibs.
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16-03-2019 09:57 AM #23
Win our next three and a long overdue win at the PBS could clinch us a European place 😉
SCOTTISH CUP WINNERS 2016
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If every club has a playing budget of 50% on turnover it's easy to see who is spending the most on recruitment and contracts.
If playing budgets are to determine where club finishes in the league we should be 5th in that table.
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16-03-2019 10:37 AM #27
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16-03-2019 11:04 AM #30
St Johnstone v St Mirren has been postponed
Wonder when they will be able to play this game
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