Wigan against Sunderland on Tuesday

McDonna29 · Post by **McDonna29** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:09 pm

Seems to be the question on everyone's minds at the moment...

...What result is everyone here hoping for in Wigan / Sunderland match?

The way I see it, every result has advantages and disadvantages for us, but after a lot of consideration I think a draw would be best.

A Sunderland win would essentially see us chasing only 2nd place against one other team, with only Wigan screwing up being advantageous to us.

Wigan win mixes it all up a lot, but makes it harder for us to pass them as their goal diff is better. Though it leaves 3 teams chasing 2 places.

Draw keeps Sunderland from running away with it just yet, keeps things relatively tight and still means we are competing for 1st and 2nd with 2 other teams. If Sunderland thn screw up it's wide open, but if they win, they can afford a bad patch and get away with it.

That's how I see it, but maybe I'm missing something!

Thoughts?

Paul B · Post by **Paul B** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:15 pm

I personally would prefer a draw or Wigan win...would rather be going for two places than just one.

Of course though, whatever happens, to make it mean anything we have got to beat Rotherham!

kat17 · Post by **kat17** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:16 pm

A draw for Wigan n Sunderland would probably be the best result we could hope for because if we win we can go 2 points ahead of Wigan and 3 points behind Sunderland so we still have chance to go top!!

McDonna29 · Post by **McDonna29** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:19 pm

Paul B wrote:I personally would prefer a draw or Wigan win...would rather be going for two places than just one.

Of course though, whatever happens, to make it mean anything we have got to beat Rotherham!

Whatever happens it's gonna be tight right until the final day more likely than not. Just take a simplistic view at the odds...

2 teams, 1 place to fight for = 50% chance of getting a place

3 teams, 2 places = 66% chance

I know it's more complicated than that, but I really think a draw is best, it keeps more options open, especially if we can beat Sunderland!

crazee · Post by **crazee** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:23 pm

Wigan win (asuming we beat Rotherham) would leave us able to catch both Wigan and Sunderland

Bluebird · Post by **Bluebird** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:23 pm

Draw keeps Sunderland from running away with it just yet, keeps things relatively tight and still means we are competing for 1st and 2nd with 2 other teams. If Sunderland thn screw up it's wide open, but if they win, they can afford a bad patch and get away with it

I think you may be right Tom, although second choice a Sunderland win with Wigan then going into free fall.

toby · Post by **toby** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 3:29 pm

How about a 4th option...

Match abandoned due to both teams fielding inelligible players/mass brawl/financial irregularities/spontaneously going into administration with both teams having 10 points deducted!

FATBOY · Post by **FATBOY** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 4:09 pm

who cares what there result is! lets look at there result after we get a win against rotherham!

Diddy Dubz · Post by **Diddy Dubz** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 4:13 pm

I want Sunderland to win by a big margin (3 or 4 nil would be nice) and hopefully us to get 2 or 3 to cut down the GD a bit.

In a perfect world....

Sunderland to beat Wigan
Ipswich to beat Rotherham

crazee · Post by **crazee** » Sun Apr 03, 2005 4:24 pm

i like Toby's outcome