No gonna start going on about it being "must win" at this stage of the season, and of course
all points are valuable, but certainly some are more achievable than others.

So a good result on Saturday would go some way to showing that we can compete against the
teams that will be down there at the end. (Of which Leeds will be one, I reckon.)

Or is it no more important than any other?

Seeing as how we've proved we can't beat the decent sides in the league (despite some ok performances) I’d say it is as close to a must win as we will get at this stage.

I would take a draw right now though

Without doubt we have to win our home games against:

1) Promoted teams
2) Teams we hate
3)Teams we really, really hate.

Leeds are all 3

So it's a must win game for me

Must not lose.

As I live in an area that predominantly Burnley & Leeds I think you have your answer.

This league is about momentum and form.

Get cut adrift at the bottom your done for.

The confidence in a couple of results cannot be understated.

Require 4 points from the next two games.

8 points every 8 games will see us finish around 38 points and potentially stop up.

I think along similar lines in that we're playing catchup as we don't have 7 points after 7 games which to stay up I think we should be on.

A win will get us 3 points. Points are important.

All out attack we must put DL to the sword

It is a must win.

100% must win. Let’s not pretend anything less is good enough.

If we can't beat Leeds we are in trouble.

I said the same about the Sunderland game and I acknowledged it was ridiculously early to say it and it's still ridiculously early in the season to be saying it, but the Leeds game really is a must win. If we don't win these kind of games where exactly do we expect to get the required points to stay up??

groove wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 13, 2025 7:24 pm

If we can't beat Leeds we are in trouble.

To be fair we are in trouble regardless of any specific result. But it would be a morale boost to win this game and the complete opposite if we fail.

For the sake of our relatively young team, I hope we pick up three points with a good attacking performance. I hope SP goes more attacking than ultra defensive.

groove wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 13, 2025 7:24 pm

If we can't beat Leeds we are in trouble.

This

season defining, if we lose confidence will be rock bottom

Woodleyclaret wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 13, 2025 6:49 pm

All out attack we must put DL to the sword

You really know that it won't happen though.

Conroy92 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 13, 2025 5:47 pm

This league is about momentum and form.

Get cut adrift at the bottom your done for.

The confidence in a couple of results cannot be understated.

Require 4 points from the next two games.

8 points every 8 games will see us finish around 38 points and potentially stop up.

It would be 8 points in 9 games, which is 34 points and squeaky bum time.

I think the next two games represent added to the last seven represent a fair selection of the teams in the PL. If we end up with 8 you could argue that all things being equal we are in the mix after a start erring on the difficult side.

Anything less than 7 points and it's down to evidence versus opinion. The evidence being relegation and the opinion being that we might turn it around after Xmas. Two poor performances would deflate the fans and the players alike.

It's early doors but it would be good to see strong competitive performances at the very minimum.

We need to win 10 games to have a chance of staying up.
Beating the worst 10 sides at home is our best chance.