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Sam Ricketts refuses to give up on Wanderers promotion chances this season despite a 15-point gap to the automatic spots.
A first defeat under Dougie Freedman against Ipswich on Saturday was the Whites’ seventh in 20 Championship matches and denied them the chance to move within five points of the last play-off position currently occupied by Watford.
Wanderers have now drifted to 7/1 with the bookies to be promoted straight back to the Premier League and 25/1 to be champions.
“I think we were 15 points off before the Ipswich game and I wasn’t discounting the top two and I won’t be now.
“There are so many games to play. We have to play all the teams who are up there at the moment.
“We are a big scalp to some but we have shown we can beat anyone. We can beat any team and go on a run of four, five, six wins on the spin and then all of a sudden it’s a different picture.
“For the last 10 years we’ve had a fantastic time in the Premier League but a lot of the time it has been us doing the defending.''
The 31-year-old added: “It’s a passing style and to an extent, like a basketball routine on how we want to set up.
“The fans have to buy into it as well. And in order for them to do that, they understandably want to see results and performances''
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A first defeat under Dougie Freedman against Ipswich on Saturday was the Whites’ seventh in 20 Championship matches and denied them the chance to move within five points of the last play-off position currently occupied by Watford.
Wanderers have now drifted to 7/1 with the bookies to be promoted straight back to the Premier League and 25/1 to be champions.
“I think we were 15 points off before the Ipswich game and I wasn’t discounting the top two and I won’t be now.
“There are so many games to play. We have to play all the teams who are up there at the moment.
“We are a big scalp to some but we have shown we can beat anyone. We can beat any team and go on a run of four, five, six wins on the spin and then all of a sudden it’s a different picture.
“For the last 10 years we’ve had a fantastic time in the Premier League but a lot of the time it has been us doing the defending.''
The 31-year-old added: “It’s a passing style and to an extent, like a basketball routine on how we want to set up.
“The fans have to buy into it as well. And in order for them to do that, they understandably want to see results and performances''
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