Previous experience needed for promotion?

[Gerryhatrick]

I wondered how important it is to have experience with our current position?

The knowledge of fighting for a promotion place is something our players don't have, so the club and fans are bound to be a bit jittery with this current position. It's not currently going as well as early season form, and imo it's very probably down to nerves and expectation. We are up there to be shot at, and currently doing well to stay ahead.

Cardiff and Nottm Forest were up at the top end challenging for promotion last year, plus Leeds were holding on to winning in Div1, so they all have experience of a promo fight, and we don't.

Confidence is a major thing in football, and we need a couple of consecutive few wins helps to boost this, preferably starting at Reading on friday.

The area that does benefit us is Neil Warnock, who has experienced promotion six times, but can he pass this experience on to the players?

[QPR1976]

Routledge & Miller were at promoted teams last season.

But your right, Neil is key.
But Grayson, Davies & jones have all enjoyed pomotions in the past too.

[Stanley]

The knowledge of fighting for a promotion place is something our players don't have

They certainly do with other teams theyve played for - the experience is there.

[JudoRanger]

We have more promotion and premier league experience than you think:

Promotion Experience:

Kenny - promoted with Sheff Utd
Orr - promoted with Bristol City
Derry - promoted with Crystal Palace
Leigertwood - promoted with Crystal Palace
Gorkks - promoted with Blackpool
Rowlands - promoted with QPR
Routledge - promoted with Crystal Palace, and Newcastle
Mahon - promoted with Watford
Hulse - promoted with West Brom, and Sheffield United
Smith - promoted with Watford
Shittu - promoted with QPR
Borrowdale - promoted with Crystal Palace

Premier League Experience:

Hall - With Southampton, Crystal Palace, and Wigan
Helguson - With Watford, Fulham, and Bolton
Taarabt - With Tottenham
Routledge - With Crystal Palace, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Portsmouth, and Fulham
Cook - With Fulham
Smith - With Sunderland, Watford, and Portsmouth
Ramage - With Newcastle
Cerny - With Tottenham
Miller - With Man City, and West Brom
Chimbonda - With Wigan, Tottenham, Sunderland, and Blackburn
Shittu - With Watford, and Bolton

[KASPARS BOOTS]

Forest came with the same sort of run last year to overtake WBA then when they did folded like a pack of cards. Cardiff flatter to deceive every year. We have been top for 6 months only another 3 to go and we are home and dry !!
Keep the faith Sir Neil will see us through. (although a return to early season when we were blitzing teams and i could sit back and relax after an hour of each game would be nice !! ).