Chishandfips
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So looking at the remaining fixtures and where the teams are now - whose is 6th place to lose?
I have been a big critic of CJ, but it is interesting that since we started playing full backs on the wing we seem unable to score goals. I wonder if it is time to unleash his pace and roll the dice? I don't think we have a great deal to lose.I'm not sure this year we are collectively good enough seems to be that final ingredient missing to put that all important run together, Rhodes barren run hasn't helped but the other forwards don't seem able to score Cj out of sorts and woeful away performances.
With those fixtures you'd like to think so. That said, we have o win them all, I'd say, and others have to drop points.After Derby we have Wycombe, Cambridge, Fleetwood home and Carlisle away.
Surely we will still be in the mix come early April.
Difference is you guys were near enough top 2 with Portsmouth for a while at the start of the season so there has been a bit of a drop off there. I think Lincoln will get that last spot from this point onward their form is just ridiculousWe've got Stevenage and Lincoln, so given we hold our own destiny really... Come on laddssss...
For the record, we've mostly been s**t since Liam Manning left in November too, so like you @Chunkylad it's kinda mad we are where we are!
Agree, unbelievable how we still have a chance of the playoffsYou wouldn’t believe that with 7 games to go we are only 3 points off a play off spot. We have been poor in so many games, and in others looked very comfortable and a hard team to beat.
The tone on this board has always been overly negative compared to what you hear at the ground or in the pubs with the younger generation.
Overall I wouldn’t be putting money on us to go up this season - the team is nowhere near as good as 2020 however we are 100% in the mix. 3 points off securing a play off spot with 7 games to go. We are still in this despite what is written on here.
'...but Critch pulls his finger out ...'On current form Lincoln look good, Oxford are favourites for me but Critch pulls his finger out and get us playing we've a great chance, its wide open for that 6th spot.
Think there speaks an informed spectator. They will feel like we feel that we have been shit for most of the season. Lincoln might have also been shit but everyone at the club will be saying the P word without being mocked.We've got Stevenage and Lincoln, so given we hold our own destiny really... Come on laddssss...
For the record, we've mostly been s**t since Liam Manning left in November too, so like you @Chunkylad it's kinda mad we are where we are!
We really don't have any room for a free hit.Winner of Oxford vs Lincoln ?
This Fridays game is a free hit as we are not expected to get anything from this . That said we then have 4 winnable games - but this is Blackpool - we will probably best derby them lose at home to Wycombe lol
Critchley's_proctologist - that would be decent username'...but Critch pulls his finger out ...'
And therein lies the problem. I think he's got it stuck so far up his jacksy, it's gonna take the expertise of an a---h--e surgeon to help him prise it out!
Even to win last week would of st least made it interesting - not good enough for the play offsGoes to show had we have just applied ourselves in the last 3 games and got a win against Wycombe and two draws against Wigan and Derby we'd still be very much in this with our games left.
Oxford have Lincoln, Peterborough and Stevenage still to come and I'd be amazed if they get 12 points from those games. The Play Off Place was there for the taking and for his failings Critchley has to go.
Still think Lincoln are in the driving seat with the pictures that remain - could well be that game against them is the decider.Great results today! Big tests for us all in the space of a week! Before we get likely get spanked (again) by Bolton
Goes to show had we have just applied ourselves in the last 3 games and got a win against Wycombe and two draws against Wigan and Derby we'd still be very much in this with our games left.
Oxford have Lincoln, Peterborough and Stevenage still to come and I'd be amazed if they get 12 points from those games. The Play Off Place was there for the taking and for his failings Critchley has to go.
Mad three home games for Oxford - win on Tuesday will just add a little bit of pressure for Lincoln and OxfordGoes to show had we have just applied ourselves in the last 3 games and got a win against Wycombe and two draws against Wigan and Derby we'd still be very much in this with our games left.
Oxford have Lincoln, Peterborough and Stevenage still to come and I'd be amazed if they get 12 points from those games. The Play Off Place was there for the taking and for his failings Critchley has to go.
You wouldn’t believe that with 7 games to go we are only 3 points off a play off spot. We have been poor in so many games, and in others looked very comfortable and a hard team to beat.
The tone on this board has always been overly negative compared to what you hear at the ground or in the pubs with the younger generation.
Overall I wouldn’t be putting money on us to go up this season - the team is nowhere near as good as 2020 however we are 100% in the mix. 3 points off securing a play off spot with 7 games to go. We are still in this despite what is written on here.
Do you go round the pubs, round the ground and talk to all the younger generation pre-match then? Seems a bit made up this bit. You can only judge the feeling from those you know. In my world the people I know thing the football is dire despite the league position.
And then what will the atmosphere be like in the ground. Doesn't bare thinking about.If we play against Fleetwood as we played against Cambridge we will lose. Don't forget they put three past us at their ground before we evened it up, and I'm sure a certain ex Pool player will fire them up.
I was mainly referring to away games in the pub chatting with Pool fans and also my God son and his mates who are all 18-20. They just don’t seem as depressed as the posting tone on here.Do you go round the pubs, round the ground and talk to all the younger generation pre-match then? Seems a bit made up this bit. You can only judge the feeling from those you know. In my world the people I know thing the football is dire despite the league position.
Stevenage v Barnsley looks tasty tonight - I'd say old Fat Boy's chance of getting a Play Off place will be over if they win tonight. And at one point I thought they were guaranteed 6th place.Looking at the remaining fixtures, Oxford would deserve it if they got there.
The Oxford/Lincoln game resulting in a draw and us winning our game means potentially we're only 4 behind Oxford and 2 behind Lincoln - win on Tuesday and if their games in hand don't go their way then I guess it makes it interesting.
Would've been so much easier had we beaten Wycombe!
Just a couple - or, 'a couple of dozen'!?Maybe that’s his strategy, hold on to the 1-0 lead against Cambridge and then go out and batter Fleetwood and Carlisle. Ok, I’ve had a couple of beers.
think you mean if they lose tonight.Stevenage v Barnsley looks tasty tonight - I'd say old Fat Boy's chance of getting a Play Off place will be over if they win tonight. And at one point I thought they were guaranteed 6th place.
Came from behind to winthink you mean if they lose tonight.
I think it may be a lot clearer next Tuesday night if we win at Carlisle.Lincoln still the form team - I can see them getting 7/8 points from their 4 games and so ironically is doable - all will become a lot clearer on Saturday.