Don't wish to piss on anyone's chips and yes, it is only 3 points behind, but we have to be realistic here.
To put it in perspective, we will almost certainly have to win 5 out of 8 to even have a chance. TM said this very same thing.
5 wins gives us a chance, 6 should ensure we're in. That was more or less his exact words
So, 5 wins out of 8, from a team that has lost 8 out of 12, won just 4 in 19, scored just 4 goals in 7 games.
If you think back, we were top 6, 11 points clear of 7th place.
Talk was of overtaking Burton - we are now 18 points behind.
When we would lose It was 'but we're still top 6.'
Lose again and it was 'but we are still 6th.'
Kept on losing 'but we're still 7th.'
'It's just 1 point behind.'
'We have a game in hand.'
Kept losing and it was 'we are only 2 points behind.'
Now it is 3. By 5 pm in could be 5 points.
We were top, then 3rd, 4th, 5th, then 6th for quite a while, then it was 7th, then 8th, now we are 9th.
Unfortunately it is now not just about 3 points. We now have to overtake Rochdale, Bradford and Barnsley too so 3 teams. It was just 1, that has now become 3 and there are a queue behind us too.
Every time someone overtakes us that's another team to catch.
We now need totally brilliant form and for at least 3 teams to fail and this needs to come from a team not scoring goals, letting stupid goals in at the back and having lost 8 out of 12!
It might just be 3 points, but the task is so much harder than that looks.
Our confidence now must be shot to pieces, while teams around us are buoyant.
We have been on a terrible run since November.
I was confident of 4 points from these 2 Easter games. I am now not even confident of beating Colchester.
For me the play-offs have gone. It's all now about trying to halt this dreadful slide.
