***Relegation Thread*** (12 Viewers)
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SkyBlue_Bear83
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Not a bad set of results today, could have done with Scunthorpe not winning. Big game on Monday now
Otis
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Yep. More than happy enough with that today.
Keeps Crawley and Notts County down there and Crewe in the mix too, who have the worst goal difference of the lot (apart from Yeovil).
skyblueinBaku
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Not too bad today. It could have been a lot worse.
Philosoraptor
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Minimum two wins from the last six, cant see this being much of a problem
Otis
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Monday:
Chesterfield v Crewe (tough one for Crewe there. Chesterfield very much in the play-off positions)
Crawley v Oldham (Oldham just drew with Bristol City)
Orient v Gillingham (Fancy Orient in this one to be honest)
Notts County v City (A draw would be fine I think. A City win and we will be well clear)
italiahorse
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That puts me at ease !!
Sky Blue Harry H
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Port Vale dropping into it too - was hoping they would have picked up something, just to nail down Colchester at the bottom. I'm off to review Walsall v Notts County, to see if Notts County have picked up any injuries, suspensions (how sad is that?!)
LJC_CCFC
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Considering we battered a then in-form County at home (with SP at the helm), only to lose the game 1-0 in Orient esque fashion, this should be a walk in the park...
Otis
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LJC_CCFC
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*Realistic
skybluedan
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Whats even sadder is I wait for your report....... Hurry up
Otis
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SkyBlue_Bear83
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If we lose Monday it will be touch and go definitely, it wouldn't be quite game over yet though.
pusbccfc
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Win and we will be clear.
Big game ain't it!!
Wouldn't say we'd be clear, can't see us winning at home!
No, getting the horn about a Div 3 relegation battle is very depressing!!
Otis
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I mean of Notts County. We would be 5 points clear.
Dependent on other results, we could look a lot more comfortable with the 3 points in the bag.
SkyBlue_Bear83
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Looks like we may need 52/53 points for safety. It's going to be the highest total for a long time.
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - so please excuse any spelling or grammar errors
Yea I'm targeting 53 for safety
Otis
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Gazolba
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Could not have been luckier with the results today. Two draws in six-pointers. I still think it will be a big struggle to stay up. A lot hinges on the Notts Co result. I cannot see where our goals are going to come from. Someone needs to step up to be our saviour. Maddison?
Sky Blue Harry H
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Sorry Dan - Just logged back on - no bookings nor anything particularly exciting happened. No obvious injuries (though these always seem to appear a day or two later). Alan Smith, the old Man U and Leeds player on the bench for N County, so I expect we'll see him kicking the likes of Maddison or anybody else in a sky blue shirt on Monday. Roy Carroll in goal for them. Hoping Paddy McCourt is out for them,one of their very few decent players.
no_loyalty
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Our recent record against Notts County is not great, I really hope the boys can do the business on Monday
Johnnythespider
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Can't play any worse their than we did last year, people heading back to the pub at halftime.
Otis
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Not great at all at Meadow Lane.
I know we haven't played them that often over the years, but our last win away there was 1963.
Since then it's been 5-1, 2-1, 1-0, 2-2, 3-0.
Otis
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Otis
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Have to say, after the Orient game I was a little concerned, but after yesterday's set of results, I feel quite a bit more confident about our predicament.
If we just take Monday's game in isolation, it has now become totally a must win situation for Notts County. Of that there is no doubt. They are at home and they need to win.
A draw for them will still leave them entrenched in the bottom 4, whatever the results are elsewhere. I think this suits us perfectly. I think we are best when we are on the counter attack and we have more space on breakaways.
Obviously a win for us would be the ideal scenario, but looking at the league table, a draw would keep us out of the bottom 4, whatever happens in the other games. A draw and we will definitely still be out of the bottom 4 come Monday evening and with Colchester at home on Saturday to come, we have to believe that, that game gives us the opportunity to nab the 3 points and pull us further clear.
I think the fact that we now know a draw will keep us out of the bottom 4, takes a degree of pressure off us going into Monday's round of matches.
And because a draw is all that is needed to keep us out of the relegation places, that now makes me more confident of us taking all 3 points from this fixture.
If we just take Monday's game in isolation, it has now become totally a must win situation for Notts County. Of that there is no doubt. They are at home and they need to win.
A draw for them will still leave them entrenched in the bottom 4, whatever the results are elsewhere. I think this suits us perfectly. I think we are best when we are on the counter attack and we have more space on breakaways.
Obviously a win for us would be the ideal scenario, but looking at the league table, a draw would keep us out of the bottom 4, whatever happens in the other games. A draw and we will definitely still be out of the bottom 4 come Monday evening and with Colchester at home on Saturday to come, we have to believe that, that game gives us the opportunity to nab the 3 points and pull us further clear.
I think the fact that we now know a draw will keep us out of the bottom 4, takes a degree of pressure off us going into Monday's round of matches.
And because a draw is all that is needed to keep us out of the relegation places, that now makes me more confident of us taking all 3 points from this fixture.
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LastGarrison
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Think I made it till about 55 mins.
Thoroughly depressing game that once again got in the way of a good drink.
SkyBlue_Bear83
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A loss wouldn't be the end of the matter but for me this game is more of a must not lose match than the Leyton Orient match was
Otis
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Yes, agree.