Post by Andy K on Apr 30, 2021 9:56:01 GMT
Another Saturday, another big weekend for us, against a side which is probably the most mid table side there is. They can get decent results e.g. beat Notts County, and then draw against Kings Lynn. As such I think they're pretty unpredictable.
A lot of the focus on Saturday will be the other 6 sides in the current top 7 who all play each other, although none of the 3 other real challengers for the title play each other (Halifax v Stockport, Hartlepool v Chesterfield and Torquay v Eastleigh), those play off contenders looking to cement their place could really make a difference at this state.
On Tuesday night they pretty much all won, so it was no real change near the top, but tomorrow could be a different story.
To me, our obvious issue is goals at the moment. We've played 6 games in April, and we only managed to score in 2 of them. In any competition this season (including the Trophy and the FA Cup), if we've scored in a game we've not lost, and of our 8 defeats this season in all competitions, 7 of them have been by a scoreline of 1-0. If we start getting our goalscoring boots back on, we should get something out of this.
If results go our way we could be top again by 5pm, but if we fail to get any points or even draw, we could be 3rd and possibly 4 points off the top.
It's a home game against a side who realistically (rather than mathematically) won't make the play offs. Again, these are the games you need to win to be champions. Like I said before, I'll take scrappy 1-0 wins like Tuesday all the way until the end of the season.
A lot of the focus on Saturday will be the other 6 sides in the current top 7 who all play each other, although none of the 3 other real challengers for the title play each other (Halifax v Stockport, Hartlepool v Chesterfield and Torquay v Eastleigh), those play off contenders looking to cement their place could really make a difference at this state.
On Tuesday night they pretty much all won, so it was no real change near the top, but tomorrow could be a different story.
To me, our obvious issue is goals at the moment. We've played 6 games in April, and we only managed to score in 2 of them. In any competition this season (including the Trophy and the FA Cup), if we've scored in a game we've not lost, and of our 8 defeats this season in all competitions, 7 of them have been by a scoreline of 1-0. If we start getting our goalscoring boots back on, we should get something out of this.
If results go our way we could be top again by 5pm, but if we fail to get any points or even draw, we could be 3rd and possibly 4 points off the top.
It's a home game against a side who realistically (rather than mathematically) won't make the play offs. Again, these are the games you need to win to be champions. Like I said before, I'll take scrappy 1-0 wins like Tuesday all the way until the end of the season.
