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Post by Amber Aleman on Feb 24, 2019 21:14:52 GMT
We head into the final two months of the season in a bit of a rut, with no wins or goals in our last three games. We've got 56 points, and probably need 75 to finish in the play-offs. With twelve games remaining, five wins and four draws (19 points) looks about the minimum required.
Six of those twelve games are at home. Four are against sides in the top third of the table, six against sides in the bottom third. That would seem to be to our advantage, though it comes with the caveat that we tend to perform better against the stronger teams. The league table also needs to be read alongside the form table; we play Salford (6th) and Maidenhead (16th) away in consecutive matches in early March - but Salford are 21st in the six-match form table and have lost their last three games while Maidenhead are 4th and have won their last three.
Trying to predict where we'll pick up points is something of a fraught exercise. But one could look at the four home games in March (Hartlepool, Braintree, Gateshead, Havant & W) and think that nine or ten points from those plus three or four on the road (Salford, Maidenhead, Chesterfield) is a challenging but realistic target, setting us up pretty well for the final five games in April.
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Post by billy on Feb 24, 2019 22:36:38 GMT
Why not throw caution to the wind and adopt an all out attacking policy for these last dozen games,what's the worst that can happen ? We might even get a few goals !
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Post by billy on Feb 24, 2019 22:37:39 GMT
And forget the obsession with the play offs...................
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Post by davethegrave on Feb 24, 2019 23:35:24 GMT
I think that the Barnet game was really exciting and eventful despite or maybe because of the fact that we only had 2 recognised defenders in the back 4.
However with all of the action in the transfer market over the last month or so regarding strikers it's a bit alarming that we're not getting the goals.
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Post by Del on Feb 25, 2019 8:23:34 GMT
And forget the obsession with the play offs................... What is there to play for then, Billy ? Why will i bother spending money travelling to Salford, Chesterfield & Wrexham ? This is not like the days of the old Isthmian League when there was no promotion or relegation. |
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Post by Andy K on Feb 25, 2019 9:26:32 GMT
And forget the obsession with the play offs................... What is there to play for then, Billy ? Why will i bother spending money travelling to Salford, Chesterfield & Wrexham ? This is not like the days of the old Isthmian League when there was no promotion or relegation. Spot on Delboy. We're out of the play offs on goal difference. There's still 12 games to play. We can still get a possible 92 points. |
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Post by baboonfish on Feb 25, 2019 10:05:20 GMT
Why not throw caution to the wind and adopt an all out attacking policy for these last dozen games,what's the worst that can happen ? We might even get a few goals ! Its not the 1950's Billy, modern football just does not work that way. At times we've played more like a 4-2-4 and just end up losing the midfield battle. Last Tuesday we had two wingers at FB, the result? 0-0, albeit a fairly entertaining one. Attacking formations really do not equate to attacking displays and loads of goals in today's game. The very top teams such as Man C, Barca, Real, Liverpool etc can occasionally produce breathtaking attacking displays because they have the very best technical players, coaches and methods. However, pro and top semi pro football in general is so tactically astute, with teams so well organised (how hard were Slough to break down?) that more often than not teams cancel each other out, with games decided by the odd goal. Take yesterday's top games as a case in point. Two utterly dismal snooze-fests, not unusual at the top level and rife at our level, where lets face it, we're lucky to see more than a handful of high scoring games in a season nowadays. Flair players and attacking mindsets just dont produce results at Conf level, its all about turgid, organised, physical football and likely to be decided by an odd goal. I do understand your general point and I cannot disagree with your sentiment that Sutton are not particularly enjoyable to watch, but that goes for the vast majority of teams. Looking at the Conf table on the basis of Goals scored/conceded only Harrogate and Havant have been exciting to watch this season, and one of those may well be relegated, with the other touch and go for a play off place. I can tolerate watching Sutton games because they are my team but if it was on TV and I wasnt a Sutton fan I would turn it over, and I simply do not have the patience to watch 90 mins of other football anymore, for exactly the reasons I have just stated. Its on the whole a turgid affair. |
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Post by billy on Feb 25, 2019 13:10:29 GMT
That's a very good post if i may say so.I enjoyed reading it.Will try and respond after the Cricket where i'm sure..........
Runs will be scored
Wickets will fall
The best team will win
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Post by billy on Feb 25, 2019 13:16:22 GMT
If it stops raining.......................
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Post by Stewart on Feb 25, 2019 13:28:30 GMT
That's a very good post if i may say so.I enjoyed reading it.Will try and respond after the Cricket where i'm sure.......... Runs will be scored Wickets will fall The best team will win I remember the good old days when Geoff Boycott was at the crease for hours  |
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Post by brisfitboy on Feb 25, 2019 14:30:13 GMT
That's a very good post if i may say so.I enjoyed reading it.Will try and respond after the Cricket where i'm sure.......... Runs will be scored Wickets will fall The best team will win I remember the good old days when Geoff Boycott was at the crease for hours The trouble is that billy sees too much cricket and thinks that the scores should be high, just like England’s i.e. 35 all out😆 |
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Post by davethegrave on Feb 26, 2019 23:32:47 GMT
That's a very good post if i may say so.I enjoyed reading it.Will try and respond after the Cricket where i'm sure.......... Runs will be scored Wickets will fall The best team will win But that's cricket. Are you an insomniac? |
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