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February 27, 2015, 9:16pm

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His interview on MP, doesnt sound to me like he's given up on the title, acknowledges it will be difficult but fair play to PH here, im pleased he's come out and said this, shows all us fans that the players and manager still believe we can do it! come on town!!!


Did he actually say "I've not given up on winning the league"? or is this your interpretation? because if he did it would be a first on me.  


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Some tricky looking games for the top teams tomorrow. We must beat Braintree. No excuses.


Exactly, I know it probably won't happen but if Bristol lose at Gateshead & Barnet only draw at Alty, a win for us would leave us 5 points off the top & with a game in hand, certainly not impossible. I'm sure there will be lots of twists & turns in the final run in just hope Town keep focused & pick up a near maximum points
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Today's game will not be easy. Braintree are quite capable of making life difficult for us and we certainly must take any chance which comes our way. I am not confident of a win.
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I think there's far too much emphasis put on whether Hurst is trying to win the league or just settle for the play offs. The only time it is relevant is probably at the start of the season when the squad is being assembled. ie. Are we pushing the boat out to sign the very best players.  Once that's done we are surely trying to pick up as many points as possible. There is never game where we say "doesn't matter if we lose this one because we're not going for the title". He may try to put a positive spin on a poor result after the event but that's different.
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I think there's far too much emphasis put on whether Hurst is trying to win the league or just settle for the play offs. The only time it is relevant is probably at the start of the season when the squad is being assembled. ie. Are we pushing the boat out to sign the very best players.  Once that's done we are surely trying to pick up as many points as possible. There is never game where we say "doesn't matter if we lose this one because we're not going for the title". He may try to put a positive spin on a poor result after the event but that's different.


This. People put far too much emphasis on post match interviews. I'd be far more worried if he came out and slated the team after a defeat.
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This. People put far too much emphasis on post match interviews. I'd be far more worried if he came out and slated the team after a defeat.


Exactly. You can't really read what he genuinely means - like most managers he plays down the importance of individual results, be they wins or losses. He's level headed / boring!
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Over recent seasons many of us, including myself, have expressed concerns that we drew too many games. Turning draws into wins would have resulted in higher finishes and maybe even put serious pressure on the eventual title winners.

Interestingly we haven't drawn a league game since Nov. We have certainly suffered too many defeats, especially at home, but if we could have drawn a couple of those we would be much better off
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February 28, 2015, 9:46am
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Going to be very tough to win the league  but nothing within reason is impossible.However having done the double over Barnet which I would have never envisaged gives me hope if we do reach the play offs we can finally get out of this league


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There's only Bristol who are on an upward trajectory, which they are timing to perfection. We have been stuck in 4th spot for months now because every time we have a chance to make ground we blow it. There isn't much movement at all among the other contenders.

As with last season, i have never thought at any stage that we could win the league as we just don't have enough goals in us. Interestingly, Bristol have scored fewer and only better our defence by 3 but crucially have only lost 4 games all season and without checking, they are obviously not losing the 6 pointers.

Our inability to finish off the opposition is again costing us and will continue to do so. Last seasons home play off game against Gateshead being a prime example of not being ruthless enough. Nothing has changed for me. Play offs beckon and if we don't bring our shooting boots, then we'll still be a Conference side next year.
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I agree, and good point about the Gateshead play off game. The weaknesses that we've displayed for 2 seasons or more and that we haven't addressed are what worry me. I feel we'll need a lot of luck to get promoted and there isn't usually too much of that around in the conference. Once you're needing rivals to falter, you're in the lap of the gods.

We are wasteful in front of goal, we're not attack-minded enough, too often our play lacks urgency and speed of movement and our players are often too far apart from each other when we're in possession. These are fundamental, long standing flaws in our set up for me and they remain unresolved.


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