Where's the 15 points coming from then?

Quoted from Marinerz93

How would you describe what's been on offer so far, I don't think the players are completely crap it's just that they either can't play to Sladeballs instructions or don't like playing his style. I think Hopper could be a very effective striker but he has to be the laziest player we have had in many seasons of being poor.

I worry too for next season especially how this one is going and lack of support the board is giving Slade. Both of them are incapable of being successful it seems in football.

Unfortunately some of our players are crap, why after Slade bought them are they no where near being first choice.

As regards Hooper, not sure where you would get the idea he could be an effective striker based on what he has done for us so far and I suggest you have a read what the Port Vale fans thought of him.

Holy excrement, I've tried to be be unbiased and now I'm sitting bricks..

21     Morecambe     46     -24     45
22     Grimsby     46     -16     44
23     Barnet     46     -20     43
24     Forest Green     46     -30     41

Hang on a minute ..

Is this the same 15 points we need to secure our playoff place ?

Quoted from promotion plaice

In his wisdom Mr Fenty decides to appoint Neil Woods instead    

Nil PWA [for those who don't speak French

I am hoping we can get a few wins early to ease the pressure.
On the positive side, the players are clearly still playing for Slade and the effort it there.
It does look like we are not going to add the required quality though, talk of players being expensive is hard to swallow after the club statement.

Look at how Forest Green have strengthened, lots of people are expecting them to be in trouble, I think they will end up finishing above us.

Our need for a striker is even more severe now Matt is injured and we need to add someone with the quality to make us better straight away.  

Quoted from lukeo

Holy excrement, I've tried to be be unbiased and now I'm sitting bricks..

21     Morecambe     46     -24     45
22     Grimsby     46     -16     44
23     Barnet     46     -20     43
24     Forest Green     46     -30     41

Think fgr will do better than that but Barnet are doomed
We will need three wins and two draws to survive

Quoted from IlkleyMariner

Think fgr will do better than that but Barnet are doomed
We will need three wins and two draws to survive

It's very depressing that this is what we are hoping for out off the season before the end of  January.
I did not want Slade back but was hopeful in the summer we would build team around Jones and Osbourne and move forward,  Slade's signings have been terrible, even a player with the talent of Dembele  seems not to be utilized properly  That most will be hay with a dull 0-0 at home on Saturday about sums up how low our expectations have plummeted

Quoted from GrimRob

I ran the calculator was very pessimistic, couple of wins and a few draws, but we still easily survived

16     Cheltenham     46     -10     56
17     Stevenage     46     -12     53
18     Crewe     46     -15     52
19     Grimsby     46     -17     50
20     Morecambe     46     -20     47
21     Forest Green     46     -25     46
22     Yeovil     46     -20     45
23     Chesterfield     46     -30     41
24     Barnet     46     -32     32

I think we'd need to have one of the worst three months of our entire history to go down

https://thefishy.co.uk/football-calculator.php

Something like a record 25 game winless run you mean? That would never happen. Oh!..........

Trouble is Hooper has not any sort of run of games to show wether he can be any good good, same with Cardwell.  Another manager (a proper one) could maybe get these players looking like superstars to what they are now.

50 points ? I can't see us scoring 50 goals this season!

We have scored 28 league goals this season compared to 35 at the same stage last season. Altogether we scored 59 last season.

It's goals that earn points**, and I can't see us scoring many!  



** Yes I know 0-0 games give us a point, but we would need 15 0-0's out of our 17 remaining games !!