Playoff chances

Play offs are truly horrible to watch if you lose, amazing if you win. There is so much riding on them. It’s a real bounce back season for us to even be in contention, but I’m not looking forward to them one bit.
Of all the teams we’ll face, it’s pretty even from what I’ve seen. I saw us home and away for Halifax and Solihull likewise Notts and Chesterfield even the first two were not miles better than us and we probably should’ve had more out of those four games than just one point. We battered Wrexham at home during our golden start but I’ve not seen how they developed since. Daggers we’re poor at our place but rolled us at theirs so god knows with them. All I’ll hope for is that bit of luck that has sometimes evaded us in these sorts of games and a huge comfortable victory should we get to the final so my nerves aren’t copulated like they have been in previous years.

Play-off chances ?

We've got that free hit now of a game in hand over our rivals (excluding Boreham Wood) which is a big bonus.

As far as the play-offs go it's a lottery, one rash challenge and down to ten men, players getting injured (sometimes that can work in your favour   )

You've got to be in it to win it, simples.

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

Play offs are truly horrible to watch if you lose, amazing if you win. There is so much riding on them. It’s a real bounce back season for us to even be in contention, but I’m not looking forward to them one bit.
Of all the teams we’ll face, it’s pretty even from what I’ve seen. I saw us home and away for Halifax and Solihull likewise Notts and Chesterfield even the first two were not miles better than us and we probably should’ve had more out of those four games than just one point. We battered Wrexham at home during our golden start but I’ve not seen how they developed since. Daggers we’re poor at our place but rolled us at theirs so god knows with them. All I’ll hope for is that bit of luck that has sometimes evaded us in these sorts of games and a huge comfortable victory should we get to the final so my nerves aren’t copulated like they have been in previous years.

I think we have to treat this as a bit of a free hit, assuming we do of course make it to the play-offs (which I expect we will). It’s incredibly tough getting out of this league in any season, let alone this season with all the money sloshing around, and let alone having just been relegated in complete disarray.

If we do finish between 5th and 7th this season (and I hope it’s more the former than the latter), I think the management and players can take huge credit from that. They’ll have over-achieved in my opinion. Anything which happens from there is a massive bonus.

That’s not to say that we should go into the play-offs without the belief we can win them. We absolutely can. Merely that we should go into them without that monkey of pressure on our back, that has characterised all other play-off campaigns at this levels. Let the likes of Wrexham feel the heat instead.

We’ll have done everything expected of us, and more. It’s they that have to escape failure.

Quoted from Bristol Mariner

No one will want to play us

Indeed.

Look at it from the point of view of the other teams in the play offs. None of them can match our form over the last 18 games when we have clocked up over well 2 points a game, and have beaten Chesterfield, Notts, Dagenham, and Stockport on that run. It must look pretty scary to the opposition.

It's easy for us to pick holes in some of our performances and quite understandable that we are nervous, but to an outsider looking at our results over the last three months we must look pretty daunting.  

We've topped the form table quite a few times since late January. We've had the odd wobble, like losing at home to Solihull and going 2 down at Barnet but, generally speaking, I think our form has been better than our position in the league for some time.

God knows what happened between the end of Oct and early Jan. Either side of those results we've been pretty much top of the league:

W 9   D 2   L 1   (before our wobble)

W 11   D 4   L 2   (after our wobble)

W 20   D 6   L 3   (if you merge them together)

That's 66 points from 29 games (2.275 points per game). Extrapolated across a 44-game season gives you almost bang on 100 points. What a shame we lost 9 of 12 in the middle of winter!!

We need Efete and McAtee fit to have any chance in the play-offs. Their injuries are a huge blow..

Quoted from Bigdog

We need Efete and McAtee fit to have any chance in the play-offs. Their injuries are a huge blow..

I wouldn't say we have no chance without these two but certainly the inclusion of Mcatee would be a huge boost. Controversially,I know, but I don't get this over enthusiasm for Efete . I know he is quite good at getting forward but I think his defending is not what I want from a full back. He is prone to losing his man ,his throw-ins are weak and he isn't particularly good in the air. Maybe I'm a tad old fashioned but I would rather have a full-back who is  primarily a good defender than one that is primarily good at attacking.

Quoted from rancido

I wouldn't say we have no chance without these two but certainly the inclusion of Mcatee would be a huge boost. Controversially,I know, but I don't get this over enthusiasm for Efete . I know he is quite good at getting forward but I think his defending is not what I want from a full back. He is prone to losing his man ,his throw-ins are weak and he isn't particularly good in the air. Maybe I'm a tad old fashioned but I would rather have a full-back who is  primarily a good defender than one that is primarily good at attacking.

If we don't get promoted, he will be sought after by clubs higher up the pyramid than us..

Skybet have us 1/100 to make the playoffs.

Quoted from RonMariner

Indeed.

Look at it from the point of view of the other teams in the play offs. None of them can match our form over the last 18 games when we have clocked up over well 2 points a game, and have beaten Chesterfield, Notts, Dagenham, and Stockport on that run. It must look pretty scary to the opposition.

It's easy for us to pick holes in some of our performances and quite understandable that we are nervous, but to an outsider looking at our results over the last three months we must look pretty daunting.  

I also agree. I have seen fans on other clubs' forums saying they think we will WIN the playoffs. They see a team in form, they know we have beaten Stockport, Wrexham, Notts County and Chesterfield, have a manager that has done it before and a very vocal and partisan fan base.

It's going to be very tough, very tense but we certainly have a chance in the playoff lottery. The important thing is to make sure we are in them!