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Next Three Games

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7 points, win 2 draw 1 from any of the 3


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Quoted from acko338
Aim for 3 clean sheets to steady the ship and anything else is a bonus !!

A solid defence lessens pressure on the attackers to score 2 or 3 in every game.

Lots of chances made but there is a need for more clinical finishing and looking for better positions from crosses coming in.

Now that corner deliveries are going past the first post, hopefully some chances will come like when Hunt was feeding Waterfall last season. New players, new ways to score the goals, hopefully.


3 clean sheets and anything else a bonus you say well I think if we don’t get a win against Doncaster or Colchester then we’re in trouble. We have to win at least one of those games.
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4 would be par
3 just about ok
2 worrying
1 very concerned
0 Meltdown


I think, if we’re willing to accept that the objective is simply to avoid relegation, then there’s an argument that 3 is par, given that a point per game is our current run rate and maintaining that to the end of the season almost certainly keeps us up. It would mean one of Sutton or Forest Green taking several more points from their last 16 / 17 than they have from their 29 / 30 to date, to scupper that.

You’d hope if our newfound defensive robustness, brief though it’s been, continues into the next few games then we’re capable of more, but 3 points wouldn’t be a disaster, imo.


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4 is the absolute bare minimum and the more probable outcome, I'm hoping for at least 5 and I'll be delighted with anything higher then that


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Beat Donny .That's it 3 pts
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I think, if we’re willing to accept that the objective is simply to avoid relegation, then there’s an argument that 3 is par, given that a point per game is our current run rate and maintaining that to the end of the season almost certainly keeps us up. It would mean one of Sutton or Forest Green taking several more points from their last 16 / 17 than they have from their 29 / 30 to date, to scupper that.

You’d hope if our newfound defensive robustness, brief though it’s been, continues into the next few games then we’re capable of more, but 3 points wouldn’t be a disaster, imo.



This is how I feel too. I think a win over Doncaster would be the most morale boosting possibility. Even if we lost to Stockport and at Colchester - winning that game would indeed maintain that one point per game survival strategy until we go into later Feb and early March. It would also encourage supporters if we have indeed lost the two games prior.

My struggle is, I’m hoping for a point on Saturday, another draw on Tuesday night and then turn Donny over and 5 points will do nicely. I need to keep the probability of that on an even keel.

Another interesting proposition is - make your game plan all about keeping Stockport to nil, or even 1 goal. To almost play the shut out and the draw. I’m not saying DA should do that and I’m not sure I think he’s got that in his mentality, but it’s a strategy nonetheless. I’d take 0-0 Saturday right now if offered. Definitely.  


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This is how I feel too. I think a win over Doncaster would be the most morale boosting possibility. Even if we lost to Stockport and at Colchester - winning that game would indeed maintain that one point per game survival strategy until we go into later Feb and early March. It would also encourage supporters if we have indeed lost the two games prior.

My struggle is, I’m hoping for a point on Saturday, another draw on Tuesday night and then turn Donny over and 5 points will do nicely. I need to keep the probability of that on an even keel.

Another interesting proposition is - make your game plan all about keeping Stockport to nil, or even 1 goal. To almost play the shut out and the draw. I’m not saying DA should do that and I’m not sure I think he’s got that in his mentality, but it’s a strategy nonetheless. I’d take 0-0 Saturday right now if offered. Definitely.  


I don’t think this squad are capable of that against a decent attacking side.


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I don’t think this squad are capable of that against a decent attacking side.


That’s a strong point.


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That’s a strong point.


Like Good Friday a couple of years ago, it’ll take a big slice of luck for us to get anything out of Stockport. They were so much better than us for most of the first-half that day, but then Sarcevic’s inexplicable decision to fly in on Efete for a red, followed by Challinor’s inexplicable decision to take Quigley off at half-time changed everything. Town actually played very well in the second period, but it took that to even give us a sniff.


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