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crusty ole pie
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Just done the football league calculator unfortunately my guesses did not show but this is what I got the final positions to be

Salford 55points
Tranmere 54
Town 46 points
Colchester 42 points
Doncaster 42 points
Forest green 28
Sutton 28 points

IF ONLY CARLSBERG DID THE RUN INS


TBA     Colchester     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
17/02     Bradford     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
17/02     Colchester     Accrington Stanley     Home Draw Away
17/02     Crawley Town     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
17/02     Grimsby     Doncaster     Home Draw Away
17/02     Salford     Barrow     Home Draw Away
24/02     Doncaster     AFC Wimbledon     Home Draw Away
24/02     Forest Green     Tranmere     Home Draw Away
24/02     Mansfield     Salford     Home Draw Away
24/02     Morecambe     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
24/02     Sutton Utd     Colchester     Home Draw Away
27/02     Forest Green     Wrexham     Home Draw Away
27/02     Notts County     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
27/02     Salford     Colchester     Home Draw Away
02/03     Colchester     Stockport     Home Draw Away
02/03     Grimsby     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
02/03     Salford     Gillingham     Home Draw Away
02/03     Tranmere     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
02/03     Walsall     Doncaster     Home Draw Away
05/03     AFC Wimbledon     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
09/03     Barrow     Colchester     Home Draw Away
09/03     Doncaster     Crewe     Home Draw Away
09/03     Forest Green     Walsall     Home Draw Away
09/03     MK Dons     Salford     Home Draw Away
09/03     Sutton Utd     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
12/03     Bradford     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
12/03     Colchester     Doncaster     Home Draw Away
12/03     Crewe     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
12/03     Grimsby     MK Dons     Home Draw Away
12/03     Salford     Stockport     Home Draw Away
16/03     Colchester     Walsall     Home Draw Away
16/03     Forest Green     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
16/03     Gillingham     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
16/03     Salford     Morecambe     Home Draw Away
16/03     Swindon     Doncaster     Home Draw Away
23/03     Doncaster     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
23/03     Grimsby     Wrexham     Home Draw Away
23/03     Mansfield     Colchester     Home Draw Away
23/03     Notts County     Salford     Home Draw Away
23/03     Sutton Utd     Accrington Stanley     Home Draw Away
29/03     Barrow     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
29/03     Colchester     Newport County     Home Draw Away
29/03     Crawley Town     Doncaster     Home Draw Away
29/03     Forest Green     Stockport     Home Draw Away
29/03     Salford     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
01/04     Grimsby     Bradford     Home Draw Away
01/04     Crewe     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
01/04     Sutton Utd     Swindon     Home Draw Away
01/04     Tranmere     Colchester     Home Draw Away
01/04     Walsall     Salford     Home Draw Away
02/04     Doncaster     Wrexham     Home Draw Away
06/04     AFC Wimbledon     Salford     Home Draw Away
06/04     Colchester     Wrexham     Home Draw Away
06/04     Forest Green     MK Dons     Home Draw Away
06/04     Grimsby     Newport County     Home Draw Away
06/04     Morecambe     Doncaster     Home Draw Away
06/04     Sutton Utd     Stockport     Home Draw Away
09/04     Doncaster     Walsall     Home Draw Away
09/04     Harrogate Town     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
09/04     Mansfield     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
13/04     Crawley Town     Colchester     Home Draw Away
13/04     Crewe     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
13/04     Doncaster     Accrington Stanley     Home Draw Away
13/04     Harrogate Town     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
13/04     Salford     Bradford     Home Draw Away
13/04     Wrexham     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
20/04     Doncaster     Barrow     Home Draw Away
20/04     Grimsby     Swindon     Home Draw Away
20/04     Morecambe     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
20/04     Newport County     Salford     Home Draw Away
20/04     Notts County     Colchester     Home Draw Away
20/04     Sutton Utd     Crawley Town     Home Draw Away
27/04     Colchester     Crewe     Home Draw Away
27/04     Crawley Town     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
27/04     Forest Green     Notts County     Home Draw Away
27/04     Gillingham     Doncaster     Home Draw Away
27/04     MK Dons     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
27/04     Salford     Harrogate Town     Home Draw Away
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Of the top 7 at the moment I think I am correct we only have Crewe away Wrexham home barrow away my dons at home which gives quite the easiest run in most of the other have still got Stockport and Wrexham to play
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Quoted from crusty ole pie

Just done the football league calculator unfortunately my guesses did not show but this is what I got the final positions to be

Salford 55points
Tranmere 54
Town 46 points
Colchester 42 points
Doncaster 42 points
Forest green 28
Sutton 28 points

IF ONLY CARLSBERG DID THE RUN INS


TBA     Colchester     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
17/02     Bradford     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
17/02     Colchester     Accrington Stanley     Home Draw Away
17/02     Crawley Town     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
17/02     Grimsby     Doncaster     Home Draw Away
17/02     Salford     Barrow     Home Draw Away
24/02     Doncaster     AFC Wimbledon     Home Draw Away
24/02     Forest Green     Tranmere     Home Draw Away
24/02     Mansfield     Salford     Home Draw Away
24/02     Morecambe     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
24/02     Sutton Utd     Colchester     Home Draw Away
27/02     Forest Green     Wrexham     Home Draw Away
27/02     Notts County     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
27/02     Salford     Colchester     Home Draw Away
02/03     Colchester     Stockport     Home Draw Away
02/03     Grimsby     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
02/03     Salford     Gillingham     Home Draw Away
02/03     Tranmere     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
02/03     Walsall     Doncaster     Home Draw Away
05/03     AFC Wimbledon     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
09/03     Barrow     Colchester     Home Draw Away
09/03     Doncaster     Crewe     Home Draw Away
09/03     Forest Green     Walsall     Home Draw Away
09/03     MK Dons     Salford     Home Draw Away
09/03     Sutton Utd     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
12/03     Bradford     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
12/03     Colchester     Doncaster     Home Draw Away
12/03     Crewe     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
12/03     Grimsby     MK Dons     Home Draw Away
12/03     Salford     Stockport     Home Draw Away
16/03     Colchester     Walsall     Home Draw Away
16/03     Forest Green     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
16/03     Gillingham     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
16/03     Salford     Morecambe     Home Draw Away
16/03     Swindon     Doncaster     Home Draw Away
23/03     Doncaster     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
23/03     Grimsby     Wrexham     Home Draw Away
23/03     Mansfield     Colchester     Home Draw Away
23/03     Notts County     Salford     Home Draw Away
23/03     Sutton Utd     Accrington Stanley     Home Draw Away
29/03     Barrow     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
29/03     Colchester     Newport County     Home Draw Away
29/03     Crawley Town     Doncaster     Home Draw Away
29/03     Forest Green     Stockport     Home Draw Away
29/03     Salford     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
01/04     Grimsby     Bradford     Home Draw Away
01/04     Crewe     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
01/04     Sutton Utd     Swindon     Home Draw Away
01/04     Tranmere     Colchester     Home Draw Away
01/04     Walsall     Salford     Home Draw Away
02/04     Doncaster     Wrexham     Home Draw Away
06/04     AFC Wimbledon     Salford     Home Draw Away
06/04     Colchester     Wrexham     Home Draw Away
06/04     Forest Green     MK Dons     Home Draw Away
06/04     Grimsby     Newport County     Home Draw Away
06/04     Morecambe     Doncaster     Home Draw Away
06/04     Sutton Utd     Stockport     Home Draw Away
09/04     Doncaster     Walsall     Home Draw Away
09/04     Harrogate Town     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
09/04     Mansfield     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
13/04     Crawley Town     Colchester     Home Draw Away
13/04     Crewe     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
13/04     Doncaster     Accrington Stanley     Home Draw Away
13/04     Harrogate Town     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
13/04     Salford     Bradford     Home Draw Away
13/04     Wrexham     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
20/04     Doncaster     Barrow     Home Draw Away
20/04     Grimsby     Swindon     Home Draw Away
20/04     Morecambe     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
20/04     Newport County     Salford     Home Draw Away
20/04     Notts County     Colchester     Home Draw Away
20/04     Sutton Utd     Crawley Town     Home Draw Away
27/04     Colchester     Crewe     Home Draw Away
27/04     Crawley Town     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
27/04     Forest Green     Notts County     Home Draw Away
27/04     Gillingham     Doncaster     Home Draw Away
27/04     MK Dons     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
27/04     Salford     Harrogate Town     Home Draw Away


You could edit the post and make your predictions bold (as I did in your opening sentence) or a different colour.

Your reward for this dedication will probably be lots of posts disagreeing with your guesses, though.  
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End of the season is when the silly results start again. We could play teams who are already on the beach, scrappers at the bottom could really rattle higher up clubs.
I’d never bet on footy before October or after March.


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Quoted from 137


You could edit the post and make your predictions bold (as I did in your opening sentence) or a different colour.

Your reward for this dedication will probably be lots of posts disagreeing with your guesses, though.  


Laugh out loud of course everyone will disagree with me, I didn’t save my choices so probably would never get the same outcome
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I put us to beat Sutton and FGR and lose everything else and we still stayed up!

https://www.thefishy.co.uk/calculator0.php?competition=4

Embarrassing staying up with 35 points but I will take it



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Taking the mathematical viewpoint:

Sutton are currently averaging 0.69 points per game.
Over 46 games it takes them to 31 points  

FGR averaging 0.74 points per game.
Over 46 games it takes them to 34 points

In contrast,
GTFC averaging 0.96 points per game.
Over a 46 game season, it takes us to 44 points.

Now, as the Theimperialcoroner said - we are approaching silly season. So, those figures will fluctuate quite randomly. .

However, I would bank on 40 points being plenty this season. My gut feeling is that Sutton are already finished too.



Sleep well Icey, Matty and Richard. Keep each other company up there xx

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Quoted from bradzmilne
Taking the mathematical viewpoint:

Sutton are currently averaging 0.69 points per game.
Over 46 games it takes them to 31 points  

FGR averaging 0.74 points per game.
Over 46 games it takes them to 34 points

In contrast,
GTFC averaging 0.96 points per game.
Over a 46 game season, it takes us to 44 points.

Now, as the Theimperialcoroner said - we are approaching silly season. So, those figures will fluctuate quite randomly. .

However, I would bank on 40 points being plenty this season. My gut feeling is that Sutton are already finished too.


Suttons run in can’t see many points there

17/02     Bradford     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
24/02     Sutton Utd     Colchester     Home Draw Away
27/02     Notts County     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
02/03     Tranmere     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
09/03     Sutton Utd     Grimsby     Home Draw Away
12/03     Crewe     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
16/03     Forest Green     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
23/03     Sutton Utd     Accrington Stanley     Home Draw Away
29/03     Salford     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
01/04     Sutton Utd     Swindon     Home Draw Away
06/04     Sutton Utd     Stockport     Home Draw Away
13/04     Harrogate Town     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
20/04     Sutton Utd     Crawley Town     Home Draw Away
27/04     MK Dons     Sutton Utd
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Veggies run looks tough


02     Crawley Town     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
24/02     Forest Green     Tranmere     Home Draw Away
27/02     Forest Green     Wrexham     Home Draw Away
02/03     Grimsby     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
09/03     Forest Green     Walsall     Home Draw Away
12/03     Bradford     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
16/03     Forest Green     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
23/03     Doncaster     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
29/03     Forest Green     Stockport     Home Draw Away
01/04     Crewe     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
06/04     Forest Green     MK Dons     Home Draw Away
09/04     Mansfield     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
13/04     Wrexham     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
20/04     Morecambe     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
27/04     Forest Green     Notts County
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Quoted from bradzmilne
Taking the mathematical viewpoint:

Sutton are currently averaging 0.69 points per game.
Over 46 games it takes them to 31 points  

FGR averaging 0.74 points per game.
Over 46 games it takes them to 34 points

In contrast,
GTFC averaging 0.96 points per game.
Over a 46 game season, it takes us
Now, as the Theimperialcoroner said - we are approaching silly season. So, those figures will fluctuate quite randomly. .

However, I would bank on 40 points being plenty this season. My gut feeling is that Sutton are already finished too.



We've won 1 league game (against an incredibly abysmal Salford) in over 2 months and are bottom of the form table.
Add into it the lack of pragmatism and  'we are too good to go down" philosophy  that seems to permeate from the top and I fear we are sleepwalking to a THIRD relegation into the non league abyss

Ps i am not anti Artell  n would love it to work out, buy I fear the worst

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We've won 1 league game (against an incredibly abysmal Salford) in over 2 months and are bottom of the form table.
Add into it the lack of pragmatism and  'we are too good to go down" philosophy  that seems to permeate from the top and I fear we are sleepwalking to a THIRD relegation into the non league abyss

Ps i am not anti Artell  n would love it to work out, buy I fear the worst



At this stage, it doesn’t matter how we get over the line… As long as we do!

A third relegation to non-league abyss, would be catastrophic & cement our status as a lower end of league 2/top end of national league club.

If we do stay up, a serious investigation has to take place. This season simply hasn’t been good enough & we will see that with an inevitable drop of season ticket sales.

I’m as upset/angry/frustrated as anyone that we’re in this position. However, now has to be the time to pull together.


Sleep well Icey, Matty and Richard. Keep each other company up there xx

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I put us to beat Sutton and FGR and lose everything else and we still stayed up!

https://www.thefishy.co.uk/calculator0.php?competition=4

Embarrassing staying up with 35 points but I will take it


That ain’t happening. I’d say FGR have got a good 5 or 6 wins in them. We need to win games.

I honestly think we’re down, and it’s ruining my mood completely. God, I hope I’m wrong.
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It's no good relying on what other clubs do, we have the opportunity ourselves to make sure we avoid the drop. It's up to Artell to ensure ' We're too good to go down'.


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My plan would be forget playing out from the back now..

Let's get us enough points to stay up.

Then in the summer break bring in players who like that system.

After 6 weeks playing it every day pre season we will know what we are doing come the start of the season.

Come on Dave you know it makes sense.


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That ain’t happening. I’d say FGR have got a good 5 or 6 wins in them. We need to win games.

I honestly think we’re down, and it’s ruining my mood completely. God, I hope I’m wrong.


Pile into the 8/1 if you genuinely believe it. It might slightly soften the blow.


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We mustn’t lose to FGR


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Quoted from chaos33
We mustn’t lose to FGR


Or Doncaster or Sutton or Colchester I would take 8 points from those games 2 home wins 2 away draws
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Pile into the 8/1 if you genuinely believe it. It might slightly soften the blow.


Someone posted it was 25/1 only a couple of weeks ago.

I’m not a betting man, and I’d take no solace from winning such a bet, if I’m honest.
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8 points?! I’d snatch your hand off. Good luck to you. I can’t see where the next win is coming from.


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Quoted from crusty ole pie
Of the top 7 at the moment I think I am correct we only have Crewe away Wrexham home barrow away my dons at home which gives quite the easiest run in most of the other have still got Stockport and Wrexham to play


All 4 of the other main relegation contenders still to play. Those are the critical ones.
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Quoted from chaos33
We mustn’t lose to FGR


Despite us having the game in hand, Forest Green have 3 games to our 2 between now and our fixture with them at BP. We’ve got:

Donny (h)
Morecambe (a)

FGR have got:

Crawley (a)
Tranmere (h)
Wrexham (h)

There is a reasonable possibility that the veggies come to Cleethorpes with the possibility of going above us with a win. Slightly more outlandish, but they could already be ahead of us. Either prospect makes me feel a bit sick.

I don’t think it’s quite dawned on some just how much their win last night changes the complexion of things down at the bottom.


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We've won 1 league game (against an incredibly abysmal Salford) in over 2 months and are bottom of the form table.
Add into it the lack of pragmatism and  'we are too good to go down" philosophy  that seems to permeate from the top and I fear we are sleepwalking to a THIRD relegation into the non league abyss

Ps i am not anti Artell  n would love it to work out, buy I fear the worst



According to the form table on the Fishy, we're not bottom over the last 6 or 10 games even being as poor as we are

https://thefishy.co.uk/formtable.php?table=4

The Google form table has us 4th from bottom over the last 5 games

Which form table has us bottom, as its always good to see the full picture?



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Despite us having the game in hand, Forest Green have 3 games to our 2 between now and our fixture with them at BP. We’ve got:

Donny (h)
Morecambe (a)

FGR have got:

Crawley (a)
Tranmere (h)
Wrexham (h)

There is a reasonable possibility that the veggies come to Cleethorpes with the possibility of going above us with a win. Slightly more outlandish, but they could already be ahead of us. Either prospect makes me feel a bit sick.

I don’t think it’s quite dawned on some just how much their win last night changes the complexion of things down at the bottom.


Saturday is absolutely massive for both clubs. Donny were tanking as badly as us with a couple of thrashings, but have improved with a win and two draws. But a defeat for them and a win for FGR drags them into it, with a draw in our game in hand then taking us above them on GD. Never mind the FGR game, the thought of defeat on Saturday brings on nausea with me
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Quoted from mike_d


According to the form table on the Fishy, we're not bottom over the last 6 or 10 games even being as poor as we are

https://thefishy.co.uk/formtable.php?table=4

The Google form table has us 4th from bottom over the last 5 games

Which form table has us bottom, as its always good to see the full picture?


We won 6 games ago and 10 games ago

https://www.thefishy.co.uk/team.php?team=Grimsby

so just to even maintain our positions in both these tables we need to win again (it's like tennis rankings when last year's tournament is replaced by this year's)

If we beat Donny, Sutton and Forest Green that could well be enough though even if we lose everything else!


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I did the predictor for the rest of the Lg 2 fixtures and it looked like

22nd - Town - 46 pts
23rd - FGR - 42 pts
24th - Sutton - 36 pts

Far too close for comfort, but the again I'm rubbish at predictions.

Interestingly at the other end Mansfield as champions, Stockport & Wrexham automatic and play offs Crewe, Harrogate, AFC Wimbledon and I don't know where this came from Morecombe.

Looks like a bumpy ride.


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Veggies run looks tough


02     Crawley Town     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
24/02     Forest Green     Tranmere     Home Draw Away
27/02     Forest Green     Wrexham     Home Draw Away
02/03     Grimsby     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
09/03     Forest Green     Walsall     Home Draw Away
12/03     Bradford     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
16/03     Forest Green     Sutton Utd     Home Draw Away
23/03     Doncaster     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
29/03     Forest Green     Stockport     Home Draw Away
01/04     Crewe     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
06/04     Forest Green     MK Dons     Home Draw Away
09/04     Mansfield     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
13/04     Wrexham     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
20/04     Morecambe     Forest Green     Home Draw Away
27/04     Forest Green     Notts County


Their runin may look tough but they completely out played Barrow Tuesday night..

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When we were down in the conference how many people on here were shouting about it only being fare for there to be 3 promotion places, now we’re in league 2 how many think 2 is ample.
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Quoted from Gaffer58
When we were down in the conference how many people on here were shouting about it only being fare for there to be 3 promotion places, now we’re in league 2 how many think 2 is ample.


Not me - I think 2 is more than enough!
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Their runin may look tough but they completely out played Barrow Tuesday night..



I have a gut feeling that we’ll need to pick up one more point than Colchester in order to stay up.


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Saturday is absolutely massive for both clubs. Donny were tanking as badly as us with a couple of thrashings, but have improved with a win and two draws. But a defeat for them and a win for FGR drags them into it, with a draw in our game in hand then taking us above them on GD. Never mind the FGR game, the thought of defeat on Saturday brings on nausea with me


I've seen Donny seven times in all competitions this season and they've won five including beating us. The only other poor game was when they were at home to Bradford. The other defeat was at home to Everton and rather unlucky. I do think they have more in the tank than us but hope we get the better of them on Saturday. Big big game.
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I have a gut feeling that we’ll need to pick up one more point than Colchester in order to stay up.


If that's the task then I think we will fall short tbh. Artell thinks we're both safe so obviously expecting FGR to continue being utter excrement, it's a massive gamble.
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When we were down in the conference how many people on here were shouting about it only being fare for there to be 3 promotion places, now we’re in league 2 how many think 2 is ample.


Should be 3 up 3 down, no reason on earth it should be any different. Upside would be relegation not so terrible.


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I've seen Donny seven times in all competitions this season and they've won five including beating us.


With that kind of record, steer clear of BP on Saturday!!  
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If that's the task then I think we will fall short tbh. Artell thinks we're both safe so obviously expecting FGR to continue being utter excrement, it's a massive gamble.


This is my big concern. Steve Cotterill has almost 900 games on his CV, 4 promotions, 0 relegations and a win ratio of 40%, which is some going over so many games. It’s hard not to feel that they are in good hands.

Alright, even Big Sam got relegated eventually, but do I think they have a manager and squad capable of outstripping us by 7 points between now and the end of April? When you consider the chances of us completely shítting the bed when they come to BP, I absolutely do.


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I personally feel that relegation is likely. We need several more wins and I just don’t see where the next one is coming from. I also don’t think the players buy in to the manager.


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I personally feel that relegation is likely. We need several more wins and I just don’t see where the next one is coming from. I also don’t think the players buy in to the manager.


I think there’s a scenario, and a quite likely one at that, where we find ourselves teetering right on the brink of, or even in, the bottom 2, by early March. What’s more concerning than that, is that I really don’t think we are psychologically prepared for the shock that will bring with it.

If we’re not careful, the transition from relatively safe to properly up shít creek could be frighteningly swift.


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I think there’s a scenario, and a quite likely one at that, where we find ourselves teetering right on the brink of, or even in, the bottom 2, by early March. What’s more concerning than that, is that I really don’t think we are psychologically prepared for the shock that will bring with it.

If we’re not careful, the transition from relatively safe to properly up shít creek could be frighteningly swift.


It depends on your perspective. I think we're up shitcreek now - I don't see anything that's going to keep us up because our defence is garbage and our midfield isn't nuch better.
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It depends on your perspective. I think we're up shitcreek now - I don't see anything that's going to keep us up because our defence is garbage and our midfield isn't nuch better.


My take is that if we find ourselves in the bottom 2 at any point, we won’t get out of it. Per my assessment above, I was defining “shít creek” as finding ourselves in that very position.

A win on Saturday is absolutely paramount.


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My take is that if we find ourselves in the bottom 2 at any point, we won’t get out of it. Per my assessment above, I was defining “shít creek” as finding ourselves in that very position.

A win on Saturday is absolutely paramount.


Essentially, we have the play-offs with 3 games, Donny, FGR, Col U; win all 3 and we will almost certainly be safe. We once had a manager who was rather good with play-offs and cup games even though he wasn’t always the best for run-of-the-mill league games…
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Essentially, we have the play-offs with 3 games, Donny, FGR, Col U; win all 3 and we will almost certainly be safe. We once had a manager who was rather good with play-offs and cup games even though he wasn’t always the best for run-of-the-mill league games…


There is no way on earth we’re winning all three of those games with our current form, not a chance.
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We will certainly have a better idea of our chances after Saturday.  With almost a full squad to choose from, at home against fellow strugglers, there really will be no excuses and nowhere to hide if we don't win.  
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Stop worrying guys, Dave said we won’t get relegated remember?


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Dave’s hardly going to say we are going down is he
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Just did the predictometer and had us finishing 5th.
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Quoted from RonMariner
We will certainly have a better idea of our chances after Saturday.  With almost a full squad to choose from, at home against fellow strugglers, there really will be no excuses and nowhere to hide if we don't win.  


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Just did the predictometer and had us finishing 5th.


With Sutton promoted as champions .?

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