Match Thread Wrexham H

At least we won the second half.

Again, another match where the opponents ran faster, were far more accurate with passing, and harrassed our players for 90 minutes, forcing mistakes.

Mullin should have been booked for his "face" injury !!!

Sadly, 2nd best until Arthur came on to give them a bit back - deserved his goal and praise to Harry for a solid game today.

At least Mullins didn't get a penno and Palmer didn't score, so not that bad.

They proved why they are up there, and we're not !

Unimpressed with Wrexham who have some good players but are pretty basic in their style of play. Unfortunately, we let them score with their first shot and didn't play at all well for much of the game, but I still think the scoreline actually flattered them a little!

Obikwu just not experienced enough to get anywhere against their defenders, Wilson too quiet other than that one snapshot and having Pyke as a replacement on the bench is almost a waste of a substitution. It would have been a game made for Rose whose nouse would have won us In lot of possession and free-kicks.

I think we'll need to keep battling it out for the points for the rest of the season because our lack of pace and the poor standard of our general passing can't be improved with the current squad. Big rebuild required in the summer, though hopefully still as a League club.

Quoted from RonMariner

We still have a six point cushion, but have a tough game next week. However it sounds like FGR were very poor today so hard to see them getting many points from their next five fixtures.

We had all assumed that Sutton were dead, but they have won their last two so maybe we need to keep an eye on them now.

Agree with this - after today, Sutton have emerged as the main threat. Given they’ve only got 6 games left, you would hope a couple more wins from ourselves would be enough. Sutton would need promotion form over those remaining games to overturn that.

Quoted from hampshiremariner

I was hoping for a point. It’s a strange league this. Watched Mansfield V Colchester and thought the home side were poor, given where they are in the table. We need 11 more points to be safe.

11 points?
Not sure about that.

I think maybe 47 points could be enough. 8 points from 8 games. 6 pointer with Colchester could be massive.

Quoted from chaos33

I think maybe 47 points could be enough. 8 points from 8 games. 6 pointer with Colchester could be massive.

You think either FGR or Sutton are going to average about
2 points per game for the rest of the season? They're not even close to 1 so far.

42 will be enough, I'd not be surprised if we lost every game now and still stay up.

Quoted from pen penfras

You think either FGR or Sutton are going to average about
2 points per game for the rest of the season? They're not even close to 1 so far.

42 will be enough, I'd not be surprised if we lost every game now and still stay up.

I admire your optimism. I’m not so sure that what you’re averaging in points per game over a season is as relevant as how many you’re acquiring in the current form period , but as I say, the picture will go game by game. If we lose the next two, and at least one of FGR, Sutton or Colchester pick up 4/6 points, then  I’m not sure there’s going to be much solace in your season PPG faith. Every passing round of fixtures brings an effective ‘net result’ that’s bigger than what we do. Yesterday wasn’t terrible in that regard -  one win, one draw and one defeat amongst our rivals, and nobody breathing down our neck. Yet.
Each fixture now has the power to shift the picture and mindsets quite markedly.

Friday - you’d expect Stockport to beat FGR surely, and maybe Salford to beat Sutton. Colchester will see Newport as a juicy win opportunity.

Quoted from chaos33

I admire your optimism. I’m not so sure that what you’re averaging in points per game over a season is as relevant as how many you’re acquiring in the current form period , but as I say, the picture will go game by game. If we lose the next two, and at least one of FGR, Sutton or Colchester pick up 4/6 points, then  I’m not sure there’s going to be much solace in your season PPG faith. Every passing round of fixtures brings an effective ‘net result’ that’s bigger than what we do. Yesterday wasn’t terrible in that regard -  one win, one draw and one defeat amongst our rivals, and nobody breathing down our neck. Yet.
Each fixture now has the power to shift the picture and mindsets quite markedly.

Friday - you’d expect Stockport to beat FGR surely, and maybe Salford to beat Sutton. Colchester will see Newport as a juicy win opportunity.

In our hands which is the main thing and I think 5 points from our 3 home games and a draw in at least one of our away fixtures should see us safe but, we have to get those points and I agree lose the next two and it’s panic stations again.

If you look at fgr and suttons run ins .Apply points generously I would say 6 for Sutton and 8 for FGR .All we would need is 1 win .I know sometimes a team fighting for their lives achieve the odd fantastic result but not 3 or 4 in 8 games