Next Three Games

Will really tell us where we are. Two tough but winnable home games followed by a very difficult looking trip to Salford. Five or more points will push our credentials even more in the right direction. Personally think Hurst will play his normal 1st choice squad on Saturday with some changes for those while impressed last night, in against Carlisle. As for which games we get points in, I’ve genuinely got no clue but I’m gonna enjoy the ride.

Was just thinking if we could end the month unbeaten we will be in a very good place after 10 games - its certainly possible with Swindon at home Sat and Carlisle on Tuesday - I'd take a draw and our first home win out of one of them two games

October another huge month with four tough away days

I was looking through the fixture list last night and it occurred to me that the next six Saturday / bank holiday away games all look really tasty from an away day perspective.

Being based in Leeds, Salford and Stockport are practically round the corner whilst my wife’s family live in North Yorkshire so it’s a relatively hassle free option to drop her and the kids off there and jump on a 20 odd minute train to Hartlepool from there. Whilst not an obvious one, there are some surprisingly decent boozers in Hartlepool by the ground.

After that is a trip to Wimbledon. Always love a London away game plus there’s the added bonus of it being a new ground next to their old gaff on Plough Lane.

Then it’s Mansfield, another relatively easy one to get to and one I’ve always tended to do in recent years. That takes us all the way up to Boxing Day and my closest trip of the season to Harrogate, assuming I can get a ticket.

With home games interspersed that works out as the next fourteen Saturdays / bank holidays where I’d really like to be at the match. It’s not until Crawley on the 7th Jan where I see a non-midweek fixture that I’m not that fussed about and even that has the potential to be an FA Cup 3rd round cup game.

I’ve no idea how I’m gonna square this with the missus. Anyone know a good divorce lawyer?

The worry with Wimbledon is it could clash with England's second round World Cup game, which I'm guessing would mean a (late) postponement?

Quoted from Abdul19

The worry with Wimbledon is it could clash with England's second round World Cup game, which I'm guessing would mean a (late) postponement?

Christ, I’d not even thought of the World Cup. I’m seriously going to end up with my worldly possessions in a black bin liner again.

Quoted from Abdul19

The worry with Wimbledon is it could clash with England's second round World Cup game, which I'm guessing would mean a (late) postponement?

Maybe, the England game will kick off at 5.00 or 7.00 in which case we might get the game moved to 12.30 or a 1.00 KO?

Quoted from Mariner_09

Maybe, the England game will kick off at 5.00 or 7.00 in which case we might get the game moved to 12.30 or a 1.00 KO?

If we finish second in the group it will be 3pm UK time on the Saturday which would clash with Wimbledon.

In a group comprising of Iran, USA and Wales we should be topping the group however, so it should in theory be a non-issue. Never that straightforward with England of course.

Quoted from Theimperialcoroner

Will really tell us where we are. Two tough but winnable home games followed by a very difficult looking trip to Salford. Five or more points will push our credentials even more in the right direction. Personally think Hurst will play his normal 1st choice squad on Saturday with some changes for those while impressed last night against Carlisle. As for which games we get points in, I’ve genuinely got no clue but I’m gonna enjoy the ride.

The game I was at last night was against Mansfield, but like you said thet were some good performances.

Quoted from Poojah

If we finish second in the group it will be 3pm UK time on the Saturday which would clash with Wimbledon.

In a group comprising of Iran, USA and Wales we should be topping the group however, so it should in theory be a non-issue. Never that straightforward with England of course.

Wonder if they just call the Wimbledon game off altogether then and it gets dumped on a freezing Tuesday night in February

Quoted from Mariner_09

Wonder if they just call the Wimbledon game off altogether then and it gets dumped on a freezing Tuesday night in February

I imagine they’ll wait and see. England’s last group game is on the Tuesday before and it’s possible (if unlikely) our fate could be determined one way or another before then.

Enough time to postpone fixtures without causing any financial harm to clubs I’d have thought.