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Post by davidm on Apr 17, 2021 15:52:41 GMT
Getting very tight now.
Matches left are:-
Cambridge 74
Cheltenham 72
BWFC 70
Morecambe 69
Tue - 20th April
BWFC v Carlisle
Stevenage v Cheltenham
Leyton Orient v Cambridge
Grimsby v Morecambe
Sat - 24th April
Morecambe v BWFC
Cheltenham v Colchester
Cambridge v Steveage
Tue - 27th April
Cheltenham v Carlisle
Sat - 1st May
BWFC v Exeter
Newport v Cheltenham
Harrogate v Cambridge
Walsall v Morecambe
Sat - 8th May
Crawley v BWFC
Cheltenham v Harrogate
Cambridge v Grimsby
Morecambe v Bradford
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Post by riochforthereebok on Apr 17, 2021 18:49:28 GMT
And after today’s completely inept performance I’d say we have the toughest run in as we don’t score goals and goals win games
Can’t see Grimsby doing Morecambe, they seem to have goal scorers all over the place
Keeping hold of that third spot will be nigh on impossible for the Trotters as I’ve stated above, we just don’t score enough goals and watching Baptiste and Santos at times, you don’t know what you’re going to get from them one week immense, another poor, like today
I predict the Play Offs unfortunately as I think we’ve been punching above our weight in the luck stages and there better more attack minded teams than us that want this promotion as clearly, today’s players on display didn’t fancy it😡😡😡
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Post by OohMac on Apr 25, 2021 17:44:01 GMT
Getting very tight now. Matches left are:- Cambridge 74 Cheltenham 72 BWFC 70 Morecambe 69 Tue - 20th April BWFC v Carlisle
Stevenage v Cheltenham
Leyton Orient v Cambridge
Grimsby v Morecambe
Sat - 24th April Morecambe v BWFC
Cheltenham v Colchester
Cambridge v Steveage
Tue - 27th April Cheltenham v Carlisle
Sat - 1st May BWFC v Exeter
Newport v Cheltenham
Harrogate v Cambridge
Walsall v Morecambe
Sat - 8th May Crawley v BWFC
Cheltenham v Harrogate
Cambridge v Grimsby
Morecambe v Bradford
Hope Tranmere dont come to bite us after this omission. Not sure if it has been rescheduled but Cambridge now on Friday night. Assume someone pencilled that in as Trophy presentation night. The games on Tuesday will tell us a.) Is the championship race still on and b.) Will the Exeter team we play on Saturday be out of the out of the picture or a team battling for the points? Goal difference is not our friend, hasnt been all season really, we cannot go up on goal difference. So has to be points. Two draws not enough, need 1 win. I dont think this is over by a long way but we have two chances. A draw would stop a More/tranmere from getting 4 points and getting past us on GD but that would be a very nervous away game against a team who already beat us and not when we were in our worst form. If I was Adams or Keith Hill id be thinking Exeter and Crawley very easy could take points in those, they can go with relatively no pressure and get two wins and sneak through. Just hope Morecambe have been dented by the result plus the injuries and suspension picked up and fall apart and Tranmere go back to thier poor form. |
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Post by andyl on Apr 25, 2021 18:23:58 GMT
I wouldn't be surprised if we lose to Exeter and go up via other teams' losses.
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Post by whiteofthesouth on Apr 25, 2021 19:51:01 GMT
Why so gloomy?
We just won the most difficult match of our run in - a genuine six-pointer. I know some may say that we only won because Morecambe had a man sent off, but that’s the way they play; close to the edge, and this time they paid for it. Actually they should have had a second sent off for the forearm smash on MJW in the 87th minute.
With regard to the Exeter game, we top the home form table for the last six matches and Exeter are 21st in the away form table for their last six.
If there’s any one game in the whole season where the team will be really up for it then surely, with the prospect of a home win meaning automatic promotion, this must be it.
Also, we have Sarcevic back and looking like he’s firing on all cylinders and the loss of Declan John didn’t work out too badly with Jackson not only scoring, but having two other very decent efforts on goal.
Lastly, while there won’t be a crowd in the ground, I predict a significant presence outside giving the lads a boost.
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Post by OohMac on Apr 25, 2021 20:14:26 GMT
I'm not that gloomy but having the goal difference has left us fairly vulnerable for teams with nothing to lose.
Flip it and say if Cambridge and Cheltenham fail to win midweek fixtures then i'd hope that we could go for top spot.
Pretty clear since January we are by far the strongest team in this league. We're probably on 75-85% win rate since Jan so should be able to get another one.
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Post by whitesince63 on Apr 25, 2021 22:02:32 GMT
I’m not gloomy either, just concerned at our seeming inability to capitalise on our good play. I don’t go into any game thinking we won’t win but strangely at the same time, I can never be certain which Wanderers will turn up, the quick pass and move one or the slowly slowly keep possession one, which seems to put us in danger. If we’re absolutely honest, although we got the results against Carlisle and Morecambe, it wasn’t without a huge amount of luck near the end of both games. It doesn’t exactly fill you full of confidence that the Exeter game won’t be the same. You’d like to believe that one of these days the passes into the box will find a man and that man will stick the ball in the net and not miss and we will finally win a game comfortably. It hasn’t happened yet and maybe it won’t but having only lost 2 from the last 20, even if it is another squeaky bum 1-0, you have to feel confident that we’ll get over the line. Anything can happen at this stage of the season, so whilst we’ve got the points on the board, Tranny and Shrimps have to win them and that adds even more pressure, so whatever happens, I’d rather be in our position than theirs and if we do throw it away from here, then we don’t deserve it anyway. I really don’t think we will.
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Post by andyl on Apr 26, 2021 10:54:20 GMT
I think that I , in addition to rftr, made an observation along the lines of 'thank goodness Jackson has not yet learned not to shoot.' It was painful at times watching us avoid shooting. Thomason was a regular culprit but even Sarcevic. As for Delfouneso's actual attempt at a shot...well. It's a pity that Doyle doesn't shoot as such because if he would stay put he'd get a lot of opportunities. So too should Dapo..
I think we will be ok and that we may very well already be, but I don't want to tempt fate. Exeter have had some good results and recently potted four in no time against one of the top two and there is no scope for complacency.
Dapo worries me, as does IE's attempts to big him up. Yes , he's quick off the mark and yes he has potential at this level but does he have to always run into trouble and does he have to let us all down by his constant diving and theatrics as he attempts to get men into trouble ( didn't this used to be thought of as cheating- a commonplace in some teams of course but not so far as I can recall have we ever had serious issues of this kind at BWFC- fans tend not to tolerate it yet this year we've had Dapo and Maddison doing all the rolling about and agonised histrionics.) Personally I detest it. Many of you will. and I don't want to see it at BWFC. We have hardly ever had it ( maybe a bit from Diouf and some Jussi hissy fits) but generally nothing like we see form Dapo several times a game.
On Saturday it meant that he had to be withdrawn. The jury's out on whether it made nay difference. he certainly has a spark that makes us better. But withdrawn he couldn't and it was so unnecessary. If I'd been the opponent I would have been very very cross--- at the exaggeration of something so minor even if technically a red card offence.
At least those years ago when Andy Todd was sent off by Paul Durkin at the Reebok he had actually landed one on Stan Collymore good and proper. I wouldn't call for this but if someone else has to be despatched for prostrating Dapo I hope he makes a better job of it and that Dapo in turns grows up accordingly because right now he's an embarrassment.
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Post by thegrud1 on Apr 26, 2021 11:13:27 GMT
**** If I'd been the opponent I would have been very very cross--- at the exaggeration of something so minor even if technically a red card offence.*** since when has deliberatley kicking an opponent NOT been a sending off offence??
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Post by andyl on Apr 26, 2021 15:36:02 GMT
It's not so much the technicality or the dismissal - we are all agreed he deserved it. But it's the rolling around in exaggerated agony and the flagrant attempt to draw attention that I don't care for and indeed for the repeated dives.
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Post by riochforthereebok on Apr 26, 2021 15:56:34 GMT
It's not so much the technicality or the dismissal - we are all agreed he deserved it. But it's the rolling around in exaggerated agony and the flagrant attempt to draw attention that I don't care for and indeed for the repeated dives. I would question if he’d have done all the theatrics if the tackle had taken place on the far right hand corner flag, away from the dug-outs (if you catch my drift) It was right in front of the managers and 4th officials, still a red though as you can clearly see him kick him in the shin |
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Post by kenglowhite on Apr 26, 2021 19:35:20 GMT
The Corinthian approach is fine until you realise how much stick Afalayon has been taking over the last few matches, and he was enduring it again on Saturday. It was time a referee took action to protect him. I have been suggesting Afalayon should not be played wide left, and used as an attacking inside forward, as he was restricting John's attacking run and affecting our flow, but Jackson showed how it should be done on Saturday, especially after the Dapo substitution. It will be very interesting to see how Ian Evatt shuffles the pack on Saturday with Sarc, Lee, Dapo, John, Thomason and Jackson all available....a true embarrassment of riches. If we play our usual football and don't get rushed at the back in the early stages, we should win at least 2-0.
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Post by whitesince63 on Apr 27, 2021 5:30:20 GMT
The Corinthian approach is fine until you realise how much stick Afalayon has been taking over the last few matches, and he was enduring it again on Saturday. It was time a referee took action to protect him. I have been suggesting Afalayon should not be played wide left, and used as an attacking inside forward, as he was restricting John's attacking run and affecting our flow, but Jackson showed how it should be done on Saturday, especially after the Dapo substitution. It will be very interesting to see how Ian Evatt shuffles the pack on Saturday with Sarc, Lee, Dapo, John, Thomason and Jackson all available....a true embarrassment of riches. If we play our usual football and don't get rushed at the back in the early stages, we should win at least 2-0. Agree with all that Kenglo, it’s ok blaming Dapo for feigning injury but he does attract more challenges than others because he’s the only one who actually takes men on and tries to go past them. Like you I’d have preferred him to do it more centrally but now we’ve got Sarcevic back properly in the No10 position we will have a double threat. Hopefully this weekend we will see a few more shots, incredibly missing against Morecambe, because if you don’t shoot you don’t score. I’m confident we’ll get the job done and agree with your 2-0. |
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Post by whiteofthesouth on Apr 28, 2021 8:03:54 GMT
A reasonable set of results yesterday evening.
Although it was really only a mathematical possibility anyway, Forest Green Rovers cannot now catch us.
Exeter winning was probably bad news, but even if they had lost there was still a remote playoff position to play for. It seems to me that now they’ll be keener to go for the three points and so it’ll be an open game.
Cheltenham’s draw keeps them within striking distance and they still have to go away to Newport this Saturday.
Against us is our goal difference. How we might rue that 6-3 defeat to Port Vale in December.
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Post by OohMac on Apr 28, 2021 9:08:15 GMT
Dont think so. The -3 deficit was bad at the time but its the constant inability to kill off games that has left us with a lowly goal difference tally.
I Wonder if Jack Dearden changes his tune if we miss out on goal difference for weeks and weeks said "They dont give you extra points for scoring more" when they kind of do leagues have been settled, teams have been knocked out of tournaments, relegated and won championships based on how many goals have been scored.
He also said in last weeks podcast "i rest my case your honour, Bolton have 2 goals better than Morecambe" so not sure how much prep he actually does for that show.
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