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on current form its gonna be mighty close, however i do think we have a better squad than the todd season when we finished a point above the zone

It's going to be a mid-table finish, not good enough for promotion, but not so bad that we'll get relegated

We will be fine!  Bit os positive thinking always helps and if everyone went to the games and really got behind the lads then that could be worth more points.

 On current form we'll go down....end of.   Can we improve? I suppose its possible, but all the indicators are there for a season of struggle.

 At the moment 5 of our squad can bale out in Jan, if it looks bleak and most of the rest can follow in May....so I don't suppose they're too worried.

but it's hard to get motavated at games when we watch an inept manager playing negative tactics. Us as fans don't want that. Especially against a team like Walsall.

If it continues people will stop going it's as simple as that.

Oh I agree with that.  The good thing is that the negative tactics are reserved mainly for away games!  I am just a much more positive person by nature than most so I tend not to worry too much about things to be honest.

the 4.5.1 at Tranmere for me worked as Tranmere are a good side so we had to be a bit cautious but Walsall are terrible and we should be all out attacking against them. We have 5 strikers yet when roberts and Cureton came on they played on the wings?? whats the fucking point in that??

i don't see why we have to change our tactics when we play away. It's still a football pitch with 2 goals.

Hopefully soon we'll pick up a bit of consistency.I certainly think that with the squad we have we will not go down.So I think it will either be a middle table finish again or we could just get into the play offs.Its still quite early to decide though,and this is football guys!it can go anyway.

i shouldn't worry too much folks. we wont be going down.

We WILL be playing Oxford next season......FACT! :cry:

In which cup?

Thats a very good point and one that was mentioned on here a few days back if i recall correctly.  It is quite strange why players/management/fans all think about away games differently.  Definately a mental thing but where that came from in the first place i dont know.

LDV Vans....

Also in the league  :cry:

Totally agree, think I mentioned it the other day. At the end of the day its a game of football. As a player you should be mentally strong enough to not let the people/surroundings/pitch put you off.

However, if you have a seperate away formation as we appear to do have, then instantly the players know its an away match due to the formation...then the fact it is an away match will play on their mind, then the fact we havent won an away match since feb or scored an away goal since good friday will play on their minds too

 Point is we are consistent.....only consistently poor.

 Our squad is quite weak...and the two big name signings have unsurprisingly proved disastrous....Saturday has now become a massive game...if we can pull out a win then we get a bit of breathing space....a defeat and the calls for King's head will grow louder.

 I think that Eastwood is suspended,  which is a good thing, as the gods of football would ensure he bites King's butt.

Our league one status has already been guaranteed as we were 14th at the end of August. Therefore we can't do any worse than mid table.

 :nod:

I can't see us getting relegated, in fact I'd bet everything I own that we wouldn't. King has the experience to keep us up and whilst I can foresee a struggle, I feel it will only be for a brief period before normal service is resumed with midtable obscurity.

The whole point of it being an away match is that it should be harder to get a result due to the number and louder atmosphere of the home fans - so why the fuck treat Walsall as an away game, us lot up in the corner made more noise than the whole Walsall support put together.  

In fact why treat most games in this league as either home or away when generally support is terrible at all grounds, so it shouldn't make any difference.

As you say Dan if the players are made more aware of it being 'away' as it were, then it will reflect in their play - if they play the same system regardless of where they play then they will be much more comfortable - and it would mean that teams would have to react to how we play, rather that us always waiting to see how the opposition will play - which is why we concede the first goal(s) so bloody often!

we'll stay up easily, we'll finish around mid table, maybe 10th or 11th.

I cant see us going don but we'll finish 11th thanks to our Home record.

Depressing isn't it

''will we stay up'' ?

''no we'll finish mid table''

Great  :cry:

No we'll be in the playoffs, just as soon as King realises he has four strikers, and not one striker and three wingers.  If we don't make the playoffs I will personally dickslap King and his merry men.

I'll go no matter what division we are. I love the club and will support them for as long as they exist.

We won't go down though.

Sometimes I do wonder how King passes himself off as a football manager, I think the town end forum should take over the team!