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5th Hartlepool 7 Left 4H 3A
Swin H
Posh H
Colc A
Weds H
Donc A
Wals H
Bmth A

Difficulty Rating 11.85.

6th Bournemouth 7 Left 3H 4A

Wrex A
City A
Luto H
Ches A
Posh H
Brad A
Pool H

Difficulty Rating 12.14

7th Brentford 8 Left 4H 4A

Stoc A
City H
Tran H
Brad A
Wrex A
Hudd H
Luto A
Hull H

Difficulty Rating 11.00

8th Swindon 7 Left 4H 3A

Hart A
Wals H
City H
Hull A
Tran H
Hudd A
Ches H

Difficulty Rating 9.71

9th Doncaster 6 Left 3H 3A

Colc H
Hudd A
Stoc A
Hart H
City A
Luto H

10th Bradford 6 Left 3H 3A

Ches A
Hull H
Bren H
Colc A
Bmth H
Oldh A

Difficulty Rating 10

11th City 8 Left 4H 4A

Vale H
Bmth H
Bren A
Swin A
Wrex H
Dons A
Donc H
Weds A

Difficulty Rating 11.62

12th Barnsley 6 Left 3H 3A

Hull A
Wrex H
Oldh H
Vale A
Colc H
Blac A

Difficulty Rating 14.83


Difficulty rating, the higher, the easier the run in, calculated against current league position i.e.Swindon with 9.71 being the average league position of their opposition, have the hardest run in whilst Barnsley have the easiest with 14.83.

And now for my two penneth....

The last six games current form guide could give a better indication, for example, you wouldn't want to be playing Oldham or Franchise at the moment. Also Wrexhams position is slightly false given their ten point deduction.

But that's got to drain your confidence, surely

None of those teams are having a run in they are all having a drunken stumble in. The question is which teams will collapse before the season is over and which teams will sober up in time to make the playoffs.

Bournemouth to be 5th with Bristol city sneaking 6 looks a good bet.

I'm not worried yet. I'm sure King will mastermind a tactical assault starting at Hartlepool on Saturday.


 :Ride On Fatbury's Lovestick

dave im almost certain you want swindon to fail.... all good being realistic etc... but if we put the run together which is possible ( i know a run of decent results... good joke) we can do it!?

I'm going to go off on one for a bit, so evrything I say needs to be taken in perspective a little bit. Here goes....

No, we can't, Johno.

We have a poor defence who people wax lyrical about. We have a lightweight midfielder and one goal outlet. Coupled with a manager who doesn't really know what to do when the heat's turned up, it's not a great recipe for playoff attainment.

Evans- too many mistakes, not good at basics like kicking
Book- no real pressure on Rhys, hardly grasped his chance did he?
O'Hanlon- lots of errors recently, not quite the player who everyone makes out
Heywood- as above really, never recaptured form of 2 seasons ago
Ifil- the less said about his last run in the side the better
Duke- unfairly treated but he IS crap most of the time
Jenkins- got steadily worse until improvement at MKD
Hewlett- fucking terrible yet he plays every week, why?
Howard- covered many times, attitude, fitness not there
Igoe- Captain Anonymous of late
Roberts- fitness is an issue fair enough but not played too well since his return

That's a massive proportion of our squad who aren't pulling their weight. The managers a clueless git.

Away games to go will surely be like this...
 - Hartlepool - a point at best in all likelihood
 - Huddersfield - a one man army in Pawel Abbott who will probably tear us to pieces again, he's a better striker than SoH/Heywood are defenders, and thus a draw at best
- Hull - now gunning for the league title, not just promotion, we've got no chance here

That's 2 out of 9 away points this season which WILL mathmetically kill the season.

Other teams simply want it more than us. I'm looking forward to Yeovil next season...

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If our team is that bad why are we only three points off the playoffs instead of facing relegation. :?:

We aren't much worse than any of the teams in the playoffs, most of the players are not amazing but fairly decent for this league, we've got a good manager but some of the worst finances in the league.

We are capable of making the playoffs but we probably won't.

i can see your point dave, but as bwb said we have got a decent squad together and im sure others wouldn't mind a squad like it.

King has bought in players on a small budget and it has been only a lack of consistency which has kept us out of the playoffs. with it we would be happily sitting in the playoffs.

Wrong! We got a point. Don't think we'll make the playoffs though.