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our aims are now 100% on the playoffs let make sure we get them

wasall 2 millwall 1
gillingham 1 udders 0

lets hope.

If those results stay like that then today wouldnt have been a complete disaster.

Udders down to 10 as well. Let's hope Walsall hold on.

2 for the Pikeys

Get in. We could stay 5th!

Leeds losing 1-0!

dont post about leeds!! we'll get our hopes up about 2nd place again!

Everyone else is losing apart from Norwich and Charlton :D

Colchester dont play till Monday

Franchise just outside are winning. Southampton drawing

Walsall have a man sent off

Leeds drawing now.

Millwall 90

2-2

Milwall equalise right before FT, and go above Hudds

4 Colchester 33 17 62
5 Swindon 33 11 60
6 Millwall 34 15 59
7 Huddersfield 35 18 58
8 Franchise 34 1 52

Looking at that Tuesday's game is very important now. MK could cut the gap to 5 points if they beat us.

Three away games coming up. It isn't going to be easy.

4 this month in total and the only home game we have left this month is Norwich.

Don't look good does it.

We have to beat Dongs on tuesday. I can't see us getting much at Brighton or Southampton.

Then Norwich at home !!! Jesus wept.

Why all the pessimism around Brighton? They've won one or two games at home recently but their home record is generally poor.

Brighton are on the up, finally coming good, their league position does not sit well with the squad they have, they really should of been gunning for the play offs and it looks like Gus is sorting them out.

He's using his charm already, he's just signed a fellow Uruguayan from Stoke who cost them £2.5M in the summer!
http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/argusgeneralsportsnews/5036211.Albion_sign_Stoke_midfielder/

Before we start jumping off the top of the DRS, let's have a look at some of the other teams
around us,remaining march fixtures.


Millwall

Carlisle (A)
Charlton (H)
Leeds (A)
Stockport (H)


Huddersfield

Norwich (H)
Leyton Orient (A)
Charlton (H)

We need to show that we can bounce back quickly,tough matches for us and for the other teams.

Everything to play for,come on the Town!

I did some boring statto stuff but after last weekend's round of games the teams 1-7 were on target, if they maintained the points per game over the first 34 games, to require 81 points to get in the play offs and better than 86 points to get auto. In the last 8 years only in 2002/3 would 80 points not get you in the play offs. The average to make 6th has been 75 points and a couple of years only 71 was needed.

I guess the point I want to make is the current run the top 7 have been on is probably unsustainable as they start to take points off each other. The next couple of Saturdays will go a long way to deciding who makes automatic and who makes the play offs especially for Leeds auto aspirations.

We need to pick up 15-20 points over the next 13 games so we should be able to pick up and if we replicated our run of the first 3rd of the season 22 points from 15 games (even with all those thrown away wins into draws and 3 defeats) then we'll make it.

Let's hope for a bounceback at Franchise and we'll be back on track and I'm sure they'll be a few more ups and downs along the way, but reckon we'll make it by the end of the season

The fact that in the significant games we only lost a point to the automatic places and maintained the gap to 7th kind of proves your point.

Typical Swindon. The one year we decide to be good, everyone else does too.

Colchester are at home to The Seagulls tonight. Let's hope Brighton do em.

Anyone who thinks our support is bad should check out that game. The 'crowd' is utterly, utterly dreadful.

And what's the name of Brighton's no.2? I'm sure it's the bloke who used to be left back for Ipswich and Spurs. He's an Argie I think.

That's because it is O!ST it's Mauricio Taricco.

Brez is having a strong game in goal - the commentators seem to think he is 'composed'

I knew it was really. I just couldn't remember his name and I couldn't be bothered to look it up.

Is it really 62% to Brighton?

3,914  ???

How many from Brighton?

0-0.

That will do!

Dunno

not too bad from our point of view. any dropped points at home from a top 6 is what we need. game in hand 3 points behind them. lets do the job at Mkdonalds

Yep, happy with that.

Is it Super Saturday in League One this Sat for the promotion teams?. Will go a long way to establishing who is on for auto and the play offs

Saturday, 13 March 2010
Brentford v Franchise, 15:00
Brighton v Swindon, 15:00
Bristol Rovers v Tranmere, 15:00
Carlisle v Colchester, 15:00
Huddersfield v Norwich, 15:00
Millwall v Charlton, 15:00
Southampton v Leeds United, 15:00

I think results from this weekend will play an equal amount as all remaining fixtures will.

2 nil brentford :clap:

I see Monkhouse scored for Hartlepool but Barnard has just got one back.

Who are they playing?

Barnard hasn't cut it at Saints so far. Didn't he cost them a fair bit?

Thats a tough match for the Pool...lets hope they remain a tad jaded for Saturdays match.

Colchester are losing 2-0 at home to Brentford.

He's been scoring more than Lambert bar that hat-trick at the weekend to be fair.

Blimey Bobs.....7 in 9 isnt bad going.

Cheers , just had  a look, didn't realise there were any games on.

2-1 Col U.

Oops. Hadn't realised. Perhaps I should check before making statements in future!!

Own goal too!

Saints 2-1 up now. That Lambert has been a poor signing for them, he's not scored in ages.

Stevenage l down to the worst team in the world.

Leeds?

Fair point. But no, Grays Athletic.

I actually think Luton could win the conference at this rate.

Bloody hell. col u 2-2

Looks as if Sheff Wed will drop into the relegation zone tonight in the Championship. At least Leeds will have a local derby to look forward to next season!

Feck it Brentford are pants.

3-2 Brentford. Super Bees!

C'mon Brentford!

God Darlo are dog shite. Losing 2-0 at home to Aldershot.

I wonder if they will beat their record low crowd again tonight?

Southampton 3-1 Hartlepool - Goalscorer: Papa Shango.

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Now 3-2.

I am going to take a chance of being wrong again but aren't Aldershot chasing a play off spot?

Cracking game at St Marys! 3-2 now!

Yes they are, was just saying Darlo are awful.

Can't argue with that.

Get in Ross County!!

C'mon Stevenage....

Wolves 3-0 West Ham!

Colchester equalise.

Bollocks

West Ham fans singing 'we want our money back'.

They're £100m in debt...Good luck !!

They got those blow up clappy stick things, what more do they want.

Get in, Wolves 3-0 West Ham. My dad's a hammer's fan so he's getting plenty of stick tonight soapy tit wank. How r the league one scores doing?

Charlie Griffin puts Stevenage 2-1 up.

Yyyyyyyaaaaaaas Ross County!! 109 years and counting!!

West Ham are utter shite this season. How Zola is still in a job I will never know.

Good work Griffin.

You really ought to review your relationship with your father.

Colchester 3-3
Saints 3-2
Shrimpers 3-0

I'll feel a lot more comfortable when Southampton drop a few more points. I really can't see them making the playoffs but I'll be happier when its mathematically impossible - wouldn't fancy them in the playoffs.

Who said we'd be needing the play-offs? Leeds can worry about Southampton. We'll worry about the Championship.

Col U held 3-3.

Good result.

I'm a pessimist, but looking at the fixtures, I wouldn't be surprised if we are 7th after the Leeds game.

We have nothing to fear from the teams at the top. Genuinely believe we are one of the top 3 in the division. Wouldn't be surprised though if Leeds pulled a result out of the hat on saturday.

Huddersfield v Charlton Saturday too.

Leeds are still in pole position.

I never considered myself a pessimist but I'm quite nervous ahead of the Hartlepool game! Let alone Leeds. We've hardly a sparkling track record in County Durham. I'm always nervous when we're in a good league position!

Come on Town!

Me thinks Millwall are.

We can do this. I actually think we have as good a chance as any for 2nd spot.

My optimism has only just kicked in...courtesy of a G&T 

We'll piss Hartlepool, i'm not normally that confident where we are concerned, but i am for that game. Thier home record against top 10 so far i think is W1 D1 L6.

I looked at some of their home results and the likes of Huddersfield and MK have won there an both kept a clean sheet. In fact Franchise won 5-0 there. Their home record is also worse than our away record.

In fact the only team they have beaten was Millwall 3-0!!!

But that was back at the start of December.

No games in hand for any of the top ten now.

Hmmm...Hartlepoo giving Soton a hard time at St Mary's...hopefully they will still be knackered by Saturday.

Looks like Cochester are fading just at the right time, as are Leeds. Lovely.

Yeah, we've only beaten them twice this season.

Leeds remind me of Oxford...they get so far, all looks positive & then balls it up. Great

Alan Green practically crowned Leeds as champions in October - of course, he'd deny it. Mind you, he has been going on about how he's desperate to see Leeds back in the Premiership all season. He might have to wait a little while what with this seasons wobble and the whole having to get out of the Championship first thing too - that old chestnut.

Are they? How much are they gonna miss Kisnorbo though?

They are if you ignore the form book and injuries, in that destiny is in their own hands. Surely their shit form can't last. Can it?! As long as it lasts until after we play them...

They have signed Collins a CB from Preston to replace Kisnorbo.

I was sure Leeds would go up automatic this year. Now I don't think so.

Is anyone else nervous about saturday?

I have this horrible feeling. We never seem to do any good against Hartlepool.

Yeah, for some reason I'm more nervous about Saturday than Leeds

We are heading up to the very very North of Scotland for holiday on Saturday, I am nervous about not getting a phone/radio signal so that I can find out the score!

Serves you right for going to Scotland! ;)

Geographically the most northern team that have beaten us on our travels this year is MK, we like going oop north have faith.

What about Norwich? (Not that it disproves your theory)

Balls forgot about them. I was a bit pissed there though.

Can't you stop off in Hartlepool on the way up?  :)

Fear not, Bob's O, the signals up here are very good....unless you are right in the mountains....We are in Tain, and the east coast is absolutely fine.....west coast is a bit more iffy