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Post by tgttiw on Mar 27, 2023 12:43:17 GMT
Just looked up on wiki about the 96/97 team. From March 15th onwards we didn't win by anymore than 1 clear goal until the end of the season.
So winning ugly is what we have to do for the rest of the season!
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Post by The Real Exile on Mar 27, 2023 12:46:17 GMT
I'll take 8 ugly wins on the bounce right now, we can concentrate on winning pretty from the comfort of league 1 later 😁
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Post by m14hatter on Mar 27, 2023 12:57:51 GMT
I'll take 8 ugly wins on the bounce right now, we can concentrate on winning pretty from the comfort of league 1 later 😁 Agreed. Really don’t give a s*** how we play when we’re this close to the end. All about making the play offs as a minimum. Same again should we make it. Could end up being three draws with two penalty shootouts and the outcome is all the same as if we’d won every game 3nil! |
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Post by suedehead on Mar 27, 2023 13:30:45 GMT
I'll take 8 ugly wins on the bounce right now, we can concentrate on winning pretty from the comfort of league 1 later 😁 Agreed. Really don’t give a s*** how we play when we’re this close to the end. All about making the play offs as a minimum. Same again should we make it. Could end up being three draws with two penalty shootouts and the outcome is all the same as if we’d won every game 3nil! Yep. A year ago yesterday was Eastleigh away, the final game of the run. Of the next 8 matches we lost five of them and, other than beating Southend 5-0, didn't really play that well in any of them. Wrexham 0-2 Southend 5-0 Grimsby 1-2 Solihull 1-0 Yeovil 1-2 Boreham Wood 1-2 Chesterfield 1-0 Wrexham 0-3 We managed to turn it round in the final two against Torquay and Halifax but performances are secondary to results now. I'd love us to turn it on and thump Salford, Sutton, Gills and Carlisle in the next four but I'd be equally happy with four horrible 1-0 or 2-1 wins. In fact, I'd prefer it. It's about the time of year we all love a bit of jeopardy, isn't it? So single goal victories are perfect for that. |
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Post by philtheglass on Mar 27, 2023 13:41:17 GMT
The record books show that we won 1-0 & gained 3 points.
We still get the same number of points whether we scrape a 1-0 win or annihilate the opposition with our brand of total football.
3 points is 3 points...move on
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Post by Imposter on Mar 27, 2023 14:02:11 GMT
Agreed. Really don’t give a s*** how we play when we’re this close to the end. All about making the play offs as a minimum. Same again should we make it. Could end up being three draws with two penalty shootouts and the outcome is all the same as if we’d won every game 3nil! Yep. A year ago yesterday was Eastleigh away, the final game of the run. Of the next 8 matches we lost five of them and, other than beating Southend 5-0, didn't really play that well in any of them. Wrexham 0-2 Southend 5-0 Grimsby 1-2 Solihull 1-0 Yeovil 1-2 Boreham Wood 1-2 Chesterfield 1-0 Wrexham 0-3 We managed to turn it round in the final two against Torquay and Halifax but performances are secondary to results now. I'd love us to turn it on and thump Salford, Sutton, Gills and Carlisle in the next four but I'd be equally happy with four horrible 1-0 or 2-1 wins. In fact, I'd prefer it. It's about the time of year we all love a bit of jeopardy, isn't it? So single goal victories are perfect for that. No jeopardy please. Seven consecutive 5-0 wins please. |
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Post by orkneyhatter on Mar 27, 2023 14:04:57 GMT
Agreed. Really don’t give a s*** how we play when we’re this close to the end. All about making the play offs as a minimum. Same again should we make it. Could end up being three draws with two penalty shootouts and the outcome is all the same as if we’d won every game 3nil! Yep. A year ago yesterday was Eastleigh away, the final game of the run. Of the next 8 matches we lost five of them and, other than beating Southend 5-0, didn't really play that well in any of them. Wrexham 0-2 Southend 5-0 Grimsby 1-2 Solihull 1-0 Yeovil 1-2 Boreham Wood 1-2 Chesterfield 1-0 Wrexham 0-3 We managed to turn it round in the final two against Torquay and Halifax but performances are secondary to results now. I'd love us to turn it on and thump Salford, Sutton, Gills and Carlisle in the next four but I'd be equally happy with four horrible 1-0 or 2-1 wins. In fact, I'd prefer it. It's about the time of year we all love a bit of jeopardy, isn't it? So single goal victories are perfect for that. You might love a bit of jeopardy but it doesn't do anything for the blood pressure or finger nails ! |
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Post by suedehead on Mar 27, 2023 14:46:11 GMT
Yep. A year ago yesterday was Eastleigh away, the final game of the run. Of the next 8 matches we lost five of them and, other than beating Southend 5-0, didn't really play that well in any of them. Wrexham 0-2 Southend 5-0 Grimsby 1-2 Solihull 1-0 Yeovil 1-2 Boreham Wood 1-2 Chesterfield 1-0 Wrexham 0-3 We managed to turn it round in the final two against Torquay and Halifax but performances are secondary to results now. I'd love us to turn it on and thump Salford, Sutton, Gills and Carlisle in the next four but I'd be equally happy with four horrible 1-0 or 2-1 wins. In fact, I'd prefer it. It's about the time of year we all love a bit of jeopardy, isn't it? So single goal victories are perfect for that. No jeopardy please. Seven consecutive 5-0 wins please. No! Seven games where it's 0-0 in the 90th minute and we bag late winners. That's the dream. |
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Post by Stranded Hatter on Mar 27, 2023 15:16:35 GMT
No jeopardy please. Seven consecutive 5-0 wins please. No! Seven games where it's 0-0 in the 90th minute and we bag late winners. That's the dream. You need help 😁 |
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Post by thestockporthatter on Mar 27, 2023 15:18:23 GMT
Compared to last season I think we're a 7/10 compared to 8/10 given we were in first position this time last year even and we were the ones being chased not the chasers though granted this was a lot harder league to get out of
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Post by ancienthatter on Mar 27, 2023 15:59:17 GMT
No jeopardy please. Seven consecutive 5-0 wins please. No! Seven games where it's 0-0 in the 90th minute and we bag late winners. That's the dream. Freak 😂 |
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Post by HTC on Mar 27, 2023 16:32:49 GMT
Last season, we were really good most of the year, then did just enough in tight games at the end of the season to get us over the line.
This year, we've been doing just enough in tight games all year, which doesn't give quite as much confidence for the last few weeks.
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Post by FridoBiggins on Mar 27, 2023 19:56:19 GMT
Last season, we were really good most of the year, then did just enough in tight games at the end of the season to get us over the line. This year, we've been doing just enough in tight games all year, which doesn't give quite as much confidence for the last few weeks. A few of this team know how to get over the line. And so does DC. I don't think we'll be far off automatic. Might come down to GD so thumping someone along the way would help. |
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Post by timberwolf on Mar 28, 2023 9:32:06 GMT
A few of this team know how to get over the line. And so does DC. I don't think we'll be far off automatic. Might come down to GD so thumping someone along the way would help. Thumping someone is not only improving the goal difference but takes the pressure off the team and should give em more confidence. An early goal at EP should give em more confidence to push on for more. Could be worse though having to outscore the opposition every week by having a dodgy defence. |
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Post by Radcliffe Hatter on Mar 28, 2023 11:27:19 GMT
Just looked up on wiki about the 96/97 team. From March 15th onwards we didn't win by anymore than 1 clear goal until the end of the season. So winning ugly is what we have to do for the rest of the season! I remember that there were some real scraps towards the end of that season. Burnley, Crewe and I think Watford were all 1-0. There was a game V Wycombe at home which was 2-1 and it was one of the tensest games I've ever been at. Of course Chesterfield away I don't think was noted for its sparkling football either. That team could play some unbelievable stuff at times, which they're still renowned for but they could also mix it up when needed. Similar to DC's style now in many ways. If there had been the internet like it is now back then there would have been bellyaching all over the show about how we were just scraping through games. |
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