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Looks like they were right about Wood as well, got subbed in their last game and has many games on Orient’s bench. Considering they are worse than us and have the worst record in 2022 it’s not a glowing endorsement.

Foulds and Hendrie are fine as back up, it helps they can play multiple positions as well.

But no chance as starters. Modern Full Backs are key positions on the pitch, after their two strikers Forest Greens next two best players are their full backs, as were Luton’s when they got back to back promotions. It’s absolutely a key position and the ones we have aren’t good enough as starters.

 

We've amassed 40 points from 34 games. In August we managed to get to 10 points from 5 games. Since the beginning of September we've managed to accrue 30 points from 29 games. That's an average of 1.03 points per game.

There are 12 league games left so based on form since the beginning of September we would manage to gain an extra 12 points taking us to a total of 52 points for the season. That would have been enough to survive in the last 10 full league two seasons.

Having said that, the players look dreadfully unfit, the injury list is long, our captain and starting centre half was sold and confidence is shot. The new management team are going to have take some time to establish our most effective formation and style from what they have available. I struggle to see where these 12 points will come from.

I think we're in a relegation battle and although the uplift in 'on the pitch' energy is great, we really need to cut out the errors that are throwing points away or we may find ourselves in a lot of trouble.

 

we’re not getting relegated. stop over reacting. The defence may be a liability but with Vernam and Walker back in the team, we should be able to win enough games

 

No chance that 8 equally crap teams below us will overtake us to consign us to relegation

 

I think we will be ok, Hughes will get them organised and we will pick up enough points to avoid the drop, that said I don't think it's going to be pretty.

 

It might be a good idea, if we moved him to the position he normally plays, i.e. CDM and actually allowed him to play more than four games on the trot in his favoured position.

We're in a relegation battle. Yet apparently, we can dispense with the services of someone who was the ring-leader of Morecambe's promotion, less than a year ago.

Yet again, we write off a player associated with another regime because we think there's a lot better out there. Similar to the attitude to Doyle, three years ago on these boards.

Under Parky we had several players who looked 'meh' one season, to look like new players the following one. Then we If had Mark Marshall looked rank under Parky - to become a new player under Mcall, the following season.

I simply do not get the dislike of Songo. It's clearly a subconscious dislike because he was much praised by a manager that some think is our worst ever.

A Songo playing to his strengths, will be an asset if played in this proper position.

 

Good news about Walker. He is the type Hughes should be looking to bring in this summer

 

Good guess. We've had 40 seasons of 3 points for a win. Pro-rating all seasons to 46 matches, then one gets the following:

Average points for:
22nd: 46.5
23rd: 43.3
24th: 37.8

Median points for:
22nd: 46.5
23rd: 44.0
24th: 39.2

Highest and lowest total points for:
22nd: 54 / 40
23rd: 51 / 34
24th: 48 / 20

So we had better pick up a minimum of 6 points to cut it very fine, 9 points to be more comfortable, and 12 to be comfortable.

RCB

 

Bang on. Just watching McLaughlin for Mansfield at LB. Defensively solid, likes driving forward, getting crosses in. Head and shoulders above Foulds. He's the standard we should be aiming for as a minimum

 

Won't happen Imo but we can continue to thank our proud custodian.

Rupp out

 

Sure is............ in your head.

 

Of course it's not. Can you honestly see Scunthorpe and Carlisle making up near on a point a match ? Get a grip man

 

Not mugs at all just the majority of posters have a different opinion to yourself, you do understand thats how a forum works.

 

I like Mark Hughes confidence, he knew we shouldn’t have lost that match, but when you are in the dumps nothing goes your way. However, rather than feeling sorry for ourselves, he actually said we will get more work into the lads, and we will get better! That high level of confidence will feed through to the players. He also said we will need every single one of them, so nobody need be worried on that score. I find his press comments inspiring. No panic, no criticising players in public. He also came over and clapped the fans yesterday which also was good PR, stick with us, and we will get better. Not once has he mentioned relegation, not in his thinking. What he has achieved so far is outstanding. Honestly we were heading for the trap door with Adams.

 

I think we can happily just about put this thread to bed as 1 more win between now and end of season should see us safe as there's no way 4/5 teams below us are out doing us by 12 to 15 points or so over 10 to 12 games, and you know what social media is like with 2 games coming up this week, if we were to win them both it would be full of talk of making the play offs

 

We won’t go down this season but next season I’m expecting autos if the back hughes

 

go fishing somewhere else

 

Agree 100%. In the last 10 games we've taken 8 pts so on that basis we'd get 9 or 10 pts from the last 12 which would just about keep us up. All thanks to Deluded Derek!

 

Scunthorpe, no, they haven't been winning games all season.

Oldham, Carlisle and Barrow are all picking up the requisite number of points to catch us based on their current form, and assuming we keep losing.

Make no bones about it, our survival in the EFL is not yet secured.

We have work to do.

 

I would move Song'o to the bench for starters.