Match Thread Away vs Stevenage Mon 5th April @ 3pm

Yeah, nervous about this one, I'd feel so much more confident if we still had their ex-goal machine Guthrie leading the line instead of Cook.

 

Posted in the Forest Green thread...

Last 25 Stevenage league results

W 10 D 12 L 3

Last 7 games

W 5 D 2 L 0 F 10 A 2

 

It’ll be a cold day in hell before we go into a game with Stevenage and aren’t looking to win it.

fair enough their recent form is good but we’ve nilled Cambridge and beaten Tranmere and Cheltenham on our travels under Trueman and Sellars. All are better teams than Stevenage.

freshen the pack if needed, and we go again. We have better footballers. Go for it.

 

If Sutton is fit for Monday I would play him and move o Conner back to fullback , Leaving rest of side as it is , but for Grimsby would play Vernam or Crankshaw for scales out wide

 

It might be controversial but our best strategy might actually be to avoid losing this game. We have 9 games left, Stevenage have 7. If we draw then they'll need six wins in a row to even have a chance of making the playoffs. We could literally take them out of the picture by drawing. I'm not saying we should just sit back but sometimes you have to pick your fights.

 

No, no, no. We go for the win.

 

Stevenage are on an 11 game run without a defeat after today's 1-0 victory over Oldham.
Plenty at stake for both sides going into this encounter looking forward to what should be an entertaining game.
Shame we can't be there to cheer the lads on.
We would have filled the away end I'm sure.

 

Taking Stevenage 'out of the picture' is a non-starter. Look at the table - if we see Stevenage as a play-off threat then we might as well call it a day. There are plenty of better teams that will get a play-off place before Stevenage do.

 

I'm glad they're on a good run with an outside chance of getting a play-off place, we play much, much better against teams who try and take it to us. Think we'll nick a scrappy win here but then struggle to break Grimsby down

 

No no no. Stevenage aren't getting in the playoffs, we go to win or we don't go at all.

 

Possible but on current form they are the second best team in the league it’s going to be a tough game

 

Why??
On current form they ARE getting to the playoffs, their squad, budget, lack of history, tinpot ground, none of it matters, we really need to stop the we’ve got more fans than you nonsense.
What matters is current form, they will walk onto the pitch EXPECTING to beat us, this is a massive, massive game in terms of our season.
I’d put money on at least one of City, Orient or Stevenage will make the playoffs possibly two of the three. Of course we need to go for the win, playing for a draw is a ridiculous mindset. However I certainly would take point from this game!!

 

Same team again and hopefully same result,

 

That's how i think T and S will be looking at it.
On the flip side though they are going to have to win so will be going all guns blazing so could play into our counter attacking hands.

 

Just seen this.

Yes, we should be expecting 3 points here. Nothing to fear.