Match Thread Most liked posts in thread: Away vs Stevenage Mon 5th April @ 3pm

For me there is still 3 places up for grabs in the play offs, Newport on a sticky patch, Morecambe on a sticky patch (iwho we still have to play and will have a game in hand on after today) and FGR on a worse run of all (who we have just beaten).
It won't be easy and there are other teams in the chase, but we are not going for 1 spot here we are fighting for 1 of 3.

 

We're a good side at passing it between our defensive line but as soon as it comes to playing it forwards its either Paudie hitting a diagonal or back to O'Donnell for a hoof to Cook.

 

Midfield is the area to be improved, along with at least one of the wide spots. Watt has promise and its easy to forget hes only 20, but for all the talk of being linked with Hull - he's not ready for top end league 1 football and certainly not ready for the Championship. He needs to kick on next season. And Sutton is industrious but poor in terms of how he moves the ball. Poor first touch, can't see a pass, can't knit our play together from back to front. We need an experienced pro, who's technically good on the ball to coordinate things for us though. A Gary Jones type, or a Kieran Lee.

 

Of course I understand we are chasing, what you fail to understand is that we were desperately fighting relegation in December, and we’ve achieved the mission very easily under Trueman and Sellars , far easier for instance than Parkinson found it in his first season. Under Parkinson we were hovering round the bottom 4 and it was only until a win at Northampton in April 2012 that secured our safety. These guys have got us to stay up easily with a squad which many on here including yourself described as far worse than the Jacko Christie squad that Parkinson inherited. The fact that we are even chasing the play offs after wasting the first 3rd of the season is incredible. Getting 4 points out of 6 over Easter is a good achievement but you slag them off and want their contracts cancelled if they fail to win a game.

 

Andy K's grown on me massively this season, my flatmate down here in Bristol that's a chelsea fan found him saying oh no oh no every time stevenage had a vaguely threatening moment very amusing

 

They will be slinging in crosses to James Hanson and with our keeper reluctant to come for them it will be a big threat,

 

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 need to fear anyone but respect their form and expect a tough game

 

Just admit it you don't think we will finish in the play offs. Come on.

Leyton Orient danger. Exeter we need to avoid. Stevenage a tough game.

Carlisle winning 2-0 now, so we are in 11th..

Oh you not mentioned Salford. Is that because of Bowyer?

 

We might finish in the play offs we might not but what I am certain of is that since the new regime of Sparks Turnbull and T&S have taken over they have done a great job just to getting us in with a chance

 

Suppose I may be the first to ask this, but how are you 60, but 64 n May? Just interested.

 

I meant that I had hit 60 and so I understand the relevance to older City and Avenue supporters of the Bradford and Bradford City thing.

 

Yes I'll explain.

First of all, I never said they were 'out'. I said that if our 'tactic' was to ensure they don't get more than a point in order to take them out of the play-off picture then it's a poor do, and a crap approach.

As to their (excellent) current form, the odds of them maintaining it for the rest of the run-in are slim - such runs don't go on for ever (remember our great run when T&S took over?).

And I stand by my point that there are much greater threats than Stevenage to what is looking like possibly only one vacant play-off place being chased by quite a handful of clubs.

Yeah that was my main point in reply to the original poster - aiming to restrict them to 1 point would be a numpty approach (unless perhaps there had only been the two of us in the race).

Another factor in Stevenage's potential inability to make the playoffs is that they've played 2 more games.....

 

Hosannha ( in the highest ) has returned to Elland road for treatment , City did say they were keeping tabs on him with a view to next season .

 

Yes, mate and we have game on Saturday.

Also, Rowe doesn't look happy when he scores. Picture what he's like when he isn't starting.

 

I think Rowe is a maverick, but I don't think he is a luxury as a player, because he can turn a game in a blink of an eye. Worth a lot is a skill like that.

A different level, but he does remind me of a Matt Le Tissier, in that he is accused of being lazy, not tracking back, not a team player and so on. He can produce a superb goal out of nothing, just as Le Tissier could.

 

Harsh??????

You didn’t see his post that referred to the Stevenage game being NEXT SATURDAY?

Oh yes he did, didn’t you Dave @Bronco !

 

Yes I have it on now love Neil Warnock's honesty with regards football in general, just watching him now winding the Watford manager Xisco Munoz up

No mate 1948 it was a vintage year .

Lets hope our lads can do the business and keep us in with a chance of a play off place.