Promotion watch (now with Poll)

Hope you are right , I don’t think his actually burst. Great news.

 

Difference now from previous attempts is having points in the bag rather than still chasing for 'em ...

 

I kinda get what you are saying Rod, but not too concerned.

Season absentees
Cook, Covered by Mellon, Walker and Leigh
Richards ditto Wright and Tayo

Getting Khela in will turn out to be a masterstoke he’s very adaptable
Ditto Walker
Ditto Leigh

Backline, not worried Hunts and Byrne have proved capable in the short to medium term and I don’t think Romy will be an issue either after his knock.


Remember all teams are in the same boat too?

 

Agree , where do you stop in providing cover though ? Even though MKD , not competitors I know, who have a big squad, can't buy a point . It is what it is but I’m certain we ain’t outliers . ? The results on Tues proves all are having hiccups in some way or another .

 

We now go in to Alamo mode...... all teams are missing players luckily our fat bloated squad has come good ......no one except us is winning all their games. lets go boys

 

Well I was feeling quite upbeat until I read this. Last Saturday we had a new team out and we gelled straight away. We do have a long sick and injured list but have faith in this team. If we do pick up injuries then who ever comes in will not want to let the side down.

 

I'm not too worried about the injuries as the guys who have come in haven't put a foot wrong. Adaramola has taken that LWB role and made it his for the season. Lapslie just had his best performance in years looking at his data. Walker looked amazing on and off the ball on Tuesday night. Yes, the bench doesn't look as studded as it was a month ago, but the squads purpose is for times like this.

Wright will probably be back this weekend after the concussion. Sarcevic and Pointon didn't sound too worrisome, couple of weeks, might be back around Colchester or Accrington at the latest. Pattison will be end of this month/start of next. It's a good job we got the results when we did to give ourselves this padding, but from the sounds of things we have maybe 3/4 more matches with the lads we have now maybe with the addition of Kelly & Wright to cover a few areas off the bench too. Gillingham look awful lately, ditto Tranmere, Colchester will be a challenge and Accrington should be safe and have little to play for by the time we rock up. This teams still got enough about it to get at least 2 wins from the 4 remaining in March which would still see us in the top 3 by April when most come back.

 

Well I think the management team have instilled in the squad the must win mentality and that rather than skill will pull us through.

 

It's a real opportunity now for the likes of Lapslie, Walker and Khela to stake a claim and make the shirt their own. Of course we all want Bobby, Sarc and Patto fit and available as soon as possible, but if those 3 continue in the same vein as Tuesday night, the others might find it difficult to work their way back into the starting 11, and that can only be a good thing.

 

Pointon will be back for the Tranmere match.
Sarcevic I think even though it says a few weeks the words from GA of we will see him before the end of the season suggests April for the run in.
Patto similar.
The joy of the squad is many are fresh and just hitting their stride.

 

At least a promotion might put us back in the same league as footballs fairytale story
What an underdog!!

 

Alexander said Kelly was a naturally fit lad and was back on the grass I think he said he may be in contention for the weekend, I think Critchlow could also be back, unfortunately we have several choices available with regards defenders, can Jamie Walker do three games on the bounce and put the sort of performances in that he's done recently?.

 

Grimsby will give Walsall a game on Saturday.

If Walker, Khela and Lapslie continue where they left off on Tuesday then it will be Patts, Sarcs, Bobbs who.

 

Walsall HAVE to win Saturday because if they dont then i can see them failing to even finish in the top 3 ............ ..

 

Think it is bud get through the next two weeks then we may be up to full strength again ...........and the really good thing is that the players that haave come in will be hell bent on keeping there places.
Some of the teams around us will lose key players and it will hurt them we look an even better team with players missing.

 

In my terms we win 5 out of our last 11 games we should be more or less there and we could make massive inroads into them wins over the next few weeks

 

A great result if Walsall fook up but to me its keeping an eye on Notts C and Wimbledon both looking like there form is hitting a patchy spell we continue in our form for another four or so games and they keep theres going then it may be one hell of a gap going into the last 7 games

Just got a feeling that 80 points may see us up which means in order to catch us they have to really pick up and that doesnt look like its happening.