League one games tonight.

[mattitouk]

Doncaster holding Bradford 0-0 so far, should they win tonight they will be just 1 point behind us with a far better goal difference.

 

[Up the Shrimpers]

1 nil Doncaster with 15 mins left.

 

[mattitouk]

2-0 now to the Donnies, with 2 minutes left of stoppage time.

Bradford still looking for their first win since News Year day. What an implosion, they looked almost dead certs for a play off place at the beginning of the year.

Since New Years Day, they have managed to collect just 2 points from a possible 30!!

Edit: FT

 

[southendkid]

I know a Bradford fan at work, he is very tempted to put money on them being relegated next year, they've completely lost the plot.

 

[Stuart W]

John Marquis is precisely the sort of striker we need to go for in the summer. Mobile, constantly chasing the ball, good in the air and a decent shot.

 

[Stuart W]

Doncaster holding Bradford 0-0 so far, should they win tonight they will be just 1 point behind us with a far better goal difference.

So what, we are 13th and they are 14th. Both sides will finish mid-table. Only remaining panic is for those players looking for a contract next season. I would guess by 41 or 42 games max it will be mathematically impossible to go down. So relax.

 

[mattitouk]

John Marquis is precisely the sort of striker we need to go for in the summer. Mobile, constantly chasing the ball, good in the air and a decent shot.

Yeah have to agree, obviously hindsight is a beautiful thing, but looking back, can't help but think we missed a trick on that one.
A London born player, that has played for southern based clubs (Millwall, Gillingham, Orient, Portsmouth, Torquay and Northampton). & still only 25 years old. Not to mention the 26 goals he scored last season.

 

[mattitouk]

So what, we are 13th and they are 14th. Both sides will finish mid-table. Only remaining panic is for those players looking for a contract next season. I would guess by 41 or 42 games max it will be mathematically impossible to go down. So relax.

Rest assured Stuart. I'm not panicking. We have enough in the tank to see us to safety.

 

[RobM]

Rest assured Stuart. I'm not panicking. We have enough in the tank to see us to safety.

Just a shame we got off to such a poor start!

 

[RobM]

I know a Bradford fan at work, he is very tempted to put money on them being relegated next year, they've completely lost the plot.

Anyone know quite what's gone wrong?

 

[LBBlue]

Anyone know quite what's gone wrong?

They let Adam Thompson go back to Bury - haven't won since!

 

[mattitouk]

Just a shame we got off to such a poor start!

To be fair, we didn't really get off to such a poor start.
Since our opening game of the season in the summer with our home win against Blackburn on August 5th, we only lost 3 league games up until the early October.

Where we let ourselves down IMO was that bad period, where we lost 7 matches out of 8 matches between early December & mid January.

 

[AndyT]

Couple of games tonight :-

Northampton v Shrewsbury
Rochdale v Fleetwood

One tomorrow :-

Walsall v Wigan

 

[Zeuss]

Yeah have to agree, obviously hindsight is a beautiful thing, but looking back, can't help but think we missed a trick on that one.
A London born player, that has played for southern based clubs (Millwall, Gillingham, Orient, Portsmouth, Torquay and Northampton). & still only 25 years old. Not to mention the 26 goals he scored last season.

Yes—we should have taken note of him when he got the winner against us for lowly Torquay.Mind you we were probably distracted as Bentley was having one of his panic-attack afternoons,on a dodgy playing surface.

 

[Barling Magna]

So we want Shrewsbury to beat Northampton, Rochdale to beat Fleetwood and Wigan to beat Walsall. Simples.

 

[Jai]

John Marquis is precisely the sort of striker we need to go for in the summer. Mobile, constantly chasing the ball, good in the air and a decent shot.

Missed the boat. If he's going anywhere it's the Championship. Leaving Doncaster for us would be a sideways move.

 

[LBBlue]

Missed the boat. If he's going anywhere it's the Championship. Leaving Doncaster for us would be a sideways move.

Who says he is good enough for the Championship? -Very few League 1 players are these days. He's a Londoner from Lewisham so a move to us would be a move back down South.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

Missed the boat. If he's going anywhere it's the Championship. Leaving Doncaster for us would be a sideways move.

To be fair he said sort of player we want, not the actual player.

The time to have signed him would have been 2016. Donny signed him as a 24yo then on a free transfer when they were in L2.

Hopefully we can snap up the next Marquis this summer.

 

[mattitouk]

Northampton take a surprise lead over Shrewsbury on the strike of half time.

 

[Barling Magna]

We don't want the Cobblers to win; come on you Shrews!