Our remaining fixtures

[lincoln shrimper]

The last 2 games of the season really worry me. Yeovil will probably need to beat us to make sure of the title and they seem to have a really good record over us since they came into this league.

Even going into the last match away to Grismby needing just a point I would fear the worst. Our record up there over recent seasons is dreadful.

Our third most difficult game will be at home to Lincoln - a game that I also fear we may lose. We are bound to conceed at home sooner rather than later.

I have been looking at everyone elses fixtures and I think Scunthorpe and Swansea will still take the last two automatic playoff places with Northampton (4th), Lincoln (5th), ourselves (6th) and Macclesfield (7th) to take the play off places. I feel that either Lincoln or Northampton will eventually go up with the other 3 teams. I have gone through our remaining games and feel we will get 76 points. We will need between 81-84 to seal an automatic place. That's 7 wins minimum from our last 11 games. A tall order. Any thoughts??

 

[Beefy]

I think you're being too pessimistic. Yeovil aren't the same side away from home and I don't think we've got too much to fear from Lincoln either.

We will slip up at some point, but so will all the other teams. With us, Swansea, Scunny, Lincoln, Macclesfield and Northampton fighting between us I think the points needed to make the top three will be lower this year than usual and I certainly fancy us to get one.

If we do make the play-offs then our experiance in the LDV regional finals over two legs would have to count in our favour.

 

[Katecat]

Quote[/b] (lincoln shrimper @ Feb. 27 2005,15:28)]The last 2 games of the season really worry me. Yeovil will probably need to beat us to make sure of the title and they seem to have a really good record over us since they came into this league.

Even going into the last match away to Grismby needing just a point I would fear the worst. Our record up there over recent seasons is dreadful.

Our third most difficult game will be at home to Lincoln - a game that I also fear we may lose. We are bound to conceed at home sooner rather than later.

I have been looking at everyone elses fixtures and I think Scunthorpe and Swansea will still take the last two automatic playoff places with Northampton (4th), Lincoln (5th), ourselves (6th) and Macclesfield (7th) to take the play off places. I feel that either Lincoln or Northampton will eventually go up with the other 3 teams. I have gone through our remaining games and feel we will get 76 points. We will need between 81-84 to seal an automatic place. That's 7 wins minimum from our last 11 games. A tall order. Any thoughts??

Gawd, you're a cheerful chappy aren't you?

Can't we just enjoy the moment? Que sera sera and all that.

These are good times, make the most of 'em

 

[Javea Shrimper]

Not just good, they're fantastic. And frustrating for those of us currently abroad! Luckily my local side CD Jávea are charging up the table in similar convincing style - another superb win this afternoon - so I may have two celebrations come May! Maybe ...

WS

 

[Katecat]

Quote[/b] (Javea Shrimper @ Feb. 27 2005,17:40)]And frustrating for those of us currently abroad!

And expensive for those of us in England but not Essex!

Ok - fantastic, whatever - lets just enjoy it!

 

[Bratislava Blue]

Could not agree with you more. With everyone in the current top ten having games against the current top 10 - Yeovil 5, S**** 4, Macc 6, Swans 4, Lincoln 8, North. 7, Darlo 3, Chelt. 6 and Wycombe 3 - less than 81 points may be enough.
The footies cheap here in Prague but its utter SH*T, Sparta are running away with the league with Slavia struggling to keep up!!!

 

[Proud Shrimper]

I have had a strong feeling for a little while now that this is a promotion season and I still believe that - and looking at our fixtures compared to everyone elses makes me even more confident we'll be playing League One football next season.

 

[BluePartridge]

We almost took a point away with us at Huish Park this year.

 

[Shrimper2thecore]

Keep the faith, i think we can still have a pop at the title, but it has been shown how hard Grimsby (a) is, with Yeovil losing there. I do however have supreme confidence that we will beat Yeovil at home. We will finish in the top 3, in my opinion

 

[ASHRIMPER]

Hopefully by the time we play yeovil they will already be champions which will hopefully make it easier for us.

Weve got a good 9 point gap now ahead of darlo and 10 ahead of the other teams outside the playoffs. So unless we have an awfull 11 games we should get playoffs which in it self is a good season. But i think we will get 2nd or 3rd.

The macclesfeild away game will have a big say in where we finnish i think.

 

[The Fitter]

When I said last week that I hoped Yeovil would draw with Scunny so that we could keep the pressure on for winning this god forsaken league I was told we had no chance.
Well the odds are still very much against it but we are still in with a good shout.

Keep the faith

 

[Proud Shrimper]

Quote[/b] (Shrimper2thecore @ Feb. 27 2005,18:41)]Keep the faith, i think we can still have a pop at the title, but it has been shown how hard Grimsby (a) is

Under normal circumstances Grimsby (a) would be a tough game, however they will have nothing to play for and how many times when a side HAS to win to go up/avoid relegation do they manage to get what they come for? More often than not its around an 8/10 chance - if we need to win on the last day I have every faith that we WILL win on the last day. We can only be grateful we're not up against a side who will still be fighting for something in this division.

 

[Bluesmanager]

To be perfectly honest, we're tied up with three teams on 60 points, right? admitedly our GD is a tad lacklustre, but we don't concede many, we just don't score many either, which is the opposite of Yeovil, they've scored something like 71 goals and conceded fifty something as well, and our home form is bloody good at the moment, if all goes well, we'll secure a playoff spot prior to the LDV final, if we get there, which means we can have one last charge for 3rd.

 

[Welsh_Shrimperz]

UNITED FOR DOUBLE

In my dream, but football can be funny sometime, you never know. Don't forget that Grimsby has an good side that time we was s**t in late 90's, but this time we got better side to win this game.

 

[sufcintheprem]

Well, Tilly continues to surprise me with comments he makes. I can't believe how quickly he has slipped in to this managerial role and adjusts to the situations the club are in.

If we get promoted this year, he will have taken the team from 23rd in the league to the league above in a year and a half without spending an exorbitant amount of money.

His latest comments are yet more good work. The promotion related message says to other teams that we have nothing to lose but will give it our all to get promoted. If they rest on their laurels, we will take them.

11 League games to go. This is where it gets really interesting!