Play-Offs

[annie1954]

Last 23 league games. Half a season. W 10 D 9 L 4. That’s 39 points, which over a course of a season would be 78 and comfortable in the top 3 or 4.

If we miss out this season it will be be from our poor start, losing Cardwell and Kensdale and being late to the party thanks to Ron.

It won’t be because we let in a last second equaliser against Sutton.

I had the Eastleigh/Halifax game on yesterday and Halifax were utter gash. Don’t underestimate the twists and turns and unexpected results coming up in the next couple of weeks, some of which may be our own.

I think if we just miss out it’s due to being so inconsistent over the whole of the season not just a poor start ,just the last games like the second half at Boston & now the last minute against Sutton we just haven’t been able to finish teams off

 

[pottster]

We are just too inconsistent. Teams in the bottom we should be dispatching, but we drop points. That'll be the difference in the end

 

[annie1954]

We are just too inconsistent. Teams in the bottom we should be dispatching, but we drop points. That'll be the difference in the end

That’s one problem with the National League the so called Pub Teams always raise their game when playing ex Football League teams they why most find it very hard to get out of this league apart from a lucky few it’s a long time down here

 

[wiggy]

That’s one problem with the National League the so called Pub Teams always raise their game when playing ex Football League teams they why most find it very hard to get out of this league apart from a lucky few it’s a long time down here

Also we dominate the first halves and then Kev has his say and it all goes wrong!

 

[BILLERICAY BLUE]

Also we dominate the first halves and then Kev has his say and it all goes wrong!

So what Kev says before the game doesn't make a difference, but what he says at HT does?

 

[Paddypel]

10/11 points from the remaining 15 to play for will be enough I think. Solihull on Saturday is a must win just to keep us in contention, Ebbsfleet also must win given how awful they are. The other 3 I think will all be very hard games where we might be able to afford to drop points in one maybe two at a push. I think it goes down to Gateshead...

 

[Sandbach Shrimper]

Two big games in hand affecting us tonight, Oldham v Woking and Sutton v Rochdale. If Rochdale win they'll go up to 5th and we'll be three points off Gateshead in 7th. An Oldham win would all but secure their play-off place. Oldham didn't play at the weekend and Dale made a lot of changes for their FA Trophy game, so they'll both be fairly rested

 

[Blues4LifeDan]

Gateshead have always been the target, especially with Rochdale having so many games in hand.

Gateshead's next two games are FGR's and York. If they win those, they deserve to be where they are.

Also, don't discount Halifax. I watched their managers interview after their draw with Eastleigh. He says they are playing with no identity at the moment and have lost key players to injury. Eastleigh hit the bar and missed a pen in that game. They have Maidenhead next. A few on here thought it was a full gone conclusion that Tamworth would beat them and I said it was the type of game Devonshire pulls something out of the hat. Let's hope he does the same again.

 

[Cricko]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1909535506410373492

 

[Strykr]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1909535506410373492

The club producing something professional still feels strange...

 

[Barling Magna]

OK. Here goes.

Predictions for the rest of the season for ourselves and our rivals (I'm discounting Oldham, Hartlepool and Eastleigh):

Tuesday 8 April

Sutton v ROCHDALE Rochdale WIN



Saturday 12 April

Boston v ALTRINCHAM DRAW

FGR v GATESHEAD Gateshead LOSE

HALIFAX v Maidenhead Halifax WIN

ROCHDALE v Eastleigh Rochdale WIN

SOUTHEND v Solihull Southend WIN

TAMWORTH v Braintree Tamworth WIN



Friday 18 April

ALTRINCHAM v ROCHDALE DRAW

Fylde v HALIFAX Halifax WIN

GATESHEAD v York Gateshead LOSE

SOUTHEND v Braintree DRAW

TAMWORTH v Solihull Tamworth WIN



Monday 21 April

Ebbsfleet v SOUTHEND DRAW

FGR v TAMWORTH Tamworth LOSE

HALIFAX v ALTRINCHAM DRAW

Hartlepool v GATESHEAD DRAW

ROCHDALE v Fylde Rochdale WIN



Saturday 26 April

Boston v GATESHEAD DRAW

Daggers v ALTRINCHAM Alty WIN

HALIFAX v Braintree Halifax WIN

ROCHDALE v Hartlepool DRAW

SOUTHEND v Wealdstone Southend WIN

TAMWORTH v Fylde Tamworth WIN



Tuesday 29 April

Solihull v ROCHDALE Rochdale WIN



Monday 5 May

ALTRINCHAM v TAMWORTH DRAW

Braintree v ROCHDALE DRAW

GATESHEAD v SOUTHEND DRAW

Wealdstone v HALIFAX Halifax WIN


IF all this comes to pass the final table will look like this:


5th place HALIFAX 77 points

6th place ROCHDALE 76 points

7th place SOUTHEND 69 points

8th place Gateshead 66 points

9th place Altrincham 65 points


Rest assured. It will not happen like this.

 

[BEERMONSTER]

The club producing something professional still feels strange...

And wonderfully narrated by one of our very own

https://twitter.com/x/status/1909561278479073567

 

[Sammy Shrimper]

Not sure “Game management” is correct after last Saturday .
Otherwise a very professionally made short film , with great narration.

 

[Stuart W]

OK. Here goes.

Predictions for the rest of the season for ourselves and our rivals (I'm discounting Oldham, Hartlepool and Eastleigh):

Tuesday 8 April

Sutton v ROCHDALE Rochdale WIN



Saturday 12 April

Boston v ALTRINCHAM DRAW

FGR v GATESHEAD Gateshead LOSE

HALIFAX v Maidenhead Halifax WIN

ROCHDALE v Eastleigh Rochdale WIN

SOUTHEND v Solihull Southend WIN

TAMWORTH v Braintree Tamworth WIN



Friday 18 April

ALTRINCHAM v ROCHDALE DRAW

Fylde v HALIFAX Halifax WIN

GATESHEAD v York Gateshead LOSE

SOUTHEND v Braintree DRAW

TAMWORTH v Solihull Tamworth WIN



Monday 21 April

Ebbsfleet v SOUTHEND DRAW

FGR v TAMWORTH Tamworth LOSE

HALIFAX v ALTRINCHAM DRAW

Hartlepool v GATESHEAD DRAW

ROCHDALE v Fylde Rochdale WIN



Saturday 26 April

Boston v GATESHEAD DRAW

Daggers v ALTRINCHAM Alty WIN

HALIFAX v Braintree Halifax WIN

ROCHDALE v Hartlepool DRAW

SOUTHEND v Wealdstone Southend WIN

TAMWORTH v Fylde Tamworth WIN



Tuesday 29 April

Solihull v ROCHDALE Rochdale WIN



Monday 5 May

ALTRINCHAM v TAMWORTH DRAW

Braintree v ROCHDALE DRAW

Gateshead v SOUTHEND DRAW

Wealdstone v HALIFAX Halifax WIN


IF all this comes to pass the final table will look like this:


5th place HALIFAX 77 points

6th place ROCHDALE 76 points

7th place SOUTHEND 69 points

8th place Gateshead 66 points

9th place Altrincham 65 points


Rest assured. It will not happen like this.

Not a bad set of predictions at all. And if it reaches fruition, it would only confirm what I said about three weeks ago, namely that we(or someone else) could reach the play-offs with less than 70 points.

 

[Barling Magna]

Not a bad set of predictions at all. And if it reaches fruition, it would only confirm what I said about three weeks ago, namely that we(or someone else) could reach the play-offs with less than 70 points.

It's worth noting that only 4 of these remaining 28 matches feature our rivals playing each other and one of those is our final match v Gateshead.

Also worth noting what an easy run in Halifax have, on paper....

 

[Blues4LifeDan]

It's worth noting that only 4 of these remaining 28 matches feature our rivals playing each other and one of those is our final match v Gateshead.

Also worth noting what an easy run in Halifax have, on paper....

Braintree beat Barnet, Wealdstone beat FGR's and Maidenhead beat Tamworth. As you say, it's only on paper. There is no such thing as an 'easy' run in at this stage of the season.

 

[RobB11]

i went to Scunny, once, back in the Tes Bramble days (think Rob Newman was manager )
what a looooong day that was
and we lost of course
was when they first moved to their new stadium in the middle of nowhere, about 3000 in a 20,000 all seater.
Still gives me nightmares now **shudder**

Sounds more like Darlington?

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

I'm watching the game that really matters tonight. Oldham, we won't catch anyway. So the good news is that Sutton are well up for this and have had the better of the opening 20 minutes. They are closing down Rochdale very quickly, not letting them settle. One very annoying moment was when a Rochdale defender slipped, and let the Sutton man through on goal, but he somehow found the side netting.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

A 5 minute spell for Rochdale. They've woke up.

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Rochdale missed a golden chance. Could have slotted it into the corner, but shot at the keeper.