Shrimp in a Kilt
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I am starting to revise my opinion on our remaining matches. It has seemed for a long time that our home matches would be the "gimmes" and the aways difficult to get anything from, but results lately have changed my mind:
Gillingham (h): They were really struggling, but have moved up to 7th in the form table. On the plus side, it is mainly their home form that has done this, but they will be no pushover - though their haul of 53 points should be enough to avoid the drop.
Barnsley (a): At one time the Dark Horse of the race, Barnsley are stumbling in the final furlong. One win and 5 draws in their last 8 has seen them slide to 19th in the form table. One win and three draws in the last 4 home games should give us hope of not leaving Yorkshire empty handed.
Doncaster (h): They are down in 15th place in the form table, but that is mainly because of poor home form. Away from home, they have lost only one in the last four and will still fancy their chances of reaching the playoffs. Ominously, they have proven too much for us to handle many times in the past.
Swansea (a): As pboreham has already said in another thread, 14 points ahead of Swansea - who would have thought it after they gave us a lesson at Roots Hall? But now they are struggling badly, and are down at an astonishing 17th in the form table with identical form to Barnsley - 1 win and 5 draws in the last 8. Though, like Barnsley, they haven't lost in the last 4 home games, they have only taken 3 points once. If, as seems (astonishingly) probable, we go to Swansea with promotion already clinched, I quite fancy our chances of giving the Swans a bloody beak.
Bristol City (h): Since Gary Johnson found the challenge of managing a Sleeping Giant impossible to resist, Bristol City have slowy but steadily turned from likely relegation candidates to one of the hardest teams to beat in League One. If the clubs already in and around the play-offs continue to choke in such spectacular fashion, it isn't impossible that Bristol City could come to the Hall with something still to play for. Currently second in the Form Table to Forest, by only one goal, they had a comfortable 0-3 win today at Walsall and will prove to be a tough nut to crack. I very much hope that we have sewn up both promotion and the title before this match!
Gillingham (h): They were really struggling, but have moved up to 7th in the form table. On the plus side, it is mainly their home form that has done this, but they will be no pushover - though their haul of 53 points should be enough to avoid the drop.
Barnsley (a): At one time the Dark Horse of the race, Barnsley are stumbling in the final furlong. One win and 5 draws in their last 8 has seen them slide to 19th in the form table. One win and three draws in the last 4 home games should give us hope of not leaving Yorkshire empty handed.
Doncaster (h): They are down in 15th place in the form table, but that is mainly because of poor home form. Away from home, they have lost only one in the last four and will still fancy their chances of reaching the playoffs. Ominously, they have proven too much for us to handle many times in the past.
Swansea (a): As pboreham has already said in another thread, 14 points ahead of Swansea - who would have thought it after they gave us a lesson at Roots Hall? But now they are struggling badly, and are down at an astonishing 17th in the form table with identical form to Barnsley - 1 win and 5 draws in the last 8. Though, like Barnsley, they haven't lost in the last 4 home games, they have only taken 3 points once. If, as seems (astonishingly) probable, we go to Swansea with promotion already clinched, I quite fancy our chances of giving the Swans a bloody beak.
Bristol City (h): Since Gary Johnson found the challenge of managing a Sleeping Giant impossible to resist, Bristol City have slowy but steadily turned from likely relegation candidates to one of the hardest teams to beat in League One. If the clubs already in and around the play-offs continue to choke in such spectacular fashion, it isn't impossible that Bristol City could come to the Hall with something still to play for. Currently second in the Form Table to Forest, by only one goal, they had a comfortable 0-3 win today at Walsall and will prove to be a tough nut to crack. I very much hope that we have sewn up both promotion and the title before this match!
