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Tilly Rules out Play-offs

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http://www.southendunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10444~1622943,00.html

I can see why seeing as Scunthorpe have 2 games in hand but it's never certain that they'll win them we could pull off something magical and win our last 4 games, which would gives us 12 points and finish with 76. Admittedly Scunthorpe would only need 3 wins, everything possible, especially when you look at Scunthorpe's run in.

Hartlepool is never an easy place to go to and there's always goals involved, if Hoopers injured then i can see Hartlepool knicking it, the pressures on Scunthorpe. They then have MK Dons at home, again another tough game and i can see them drawing which is then followed up by Northampton way, again not easy place to go to but they should win.

A visit to Leicester 3 days later doesn't help and i can't see them winning that and i can see them beating Cheltenham but drawing with Tranmere which would give them 8 points. 1 point less than what we can get, we can do it.
 
Even if he doesn't think we will make it you wouldn't tell the team would you? Maybe he is doing it to make them prove him wrong but confidence hasn't been really high this season, if I was Tilly I would be saying you can still make the play offs we have just got to keep fighting!
 
Even if he doesn't think we will make it you wouldn't tell the team would you? Maybe he is doing it to make them prove him wrong but confidence hasn't been really high this season, if I was Tilly I would be saying you can still make the play offs we have just got to keep fighting!

I don't know. I think it could be a twist of genius.

Scunthorpe realistically need to win 3 of their remaining 6 to ensure they finish higher than us so our fate is well and truly out of our hands.

Teams who are playing for pride sometimes rediscover a new lease of life so maybe he thinks we'd be better off playing that way (and if Scunny screw up its a bonus) than playing nervously with one eye on other results (which arguably we did when we went up from League 2 and threw away automatic promotion).
 
Even if he doesn't think we will make it you wouldn't tell the team would you? Maybe he is doing it to make them prove him wrong but confidence hasn't been really high this season, if I was Tilly I would be saying you can still make the play offs we have just got to keep fighting!

Players aren't stupid (well....) so they know what will be expected of them. I'm quite looking forward to the end of the season now. I hope we rebuild the squad a bit and try and get a lot more balance. We need a bit of a clearout in my opinion as this team have been over achieving in the last 3 months.
 

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