Reading v Charlton Athletic Bristol Rovers v Burton Albion Cambridge United v Cheltenham Carlisle v Portsmouth Derby v Shrewsbury Lincoln v Fleetwood Port Vale v Stevenage Wycombe v Peterborough
We are going down - this feels like a relegation season. No keeper of quality , no defence and no goal threat . I evidently qualify that by saying we have Alfie May and he’s scored a lot of goals . Without CBT to supplement , we’ve had it .
If this isn’t the case , I will be delighted !
Spot on, it really does - 3 managers, slow slide down the table with too little done too late to arrest it.
Could be playing Bromley in league games next season.
Lincoln and Portsmouth at home, Bolton and Derby away this month.
Then March sees 4 away games in 6.
I can very well see us a few points behind the fifth bottom placed club. You also have Cheltenham having a good spell who could be overtaking us as they have two games in hand.
What's even more ridiculous is that Cheltenham only had 2 points after 12 games this season and didn't score a goal until October.
Since then they've picked up 24 points in 17 games, if they continue that PPG ratio they'll get to 50 points. Their 2 games in hand are away to Burton and Wycombe.
Port Vale an OG and an injury time penalty. Jeez..
They probably had a shot or cross of note for the og and some sort of attacking intent and purpose for the penalty imagine that for Charlton …. Nah I can’t either
I’m convinced if we go down it will be the end of the club. We won’t average over 10,000 attendance. It becomes unsustainable (it already is to an extent). Going down will be a death sentence for the club.
Cheltenham and Fleetwood are the two that concern me...Clarke is doing a good job at making Cheltenham hard to beat. Fleetwood have had a clear out in January moving on a lot of senior players who seem to have been causing trouble.
Port Vale picked up a very good result yesterday, two games in hand and potential for a new manager bounce.
I don't think we can wait for the games in March to start picking up results. We need wins, and we need them fast.
9 new players in in Jan. A new manager. 2 best players gone. 4-5 players coming back from long term injuries. Our manager talking of learning a lot. Walking football in a must not lose match.
It just feels like we are in our pre season at the moment. Players and managers all trying to get to know one another. Sadly, we don't have time for that. Bottom 5 are starting to get marooned and Vale/Cheltenham catching/nearly caught up. Those teams MAY have weaker squads on paper but they have a system/plan that has been tuned over the season.
I really don't know how we get ourselves out of this mess. Yesterday was so dispiriting.
Our last throw of the dice are Camara, Taylor and Aneke. Let's hope they are all back, hit the ground running, play like world beaters and stay fit. It's not likely.
This remains the worst L1 in years. It's staggering.
Unless Nathan Jones can get this lot playing asap, I think we are more likely to go down than not at this stage. Dobson being booted out is another nail in the coffin.
League 2 will be dire but that's not the worst of it as I suspect investors will pull the plug leaving us in administration and anyone half decent being sold off. Then what happens if we default on the stadium lease?
There’s just no fight in this squad whatsoever. If they can’t get up for it with 3000 fans behind them in a must win then we may aswell play the academy team for the rest of the season
When are Aneke and Leaburn due back? They are our only hope as far as I can see. May isn’t the type of player to score a goal out of nothing. He needs service
I’m convinced if we go down it will be the end of the club. We won’t average over 10,000 attendance. It becomes unsustainable (it already is to an extent). Going down will be a death sentence for the club.
This 100%
It isn’t so much about whether or not people agree we will go down (I think we are all aligned now on that)…. It’s more I don’t think some realise quite how serious that will be for the ongoing health of our football club.
Comments
21
Port Vale
28
8
6
14
28
43
-15
30
Games today:
Reading v Charlton Athletic
Bristol Rovers v Burton Albion
Cambridge United v Cheltenham
Carlisle v Portsmouth
Derby v Shrewsbury
Lincoln v Fleetwood
Port Vale v Stevenage
Wycombe v Peterborough
Could be playing Bromley in league games next season.
21
Port Vale
29
8
7
14
30
45
-15
31
Hmm.
Then March sees 4 away games in 6.
I can very well see us a few points behind the fifth bottom placed club. You also have Cheltenham having a good spell who could be overtaking us as they have two games in hand.
Things are not looking good.
Since then they've picked up 24 points in 17 games, if they continue that PPG ratio they'll get to 50 points. Their 2 games in hand are away to Burton and Wycombe.
imagine that for Charlton …. Nah I can’t either
Port Vale picked up a very good result yesterday, two games in hand and potential for a new manager bounce.
I don't think we can wait for the games in March to start picking up results. We need wins, and we need them fast.
https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/league-1/english-league-one/relegation
It just feels like we are in our pre season at the moment. Players and managers all trying to get to know one another. Sadly, we don't have time for that. Bottom 5 are starting to get marooned and Vale/Cheltenham catching/nearly caught up. Those teams MAY have weaker squads on paper but they have a system/plan that has been tuned over the season.
I really don't know how we get ourselves out of this mess. Yesterday was so dispiriting.
Our last throw of the dice are Camara, Taylor and Aneke. Let's hope they are all back, hit the ground running, play like world beaters and stay fit. It's not likely.
This remains the worst L1 in years. It's staggering.
League 2 will be dire but that's not the worst of it as I suspect investors will pull the plug leaving us in administration and anyone half decent being sold off. Then what happens if we default on the stadium lease?