Playoffs

[yonmon]

Originally Posted by Lord Stiffupperlip

For all the scaredy pants shaking over the thought of battle with the fiery Welsh,
I submit my own version of 'Men of Harlech' to help stiffen their sinews.

Men of Stanley, on to glory!
Fresh from victory o'er Crawley
Welshmen all will hear our story
Stanley never yield!
Hear our drums a pounding
Down the valleys sounding
All will fall, to our football
Our rise has been astounding
Loyalty to our team sustains us
Can't you see the prize awaits us
Up the league momentum takes us
Stanley - above all.

Such lyrical fervour !... I am overwhelmed !.

[deeayess]

Originally Posted by yonmon

I am, for once slightly lost for words LLR !....no I'm not !.

We're you really that naive to even consider my short piece of badinage was actually a short dissertation on the role played by the Zulu nation in the Anglo-Zulu War.

I should, I suppose, as some sort of climb-down, go on now at length to describe the Zulu's well-planned and organised success at the battle of Isandlwana to satisfy your pedantic longings, but our Moderator would look upon this with some measure of displeasure I'm sure !.

By now I would have thought that anyone with an analytical mind would have been able to spot the levity which I often try to inject into my rambling quotes and posts and thus not take them too seriously !...seems that I could be wrong !.

But KTF... we will get the points at Newport County !.

I too considered those lines of action but despite a large quantity of Guiness and Whisky in preparation for tomorrow, I also thought better of it .

Despite that, while we should win easily on paper, the result may be different on mud. We can but hope that we do our best and get the result we deserve but we still require a big slice of luck elsewhere.

[Lord Stiffupperlip]

Originally Posted by yonmon

Such lyrical fervour !... I am overwhelmed !.

My thanks Yonmon!
Gratifying to know that someone on here appreciates artistic poetry when they see it.
Them Welshman can certainly hold a tune, but I think the Zulu Impies were much more melodic.
Oh yes indeed, boyo!

[st06nc2]

Try to stay on topic lads

[Lord Love Rocket]

Originally Posted by yonmon

I am, for once slightly lost for words LLR !....no I'm not !.

We're you really that naive to even consider my short piece of badinage was actually a short dissertation on the role played by the Zulu nation in the Anglo-Zulu War.

I should, I suppose, as some sort of climb-down, go on now at length to describe the Zulu's well-planned and organised success at the battle of Isandlwana to satisfy your pedantic longings, but our Moderator would look upon this with some measure of displeasure I'm sure !.

By now I would have thought that anyone with an analytical mind would have been able to spot the levity which I often try to inject into my rambling quotes and posts and thus not take them too seriously !...seems that I could be wrong !.

But KTF... we will get the points at Newport County !.

It's the kind of comment I would expect from Twenty Eight haha

[accybeme]

((((IF)))) things go our way today, come 5 o'clock we could be just 1 point short of the play'offs, everything crossed & believe

[yonmon]

Originally Posted by Lord Love Rocket

It's the kind of comment I would expect from Twenty Eight haha

qed ?...

Now back to the thread ?...Alfred.E. says ' good eggs often end up getting beaten !'

KTF...

[st06nc2]

After today's results we now are 2 points off

[Chimer]

Originally Posted by st06nc2

After today's results we now are 2 points off

True

and 5 others also 2 points or less off

Blackpool's last minute penalty was not good news, though Morecambe's was.

[cashman]

Originally Posted by Chimer

True

and 5 others also 2 points or less off

Blackpool's last minute penalty was not good news, though Morecambe's was.

Our goal difference dont look the best against those in playoffs.

[st06nc2]

15:00BlackpoolvCheltenham Town
15:00Colchester UnitedvPlymouth Argyle
15:00Crawley TownvCarlisle United
15:00Crewe AlexandravLeyton Orient
15:00Exeter CityvMorecambe
15:00Grimsby TownvYeovil Town
15:00Hartlepool UnitedvBarnet
15:00Luton TownvNotts County
15:00Newport CountyvAccrington Stanley
15:00PortsmouthvCambridge United
15:00StevenagevMansfield Town
15:00Wycombe WanderersvDoncaster Rovers

Next lot of fixtures

[st06nc2]

Of the ten teams vying for the four playoff places, (too close and tight to call), their renaming fixtures are………
Luton;
Notts Co H, Stanley A, Morecombe H
Stevenage;
Mansfield H, Yeovil A, Stanley H
Exeter;
Morecombe H, Doncaster A, Carlisle H
Blackpool;
Cheltenham H, Notts Co A, Orient H
Carlisle;
Crawley A, Newport H, Exeter A
The MIGHTY Cambridge United;
Portsmouth A, Crawley H, Wycombe A
Colchester;
Plymouth H, Orient A, Yeovil H
Accrington;
Newport A, Luton H, Stevenage A
Mansfield;
Stevenage A, Portsmouth H, Crawley A
Wycombe;
Doncaster H, Morecombe A, Cambridge H

[football19]

Stanleys games are all winnable!!

[DAV007]

Got to be honest,
there are 3 rounds of games left

game 44 and 45 look winnable for all the teams on 62 points or higher invovled in the playoff hunt

game 46 is interesting,
wycombe play cambridge
exeter play carlisle

blackpool have the easiest run of games, as do Colchester (unless plymouth still feel they can win the title).

stanley have the hardest run in IMO
a team who are desperate for the win to stay up
2 teams fighting to stay in the playoffs

going to be tough

[Lord Stiffupperlip]

Lets face it, it's all speculation.
If Newport do the double over us next Saturday, then it's all over.
However, if we win, we can carry on dreaming.
But even if we win all our remaining games, we could still just miss out.
After last seasons finale, that's the likeliest outcome.