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Is there really an 'Anti Accy Web Brigade'.....?:idunno:
Is there possibly also an 'Anti Accy Twitter Brigade' then....?:confused:

I don't understand anyone being 'Anti' anything at all where the Stanley is concerned!:(

I thought, and still hope, that we are ALL simply ACCY STANLEY SUPPORTERS.....
United in one cause to see our famous club continue in glory in the Football League doing as well as we can every season.:theband:
KEEP THE FAITH:drunk::cheers::s_gupjump:s_gupjump
ON STANLEY ON:wave8::signbeer::drink::jimbo::alright:

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Yes there really is! And I can fully understand why to an extent. More often that not we just have whingers whinging about nowt. If things are going bad we whinge about the team, if things are going good we whinge about the club, if the club seems to be going good we whinge about pies ...

It sounds worse than it is, when its typed out. But, there is often no room for constructive debate as any that protesteth are quickly labelled clowns or numpties and then the thread breaks down.

I used to use this forum daily but now more as a passing thought to see if there is any gossip worth knowing. Many other notable 'names' have similarly slipped away over the years

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And now Easter eggs, FCOL!

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too much moaning?

Last night we went to watch Matera Calcio - another Italian division 3 club.
Cost €9 in. Which is great.
The gate was probably about 2,500 but the football was boring as hell (0-0) and the Ultras sinister and humourless.

It was a bit weird to read the forum today with some negativity towards easteregggate and the usual stuff about the price of season tickets. It's easy to forget just what a bazzing thing the Theatre of Wham has going on.

any forum is bound to have its share of grumbles and gripes though. That should not matter in the slightest as we all have our irrational pet hates to get off our chests. but if people are being labelled as clowns or numpies that's just pathetic. Does that happen? I've not really noticed it - this seems a largely joyous place.

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If there really is an Anti-Accy-Web brigade,it just demonstrates to me what sad pathetic people there are in the world,i have no need at all to explain that comment, anyone with an I.Q. of 5 knows what i'm saying.:rolleyes:

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Wel now we've got the manager of the month curse I guess the dreams over

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Maccawozzagod is quite right in his summary, we do whinge something awful at times, although in some cases I suppose this isn't realised when typing a post !...as to pet hates, the Forum is really not the place to hurl vitriol at anyone or anything just to make one feel a little better for having written it !.
On closer examination most of what I post is absolute rubbish and carries little opinion regarding Accrington Stanley, but that is what I have done for years now in spite of a few anti-Yonmon whinges now and again. But the Forum provides a sounding board for the inconsequential ramblings of this avid, though ancient Stanley fan who really misses the daily pertinent posts from Macca...and the witty and apposite asides from Tin Monkey, and others who used to inform and entertain us on the Forum.

This is purely my opinion...and, in my opinion, opinions can be expressed without there being a single whinge to be heard, or derogatory labels being attached to other users. But then I suppose the chances of this being the case, are little but a forlorn hope !..

KTF.

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Lord D says he thinks the board is a largely joyous place & for the most part it usually is (I've read much worse message boards belonging to other teams), there are occasions when it gets a little out of hand but these spats are usually resolved amicably - unless of course it involves changing our pie supplier or the hot dog sausages being too long to enjoy at a football match - then all hell breaks loose! :D:rolleyes:

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Carlilse defeat to Notts county now means we are 4 points off playiffs

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Until the end of the season, I think they should be referred to as the Playiffs from now on! Much better term for all the clubs in contention, until they're settled. :)

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Down to 13/2 for playiffs glad I put my bet on when we was 250/1

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After witnessing the second 45 yesterday which was possibly the best I have seen Stanley for a long time if we can keep this momentum and spirit going we appear fearless and could make it but unfortunately out of our hands. If we get there we will be the form team so maybe the fate of previous years could smile on us for once....serious fingers crossed!

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Could go down to last game against stevanage again and if we do get there we could get Stevenage again, surely they deserve abit if payback

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A bit I bloody despise them:mad:

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I can't believe we're set to play Stevenage yet again at the end of the season - I thought the fixtures were supposed to be drawn randomly - yeah, right! :rolleyes:

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[QUOTE=AccyMad;1191996]I can't believe we're set to play Stevenage yet again at the end of the season -

actually it could be a good time to play em if there is such a thing as if they are where they are at the moment coming into the last game i can,t see em playing players who,ve got a knock as the week after they will be in the play offs. it could be a meaningless game for them and we may take advantage of it. next friday afternoon is the big one however.

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No such thing as a meaningless game between our clubs, they weren't playing for anything in our game at the end of last season & look what happened. . . . . .

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is it something that we are more bothered about them than they are about us. different players and different manager now. as for last season it was as much to do with the woodwork than their style of play.

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I just had a little play at predicting results to the end of the season for all the teams from Luton down to us. Assuming we'd win the lot (I know, I know :D) and everything else goes as would seem most likely given current table positions, the result was .....

4th Luton 76
5th Stevenage 75
6th Stanley 73
7th Exeter 72

... which would of course mean 3 games running against Stevenage :eek: before ending the season at Wembley :). Sorry Di ;)

The other things I realised from this exercise are that we need Donny to keep winning even though they're already up, and the Shrimps to hit a purple patch :rolleyes:, as 4 of Donny's and all 5 of the Shrimps' last games are against teams in the play-off shake-up.

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Although a lot of the feelings against them stemmed from how Westley shafted Farnborough to acquire them (& it's not just us who despised them for that), they also have a historical grudge from when they won promotion to the football league in 96 & were refused due to their ground not being up to scratch, then when we achieved promotion 10 years later & were allowed to enter the promised land of league 2 the vitriol received from their fans was unbelievable.

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Quite right yonmon

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Don't wish to start a creepy Crawley post too early, but can't wait for Monday's game, so tagging this onto 'Playoffs' for discussion.
Monday could be the big one if our dreams are to become reality.
Carlisle play Stevenage & both Exeter & Luton have tough away games.
This looks like our golden opportunity to jump within a few points of seventh spot, should other results work in our favour.
Carlisle are the team we could get closest to, so Satanage could actually do us a favour by winning at Brunton Park.
Of course, all this depends on us convincingly crushing Crawley.
Let's hope we get the biggest gate so far to help cheer our boys on to victory!

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It's the Newport match that scares me Lord Stiff. I think we will easily win on Monday.

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Crawley did really well against Plymouth earlier in month

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[QUOTE=Lord Didsbury;1192337]It's the Newport match that scares me Lord Stiff. I think we will easily win on Monday.[/QUOTE

Attachment 55227 YOU? The 13th Duke of W'mb'm, afraid of a footie game against a team of Welsh sixth form schoolgirls? With your reputation?
Has no one thought of the consequences?

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Listen ere Lord Stiff.
Welsh people aren't the brightest, but when the chips are down (the death of the mining industry, chasing an egg around Cardiff Arms Park, or when Ryhdian was in the final of X factor) they don't half develop this insane self belief.
I think I'd rather face zulus at Rourkes Drifft than Newport next weekend.

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I think I'd rather face zulus at Rourkes Drifft than Newport next weekend.[/QUOTE]

pitch at rourkes drift would be better though.

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Ah! The South Wales Border Regiment - a fine bunch of men indeed!
Eleven VC's before breakfast and all that.
But if Matty Pearson had been leading those pesky Zulus, I'm afraid they'd have been wiped out!

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Yes it's true lord I can tell you first hand that the welsh are a nation of warriors and fight like trojans

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[QUOTE=Lord Didsbury;1192355] ....when the chips are down ... they don't half develop this insane self belief...[/QUOTE]

Perhaps it will help that we'll be playing Newport County then. Their web site admits to only 8 Welsh players (most of them appear to be youths) in a squad of 34. ;)

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The Male Voice Choirs in Newport have been heard singing...

'rydym yn ofnus o Accrington Stanley '....Most definitely not the indefatigable spirit shown by Michael Caine and Co at Rorkes Drift... I reckon that Ivor Emmanuel and his lads as they belted out ' Men of Harlech ' were really the true inspiration behind the victory !.

Unfortunately my Lords such valour seems to be a commodity in short supply in the Principality these days and unlike the Ill-disciplined Zulus the Reds have little to flee from on the barren wastelands of Rodney Parade !.

nb.. In no way should my apparent disparaging of the Zulu race be seen as having any connection to those denigrating Soccer chants reported elsewhere on the Forum !. :s_whistl:

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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.

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Don't give up your day job :D

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Yonmon I'm terribly sorry but I must pick you up on this, since when were the Zulu's indisciplined? They were quite the opposite, they were extremely well disciplined and organised

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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 !.

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

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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 :D .

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.

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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!
:D

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Try to stay on topic lads

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

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

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qed ?...

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

KTF...

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After today's results we now are 2 points off

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True :)

and 5 others also 2 points or less off :(

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

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

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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

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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

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Stanleys games are all winnable!!

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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

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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.

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Does anyone actually know,the last time we went 15 unbeaten? or if we ever done 18? cos if we do we sure deserve a shot at the playoffs.

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Macca knows everything :)

Just need to get him to read this :D

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Newport got a 6-1 thrashing today, If we could do the same next week we may scrape through on Goal difference. The points and the goal difference are the deciders.

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Looking at the table you'd have to say that if we get 9 points chances are we'll make the playoffs. Seven points is unlikely to be enough, but we still might fluke in. No chance if we only get six.

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Is it a mathematical impossibility though lord, fixture wise?

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Not a mathematic impossibility but I'd say with the number of other teams on 62pts+ that it's unlikely they will all fail to get 4-6 points. It's also unlikely two others will win all three.
But yes, I'm guessing!

This weekend sees teams above us having easy looking games. We need to win of course and probably best scenario is two of them will fail to win?

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Wouldn't say the teams above us have easy games, Cambridge have Pompey, Mansfield have Stevenage, Colchester have Plymouth

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Well ..... Wycombe, Colchester and Cambridge are playing promoted Doncaster, Plymouth and Portsmouth. Pompey have no chance of becoming champions but should want to put on a show at a Fratton promotion party. The other two hopefully both want the no 1 spot so should be up for it.

Luton and Blackpool will expect to win at home against Notts County and Cheltenham, Carlisle on recent form may struggle at Crawley but the critical issues I think are whether the Shrimps can keep being our best friends and nick something at Exeter, and if Mansfield can do the same at Stevenage, where someone in the mix is going to drop points. My assume-we-win-the-lot :rolleyes: guessing stick currently says Blackpool, Exeter and Stanley will finish 6th, 7th and 8th on 71 points, behind Luton (74) and Stevenage (72) meaning goal difference would knock us out of the playoffs. My sums assume Exeter and Stevenage win on Saturday. But if either of them drop points and we don't, it's still on :eek:.

And of course if we don't win all three, that's (realistically not statistically) that :(.

As Di said, no point in worrying about the other sides ..... :D.

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Oops! Yes, you are correct of course.... think I was focusing too much on Exeter, Carlisle and Blackpool. The teams in 6th, 7th and 8th.
They have Morecambe (h), Crawley (a) and Cheltenham (h).

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There is no easy games this year, anybody could beat anybody we've seen that already

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No one can beat us though. We are invincible.

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15 is our longest unbeaten run in League 2. Previous best was 14 (13 at the end of 10/11 and the first game in 11/12).

The bad news is the Beeb have finally noticed we're in the mix .... :rolleyes:

League Two: The closest EFL play-off race ever? - BBC Sport

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OMG Chimer! If we win tomorrow, we might even make the 10.00 o-clock news!

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I doubt it - we'll be lucky to get more than our customary 15 seconds on Channel 5's Goals Rush :rolleyes:

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True but i'll settle for 15 secs on the next 3 matches,if we win em, stuff Channel 5;)

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Well that's another season over I guess

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But another helluva roller-coaster ride. Even mid table mediocrity is never boring with Stanley. Still a chance to make it a season to remember with the final game to come.

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The real problem we have is who we will keep for next season? I am delighted that we have achieved a 15 game unbeaten run, That alone is a fantastic achievement from a team we all were thinking were going down at Christmas. I hope we get some decent pre season friendlies this season. Unlike last season we didn't really get a challenge from a higher division side. I had friends asking about coming to the Luton game but as it is a nothing game now they won't be paying £20 to watch us.

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I dont regard it as a nothing game at all, were playing one of the top sides in the division.

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Financialy it may be ok to help the club, A win may keep the club a little higher again this may help with the finances. As far as achieving anything else it is the end of the dream for this season.

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We wont really affect Luton, but I'm fairly certain that beating Stevenage will mean them staying down :D

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Oh well, maybe the end-of-season glory hunters will go to Ewood Park instead? :rolleyes:

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Mathematically it's still possible but we'd need a miracle elsewhere

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Keeping everything crossed for that one :D

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The final game is a win-win for Stanley.
If we can beat Satanage and knock them out of the Play-ifs: sweetness and light.
If we can't, there's a chance we won't have to play them for at least one season: light and sweetness.

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pathetic

lets focus on improving Accrington instead of being bitter towards other clubs

in case you haven't realised, Graham Wesley has not been the manager of Stevenage for a few years

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This from someone who regards Stanley's season is over.
My highlight of the season is being called 'pathetic' by DAV0. It's a badge of honour. :tongueout

P.S thanks for your 'latest news' about Westley. Obviously your subscription to Managers' Monthly wasn't wasted.

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Why all the doom and gloom? All we need to do is win the last two :), and for any six of the seven things listed below to happen ……. ;)

Blackpool get 0 points – Notts Cty A, Leyton O H – not very likely :(
Stevenage get <= 1 – Yeovil A, us – losing at Yeovil lets us in, so not impossible :confused:
Carlisle get <= 2/3 – Newport H, Exeter A – quite likely to lose at Exeter, so OK :)
Wycombe get <= 2/3 – Morecambe A, Cambridge H – 2 draws quite possible :)
Mansfield get <= 2/3 - Portsmouth H, Crawley A – neither win easy :)
Colchester get <= 4, Leyton O A, Yeovil H – losing either lets us in :confused:
Cambridge get <= 4, Crawley H, Wycombe A – losing either lets us in :)

Where I’ve put <= 2/3, 3 would need us to have a better GD – not impossible in any of these cases as if we win both we must improve by 2 at least :D

On Stanley On!!

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I think that maybe now the pressure of keeping the unbeaten run going is off, I can see us comfortably winning the last 2 & if we still manage to sneak into the last play off place as the Wombles did on the final day last season it's a bonus to be enjoyed & if not, at least it won't be gutting like the end of last season when it was a process we shouldn't have had to endure - looking forward to what hopefully will be a party atmosphere at the Crown next week :)

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If we make the playoffs I will leave accyweb.

That's how confident I am the season is over, the dreamers need to face reality

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Ooh you little scallywag you! Taunting folk with comments like that. :D

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Come on you Reds!

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[QUOTE=DAV007;1193058]If we make the playoffs I will leave accyweb.
[QUOTE]

I'm not religious, but it is Sunday. Can someone say a prayer for all of us? :rolleyes:

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Not at all Exile. Like you they live away but would have stayed on the extra day if we had won at Newport. But I am more concerned who comes and goes for next season. If a miracle happens then great.

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After another season when we've won the respect of other league managers on a shoestring budget, I'll be amazed if they're not already beating a path to John Coleman's door with wads of cash in their back pockets.
I predict we'll be bidding a sad farewell to some of our better players come the end of the season.
The only compensation is that this time, we might actually get compensation.

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Well it wasn't that stupid :D .... if we'd won today (which I know we didn't, but looked quite feasible at half-time), all :) it would have needed was another win at Stevenage, and Colchester and Wycombe dropping points at home to Yeovil and Cambridge.

What would actually have happened in that situation, of course, is that Colchester would have drawn and Akinfenwa would have scored the winner for Wycombe, probably in injury time after the final whistle at Stevenage had signalled our victory and we'd invaded the pitch :rolleyes:

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Sorry, mate, lost you!
All I know is that we have survived another season, & I am more than happy with where we are!

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we can still have an influence on the play offs next saturday. pay back due.

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Can't decide whether to go or not, I'd love to be there to witness their disappointment if they don't make it into the play offs & we've made that happen BUT, if they do get into the top seven not sure I could stomach being there - decisions, decisions?? :confused:

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remember when you pay your entrance money it goes to stevenage f.c. would go if i could get a freebee.

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If it was anywhere other than Stevenage I'd go in a heartbeat, even if there's nothing to play for - after all it's a lonnnnnngg summer with no Stanley fix :( but there's still the fact that even if it means handing 20 quid to Stevenage it's the last chance for a while to support our lads on the pitch - oh, flippin heck - wish I could be more decisive (or do I) . . .

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Get behind the club

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Change the record :rolleyes: It was you who was saying the season's over before we played Luton?!

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The season was over after the Luton game but it doesn't mean I stop suppporting the team and hopefully the manager will give some fringe players a game

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Get behind the club, he says. That's rich coming from someone who's predicting that we'll get beat 4 nil this coming Saturday.

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It's a prediction game for a bit of fun!

When will the haters stop hating!

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Nobody's stopping supporting the team, it's having to do it in Stevenage that's the problem . . .