Kernow

If there’s enough contact to send Hourihane over in that position the. It’s a definite yellow. The space Hourihane moves in to with NML or Gayle as options with clear shots on goal means it has to be a yellow. It would be a cynical trip. Whether there was contact, or enough to send Hourihane down, is a different question. I don’t see why he would dive in that position unless he recognised it was Yiadom who was already on a yellow and likely to get a second. Penalty area, it’s understandable, but a free kick alone from that position is less dangerous than the position we’d have found ourselves in if he wasn’t “fouled”, I can completely understand why the ref gave it.

Or.... give us the favourable decisions tonight so it can 'even itself out' on Saturday 👀

After tonight's games, no lower than 11th.

Get in! Full-time, big win.

Bet you a fiver they don't!

Through this site? For what it's worth, I also have Pompey finishing 3rd with 92 points but missing out on goal difference. https://www.worldfootball.net/table_calculator/eng-league-one/

Charlton in 14th cannot overtake us, so technically 13th. But seeing as the top 13 will obviously play one another before the end of the season, mathematically it'll be higher than this, I just can't be bothered to work out how high!

Derby 2-1 Reading Nelson

So Max Bird is meant to be out for 3 weeks, that'll take us up to the end of March. From previous comments from Warne, shouldn't we also have Collins, Washington, Forsyth and Elder be back by then too? Four games left this month, Reading, Bolton and Blackpool at home, Northampton away. If we're still in a good position after this set of fixtures, then hopefully in the influx of strong first teamers returning will add some depth and get us over the line.

Hopefully it's not the only record we break this season. Our record number of points in a season with 3 points per win is 85. 14 points needed from 9 games, so 1.55 ppg. We're currently on track for 89 points (1.94 ppg). When we were last promoted from this tier of English football, we managed 84 points. 89 points would be a good achievement for Warne even if it doesn't end up being enough for a top 2 place.

It can change so quickly, that's the problem. A great day for us today could be completely reversed in a few days. Posh didn't win in 4 and were believed to be out of it. Now 4 wins in a row, and they're a point behind us if they win their games in hand. I don't even think Portsmouth can be overly confident that they're safe in the top two right now. They have to play all four directly below them in the league. I highly doubt they'll lose all four of those games, but if they do it's not inconceivable that they don't even get the home advantage in the play-offs, let alone automatic promotion. If we can hold our nerve in the 'big' games, and get 4 points from Bolton and Pompey, then we'll do it. With the fixtures we do have left, we'll kick ourselves if we miss out from this position.

They still have some work to do, 4 of their next 7 games are Posh, Barnsley, us & Bolton. They're away at Posh the same day as we play Bolton at home, then we have Northampton the same day as they have Barnsley. We're 5 behind them at the moment, if we're less than that by the time we play them then it could be a nervous situation for them, and we will hopefully have our tails up. I don't think we'll catch them unless we beat them at their place, so it's a really tough ask, but 4 teams neck and neck chasing them down is going to cause a lot of pressure. Two or three bad results and they don't just lose top spot, they could quite easily fall to 4th or 5th. They're favourites by far, but it's going to go right to the end.

Well today was alright. Three points gained on Barnsley, +7 GD. Two points gained on Pompey and Bolton, +3 GD. Nil points gained on Peterborough, but +1 GD. For argument's sake, if Posh and Barnsley win their games in hand (I know they're a little while away yet) then it'd be... 1. Portsmouth - 77 2. Derby - 72 3. Posh - 71 4. Bolton - 71 5. Barnsley - 70 I'd suggest anybody old enough to consciously remember a competitive first team game at the BBG invest in some Tena pants for men (or women), because it's going to be a nervy end of the season.

Ffs Waggy! Stop improving our goal difference!

Barnsley 0-4 Lincoln

Burton 1-1 Posh

Rovers 0-1 Derby NML

We're 12 points ahead of Oxford in 7th, same games played. Although mathematically possible of course, there's no realistic way they finish above us with only 10 games to play. Making up over a point a game on any side near the top of the table is a tough ask, especially when you don't play them again this season. Hopefully that gives us the confidence to throw everything at going for 2nd place. We don't really need to look over our shoulder, and it makes little difference whether we finish 3rd or 6th. Let's go for it.

There’s a bloke I know from Cornwall who supports Forest. Arrogant, up his own arse, mocks poverty and as thick as two short planks. Just seen that he went up for their game today, that’s topped off a very good day.

Derby 2-0 Vale Gayle

Nice to see he’s still been working with the club and it’s helped towards his badges. Future Rams manager?

I probably would too, but that won’t happen. If Clowes’ plan is to appoint a League One ‘promotion specialist’ purely to get out of the division, then get rid, he wouldn’t have been given a 4 year contract. I think that Warne will get sacked if we’re in a position similar to the one Sheffield Wednesday were in, but if we’re teetering on the edge of the relegation zone, he’ll still be here. In an ideal world for everyone, Warne gets us promoted and then someone like his hometown club of Norwich thinks “we want him” and poach him off us. If we do go up, he will probably still be here at the end of his current contract as long as we are a mid-to-bottom half Championship side.