TomTom92

If we could cherry pick any team to play for this match it would be Carlisle at home. If we mess it up its on us. I've been bad for this, but i think all this talk of Posh's weakened side is nervous chat. FWIW i think Bolton will win on sat but not by more than +2 GD which means we'd have to lose by -2GD at home for the first time this season. Hopefully we get a early goal, hopefully whilst not match fixing Simmo isn't bothered if we win and we can all relax with a promotion in the bank come Saturday night.

3rd place gets second leg at home too?

Not saying we should sign him but in JCH defence i think his lack of match time has come from him turning down moves away and upsetting DMAC and Fry.

I do think that Paul Warne will fall in to the category of you don’t know what you’ve got til it’s gone. Fair enough tactically there’s a question mark and in the transfer market there’s a smaller question mark (Adam’s and Gayle) have bought him back some credit. But his interviews are interesting in my opinion. Much rather listen to Warne waffle than the usual media trained cliches. Warne has also clearly changed the culture in the club. We were suffering an admin hangover when he came in. Now we’re 1 point from promotion with admin far in the wing mirror. The players seem to love him as well. Assuming the nightmare scenario doesn’t occur next week I suggest everyone enjoys the promotion, sips or chugs a beverage of their choice and enjoy the summer.

Posh playing a second string so don’t expect them to be doing us any favours next week.

The only squeaky bum time will come if we lose tomorrow even if its by 1 goal and Bolton win by 3+ goals. That would mean we're neck and neck going in to the final match and i believe their goals for is better so we'd need to beat their goal difference. If Posh muck up one of their matches this also means that going in to the final match their hopes are all but extinguished and could rest players. That nightmare scenario said, i'd expect us to score more on the last day against Carlisle than Bolton would away to a slightly weaker Posh team. My only caveat would be that Posh's defence is far from solid at the best of times so we couldn't call this a banker. Hopefully we won't put ourselves in this position and at the bare minimum we get a point tomorrow.

Should’ve done it that after every cup draw both teams get to say in advance whether or not they want a reply if a draw happens. Two nos and it’s extra time and pennos. One club wants it and I’m afraid a reply it is.

Was thinking about this earlier. If Bolton are winning by 2 or more with 20 minutes to go, assuming we’re drawing against Cambridge, I wouldn’t go uber attacking. If they’re only winning by 1 then I agree to roll the dice and try and steal 3 points. Even with our ‘easier’ match on the final day I’d want at least a 2 goal cushion on goal difference. That said ultimately I think even with a defeat at the weekend we should go up. If we need to score 3/4 against Carlisle then there’s no reason why we can’t.

Cambridge 1 - 2 Derby Sibley

My only comment about the comparisons with the Reading match was at the time we were on a downward spiral with a defence that leaked goals for fun. Neither are the case this time.

Can't see anything but a Bolton win. Think Shrewsbury had a sweet spot that started around the time they played us and lasted until they're almost safe. Think the battle may have left them. But alas if we mess it up from here then we only have ourselves to blame.

Don't get me wrong the Barnsley kit is honking. However, i'd rather something horrific like that than a boring plain white shirt.

I thought he was called the buffalo because of his poor internet connection.

The biggest concern at the moment is that every match seems to be a real battle. I think maybe earlier in the season when the pressure was off, Warne's simple tactics allowed us to win some games with ease. However the last 5/6 have been gruellers. If you have to make an excuse you could point it to Gayle getting injured when we were flying after a 3-0 and 2-1 win respectively. Everything for me is down to how we finish. Promotion? Happy days he's earnt his money and deserves a crack at the championship. Failure? In my book he needs to go. The only two saving graces Warne has is that the players seem to love him and if we brought in someone new, they'd need to assess the squad for a month before starting our transfer business.

Derby 1-0 Leyton Orient Collins