TomTom92

Yep regards Friday. Should be beating Cambridge and Carlisle so just need to win against a cup final tired Wycombe or Leyton Orient. As @MACKWORTHRAM states by Wycombe we could have Gayle, Barkz and Collins available. Just need NML’s injury to not be serious and we’re still in with a chance.

Didn’t watch the match but by all accounts we had a stinker. Feel low about it all at the moment. But despite the defeat my bigger concern is our injury list. Sounds like we could have a couple back for the Wycombe match but we’ve got to play 2 matches before then. If NML is out for the season then we’re done for. Using boring logic, if we win 4 out of our 6 matches it takes us to 90 points. Means one of the chasing pack would need to win 6 out of 7 to overtake us. Some effort if that happens. Think we need a win on Friday whether it’s a lucky win or deserved. Then using my logic above we need to win 3 out of the last 4. Can’t see us getting more than a point at Pompey.

Haven’t we been playing 343 with Barkhuizen? Just think CBT would’ve slotted in nicely to replace him. Instead he’s being held back. Good if we’re still level come 70 minutes but a bit safe for my liking.

3-5-2 is a bit minging. The only positive to the line up is that even with our injuries our bench looks alright. Id rather us have gone all guns blazing but hopefully we’ll have enough to win this. Think we need a couple back for Friday though.

Disappointing that Barkhuizen isn’t mentioned. Guess his injury will be clarified Saturday evening. Hopefully we have enough for Saturday then come Blackpool we’ll have a couple back.

Saturday feels like such a banana skin. So I’m happy to hear that they have a couple of players missing and a clumsy left back. Get the win, put the pressure on and give Barkz, Bird and Gayle another week to recover for Blackpool and Pompey.

We've probably not seen value for money this season, but if you accept that in context he was seen as a good signing at the time and we were desperate, you can't really complain. Like others have said, he's leaning in to the old head, using his experience and organising/cheerleading everyone on side of things and good for him. Doesn't appear to have an ego and he does score goals so if we do need one to take us up, i'd be bringing him on over a Fornah or a Thompson.

Finding the constant moaning about Pearce quite tiresome to be honest. Think people need to move on or at the very least adopt the ‘if you haven’t got anything nice to say don’t say it all’ approach.

4 wins sees us on 90 points. The chasing pack would need to win 6/7 to jump above us, so statistically we should really be seeing the job through. Bolton are gonners in my opinion. No way they win 6/7 with their fixtures. Posh concern me the most as their fixtures are very favourable. But as some of you have pointed out they’ll need to dig deep to keep winning playing every 3 days. Here’s hoping they get a couple of injuries like the rest of us. Barnsley’s run in is similar to ours but can’t see them overturning the deficit. Think the season can be split in to 3 groups now: Northampton - we’re the only top 5 team playing. Win and we’ve cranked the pressure up big time. Draw/lose and the others will get a big boost without kicking a ball. Easter and Wycombe - 3 teams that can hurt us. Hoping Wycombe will be gassed out from the their final, so hopefully we can steal a win there. The remaining 3 - Should really be getting 9 points. Leyton Orients season should be over by then. Cambridge have appointed a wally in Monk and Carlisle have been useless. All in all plenty to be positive about. Just hope Barkz and Gayle aren’t out for too long.

Warne said in his interview that Ward was precautionary whereas Barkz sounded a bit more of an injury. Hopefully its not a long absence but not ideal with Gayle already out.

Stick to 343. Either bring in CBT and Waggy for Barkz and Gayle or bring in Elder for Barkz and have Sibley as one of the three.

Has anyone ever seen Dryhorce and Kate in the same room?

Fair point. But my main issue is that nobody this season is as good as Plymouth or Ipswich last season. Over a 1 match play off I’d say all 5 teams this season could’ve got a result against Wednesday but we’re all not better than they were. Our aim is promotion so if 2 of the 3 slots are already taken then it’s harder to achieve our goals than this season when we’re one of the five better teams. With nothing really between us. I agree a promotion is a promotion and praise should be given accordingly. But also think it’s not ridiculous to acknowledge that this season is a good one to take advantage of.

If it was that much of a travesty that Waghorn scored with his hand then why did hardly any of your players appeal? I didn’t watch yesterday and by all accounts it sounded like you were the more menacing in attack. But ultimately you’ve played both ourselves and Barnsley in the last couple of weeks and taken a point. So only got yourselves to blame. FYI I had your squad down as the best in the league and Evatt as the best manager before the start of the season. Could all change again but as things stand you’ve fumbled this big time.

I’d say it’s easier this year in the sense of we’ve had time to appoint a manager and recruit accordingly. Also easier in the sense than last years top 3 are better than anything in League 1 this season IMO. So easier to achieve our goal of promotion. But this season is hard as we’re playing what’s in front of us which in this case is 4 others teams of equal strength. So if we go up then we definitely deserve it. The above said, I do think this season is a good opportunity to go up as I think next years league 1 will be a pit of vipers. But providing we do go up and with the restrictions off there’s nothing to suggest that next year should be all doom and gloom just because we aren’t as strong as Plymouth were last season.

Didn’t watch the match and following on here/twitter was giving me anxiety. Sounds like Bolton was the better team. But who cares a wins a win. The only downer is Gayle getting injured but at least we have Waggy and maybe Collo back soon.

If Fozzy can do 90 minutes then we’ve got away with this one. If not then we’re in the poo. Neither Wilson or Ward look great at right back and especially in a game of this magnitude. If it is a back 4 I’d be tempted to go Smith and hope Sibley plays a blinder on the left.

Whenever I’ve seen them recently their football has been similar to Roseniors so I imagine they’ll just look to control the match. We’ll probably start bright for the first 15 mins and maybe have a good final 15 depending on the score of course. Everything in between will be tightly contested.

Me right now catching up on the thread.

Inclined to agree about wanting Pompey beating Posh. I've got very little interest in battling for the top spot, just want us up automatically. Posh have a centre mid missing through suspension which gives Pompey a chance. If that wasn't the case I'd have had Posh for the win 100%. That said, Pompey have the tougher fixtures on paper so if they did lose and we won, then it really would be a 5 horse race for the two spots.

Derby 2-1 Bolton Nelson Plus an excruciating 8 minutes added on were we’re penned in our own half.

Anyone else but Wycombe and I wouldn’t even bat an eyelid. But they’re such a tin pot club and to be profiteering again from another teams demise is sickening.

Yes last night was disappointing. Stevenage should really have got something from the match. Starting to think them having Bolton on the last day of the season isn’t that beneficial. Especially if Bolton can’t get autos. It’ll be the second successive season were a hard match isn’t as hard as it should be because of circumstance. Hope them and Portsmouth draw on sat.

Stevenage have been the better team, should’ve had a penno. But are 1-0 down. Rats.