Why have so many written the season off?
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Wizaard
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Bunch of negative Nellies desperate to be proved right that Critchley isn't good enough. That's more important than the team being successful.
If we do manage it, get ready for 'It's going to be embarrassing getting thrashed every week'.
OhhhBarryBarry!
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Because we've been watching the football that we have produced and the lack of consistency to go with it. Can't see us suddenly producing the required form to finish in the top 6.
TangerineTom
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Whilst I get what you are saying, we are literally 3 points away from a play off spot after 39 games - we are right there in terms of playoff form.
glasshalffull
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Not given up hope, and if not for the current form of Lincoln I would fancy our chances.
We need them to start blowing up. Maybe they will get vertigo soon.
A good result at Derby might restore some confidence to our fans, but unfortunately this season our form against the lower teams especially away has been a big problem.
We need them to start blowing up. Maybe they will get vertigo soon.
A good result at Derby might restore some confidence to our fans, but unfortunately this season our form against the lower teams especially away has been a big problem.
AngelBFC
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The three games at home is what gives me hope and is the reason I think we will do it .
Our home record is magnificent and winning those games plus a Carlisle win will take us into top 6 tigger.
tangysider
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Because we have watched the matches, and know how inconsistent the team is and we create fewer opportunities than most at the top end of the table
Probably because we’ve been so inconsistent in games away from home a lot of fans are saying we’ve blown our chances of play offs
I never expected us to be promoted or relegated on current away form but with the games remaining I can see us winning them all and finishing in the play offs
Gosh I hope I’m right
I never expected us to be promoted or relegated on current away form but with the games remaining I can see us winning them all and finishing in the play offs
Gosh I hope I’m right
Wizaard
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Yet have scored more goals than Lincoln Stevenage and Oxford
585 = never give up
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In answer to the OP's question: It's all in the mind.
It's a human instinct not to build yourself up for a fall.
We're still in the mix and there are always freek results during the run in.
The team who fights the hardest will be the team that succeeds. So this is now a test of our team spirit and NC needs to stop playing safe and let the players go for it.
L’étranger
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And also get ready for “If only Critchley had listened to us earlier we’d have gone up automatically”.
Razzledazzle53
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I did but I also went to Shrewsbury and Peterborough where we looked very much a top 6 team
Yep I also went to Shrewsbury and wasn’t impressed with the game but was glad of the 3 points
Rich T
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Not been away since Port Vale.
Was tempted to attend the Wigan game, but huge support, weakened opposition and the green shoots of hope made me realise we were going to be let down.
Respect those who'll be there on Friday, but think we'll be able to look towards rebuilding for next year after visiting the Rams
Was tempted to attend the Wigan game, but huge support, weakened opposition and the green shoots of hope made me realise we were going to be let down.
Respect those who'll be there on Friday, but think we'll be able to look towards rebuilding for next year after visiting the Rams
Willie Mcgrotty
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Thereby lies the frustration. There's inconsistency but our jekyll & hyde performances go beyond that. Surely Critchley must have a say in that.I did but I also went to Shrewsbury and Peterborough where we looked very much a top 6 team
Pun_1
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This season has been frustrating at times. It's been there for us all to see how inconsistent we have been. We have pulled off some excellent performances and good results along the way which does give hope.
Now is where it gets serious. We have a few decent "winnable" games ahead of us. Now is the time to get the consistency we have been craving for all season and do what we do.
Its all about timings
Now is where it gets serious. We have a few decent "winnable" games ahead of us. Now is the time to get the consistency we have been craving for all season and do what we do.
Its all about timings
North Pier
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I think the fact that the only hope left is we'll scrape into 6th place PROVES that Critchley isn't good enough!
A decent manager would have had us challenging for the title.
A_Tense_Grin
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I think it's probably boils down to the fact we are absolute shit made even shitter by the pathetic, out of date, useless formation that we play.
Macseasider
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We can certainly go up but we absolutely do not have the look of a promotion side. In previous play off seasons we have been dominant going into places 3rd-8th.
Who knows? Maybe we will do it again but it certainly doesn't have the feel of a promotion side.
Who knows? Maybe we will do it again but it certainly doesn't have the feel of a promotion side.
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TangerinePeel
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Your mates are just looking at the league table, if you go the game our performances don't look like that of a promotion winning side.
Would LOVE to be proven wrong, cant overstate that.
Would LOVE to be proven wrong, cant overstate that.
Superbretty
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Probably because they don’t watch the dross being served up
Three_Piers
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We could very well get into the play-offs but I shudder at the thought of playing Peterborough on that massive Wembley pitch.
We just aren't good enough this season IMO. I can't believe I'm saying this but I actually think the best thing for us would be to stay down and rebuild in the summer ready for a proper push next season.
We just aren't good enough this season IMO. I can't believe I'm saying this but I actually think the best thing for us would be to stay down and rebuild in the summer ready for a proper push next season.
When were were all having a Mystic Meg moment a couple of weeks ago, I had us for losing at Derby, draws with Wigan and Fwd, and win the rest. That would have been enough to put us in the running, but obv doesn't account for anyone on the type of form Lincoln are currently in.
So, the prediction got off to a wonderfully accurate start, let's hope I'm as wrong about Derby. A point there would be huge and if Lincoln win a couple more we need to turn Fwd over as well. But we're certainly not out of it, no - all to play for.
So, the prediction got off to a wonderfully accurate start, let's hope I'm as wrong about Derby. A point there would be huge and if Lincoln win a couple more we need to turn Fwd over as well. But we're certainly not out of it, no - all to play for.
Junior_BentsPlatformShoes
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Bore off Nobber.
Briggsysgonagetya
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Rhodes is out for the rest of the season and weve got nobody else that can score goals
Robbosa
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We can beat anyone on our day … but lose to anyone too !! Definitely not over yet !! Typically results get harder to achieve the closer to the end of the season you get … we have a good chance especially with those 3 home game back to back ! Don’t expect anything from Derby though … big crowds & Blackpool away games rarely end well. 
Razzledazzle53
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Any away game where a team wins comfortably, regardless of opposition, is a solid top 6 performance. I wasn't excited but it was good.
A_Tense_Grin
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Sorry Junior. Didn't want to hurt your feelings by saying the truth and that the formation and tactics this season have been a disaster.
Wilburrabbit
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I realise that mathematically we have more than enough games and points available to make the playoffs but I don’t see that spark to drive on through the rest of the season and then through them. We are weak away from home in attack and prone to at least one cock up each match which is not improving.
The squad doesn’t feel like they believe in themselves and mid table beckons.
If Dembele, Rhodes or Kouassi or Morgan suddenly catch fire ( I have lost faith in Joseph, Lavery and Beesley to be prolific) and go on a goal spree then lovely but for now I can’t see it.
The squad doesn’t feel like they believe in themselves and mid table beckons.
If Dembele, Rhodes or Kouassi or Morgan suddenly catch fire ( I have lost faith in Joseph, Lavery and Beesley to be prolific) and go on a goal spree then lovely but for now I can’t see it.
rememberlesshannon
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Do we really need to list the teams we have lost to away from home again. That may give you some ideas.
Chishandfips
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Where has this info come from?!!
Razzledazzle53
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We beat them on their own pitch so nothing to shudder about.
Whatever happens there has to be a rebuild over the summer with the amount of players out of contract. Might as well be for the championship.
Olliesoffhistrolley
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The truth is that at no point this season has our consistency been good enough to encourage thoughts of promotion. We still have a chance if suddenly we start putting teams to the sword, but does anyone honestly think we will ? We would need to be doing a Lincoln. With a more pragmatic manager not adverse to taking a few risks we would be better placed imo.
tigger we are pony pal let’s face reality and we are very poor in the recruiting department and have know strength in depth that can come off the bench and change a game sorry to say it me old china face reality.
We have a home record that is good enough to be in the play offs at the very least
We have had some very good away wins (Barnsley Portsmouth and Peterborough for example)
I’m not saying that we are good enough for automatic or that we should definitely get in the play-offs, but we certainly have a chance of sneaking in to 6th place
I've never stopped hoping or indeed been too arsed when we lose, apart from that ropey spell around Port Vale away which was a bit depressing.
I also didn't predict we'd go up this season either so I'm having the moral high ground, bollocks to the lot of you.
If we don't go up next season OR if we don't miss out by a whisker, Critchley will get fired make no mistake.
I also didn't predict we'd go up this season either so I'm having the moral high ground, bollocks to the lot of you.
If we don't go up next season OR if we don't miss out by a whisker, Critchley will get fired make no mistake.
FY16JJ
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Be interesting to come back to this thread after the weekend and see if it still has legs or actually a few who have replied might be eating their words. Two game shoot out for me this weekend where we can put ourselves in a great position going in to two very winnable home games or we'll bow out.
... Whilst still managing to look like a very limited, pedestrian, workmanlike, midtable side - at best.
voyeur
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Lincoln's transformation looks like like squeezing us out. And Oxford, Stevenage and Orient probably. The top 5 are a clear top 5 of the season, though Lincoln might break in if they carry on thrashing everyone. We have looked like a top 5 team in a few games this season but like bottom 5 team occasionally too. And mostly mid table. We don't look ready to go up.
We've got the old conundrum of what matters most, excitement, or winning consistently. We've had neither this season really. It needs to be one of the other. Or both.
The other conundrum is about whether we want to struggle in the Championship against much bigger budgets, or compete in the top half of league one. There's no answer to it because promotion has got to be the aim. And then survival. It's a never cycle of win lose up down bored thrilled sack the boss what next? You just have to roll with it. But it needs to be interesting and fun as much as possible. It needs personality and energy. We need more of all that, regardless of league position, in my opinion.
We've got the old conundrum of what matters most, excitement, or winning consistently. We've had neither this season really. It needs to be one of the other. Or both.
The other conundrum is about whether we want to struggle in the Championship against much bigger budgets, or compete in the top half of league one. There's no answer to it because promotion has got to be the aim. And then survival. It's a never cycle of win lose up down bored thrilled sack the boss what next? You just have to roll with it. But it needs to be interesting and fun as much as possible. It needs personality and energy. We need more of all that, regardless of league position, in my opinion.
'So this is now a test of our team spirit and NC needs to stop playing safe and let the players go for it ...'
But his mental conditioning is such that, he possesses neither the will, nor the inclination, required to enable him to take that step - as anyone who was present at the Wigan game will attest. As things stand, the one thing that would possibly help facilitate such a development would be the presence of a strong-minded number 2, but, since the days of McCall and Calderwood, such entities are nowhere to be found - hence our current predicament ...
Halifax71
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Agree entirely - there's still no reason we can't get 18 from 21 - which should be enough, but the tactics to date make that very unlikely.
Chunkylad
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I don’t think the formation suits us but it is hardly ‘out of date’ is it?
You could argue that a 4-4-2 or 4-3-3 would suit us better but they would be classed by many as old out of date formations. (Unless your Mike Basset)
