Argyle
Accrington (H)
Swindon(A)
Oxford(H)
Morecambe(A)
Cheltenham(H)
Hereford
Accrington(A)
Barnet(A)
Northampton(H)
Crawley(A)
Torquay(H)
Macclesfield
Port Vale(A)
Crewe(H)
Bradford(A)
Burton(H)
Southend(A)
Barnet
Crawley(A)
Hereford(H)
Southend(A)
Wimbledon(H)
Burton(A)
D&R
Gillingham(A)
Aldershot(A)
Crawley(H)
Shrewsbury(A)
Bristol Rovers(H)
So we have the advantage of one more home game.
Looking at the fixtures there are some tough fixtures for all sides concerned.
For example, no matter what you think of Aldershot, Dean Holdsworth has transformed that club. They were on a decent run until todays result. The problem Argyle have is playing 3 decent sides with Swindon (who at home have only lost 1 game all season) and Oxford who are fighting for a playoff spot.
The other problem for Argyle is teams that dont have anything to play for eg Accrington against Hereford this monday bank holiday might be problematic because despite what managers/coaches may say players will be almost in holiday mode IF they have nothing to play for. You almost get to the pre-season friendly mode where 50/50 contests are won more by the team that has something to play for because in a players mind they wont want getting injured. Not saying these teams wont try, but it just wont be as crucial. If you look at the last ten games you will see Accrington has lost 3 out of the last 4. Basically Argyle can not rely on other teams to do them a favour because it simply wont happen.
The other problem Argyle has is goals. And lack of them. Even when we create chances we fail enough times to even hit the target. Against better opposition this could be an issue.
One advantage Argyle will have over the coming weeks is knowing the Barnet result on friday nights. For the next two weeks running they will be playing Hereford and then Southend. So we will know 24 hours prior to our game what we need to do. However, this might not be an advantage should the results go against us (e.g. Hereford beating Barnet).
So who has the toughest run in? Well if Argyle can maintain a four point gap by the 24th April then with two games to go (and fingers crossed Argyle dont get thumped between now and then) Hereford have Crawley and Torquay for their final matches. Yet something tells me they might get out of this. Barnet have a history of getting out of this mess.
As people have said about points dropped today and Macclesfield could end up being the reason we go down. Yet, we havent lost to alot of the sides around us at the bottom.
If you take scores against the bottom 6 teams this season in which we have played them home and away
D&G we took 4 points
Northamption we took 4 points
Hereford we took 2 points
Barnet we took 1 point
Bradford we took 4 points
Macclesfield we took 4 points
So out of a possible 36 points we took 19 points which isnt the worse record in the world I feel. If you take that promotion form is 2pts a game on average which would create a total of 24pts (over 12 games) we would be only 5pts behind this total. In other words we are currently in play-off form when playing these teams. I think its been abit of a myth that we missed chances against these teams. We have taken four points off all but two teams. Yes we blew it last min against Macclesfield and should have been more up today but hey if we were that good we wouldnt be in this postion in the first place. I mean you arent going to get everything going for you and looking at our points tally against these teams we have had more than a decent return.
The real reason we will go down now is....
- We play the next 5 games with negetative tactics and play with fear
- We never addressed the central midfield area
- We only got 1pt out of the first 10 league matches
- We never got an experienced coach alongside Fletcher
I really would love us to win on Monday so we can almost enjoy the remainder of the season. I would be devasted, like most, if we go down.
Yet like someone told me earlier today. Should we go down its not the end of the world. I mean sure it would be disapointing and it would feel like a hammer blow but yet the club would still be around to support. I was on the Hereford site earlier tonight and they started a thread similar to what i have just said, in the sense they said should we go down they still go and watch their team. So would we. As soon as the next season starts, no matter what league we are in, we will forget about this season and focus on the next and it wont matter what happened because that was the past. I dont want to see us go down. I know it would take me weeks/months to get over it. Yet I know I would because thats what football does to you. It knocks you down and gets you up again for the next battle.
I have a funny feeling about monday in terms of how the gap might close again. Yet if that does happen lets just remember that whatever league we are in next season we have a team to support. I know i forget this because of how passionate I get over a result. Yet sometimes you just have to accept fate has a way of giving you the highs and the lows.
In some ways, including myself, we have forgot in a way about how lucky we all are. Football is making us feel these wonderful emotions. Sure we could be safe. Sure we might be on the verge of a nervous breakdown every 90mins we play. Yet in life there arent too many things that can make you feel these rollercoaster of emotions. Isnt that really why we become fans. We didnt sign up for boring mid table medoricity but instead for promotion and relegation battles. I remember going to Burnley in 1995 for our final match. We of course lost. I was gutted. Yet that is what football is all about. Those days. Not mid table saftey where you have nothing to play for and you go through the motions. I know some people would say they would love that right now. Yet as soon as you had a season or two of that you would get bored wishing for some excitement. We have it. Lets just hope we can be the ones this time with something to celebrate.
COYG's :scarf:
Accrington (H)
Swindon(A)
Oxford(H)
Morecambe(A)
Cheltenham(H)
Hereford
Accrington(A)
Barnet(A)
Northampton(H)
Crawley(A)
Torquay(H)
Macclesfield
Port Vale(A)
Crewe(H)
Bradford(A)
Burton(H)
Southend(A)
Barnet
Crawley(A)
Hereford(H)
Southend(A)
Wimbledon(H)
Burton(A)
D&R
Gillingham(A)
Aldershot(A)
Crawley(H)
Shrewsbury(A)
Bristol Rovers(H)
So we have the advantage of one more home game.
Looking at the fixtures there are some tough fixtures for all sides concerned.
For example, no matter what you think of Aldershot, Dean Holdsworth has transformed that club. They were on a decent run until todays result. The problem Argyle have is playing 3 decent sides with Swindon (who at home have only lost 1 game all season) and Oxford who are fighting for a playoff spot.
The other problem for Argyle is teams that dont have anything to play for eg Accrington against Hereford this monday bank holiday might be problematic because despite what managers/coaches may say players will be almost in holiday mode IF they have nothing to play for. You almost get to the pre-season friendly mode where 50/50 contests are won more by the team that has something to play for because in a players mind they wont want getting injured. Not saying these teams wont try, but it just wont be as crucial. If you look at the last ten games you will see Accrington has lost 3 out of the last 4. Basically Argyle can not rely on other teams to do them a favour because it simply wont happen.
The other problem Argyle has is goals. And lack of them. Even when we create chances we fail enough times to even hit the target. Against better opposition this could be an issue.
One advantage Argyle will have over the coming weeks is knowing the Barnet result on friday nights. For the next two weeks running they will be playing Hereford and then Southend. So we will know 24 hours prior to our game what we need to do. However, this might not be an advantage should the results go against us (e.g. Hereford beating Barnet).
So who has the toughest run in? Well if Argyle can maintain a four point gap by the 24th April then with two games to go (and fingers crossed Argyle dont get thumped between now and then) Hereford have Crawley and Torquay for their final matches. Yet something tells me they might get out of this. Barnet have a history of getting out of this mess.
As people have said about points dropped today and Macclesfield could end up being the reason we go down. Yet, we havent lost to alot of the sides around us at the bottom.
If you take scores against the bottom 6 teams this season in which we have played them home and away
D&G we took 4 points
Northamption we took 4 points
Hereford we took 2 points
Barnet we took 1 point
Bradford we took 4 points
Macclesfield we took 4 points
So out of a possible 36 points we took 19 points which isnt the worse record in the world I feel. If you take that promotion form is 2pts a game on average which would create a total of 24pts (over 12 games) we would be only 5pts behind this total. In other words we are currently in play-off form when playing these teams. I think its been abit of a myth that we missed chances against these teams. We have taken four points off all but two teams. Yes we blew it last min against Macclesfield and should have been more up today but hey if we were that good we wouldnt be in this postion in the first place. I mean you arent going to get everything going for you and looking at our points tally against these teams we have had more than a decent return.
The real reason we will go down now is....
- We play the next 5 games with negetative tactics and play with fear
- We never addressed the central midfield area
- We only got 1pt out of the first 10 league matches
- We never got an experienced coach alongside Fletcher
I really would love us to win on Monday so we can almost enjoy the remainder of the season. I would be devasted, like most, if we go down.
Yet like someone told me earlier today. Should we go down its not the end of the world. I mean sure it would be disapointing and it would feel like a hammer blow but yet the club would still be around to support. I was on the Hereford site earlier tonight and they started a thread similar to what i have just said, in the sense they said should we go down they still go and watch their team. So would we. As soon as the next season starts, no matter what league we are in, we will forget about this season and focus on the next and it wont matter what happened because that was the past. I dont want to see us go down. I know it would take me weeks/months to get over it. Yet I know I would because thats what football does to you. It knocks you down and gets you up again for the next battle.
I have a funny feeling about monday in terms of how the gap might close again. Yet if that does happen lets just remember that whatever league we are in next season we have a team to support. I know i forget this because of how passionate I get over a result. Yet sometimes you just have to accept fate has a way of giving you the highs and the lows.
In some ways, including myself, we have forgot in a way about how lucky we all are. Football is making us feel these wonderful emotions. Sure we could be safe. Sure we might be on the verge of a nervous breakdown every 90mins we play. Yet in life there arent too many things that can make you feel these rollercoaster of emotions. Isnt that really why we become fans. We didnt sign up for boring mid table medoricity but instead for promotion and relegation battles. I remember going to Burnley in 1995 for our final match. We of course lost. I was gutted. Yet that is what football is all about. Those days. Not mid table saftey where you have nothing to play for and you go through the motions. I know some people would say they would love that right now. Yet as soon as you had a season or two of that you would get bored wishing for some excitement. We have it. Lets just hope we can be the ones this time with something to celebrate.
COYG's :scarf:
