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I'll probably move over in time for next season. I've given up on this forum much the same as Southport gave up on this season. If Kiddie are still in the title race on the final day you've got an easy 3 points guaranteed from us.

Southport 0-0 Darlington They hit the bar, we hit the bar. They should have had a penalty. Both teams had chances. A draw a fair result from two uninspiring teams. We have had five 0-0 draws in our last 12 games. We look like we are going to bore our way to safety.

Alfreton 0-2 Southport A great win for us after a shocking run of former, with only 1 win in 13 games prior to tonight. Alfreton missed a couple of chances early on, after that we were the better side and scored with a counter-attack and a header from a free kick. Our first double of the...

A fair assessment. We knocked the ball around well but created little, you got the ball out wide and put crosses in but created little. We are hamstrung by Bentley's insistence on us playing 5 at the back, even at home against sides who look like they are there for the taking like yourselves.

Connor Woods has rare things at this level. His first touch and ability to go past a player are at least a couple of levels higher than this. He does disappear when he gets in a mood, and also lacks awareness of a final pass, but when he glides past defenders and shoots he makes it look easy...

Southend 1-0 Southport No disgrace in our performance against what was probably a makeshift Southend side. Bit of a dodgy goal for them, from the far end of the ground it looked like the liner flagged for offside and not a goal, but obviously we couldn't see any better. They were the better...

Chester 0-0 Southport Dire game, very few chances created by either side. Don't expect either team to make a run for the play-offs. Not much else to say about it really, it was that bad from both teams!

Enock Lusiama had a spell on loan with us 2 years ago and looked nowhere near the level required, and his performance against us a few weeks ago suggested little had changed. I suspect his performance was either a fluke, or even more unlikely he's suddenly figured out how to play football.

A routine win over Warrington for us. They were the better side for 20 minutes, but we got more of a grip of the game after that, and in the second half we took our chances. I suspect Chester on NYD will be more of a challenge, even though they appear to have had a late wobble against Marine today

Southport 0-0 Marine Utter dross today. Marine better in the first half, us better in the second half, but neither side deserved anything. 2464 people went home bored.

We threw in a stinker at Curzon, and the 1-0 scoreline only reflects how wasteful Curzon were with their chances. Both sides sloppy in possession, but they attacked with pace when we gave the ball away, whereas we slowed everything down and tried to bore everyone in the ground to death each time...

A very comfortable 3-0 win against Warrington Town today for us, and it should have been far more. We controlled possession, carved them open repeatedly, and rarely looked in danger when they did have the ball. Danny Lloyd has signed a one-year extension to his contract today too. Great news...

We threw a stinker of a performance in against Peterborough Sports today. We were too often slow on the ball, spent a lot of time just lumping the ball up the pitch, and our crossing was woeful. We conceded a soft goal from yet another set-piece, and had some lucky escapes or were saved by...

We drew 1-1 at Oxford. The first half was a non-event that they slightly shaded. Second half their left-back scored a sweet first-time half-volley from just inside the area, and we thought that was it. We scabbed a goal from a set-piece that they failed to clear soon after, then we were the...

You should have been at least a couple ahead at half-time, but we defended very well against you. We were trying to get the ball to feet up front, but that was very easy for you to defend against. As soon as we got a ball in behind your back 3 into a channel we forced a defensive error, and...

A lot depends on which version of us shows up. The one which can defend well and take pressure will give you a game, the one which turns off on set-pieces will give you 3 points. Carver may not be at his goalscoring best yet, but he's starting to look a bit sharper. If he doesn't score he...

Scarborough Athletic 1-2 Southport A smash and grab from us. Under the cosh in the first half, then picked them off on the counter-attack from their corner. Second goal was a great far-post header from a corner, and we could have had a couple more on the counter with better finishing...

I think the problem is being full-time at this level means having the worst full-time players, whereas part-time teams have the best of the part-time players. Buxton and Kings Lynn may also fall into this category. I won't include Scunthorpe in it as they at least have a level of prestige and...

Southport 3-0 South Shields South Shields did lots of sideways passing and had a few shots from distance in the first half. We scored with our only shot of the half after they failed to clear a throw-in and Tom Moore lashed one into the bottom corner from just inside the area. During the second...

We've had worse sides at this level than we have now. We're just lacking any pace, are out or form, and are playing quite limiting formations as that is all we can do with our current personnel. There have been games where we have been on top but not taken our chances, then got punished. Also...