Promotion thread

[Agombar stool]

Swindon fans, how you feeling? I guess the injuries have become a bit much to power through the season? I feel your game in hand (against who?) is a must win otherwise you’re out of the race potentially

Absolutely fine thanks Gassy. I am going to Turkey for 2 weeks on Sunday for a bit of Spring sunshine which i'm very much looking forward to. I was in Lincoln over the weekend on a very pleasant City break so thankfully avoided seeing our meek surrender to Newport.

Our game in hand is at home to FGR. I doubt we'll pick up too many points between now and the end of the season, we had a pretty favourable run in but we haven't made a hugely good fist of it. At least we should be a bit more organised for league 2 next season although I suspect Jack Payne, Louis Reed, possibly Wollacott and a few more will probably move onwards to league 1 clubs which will be large boots to fill.

 

[Conker]

Yeah, bristol rovers got relegated on the last day after we won 1-0 down there. Unfortunate but well, it’s where you are after 46 games….

Was quite an interesting afternoon.

Haha! I remember that, well I remember the rovers fans spitting dummy out

 

[DippyDon]

Genuine question: Has any team won title on last game of season without ever topping table during season?

Didn't Portsmouth do that a few years back? They were only top for something like 30 minutes of the season

 

[AdamStag]

Haha! I remember that, well I remember the rovers fans spitting dummy out

The one and only time i’ve seen horses on a pitch.

I’ve seen plenty of donkies, but that’s a different story!

 

[FGR Stroud]

Didn't Portsmouth do that a few years back? They were only top for something like 30 minutes of the season

Thanks.
So Exeter won't be 1st to achieve that feat IF it happens

 

[Moomin]

Didn't Portsmouth do that a few years back? They were only top for something like 30 minutes of the season

Yeah in 16/17. Doncaster we’re top virtually all season with Plymouth 2nd and Pompey leapfrogged both on the final day.

 

[Spanishstag]

So 3 wins and 2 losses for us would still see us finish above you.

Yes but ive already said i can only see you getting 8 morepoints

So 3 wins and 2 losses for us would still see us finish above you.

Yep but i cant see you getting 9 more points ,but fair play if you do ,then you will deserve it

 

[valefan16]

Yes but ive already said i can only see you getting 8 morepoints

Yep but i cant see you getting 9 more points ,but fair play if you do ,then you will deserve it

If we carry on as we have been the last 8 games 9 points is well within reach... we have 22 points from 24 so 9 from 15 would be modest.

But can we carry it on is the big question! We rarely do long winning runs!

 

[The Evil Dead]

Yes but ive already said i can only see you getting 8 morepoints

Yep but i cant see you getting 9 more points ,but fair play if you do ,then you will deserve it

Tell us what results you have us down for then and provide some genuine thinking to it, rather than complete and utter guesswork done purposefully to ensure Mansfield end up ironically, just above us?

 

[AdamStag]

Tell us what results you have us down for then and provide some genuine thinking to it, rather than complete and utter guesswork done purposefully to ensure Mansfield end up ironically, just above us?

I wouldn’t go wasting your time pal.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Swindon fans, how you feeling? I guess the injuries have become a bit much to power through the season? I feel your game in hand (against who?) is a must win otherwise you’re out of the race potentially

Desperate, as though an opportunity has been missed. To be fair to Ben Garner he started with hardly any team, created a pretty good one that got decimated in January by recalls, suspensions and injuries all of which we didn’t have pre Xmas. 10k home support again on Saturday and that needs to materialise in the summer transfer market. We need a bigger squad with options on the bench. Having said that we are only 4 points off the play offs with a game in hand so all is not lost. Having said that we need 4/5 wins and 2/1 draws from our remaining 6 games. Our game in hand is home to FGR which, depending on their next few results, could either be a good or bad thing.

 

[Dirk Diggler]

Absolutely fine thanks Gassy. I am going to Turkey for 2 weeks on Sunday for a bit of Spring sunshine which i'm very much looking forward to. I was in Lincoln over the weekend on a very pleasant City break so thankfully avoided seeing our meek surrender to Newport.

Our game in hand is at home to FGR. I doubt we'll pick up too many points between now and the end of the season, we had a pretty favourable run in but we haven't made a hugely good fist of it. At least we should be a bit more organised for league 2 next season although I suspect Jack Payne, Louis Reed, possibly Wollacott and a few more will probably move onwards to league 1 clubs which will be large boots to fill.

Genuine question - Do you go to games as City Breaks and Holidays during the season would suggest not?

 

[Spanishstag]

I wouldn’t go wasting your time pal.

Nah he should just keep listening to your inane drivel

 

[Spanishstag]

Tell us what results you have us down for then and provide some genuine thinking to it, rather than complete and utter guesswork done purposefully to ensure Mansfield end up ironically, just above us?

I have you losing to exeter ,and drawing your games with bristol rovers and newport the other two down for wins ,but they are not givens

 

[The Evil Dead]

I have you losing to exeter ,and drawing your games with bristol rovers and newport the other two down for wins ,but they are not givens

So you don't think we'll win any of our games against the sides around us? Interesting. We'll see then, won't we?

I just hope it's done and dusted before the final day. Can't be dealing with final day drama.

 

[Spanishstag]

So you don't think we'll win any of our games against the sides around us? Interesting. We'll see then, won't we?

I just hope it's done and dusted before the final day. Can't be dealing with final day drama.

No i might be wrong if you do it you will have earned it same goes for us

 

[The Evil Dead]

No i might be wrong if you do it you will have earned it same goes for us

The final run in always throws up a surprise result or two. I just hope we're not on the receiving end of any of them. I'm more concerned with the Hartlepool and Walsall games than I am the Bristol Rovers, Newport and Exeter ones.

 

[Devon_Lad]

The final run in always throws up a surprise result or two. I just hope we're not on the receiving end of any of them. I'm more concerned with the Hartlepool and Walsall games than I am the Bristol Rovers, Newport and Exeter ones.

There is zero, literally zero, chance of you beating us. None whatsoever.

 

[Trapdoor]

There is zero, literally zero, chance of you beating us. None whatsoever.

Thanks for jinxing us now.

 

[Devon_Lad]

Thanks for jinxing us now.

I've "jinxed" us repeatedly since end of Jan/Beginning of Feb and it seems to be working well thus far. If you believe in all that nonsense, anyway.

 

[valefan16]

There is zero, literally zero, chance of you beating us. None whatsoever.

IF we win Friday we will have the best away record in the league, have beaten better teams than Exeter away already this season, not saying it will happen but there is no reason we can't win at Exeter. We wont be favourites in the tie but we are currently the best team in the league over 6, 8 and 10 games.

That said I would rather we didn't need a result there and we can all be partying together and shaking hands at full time on the pitch.

 

[denzel ecfc]

IF we win Friday we will have the best away record in the league, have beaten better teams than Exeter away already this season, not saying it will happen but there is no reason we can't win at Exeter. We wont be favourites in the tie but we are currently the best team in the league over 6, 8 and 10 games.

That said I would rather we didn't need a result there and we can all be partying together and shaking hands at full time on the pitch.

Sorry, there are better teams (plural) than us???

 

[valefan16]

Sorry, there are better teams (plural) than us???

we've beaten 2 better (if you go by the pyramid) away FGR away and Burton.

 

[ExeterDan]

IF we win Friday we will have the best away record in the league, have beaten better teams than Exeter away already this season, not saying it will happen but there is no reason we can't win at Exeter. We wont be favourites in the tie but we are currently the best team in the league over 6, 8 and 10 games.

That said I would rather we didn't need a result there and we can all be partying together and shaking hands at full time on the pitch.

Over 6 matches you're joint best with a certain other team.

 

[Agombar stool]

Genuine question - Do you go to games as City Breaks and Holidays during the season would suggest not?

Not anywhere like in previous years. I used to go with my dad and a good friend of his to about half of the home games, when I lived in London it was really easy to get to Swindon but after the Covid years my dad has lost interest and his good friend died last year and now I've moved away from London to Northamptonshire getting to the game is harder. In fact I've only been to 1 home game this season (Man City in the cup) and 3 away. (Stevenage, Northampton, Crewe) Watched almost all on Ifollow however.

We've a holiday apartment which we use every Easter, (Covid years aside) I like using the 2 bank holidays to negate digging into my holiday allowance.

 

[Devon_Lad]

IF we win Friday we will have the best away record in the league, have beaten better teams than Exeter away already this season, not saying it will happen but there is no reason we can't win at Exeter. We wont be favourites in the tie but we are currently the best team in the league over 6, 8 and 10 games.

That said I would rather we didn't need a result there and we can all be partying together and shaking hands at full time on the pitch.

we've beaten 2 better (if you go by the pyramid) away FGR away and Burton.

The assertion that FGR are better than us is baseless. We haven't played the same teams, the same amount of times. so until we have played everyone equally it is meaningless. The second assertion that Burton are better than us is based on them being higher in the football pyramid, another nonsensical claim. That is like saying FGR have a worse squad than Crewe.

Lastly, our team is different now to when we had that awful run earlier in the year, so comparing that team with the squad and players we have available now also makes little sense where we lost a lot of points which effects our rankings in the current table. The squad we currently have (especially if Nombe is back for our game) is categorically the best team in this league, and will likely get us back to back promotions if we keep onto our players. You have zero chance of beating us, literally zero. You might get lucky with a draw, but you aren't beating us. I'll happily have egg on my face if you do, but you won't, so I won't

 

[denzel ecfc]

we've beaten 2 better (if you go by the pyramid) away FGR away and Burton.

Cup games don't count of course

 

[AdamStag]

we've beaten 2 better (if you go by the pyramid) away FGR away and Burton.

we’ve won at sunderland and doncaster away in the fa cup but can’t beat a top half league 2 side away all season

 

[Devon_Lad]

we’ve won at sunderland and doncaster away in the fa cup but can’t beat a top half league 2 side away all season

That doesn't bode well for your 3rd place finish with Sutton and Salford still to play away.

 

[Spanishstag]

That doesn't bode well for your 3rd place finish with Sutton and Salford still to play away.

Sutton is a home game for us