Just had a little look at the remaining fixtures, both for ourselves and those around us.
Just a reminder that ours are:
Torquay (H)
Cheltenham (A)
Wimbledon (H)
Rochdale (A)
Accrington (H)
Fleetwood (A)
Burton (H)
Of those you have to say that Rochdale and Fleetwood away are both tricky and a draw at either would be a bonus. The rest are distinctly winnable. I can see us getting 4 wins, a draw and 2 defeats from the last 7 games which would leave us on 69 Points. So would that be enough?
York and Plymouth have got 8 games left each - including those to be played tonight.
York's next 4 games are matches that mirror 4 of our remaining games (home to Torquay, Burton and Accrington, away at Rochdale) - their last 4 games are away at Oxford and Scunthorpe, home to Bury and Newport.
I can see York getting 15 points from these which would mean they would end up on 70 points.
Plymouth have got 4 home games left - Exeter tonight, Oxford, Wimbledon and Hartlepool. Their 4 remaining away games are at Burton, Newport, Bury and Pompey. I think they may fade a bit now and maybe pick up 12 points from their remaining games, leaving them on 67 points.
And what of last night's opponents Oxford, who like us have 7 games left? Their matches are home to Fleetwood, York and Accrington and away at Daggers, Plymouth, Scunthorpe and Northampton. Some pretty tricky games there, on last night's showing they could struggle a bit against some of the better sides and could struggle to muster 10 points leaving them, like us, on 69 points but currently with a slightly inferior goal difference.
All this is obviously conjecture and having supported the blues for over 30 years, I know that things rarely turn out as planned and there may be many twists and turns ahead. However it shows that our play off dreams are still very much alive and if we have got our confidence back following last night (which was on the back of two previous clean sheets and an excellent comeback win at Scunthorpe) then we may just squeak in and extend our season by at least a couple of games.
Keep the faith everyone and get behind the team!
Just a reminder that ours are:
Torquay (H)
Cheltenham (A)
Wimbledon (H)
Rochdale (A)
Accrington (H)
Fleetwood (A)
Burton (H)
Of those you have to say that Rochdale and Fleetwood away are both tricky and a draw at either would be a bonus. The rest are distinctly winnable. I can see us getting 4 wins, a draw and 2 defeats from the last 7 games which would leave us on 69 Points. So would that be enough?
York and Plymouth have got 8 games left each - including those to be played tonight.
York's next 4 games are matches that mirror 4 of our remaining games (home to Torquay, Burton and Accrington, away at Rochdale) - their last 4 games are away at Oxford and Scunthorpe, home to Bury and Newport.
I can see York getting 15 points from these which would mean they would end up on 70 points.
Plymouth have got 4 home games left - Exeter tonight, Oxford, Wimbledon and Hartlepool. Their 4 remaining away games are at Burton, Newport, Bury and Pompey. I think they may fade a bit now and maybe pick up 12 points from their remaining games, leaving them on 67 points.
And what of last night's opponents Oxford, who like us have 7 games left? Their matches are home to Fleetwood, York and Accrington and away at Daggers, Plymouth, Scunthorpe and Northampton. Some pretty tricky games there, on last night's showing they could struggle a bit against some of the better sides and could struggle to muster 10 points leaving them, like us, on 69 points but currently with a slightly inferior goal difference.
All this is obviously conjecture and having supported the blues for over 30 years, I know that things rarely turn out as planned and there may be many twists and turns ahead. However it shows that our play off dreams are still very much alive and if we have got our confidence back following last night (which was on the back of two previous clean sheets and an excellent comeback win at Scunthorpe) then we may just squeak in and extend our season by at least a couple of games.
Keep the faith everyone and get behind the team!