I have not given up hope

[southend4ever]

And this is why-

Torquay have to play Wimbledon away (who managed a draw away with Crawley , so not a walk over)
Then crew who are in 8th and must win games to get in play offs. Then Hereford away who will have to win to have any chance of staying up.

Crawley ok I am clutching at straws here but they seem to be wobling slightly. Loss of manager and ill dicipline on the pitch. So hoping they lose at least 2 of the last 4 games.

We can still achieve 83 points. Even if we go into the last game at home with a mathmatical chance of going up , I would take that.

And I quote:

"What people believe prevails over the truth." - Sophocles

[Smiffy]

4th or 5th needs to be the target, so we get the 2nd leg at home.

Nothing else matters.

[Ex-Trust Treasurer Bloke]

4th or 5th needs to be the target, so we get the 2nd leg at home.

Nothing else matters.

I think 4th place is unachievable now. 6 points and 3 games. Got to make sure of 5th, and 3 points on Friday will pretty much do that.

[southend4ever]

I will book time off work to go to the away leg of the playoffs (if required).

[BrettieAngell]

I think 4th place is unachievable now. 6 points and 3 games. Got to make sure of 5th, and 3 points on Friday will pretty much do that.

Its not unachievable, unlikely yes.

[southchurch]

And I quote:

"What people believe prevails over the truth." - Sophocles

There are some people who live in a dream world,
and there are some who face reality; and then there
are those who turn one into the other....Douglas H. Everett.

[Jam_Man]

There are some people who live in a dream world,
and there are some who face reality; and then there
are those who turn one into the other....Douglas H. Everett.

‘If you want the rainbow, you’ve gotta put up with the rain."

- Dolly Parton (and some people say she's just a big pair of....)

[Onion_Bag_Dave]

‘If you want the rainbow, you’ve gotta put up with the rain."

- Dolly Parton (and some people say she's just a big pair of....)

I have nothing else to say apart from!

Brent is the height of wisdom for me!
Get Brent in the changing room!

[southchurch]

It feels so good to be right and now I think we not only have hope but are favourite to go up.
humble pie from any one ???

[leeblue]

It feels so good to be right and now I think we not only have hope but are favourite to go up.
humble pie from any one ???

id still pick crawley to go up but only just, next week isgoing to be brilliant whatever happens, the drama, the what ifs everyone ignoring the game on the pitch and glued to mobiles hunting for the other games, woooooooooooooooooooo

[BLUEBLOOD]

It feels so good to be right and now I think we not only have hope but are favourite to go up.
humble pie from any one ???

I admire your optimism but we are still 3rd favourites to go up IMO as we still need 3 results to fall our way ..

There are 27 different permutations of next weekends results and only 5 of them will see us promoted .. so we have about an 18% hope whereas Creepy have 52% and Torquay 30%

[Barling Magna]

I had always thought that Hereford would do well against Crawley, drawing or beating them. BUT I had hoped that Crewe would beat Torquay - they should have done, having missed a penalty this afternoon. Next Saturday we will beat Macclesfield, Accrington Stanley will beat Crawley BUT I'm worried that Torquay will beat Hereford. Torquay looked a lot better today than they did a fortnight ago against us - maybe this was because Crewe allowed them to look better. We've just got to hope that nerves get the better of them. However a friend who is a neutral observer has just texted me to say that he thinks Southend are now the favourites to clinch third place, and I guess he is right.......

[BLUEBLOOD]

Torquay looked a lot better today than they did a fortnight ago against us - maybe this was because Crewe allowed them to look better

How many Crewe?? and were you in their end as i read that all home stands were sold out

[Barling Magna]

How many Crewe....???

[BLUEBLOOD]

How many Crewe....???

You went to Torquay v Crewe ??