Going down?
Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 11:18 amWhile not quite mathematically safe, it would be an incredible set of circumstances for us to actually go down now, so who will drop? We've more chance of being relegated than Leyton Orient have of staying up, so that's one down.
Newport are the only team in the relegation battle who've put together any positive results lately, with three 1-0 wins in the last three games. But they now face a run in of Plymouth, Accrington & Carlisle, three teams all chasing promotion. They'll be delighted if they can go in to the last game of the season still in with a chance of staying up.
Hartlepool have one point head-start on Newport and the same goal difference. While we saw the point we gained against them as a big one, halting our dreadful run of defeats, it may yet be a valuable point for Hartlepool too. Without it, they would now be in the bottom two. A run in that takes them to near-as-damn-it relegated Orient, nothing to play for Barnet, fellow strugglers Cheltenham before the last day away at Champions elect Doncaster, suggest that they may just survive before the last game.
Cheltenham have an odd run in. Nothing to play for Grimsby, battling for the play offs Blackpool, that relegation battle at Hartlepool before a last day trip to Portsmouth.
Yeovil? Probably just about safe? Possibly not. If Newport can pull off one shock win in their next three fixtures, Yeovil will be in real pressure. A run in against Crewe, Grimsby, Stevenage & Colchester suggests three of four fixtures against sides that have little to play for except pride & renewed contracts. That said, Colchester might still be in with a chance of the play offs by the time we reach the last game of the season? Suddenly, their relatively easy run in becomes a bit more challenging?
Could be a really interesting last day of the season if Newport can pick up a couple of points from their next three fixtures. Three teams ending up on 46 points? Someone relegated on goal difference or even goals scored? I'm just glad we're no longer under that pressure!
Who's going down?
Newport are the only team in the relegation battle who've put together any positive results lately, with three 1-0 wins in the last three games. But they now face a run in of Plymouth, Accrington & Carlisle, three teams all chasing promotion. They'll be delighted if they can go in to the last game of the season still in with a chance of staying up.
Hartlepool have one point head-start on Newport and the same goal difference. While we saw the point we gained against them as a big one, halting our dreadful run of defeats, it may yet be a valuable point for Hartlepool too. Without it, they would now be in the bottom two. A run in that takes them to near-as-damn-it relegated Orient, nothing to play for Barnet, fellow strugglers Cheltenham before the last day away at Champions elect Doncaster, suggest that they may just survive before the last game.
Cheltenham have an odd run in. Nothing to play for Grimsby, battling for the play offs Blackpool, that relegation battle at Hartlepool before a last day trip to Portsmouth.
Yeovil? Probably just about safe? Possibly not. If Newport can pull off one shock win in their next three fixtures, Yeovil will be in real pressure. A run in against Crewe, Grimsby, Stevenage & Colchester suggests three of four fixtures against sides that have little to play for except pride & renewed contracts. That said, Colchester might still be in with a chance of the play offs by the time we reach the last game of the season? Suddenly, their relatively easy run in becomes a bit more challenging?
Could be a really interesting last day of the season if Newport can pick up a couple of points from their next three fixtures. Three teams ending up on 46 points? Someone relegated on goal difference or even goals scored? I'm just glad we're no longer under that pressure!
Who's going down?
