Cobbler78
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In all honesty, I'm more concerned about finishing with a whimper and avoiding relegation by the skin of our teeth. It's a difficult sell to get players to join a club that finishes just above the relegation zone - and boy do we need some fresh blood.
This is a good point, I reckon we'll get 3 or 4 points from our last 2 games, 15th will be as good as it gets now.
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Cobbler78
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You seem a bit of a blert..You're not safe till your safe Windy..
It's "you're"
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GrangeParkCobbler
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In all honesty, I'm more concerned about finishing with a whimper and avoiding relegation by the skin of our teeth. It's a difficult sell to get players to join a club that finishes just above the relegation zone - and boy do we need some fresh blood.
Agree with you there! But it seems that 90% of our fans would have taken a 20th place finish before a ball was even kicked this season!
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bri77
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I think we are safe but this is football.
I didnt think we'd win the league by so far last year. I didn't think we would beat Liverpool. I didn't think Leicester would win the premier league and then be the last English club In the champions league. I thought we would go down the season wilder saved us.
One of the reasons football is so good is its ability to throw everything up in the air so u til we are mathematically safe I'll be cautious.
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everbrite
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We are safe, some of you are funny, I imagine you wear three condoms and still pull out fearing a worst case scenario.
Don't know about you, but I watched us go down under Gray when at the time it seemed harder to achieve that feat other than gain the 1 point from the last two games. Whilst I agree that the situation is more in our favour this time; the simple fact is that we are not yet safe. Some of our players may feel that their contract may not be renewed come what may. Furthermore we will be without two of our top players. True Port Vale might trip up, but our failure to achieve sufficient points over the last few games is to say the least disconcerting. No amount of spin from you can disguise the simple fact that we are "Not Safe" as yet.
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Cobbler78
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I think we are safe but this is football.
I didnt think we'd win the league by so far last year. I didn't think we would beat Liverpool. I didn't think Leicester would win the premier league and then be the last English club In the champions league. I thought we would go down the season wilder saved us.
One of the reasons football is so good is its ability to throw everything up in the air so u til we are mathematically safe I'll be cautious.
This post sums up the majority of you lot on here. All predictions or assumptions start with "We won't" "We can't" etc. Negative. Not one positive prediction.
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guest2677
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This post sums up the majority of you lot on here. All predictions or assumptions start with "We won't" "We can't" etc. Negative. Not one positive prediction.
Nope, it started with 'I think we are safe'. Go check.
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Alfred
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I'll give you 200-1 anyone fancy sticking a tenner on us to go down? Easy money to dull the pain for all of you negative types.
The irony ..... Your so confident that you are only offering 200/1 ..... Which is less than u can get at the bookies and much less than a well thought out accumulator. Why can't u understand some people want to wait till its mathematically certain till they acknowledge it..... Your guess work is probably right
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Cobbler78
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The irony ..... Your so confident that you are only offering 200/1 ..... Which is less than u can get at the bookies and much less than a well thought out accumulator.
Why can't u understand some people want to wait till its mathematically certain till they acknowledge it.....
Your guess work is probably right
I guess that proves my point. By the way, why can't you understand that it's "you're"?
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Alfred
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I guess that proves my point.
By the way, why can't you understand that it's "you're"?
Your point being your so confident of a dead cert you give it the massive and offer worse odds than the bookies.
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rebelspawn
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This post sums up the majority of you lot on here. All predictions or assumptions start with "We won't" "We can't" etc. Negative. Not one positive prediction.
The FACT is, at this point we can stay up, or we can go down. you are the one making the assumption by declaring us safe when mathematically we are not. It is a very unlikely scenario that would see us relegated, but its still a possibility. those that witnessed the relegation under Stuart Gray are familiar with those type of scenarios, and hence are cautious. for the record - I think we will stay up, but to claim that we ARE safe, when mathematically we are not, is to make an assumption.
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Deepcut Cobbler
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I wouldn't put my house on it, would anyone?
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wrigleys
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To add a bit of spice, literally, if we are relegated I commit to cutting off my penis, frying it and eating it with a bag of chips from the Bushland chippy. All on Facebook live. Any donations will go towards buying a small ceremonial coffin for my ex todger which will be displayed (I understand) on the end of season open bus celebrations
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To add a bit of spice, literally, if we are relegated I commit to cutting off my ****, frying it and eating it with a bag of chips from the Bushland chippy. All on Facebook live. Any donations will go towards buying a small ceremonial coffin for my ex todger which will be displayed (I understand) on the end of season open bus celebrations
I've heard Oxford have booked a victory bus, maybe book a space on that
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The 12th Marquis of Sixfields
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I'll give you 200-1 anyone fancy sticking a tenner on us to go down? Easy money to dull the pain for all of you negative types.
how about if we get relegated you agree to donate £1000 to cobblers in the community?
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the grumpy old man
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In order for us to be relegated we need to lose our last 2 games and Port Vale need to win their last 3 as we are 7 points ahead of them with a vastly superior goal difference (-10 to their -24). Port Vale have lost their last four games without scoring and have Bolton (H), Walsall (A) and Fleetwood (A) left to play. If they win those three they will deserve to stay up. One point of course will be enough for us to stay up, but with the way we are playing at the moment that might be difficult.
There are plenty of other teams below us of course and surely they can't all overtake us ? As always with the Cobblers though, you just never know.
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Irchy cob
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I notice that Bolton have scored once in the last 5 or 6 games and are really missing madine who is injured - hopefully he'll be back on Saturday. Looking at the striking options that bury have I can't believe they're where they are - Vaughan, pope and Ryan Lowe - and if we play anything like we did against millwall and Shrewsbury we are going to lose.
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GrangeParkCobbler
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I notice that Bolton have scored once in the last 5 or 6 games and are really missing madine who is injured - hopefully he'll be back on Saturday. Looking at the striking options that bury have I can't believe they're where they are - Vaughan, pope and Ryan Lowe - and if we play anything like we did against millwall and Shrewsbury we are going to lose.
Strange side Bury are!! Agreed, on paper they look to have decent options up front, but Pope has only scored 1 in his last 18, Lowe is 38 years old now and again has only scored a single goal since returning from Crewe. Vaughan though has been the exception, 22 goals so far this season, yet only 1 in his last 6. Bury's problems have been at the other end, 72 goals conceded. I suppose they're similar to us (70 conceded) in that people probably look at Richards and Revell with Matt Taylor and JJOT behind and then wonder why we have struggled this season too.
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CobblerTilIDie
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PORT VALE HAVE WON ONCE AWAY FROM HOME ALL SEASON - AND THAT WAS SIX MONTHS AGO!!! They suddenly have to win both of their away games... and their final home game too... all against teams well above them in the table.
Bury also need to win both their games.
Shrewsbury also need to win both their games - the same Shrewsbury side who couldn't beat a poor 10 man Cobblers team on Monday.
Gillingham also need to beat us... and pick up something against Fleetwood.
Even Oldham need to pick up another win.
The table doesn't lie after 44 games - all of those teams average about 1 point per game.. they aren't all suddenly going to win together in the final couple of games!
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in that people probably look at Richards and Revell with Matt Taylor and JJOT behind and then wonder why we have struggled this season too.
i dont think anyone would be thinking that.
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