Londonboy

Considering our striking options in MM words our "fab four," it's a bit piss poor that only Halifax out of the top half of the table have scored fewer goals than us. Our lack of goals may be our undoing come the end of the season.

They have won 7/8 so they have the momentum. Ita Alty/Gateshead and Solihull/Shots on Saturday so 3 points would make up ground on a couple at least.

How.many were there today from Chesterfield?

Results could have been a lot worse for us today... Gateshead and Aldershot losing kept us well in the mix and it sounds like we played well today. Daggers away next week really is a must win though. Can't afford to let a gap open above us.... KEEP THE FAITH!!

BP rated him I think and wanted him in the first team squad...

It's his job to find people to pass too! I can't remember the last time he put in a meaningful cross, and he has had plenty of opportunities. Plus his defending has been pants. He's been shit for weeks end of.

Absolutely not. He's been just as guilty as anyone else since Christmas for poor inept performances. If we had another half decent left back he'd have been dropped weeks ago.

I witnessed yesterday's shit show first hand and it was as bad as it gets. Bar the scramble at the end of the 1H where we may have hit the post, I don't recall a shot.... it was pathetic. What I struggle with is why every fucking team we play seems to have more width, energy and pace than us. Yesterday for example their 26 who scored from a completely free header....offside or not, was roasting us all the first half down our right hand side. With our budget and what we are paying the likes of Dallas and the rest who are not in Mellons thoughts, surely we could sign more players like this for not much money. Let's be honest our budget is probably 2/3 x bigger than most, so I'm baffled why we have not addressed the pace and width issue all season?? We played Hobson and Hogan as full backs for fucks sake. Mellon needs to sort this shit out and play a system with some width, and do it quickly, as by this time next week we could be in 9th, 3 points outside the playoffs having played a game more than the teams around us...

You can pay on the day, for an extra £2. I've no doubt there will be 500+ there....I'm taking my son and a couple of his mates. Since getting battered at Bromley on September 16th we have lost once away in the league in nearly 6 months, and that was the nightmare at Fylde! We have Won 9 Drawn 3 and lost 1 since then, which is as good I guess as anyone. Yes we have muddled our way through a few but have usually found a way. I'm confident we will find a way on Saturday. 2-1 win for me.

We were in the same division as Bastard Rovers for 10 years from 1980-90 when we went up, which was a great rivalry on and off the pitch during that time.

So you think we would rather have an away tie??

And slightly off topic, assuming we make the playoffs would we want a home or away tie, assuming we finish 4th-7th?? Although our away form is better I think I'd still prefer a big crowd at BP behind us, rather than a tin pot allocation at the likes of Solihull or Aldershot...

Be interesting to see what tonight's attendance is. 5.5/5.6k??

Was disappointed with the attendance yesterday. Our 2nd lowest home attendance I think after Dorking in early September, and Southend brought more than most. I know our home form has been ropey but I reckon we've lost about 500 floating home supporters since the start of the season which is not great bearing in mind we are in the top 7. Obviously we lost a great opportunity v Kidderminster to pick up a few.....

9 out of the starting 11 were Unsworths boys! Wonder if he was still here if we'd be in the same position as today....?? Didn't go today but saw the game at Roots Hall and they were a million miles better than us.

Who's come on?

Yes agree Lags. Blackburn was our main rival for many seasons in the old 2nd division. Used to be a big home Boxing day fixture with 15-20k there. Clue is in the no, neh, never chant, BASTARD ROVERS!! Probably the most trouble however was when we played Bolton. They used to bring a fair mob and ran us a few times in the Chaddy!!

Yep we were absolute dog at their place. They seem to have their mojo back and will still believe they can get into the playoffs. A draw will be no good really for them so I think they will go for it, and we may see a bit of a basketball game, which could mean we can play more like the away side which probably suits us atm. Green and Hammond must start for me to give us some pace on the counter attack. An entertaining 2-1 for me but not sure which way...

With respect..... we cannot compete with Pompey!!

I don't see many home games, but I've seen a good few away this season and in arguably our best 3 performances at Barnet, Woking and Maidenhead Green started and gave us some real impetus going forward. Yes he has his limitations defensively but he's the only one, with maybe Hammond who has any pace out wide. Stones also gave us this in his brief cameo and we had great results. We are so narrow and one dimensional without him, that until Mellon starts him and plays to a system where he gets the ball from midfielders, and ruins at players our style simply will not change.

Not quite the best imo. We were marginally better at Woking I thought. However a really confident and dominant performances with many positives to take to York.....which we need to win btw. Bar the first ten mins of the 1H which were pretty none descript, and the first 15 of the 2H where we were under a bit of pressure, we were in full control. Great support also from the travelling army

This will have ZERO effect on our attendances. As some have already said, rarely now do we play at the same time or day as City and they sell out anyway for most games well in advance. If it helps get fans who go to the games there more easily, and its cheaper and more environmentally friendly it's fine with me. We play better football =we get more floating fans. Simple. This is what we should be focusing on, not moaning about fucking buses to City.

This is the biggest worry for me. I'm worried that the current backup strikers just won't score enough goals...mainly because we don't create enough chances, and the new boys are just not match fit or have not had the chance to bed in. But who knows, we may have to change how we play a bit now and the others strikers may step up to the plate, but whichever way you look at it, Norwood being out till April is a massive blow.

Hardly surprising.....Holden or Beckham he is not!!

I'd take a shit Ged Keegan in today's team every day of the week