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Post by thesecondjack on Apr 24, 2018 23:01:11 GMT
4-0 victory for City, still mathematically in the promotion race, albeit the third of three teams battling it out for 2nd place.
Current Battler for 2nd:
Highgate - Played 39, 81pts, +30GD
Coleshill - Played 38, 80pts, +51GD
Worcester- Played 40, 80pts, +51GD
Run ins for Highgate, Coleshill & Worcester
Highgate:
28/04 Shawbury (H)
30/04 Cov Utd (A)
05/05 Cov Utd (H)
Coleshill:
26/04 Heanor (A)
28/04 Cov Sphinx (A)
01/05 Rocester (A)
05/05 Shawbury (A)
City:
28/04 Quorn (A)
05/05 South Normanton (A)
Assuming City win both of their games, cannot have Highgate gain 6 or more points, or Coleshill gain 7 or more from their remaining games... or we are out of it. That said, Highgate have lost their last 2 games, and Coleshill have to play 4 away games in a short space of time on some pitches that are a darn sight worse than their nice 3G.
My thoughts: We're not out of it yet, but I don't think we'll make it as have to rely heavily on others slipping up. Some of those silly dropped points over the season look mega right now.
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Post by Croc on Apr 24, 2018 23:32:06 GMT
If the Chairman and the Board have resigned us to a fourth placed finish - then we will finish in fourth
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Post by alwaysnextyear on Apr 25, 2018 8:03:40 GMT
A good second half performance after a lack lustre first half, where the final pass was the problem. Albeit whilst Rocester were a limited side, it's another three points. Nathan Hayward dominated the midfield. His attitude can't be faulted, he always tries his best, and if he gives the ball away, his first thought is always to try and win it back. A word about the defence, where youngster Riley Keasey gave a very assured display. His distribution and positional play were very good, and he looks very promising. Mark Smith and Jordan Stoddart have grown as a partnership, whilst Jamie Smith has improved this season with getting lots of games. That's only 10 goals conceded in the last 18 games, with 10 clean sheets.
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Post by Tim Munslow on Apr 27, 2018 19:04:09 GMT
We have conceded less goals than anyone else in the league.
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Post by alwaysnextyear on Apr 27, 2018 21:21:41 GMT
It's the other end that's been the problem. Didn't we used to have a free scoring bald headed chap up front ? Did someone say something to make him leave ?
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Post by thesecondjack on Apr 28, 2018 23:48:15 GMT
Perhaps we have missed Lee Hughes, but you cannot really knock the efforts of others up front - Dave Reynolds I believe with 29 goals for the season now.
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Post by jupu on Apr 29, 2018 7:12:51 GMT
I think it's fair to say Mark Danks has underachieved, although I suspect he's rarely been 100% fit.
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Post by thesecondjack on Apr 29, 2018 9:39:35 GMT
A good first half to the season, and I think he at one point had something like 9 goals in 10 games, but then struggled for goals since. You might well be right that he's not been 100% fit for good periods. First 2-3 months of the season everyone was saying the defence was leaky, but we had the ability to outscore the opponents. Odd how the perception for many has flipped for the last two months!
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Post by alwaysnextyear on Apr 29, 2018 22:36:35 GMT
Not odd at all - Hughes left after the Chairman spoke, and we stopped scoring goals in key matches. Quite simple really.
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Post by cloud on Apr 30, 2018 8:21:57 GMT
Not odd at all - Hughes left after the Chairman spoke, and we stopped scoring goals in key matches. Quite simple really. Yes, it is as simple as that. Hughes was one of our best players for the first half of the season, then "Fully Amateur" happened & he left. The Stourport away game was crying out for his hold up play, let alone finishing. With him here for the first half of the season we were the highest scorers, now we are 17 goals behind Bromsgrove & 7 behind Coleshill (with them still to play the bottom two teams). Birchy leaving after "Fully Amateur" was probably an even bigger loss. On the positive side, I didn't think the season would still be alive for us for the last home game, last week. |
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Post by thesecondjack on Apr 30, 2018 20:48:24 GMT
Highgate just beat a youthful Cov Utd side 1-3, meaning City are out of the running. Close, but no cigar.
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Post by Croc on Apr 30, 2018 21:48:42 GMT
False on both the last conditions - both on previous deeds and future maschinations by Hampson et al.
They would have fought tooth and nail to prevent promotion - for we are a “fully amateur club”
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