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Norwich City 1-1 West Bromwich Albion Stoke City 1-2 Queens Park Rangers Blackpool 2-2 Bolton Wanderers Bristol Rovers 1-2 Mansfield Town Barrow 1-0 Chesterfield Walsall 1-1 AFC Wimbledon (Joker) Dagenham & Redbridge 0-1 Maidenhead United Tamworth 1-0 Eastleigh

Crawley Town 2-2 Bristol Rovers Wrexham 1-1 Stockport County Bradford City 1-1 Colchester United (Joker) Carlisle United 1-1 Bromley Chesterfield 2-1 Harrogate Town Oldham Athletic 1-1 Halifax Town Solihull Moors 1-0 Yeovil Town Wealdstone 1-2 Woking

I'd say we were passing the ball about at a quicker intensity in the first half, than in any of the last few games combined. Yet again though, we missed chances and that brings up problem number 1 (Ruthlessness). Too many times we don't take our chances, which I have said before is a team problem. Port Vale (A), Newport (H), Fleetwood (A) and Gillingham (H). All games we failed to take our chances in. Even in games we won, we missed chances to increase the winning margin which include Accrington (H), Harrogate (H) and Carlisle (H). Whilst those 3 ended up in victories, it still shows our lack of ruthlessness in front of goal. The latter of the three was a particular poor performance. In the 2nd half, we allowed them more territory and more possession. During this we had everyone bar Jatta behind the ball and we were only just past the hour mark. Both goals come from us dropping so deep and giving them all the time in the world to pass the ball around. Nobody is closing them down, pressing them. That brings me to my 2nd problem (Mentality). We're too happy with mediocrity. After we equalised, we should have the momentum and energy to go again and get the winning goal in front of the Kop against our local rivals, but no not us. Instead, we retreat and are happy to settle for the point. We literally retreat to how we were before they opened the scoring. Where is the want and the will to go for it? Where is the fire in us? The performance was alright apparently and guess what? We lost, again. It's ok though because we've got injuries. If you are having to rely on Didzy, who is 37, to try and inspire some fire inside of you to win in a promotion battle and fight for this football club, you are in trouble and you need to take a look at yourself. Didzy and Jodi barely a combined 15 minutes at Cheltenham, in what was arguably our best away performance of the season. Injuries also don't stop you doing basic things like running with the ball into space, pressing and playing 5 yard passes to a teammate. This basically sums up point number 3 (Urgency). There was a bit more of it yesterday (in which we still lost) but that does not excuse the lack of it throughout the season. The last thing is intensity. The lack of it throughout the season, which has lead to our consistent unconvincing performances.

Coventry City 2-2 Sunderland Plymouth Argyle 1-1 Derby County Blackpool 1-1 Leyton Orient Wycombe Wanderers 1-1 Wrexham Accrington Stanley 2-0 Gillingham (Joker) Newport County 1-0 Harrogate Town Sutton United 1-1 Halifax Town Wealdstone 2-1 Eastleigh

So many questions need answering - Why haven't we replaced our assistant head coach? - Why haven't we replaced our first team coach - What is Didzy's actual injury and why was he a week away just before Fleetwood and now it's another week? - What is Sam Austin's actual injury and why is he out so long? - Why was Lewis Macari scheduled to be out till the end of March and came back 4 weeks earlier? Does this say something about the timeframes our medical staff are projecting? - Why have our performances not been convincing this season? Slow passing, slow intensity, inconsistent press, running with the ball into space, the will to run through brick walls for the club to win. - Why have we not re-invested the money we have made off of transfers?

Swansea City 1-2 Middlesbrough West Bromwich Albion 1-0 Queens Park Rangers Stevenage 1-1 Mansfield Town (Joker) Wigan Athletic 1-1 Cambridge United Barrow 1-0 Accrington Stanley Salford City 2-1 Crewe Alexandra AFC Fylde 1-0 Braintree Town Southend United 1-2 Altrincham

Hull City 1-1 Plymouth Argyle Preston North End 2-1 Swansea City Charlton Athletic 2-1 Barnsley Mansfield Town 1-1 Wigan Athletic Colchester United 1-0 Chesterfield (Joker) Newport County 2-1 Gillingham Aldershot Town 2-1 Dagenham & Redbridge Solihull Moors 0-1 Sutton United

Do we still actually have a Supporters Trust and if we do, who is actually still a part of it? Plus, anybody who is appointed from the subsequent parties must, in my opinion, go home and away and have a genuine idea of what we want and need as a fanbase. My concern is the people who will represent the first Supporters Committee will include members who don't speak for the wider fanbase. There is a lot of division within the fanbase as it is and the last thing we need is members of supporter groups only speaking for themselves and their own particular interests, rather than the wider interests of the entire fanbase.

Luton Town 1-1 Portsmouth Stoke City 1-2 Watford Crawley Town 1-2 Cambridge United Peterborough United 2-1 Shrewsbury Town Cheltenham Town 2-2 Grimsby Town Harrogate Town 1-0 Accrington Stanley (Joker) Oldham Athletic 1-2 Barnet Yeovil Town 1-0 Southend United

This is the current top 7's remaining set of fixtures, excluding tonight's fixtues (February 25th). We must improve our performance levels if we are to reach the magical 83 points. 9 wins or 8 wins and 2 draws. We need to begin running into space with the ball again, pressing more intensely like we did between MK (A) and Gillingham (A) and having a quicker intensity with the ball along with more urgency. I am concerned about our record in big games. This season we've taken 7 points from a possible 24 against fellow top 7 teams. Walsall (2 losses), Donny (draw), Wimbledon (won), Bradford (won), Vale (2 losses) and Crewe (lost). This isn't just a current problem, but it's always been an issue. We just can't perform in the big games. The returns of Didzy and Jodi will be important, as will the progress of talented, yet still developing duo Charlie Whitaker and Will Jarvis. Mai Traore needs a run of games as well. I'm just not sure we have it in us. We have a more "that'll do" mentality rather than a ruthless mentality. Are we genuinely better than 4 other teams in that screenshot? I feel like other fans have more faith in us than we do in ourselves and vice versa. I look at performances like Cheltenham (A), Accrington (A) and Gillingham (A) and think we have what it takes. I then look at recent games against Carlisle, Vale, Colchester and Tranmere and think we don't have it in us. There's them performances, coupled with our results against the rest of the top 7, which makes avoiding the play-offs a must.

The 3 points was probably the only good thing to come out of that game, other than the performances of Bedeau and Bass. Fans had the right to be annoyed by our opening 45 minutes. The lack of urgency continued from Tuesday's game. A lack of running into open space, quick tempo combined with an inability to take a good first touch (from any player) and complete 3 successful passes, made for one of the worst opening 45's of the season. Tranmere should have been 3-0 up. I remember away at Port Vale, when I shouted for the team to press, someone stood 2 rows in front of me responding "There's no pass on that's why." Funny that because that should be more incentive to press, forcing a turnover. Vale then just went straight through our midfield. The same happened yesterday, when Tranmere had no pass on, we didn't press and then suddenly they were in our half. We were marginally better after the break, but still lacking. Funny that the first time a player ran with the ball into open space we scored from it. Bringing Traore on freed up Chaz a bit more. Would start Jatta, Traore and Whits against Fleetwood. Johnson had a better game than he did on Tuesday and it's good to see him wanting to bring the ball out from the back at every opportunity. Performances need to improve. Results are papering over them at the moment. Maynard has said before that performances are important. Fair play to him for calling out how bad it was. I look at us not doing the fist pumps at the end and there I see the players realising how poor it was and that they know the mentality that's needed. However, I then watch us during games and we've got zero urgency, no ruthlessness. It's more of a "that'll do" mindset and when you're going for promotion, you can't have that as a mindset. There has to be more of a will to win, dominate and be ruthless.

Coventry City 2-0 Preston North End Portsmouth 2-1 Queens Park Rangers Bolton Wanderers 2-2 Leyton Orient Northampton Town 2-1 Bristol Rovers Grimsby Town 2-1 Fleetwood Town Port Vale 1-0 Salford City (Joker) Rochdale 2-2 Barnet Tamworth 1-1 Southend United

Blackburn Rovers 1-1 Plymouth Argyle Middlesbrough 2-1 Watford Blackpool 1-1 Mansfield Town (Joker) Stevenage 2-1 Peterborough United Carlisle United 1-2 Colchester United Morecambe 1-0 Accrington Stanley Gateshead 2-2 Altrincham Woking 1-0 Tamworth

Burton Albion 1-1 Blackpool Huddersfield Town 2-1 Reading Barrow 1-1 Gillingham Fleetwood Town 2-1 Cheltenham Town Salford City 2-0 Tranmere Rovers (Joker) Aldershot Town 2-1 AFC Fylde Dagenham & Redbridge 0-1 Yeovil Town Solihull Moors 1-2 Oldham Athletic