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George has been made available by Peterborough!!!! Worth a look?????
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In summary, Bristol Rovers needed to beat Scunthorpe by 7 goals to clinch promotion on Saturday. They won 7-0 and pipped Northampton on goals scored. Northampton have to settle for a playoff place. This is where it gets interesting. In January, Ryan Loft moved from Scunthorpe to Bristol Rovers for an undisclosed fee. Loft didn't play against Scunthorpe. He was an unused sub. It's being reported that as part of the deal, Scunthorpe would get an extra 50K if Bristol Rovers achieved promotion. Scunthorpe have been awful all season, but last Saturday they were absolutely awful. They rolled over and played dead. The circumstances around the game will certainly raise questions about why Keith Hill felt he shouldn't play his strongest side.
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Slocombe 6 A quiet afternoon, well protected. One shot by Altrincham whistled by his post
Brindley 8 Always confident moving forward to create space
Lacey 7.5. Motored through the game
Chicksen 7 Again too many times cutting inside
DKE 7 Missed a great headed chance. Busy.
Palmer 7 Ticks the team over but when had an opportunity to shoot, just hasn't got it in front of goal
JOB 6 Missed 2 golden chances in the first half, 2nd set up by Cal
Richardson 7.5 So important the speed on the right flank. Crossed for Ruben's goal
Ruben 7.5 Great headed goal and ran over to the bench to thank analysis guy
Roberts 7.5 Calmly taken penalty
Wootton 7.5 Took his goal brilliantly
Subs
Sam 7 That ball to Richardson set up his 3rd goal, purring
Francis 6
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It's the penultimate week of this season's prediction league - we say goodbye to League One (no idea why they're finishing a week early) and any mathematical chance most of us have of winning it. But there's pride and honour to fight for. Kick-off is 3pm on Saturday - except for the two League One fixtures, which start at 12.30pm. And don't forget your jokers!
Blackburn Rovers v AFC Bournemouth
Cardiff City v Birmingham City
Cambridge United v Cheltenham Town
Gillingham v Rotherham United
Crawley Town v Leyton Orient
Northampton Town v Exeter City
Bromley v Chesterfield
King's Lynn v Eastleigh
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Game 43 - The Robins (H)
Team: Altrincham
Date: 07/05/2022
Where: Meadow Lane
What line-up should Ian Burchnall opt for? What will be the key areas for the Magpies to get a victory? What do you think the final score will be?
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I can only see Vincent playing in a 352 @gtownjohnno. At the moment, IB seems to be leaning towards a 4231, which means he will pick Francis over him. Vincent would only play in that formation if Ruben gets injured, or in place of JOB. The issue with 4231 is that although it makes us a better attacking side, our defence is even more suspect against a physical side without 3 CBs playing.
Arter was disappointing after his first game for us, and I would not be surprised to find out that he was carrying an injury, if that was the case.
I would be sending Brunt back as well to be honest as he has also been disappointing. I'm assuming that we have kept him to cover several positions.
One point seals a place in the playoffs for Notts. We are hanging on to the home playoff spot at the moment. Ideally we need to win this game by a couple of goals. Our home form is the 3rd best in the division. We haven't been at our best in the last 2 games. A defeat at Aldershot and a 1-0 win over a poor Dover side doesn't exactly inspire confidence. Altrincham aren't great away from home but they are dangerous opponents. It will be interesting to see how they approach the game. If they try to play, Notts will win I think. If they sit back, it will be a whole different ball game. I think it will be another 1-0 win and immediately checking how Grimsby have gotten on at home to Maidenhead. It may well come down to goal difference to see who gets the home tie.
That's the play-offs sorted then, and very nice listening it was too from my garden in Germany! And we're nearly certain to start the play-offs with a home tie, which will probably be against Grimsby. That'll be a very different game though!
despite 76% possession stats
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and the most ridiculous offside ever by a linesman
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Game 41 - The Shots (A)
Team: Aldershot Town
Date: 30/04/2022
Where: The EBB Stadium
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Aldershot away has done us in again. We just can't seem to get a run going this season and it feels like a case of one step forwards and two steps back (again!) Teams will be battling like that in the play-offs and I just don't trust us to be able to match them at the minute, especially away from home and that's a big worry for me.
And I get the ref obviously wasn't great but we've still got to defend much better, hopefully Cameron and Brindley coming back can give us a boost.
The only bonus for us is that Chesterfield are getting worse and Grimsby couldn't beat Barent so somehow we stay 5th!
8 hours ago, menzinho said:Teams will be battling like that in the play-offs and I just don't trust us to be able to match them at the minute
We approach matches against the better teams and those against the Weymouths and the Aldershots very differently, and that's part of the problem. It's disrespectful, and frankly there's no excuse for the opposition "wanting it more" when we have (or rather had) a top-three place to fight for. Now it'll be the play-off quarter-finals for us again. We can thank our lucky stars we're somehow still in the top five.
Jaros 6 exposed for all the goals, saved another from an atrocious Rawlinson back pass
Chicksen 4 Exposed as well down the left flank . Too much cutting in when going forward
Rawlinson 3 Football skills exposed as not good enough in a BurchnallBall game
Graham 4 Not the worse of the defence but little to show in distribution
DKE 4.5 Missed a great headed chance in the 2nd half. Seemingly booked for a non bookable offence and was sent off
Francis 3 Wandered around, got dispossesed . Looks why Harrogate got rid
Palmer 4 Poor game. Always the fulcrum but passing options limited
Brunt 3 Anonymous
Nemane 5.5 Should have had a penalty (looked cast iron)
Rodrigues 5 Missed 2 glaring chances, the 2nd of which was set up by Sam
Roberts 5 Better 1st half than 2nd. Just couldnt get into the game 2nd half
Subs
Sam 6 One shot which was blocked, but set up Ruben with a good pass
Wootton 5 No real chances
Arter 5 Took a card for the team.
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Game 42 - The Whites (H)
Team: Dover Athletic
Date: 02/05/2022
Where: Meadow Lane
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There are only three rounds to go - now is the time to stake your claim for the title or to climb as high as you can. A lucky few of you might even finish above me, and I'm not bitter at all. Not even a little bit. Kick-off is Saturday at 3pm, and you have one joker each!
AFC Bournemouth v Fulham
Hull City v Reading
Fleetwood Town v AFC Wimbledon
Wycombe Wanderers v Sheffield Wednesday
Bristol Rovers v Forest Green Rovers
Harrogate Town v Carlisle United
Boreham Wood v Bromley
Grimsby Town v Torquay United
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