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by Adam Stubbings

After a cruel blow in injury time at Rochdale last week, Rovers head west again to face Bury as the fat lady sharpens her vocal chords in anticipation.

Seconds away from a first win in three months, Rovers failed to hold out for a 2-1 win away at play-off chasing Rochdale, held instead and slipping further away from safety. Matters only got worse in midweek as relegation rivals Fleetwood and Oldham both won, Rovers loanee Curtis Main even getting on the scoresheet for the Latics to rub further salt into the wounds.

These events have left the club seven points adrift of safety with only six games to go, facing up to the reality that this wretched run since the turn of the year is likely to cost us our place in League One. Even four wins from the final six games may not be enough now, but at least we finally saw some fight in the players in Saturday's draw.

Bury host the Reds next, without a win in six games themselves but just about at the safety line now on 51 points. A tally that Rovers can only reach if they win four and draw one of the half a dozen fixtures left, but the number which Darren Ferguson and his team must aspire to reach. Defeat here might just be the final death knell with the campaign on life support for weeks already.

Two of our three remaining home games are against the current top two in the league, but away trips to Bury, Chesterfield and bottom club Crewe must all be seen as winnable. Victory at Gigg Lane may not ultimately help us to safety but it could at least give us a fighting chance into these games and that is all Rovers fans can cling onto now.

Following a tumultuous week at the club, it will be nice to focus on matters on the pitch once more, even if things can't get much bleaker at this point. We have passed the 'now or never' stage of the crisis, and it is time to throw everything available at the wall to see what might stick.
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