Promotion race

[StocksArmy]

I think (and hope) breaking into that top 3 yesterday is a massive boost for the team. Those tired legs now won’t feel so heavy and mentally they will want to go and finish the job as quickly as possible. Beat Colchester and I feel the 78pts will do it given the form of the rest. Would be the icing on the cake of a very stressful season to seal it against Bradford.

[Chris Black come back]

Lyle taylor out for the rest of the season for Colchester. Probably their biggest threat.

Threats come in many forms granted but Taylor has scored once in his last dozen games.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

It's not inconceivable that 5 teams going into the last day face the prospect of promotion or missing out and going into the play offs with 4 contesting the title.

That's just nuts but the way things are going there could be alot of shredded nerves.

You can fit the teams to the points if you wish, but save your heads getting fried.

1.  P45   pts  79
2.  P45    pts 79
3.  P45    pts 79
4   P45    pts 77
5   P45   pts  76

Goal difference is that close now it could play a huge part too.

[drfcsteve]

Yesterday was an amazing day of results from a rovers perspective. We did what we needed to do which was get 3 points against the worst team we’ll play out of our final 4.

I hope we can overturn our season long trend of not getting results against top half teams but the way things are going it might not matter if everyone else keeps doing us favours!

[dickos1]

Tranmere currently playing better than our next 3 opponents

[GazLaz]

Tranmere currently playing better than our next 3 opponents

Styles make fights and Col U’s style couldn’t be more different Tranmeres.

[dickos1]

Colchester will be toughest game out the 3 I reckon, nobody has lost fewer games than them this season.
I think a draw is nailed on

[IDM]

Our GD is now competitive compared to the other teams - not so long ago we were way behind..

[Jonathan]

Tough game on Monday, but would Colchester be happy to set up for a point or do they need to open up a bit and go for the win?

[Alan Southstand]

Colchester have just squeezed into the play-off’s which makes it very interesting in more ways than one. Grimsby have got a very interesting game v one of our top 3 competitors and will want to get back in the top 7!

Very interesting day on Monday and let’s hope for a good end to it.

[Spilsby Red]

Colchester need to win. Grimsby away form is a lot better than there home form

[les@donr]

According to Col U fans forum they played poorly against a ten man crewe and missed a penalty, and their shots on goal were very low (4). They are expecting a defeat on Monday. They claim to be bringing 1,000 fans to the Eco, if they do, that would be an excellent turnout for them.

[Lesonthewest]

They don't concede many & if they go in front it will be very tough, we need to be resilient defensively, & patient going forward.

[Sammy Chung was King]

It will be a battle of attrition with Colchester. Resilience will win the day. It will more than likely be a real grind.

[Stewmaiden79]

Having just crept in to the playoffs themselves it might add extra pressure into their game. It’s one thing to climb the league under the radar a bit like what we did last year. But now they have to maintain a playoff spot the pressure is on. Or maybe not, just a theory.

[Pancho Regan]

I’ve seen mention that we beat a poor team in Tranmere.
They’ve had a big turnaround in form recently, won their last 3 home games before Friday including beating Chesterfield 4-0 in their last home game.

So make no mistake, that was a big win for us and certainly wasn’t a ‘given’.

What a finish to the season is in store now.

[Prez]

Let's get this straight, it's not the fans who have bigged up expectations - it was GM in the pre-season who said he expects us to be fighting for the title.

We've been well under that all season. Most of our fans are judging success on his yard stick; automatic promotion and fighting for the title.

So it's understandable we're all getting frustrated now we're stumbling to the finish line. The run in is tough, we've got injuries, the massive squad not making a blind bit of difference, and game after game it's the same tactics that aren't really working. Run it down the wing. f**k about, take the ball too far. Hope Moly will come up with some magic. Subs around 75 mins to go all out attack in the hope of a late winner.

It's not a strategy and whether we go up or stay down, it's given me some real doubts about McCann's abilities as a manager.

Awkward

[Chris Black come back]

We could still make a real mess of this but it looks on form hard for us not to get promoted given only Walsall can catch us and they haven’t won a game in their last 12 games, and would need to win at least one and hope we lose both our final games.

League One looks now pretty likely but the title is there to win. Let’s go for the silverware.

[Filo]

We could still make a real mess of this but it looks on form hard for us not to get promoted given only Walsall can catch us and they haven’t won a game in their last 12 games, and would need to win at least one and hope we lose both our final games.

League One looks now pretty likely but the title is there to win. Let’s go for the silverware.

For Walsall to catch us if we lose both our games, they would have to win one and draw one to go above us, if we draw one they would need to win both

[dickos1]

Is 4 points off top spot with 4 games to go not fighting for the title?

No, not the way we are playing, not a chance.

Are we fighting for the title yet

How about now?

[dickos1]

There’s some awful posts in this thread from only 4/5 days ago.
Need to be a bit more positive, we were in a great position then and we’ve kicked on!

[les@donr]

We win next Saturday we will go up. Even if 4th place Walsall win we will be 4 points clear with match to go.

[Pancho Regan]

There’s some awful posts in this thread from only 4/5 days ago.
Need to be a bit more positive, we were in a great position then and we’ve kicked on!

Exactly mate.
Nice to have a few more ‘believers’ on board for the final run-in!

[dickos1]

No chance we're going up automatically.
Best we can hope for is play offs and a huge alice of luck.
Don't fancy us at all.

Just don't have the players, the recruitment in the summer was dreadful.

Brilliant

[Ryaldinhio]

No chance we're going up automatically.
Best we can hope for is play offs and a huge alice of luck.
Don't fancy us at all.

Just don't have the players, the recruitment in the summer was dreadful.

Brilliant

About time some of these idiots did one

[BobG]

Rapidly.

[PDX_Rover]

Ah yes the ghost of ghosh

[Ryaldinhio]

No chance we're going up automatically.
Best we can hope for is play offs and a huge alice of luck.
Don't fancy us at all.

Just don't have the players, the recruitment in the summer was dreadful.