[spireitematt]

Playoffs is the more realistic outcome. Winning the league I think is too much of a big ask especially being 14pts behind Sutton United. Last night we didn't play a game and if we had it would have been against the now extinct Macclesfield Town. As Devon says if Sutton win the league will they want to pay in the region of £250,000 plus to rip up the 3G pitch and lay turf?

We should be aiming for a position now between 4th/7th and if we did get a spot there then we would have to play a quarter-final, semi-final and then the final. If we did somehow manage to finish 2nd or 3rd in the league then we would play a semi-final and the final if we got there.

So far we've played 23 games and Notts County and Maidenhead both have the same amount of games in hand as ourselves. Other teams around us have 1 or 2 games in hand. The interesting one is how have Altrincham played 28 games? Like SGB says if it is going to be a 42 game season then that means we've got 19 games left to play as it stands, so that means 57 pts left to play for and from those 57 pts we should be looking for another 40 to add to what we've already got which would give us 76 pts which should be enough to get a playoff spot.

As for teams above us and around us in the league table we can't be worried about what they are doing and can't rely on other teams helping us out results wise. It's a case of we need to try and win every game left and treat every game as a cup final to get 3pts to have any chance of getting a playoff spot. This league isn't an easy league it's very competitive and very open.

These are the remaining games left:

13th March - Maidenhead United A
16th March - Sutton United H
20th March - Barnet A
23rd March - No game (were due to play Dover away)
27th March - Weymouth H

2nd April - Eastleigh A
5th April - No game (were due to play Dover at Home)
10th April - Kings Lynn Town A
13th April - Boreham Wood H
17th April - Bromley H
20th April - FC Halifax Town H
24th April - Wrexham A
27th April - Bromley A

1st May - Hartlepool United A
3rd May - Torquay H
8th May - Woking A
11th May - Kings Lynn Town H
15th May - Wealdstone H
22nd May - Dag & Red H
29th May - FC Halifax Town A

Plus we've got to play Aldershot A which hasn't been rearranged yet.