04-04-2021, 00:52
Is Will Evans available for selection or has he been furloughed? I know he doesn`t seem to be JR`s defender of choice, but it looks as though he may be needed some time soon, so I hope he`s still around and available.
I suppose it`s inevitable with so many fixtures left to play that several of the teams in and around the play-off spots still have to meet. We have a few ourselves. By my reckoning we still have to go to Halifax, Wrexham and Hartlepool and Torquay and Halifax both have to come to us; those games could well go a long way to deciding where we end up. Monday is definitely going to be fun, though; watching others take points off each other whilst we sit with our feet up.
Our next game is at the team currently next to bottom and with nothing to play for in reality; the 3 after that are all at home against sides below us in the table, albeit not far below, so I don`t think a target of 10 points from those 4 games would be totally unrealistic, would it? I know they`re still eggs and not chickens ready to be counted as yet but that should put us in a very nice position if we can manage it, bearing in mind that at least 2 of the contenders are going to be playing each other virtually every matchday, as far as I can see, and therefore dropping points.
I don`t think Hurst House would have changed that much between my time and yours, Dev; we would only have been about 3 years apart. There were no fatalities in my day either whilst crossing the River of Death. There were a few close calls, admittedly, although to be fair these were nearly all a result of drivers being distracted by the sight of BOK striding imperiously across it on his way to or from Abercrombie Street with his mortar-board on his head and his gown billowing around him like a Spanish galleon in full sail. It was indeed a sight to behold and God help any motorist who didn`t stop for him. They would definitely get The Glare; you remember the one, I`m sure. He once collared me to carry some books over there with him. The experience scared the shit out of me, to be honest; I don`t think I was ever quite the same again.
I remember the school cap business as well, although most of us abused the rule as much as we dare in spirit if not in deed by perching it so far back on our heads that it virtually defied gravity. I`m sure some of the lads used hair-grips to stop it actually falling off, though I doubt whether any of them would admit it if challenged.
Anyway; there we go. After the last few years doesn`t it feel good to be looking up and hoping, rather looking down and worrying. Long may it continue.
I suppose it`s inevitable with so many fixtures left to play that several of the teams in and around the play-off spots still have to meet. We have a few ourselves. By my reckoning we still have to go to Halifax, Wrexham and Hartlepool and Torquay and Halifax both have to come to us; those games could well go a long way to deciding where we end up. Monday is definitely going to be fun, though; watching others take points off each other whilst we sit with our feet up.
Our next game is at the team currently next to bottom and with nothing to play for in reality; the 3 after that are all at home against sides below us in the table, albeit not far below, so I don`t think a target of 10 points from those 4 games would be totally unrealistic, would it? I know they`re still eggs and not chickens ready to be counted as yet but that should put us in a very nice position if we can manage it, bearing in mind that at least 2 of the contenders are going to be playing each other virtually every matchday, as far as I can see, and therefore dropping points.
I don`t think Hurst House would have changed that much between my time and yours, Dev; we would only have been about 3 years apart. There were no fatalities in my day either whilst crossing the River of Death. There were a few close calls, admittedly, although to be fair these were nearly all a result of drivers being distracted by the sight of BOK striding imperiously across it on his way to or from Abercrombie Street with his mortar-board on his head and his gown billowing around him like a Spanish galleon in full sail. It was indeed a sight to behold and God help any motorist who didn`t stop for him. They would definitely get The Glare; you remember the one, I`m sure. He once collared me to carry some books over there with him. The experience scared the shit out of me, to be honest; I don`t think I was ever quite the same again.
I remember the school cap business as well, although most of us abused the rule as much as we dare in spirit if not in deed by perching it so far back on our heads that it virtually defied gravity. I`m sure some of the lads used hair-grips to stop it actually falling off, though I doubt whether any of them would admit it if challenged.
Anyway; there we go. After the last few years doesn`t it feel good to be looking up and hoping, rather looking down and worrying. Long may it continue.