[theo_luddite]

Don't be silly Snoots - why would anyone do that? I mean there's been a couple of weird post/pre match interviews lately that could be down to them sniffing too much Christmas Spirits but shirley they wouldn't sack them for saying what they think?

Oh!?!
Two more that we probably can't afford then.

Anyway,

The most consistent sides in League One in December (before the last 2 games) were
Cardiff - W5, L1
Lincoln - W4, D1
Pish Posh - W4, D1
Bradford - W4, L1
Blackpool - W4, D1
Town - W3, D2, L1 (with those wins being the last 3).

I may have missed someone, but based on the BBC League One Table prior to the Lincoln game, I don't think so.

In the two New Year fixtures since,

Cardiff - drew at Wycombe, beat Wigan 1-0
Lincoln - drew with Town, battered Pish Posh
Pish Posh - won at Rotherham, battered by Lincoln
Bradford - battered at Mansfield, won at Blackpool
Blackpool - battered by Port Vale, lost to Bradford
Town - drew at Lincoln and home to Exeter. Yesterday was only the 3rd match drawn by Exeter this season.

So the top 2 got the best results, no surprise there. Everyone else that had been doing well got at least one battering and we got 2 draws. 4 points would have been nice, 6 was probably unrealistic, but the unbeaten run is now 7 games. Lincoln were the only side to play two teams "in form".

4th looks good on paper but a 7 point gap to Bradford and 9 to lincoln is still a lot to catch up.

Teams below us have games in hand but Bolton, Luton, Stockport have only won 2 of their last 6 and Stevenage have only won one.
Games in hand are not points in hand.

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Games in hand

Bolton - to play at Stevenage
Luton - to play at Doncaster
Stockport - to play at Wimbledon
Stevenage - to play Bolton and Barnsley at home