My biggest fear against Blackpool is that now they are officially relegated they have absolutely nothing to lose and the players, however good or bad they may be, have all to gain to show other clubs their individual potential in the hope of securing a transfer in the Championship or higher next season. Therefore, they will probably play the best they have done all this season!!
It's a possibility, yes. The pressure will be off for them, which could mean they play in a more expressive way and will likely take more attacking risks. However, it can also work the other way around too. Those players, consigned to an early relegation, will likely become complacent, ease off, and amble routinely through their remaining games knowing they have nothing but pride to play for. Hopefully it'll be the latter. Either way, we need all three points if we want to finish top six. And a draw or defeat against the basement boys would be a terrible result. Hopefully we can rise above the pressure.
I know there are no easy games in this division, but first and foremost, we need to win, at all cost. Secondly, we need to start increasing our goal difference, as both Brentford and Wolves have now more or less caught us up in the GD column - sixth place could easily go down to GD at the end of the season, so if we can stick at leat 4 past them, that would be proper handy (but i'd take a scrappy 1-0 at the moment)
Crikey, games only two days away. Anyone would think our season was 100% over. It isn't by and stretch of the imagination. Could do with a confidence boosting battering of little Blackpool.
I'm gonna stick my head on the line and go for a 5-0 thrashing - They'll have their goalie sent off in the first minute, and Murphs will score a hat-trick of penalties
Wish I was going....3-0...roaring PR will lift the lads. MM gets selection right (please amaze us!) and after we grab the 1st one, its a riot. Other results still go our way...and we up in the mix again......almost.
the atmosphere will be very nervy until hopefully we get the first goal, then us and the player can relax and start to enjoy it. If skuse scores, I might have to run on the pitch in all my glory!
I hope they haven't printed any "i was there when Skuse scored" t-shirts, like the gunners did for John Jensen LOL
they are bottom and relegated because they are ****. we are top 8 because after 40 games we have proven (somehow) to be in the 8th best teams in this league therefore I say we need to batter the useless idjits!
Guys, we should win this by at least 6, they have just lost several key players in what was already a poor side, i sm going for 7-0!! Hows that for positivity, saying that, i still cant see that useless twat Skuse scoring!!
Mick will go Bart Chambers Smith Berra Mings Varney Bish Skuse Tabb Murphy Sears Spanish would go Bart Parr Chambers Berra Mings Varney Bishop Chaplow Williams/Hunt (half each) Murphy Sears
