We've been crap since early February. We got away with it a few times. Then we didn't at Colchester. Then we started losing to shit teams. Then we started conceding late goals to lose points. Now we are cannon fodder and are just losing. We didn't lay a glove on Port Vale today. They probably couldn't believe their luck. 2-0 flattered us. They were far superior. Darren Moore is one of the few 4th Division managers not to rant at officials. It was refreshing to see.

Silk, those substitutions and tactical instructions, what would they be?

It is in our own hands though. Get a point at Grimsby and we are in.

"Tomorrow is the only game I can see us winning again this season. Harrogate are poor and probably just about have enough points to stay up unless ...." Posted on 4th Apr 2025 14:05:52. It looks like unfortunately I'm going to be right. Albeit entirely different circumstances, this feels like how the 1999/2000 season fizzled out, when the team ran out of ideas, belief, confidence, went into freefall and seemingly gave up. To fall out of the play offs on the last game of the season, having been there most of the season, will be a footballing tragedy but I can see it happening. At least it will spare us the time, expense and disappointment of losing in the play off semi-finals, although to watch opposition fans celebrating at our expense two weeks in a row at Grimsby will be galling.

I agree REPD.

Couldn't agree more

Have to admit, us finishing outside the playoffs would serve us right, for the way we've approached the last month.

A possibility

Come back is on at Salford

Wait are we going to finish 9th?

If you are looking for other teams to save us getting into the playoffs then what's the point of being there........if we are playing like the last three games let another team have a go that might actually attack

If we lose next week and Chesterfield win then the gap in GD will be 2 at best (if both are one goal margins) so there isn’t a lot of leeway if they run up the score today

Come on Franchise

You could see Chesterfield maybe getting a few in the second half v already relegated Morecambe

You'd hope our goal difference would save us from Chesterfield

Chesterfield can still overtake us as it stands. They've got Accrington next week.

Anyway 0 - 2 as I predicted this morning

We need Grimsby to lose - they win or draw and will be on the front-foot next week, and we'll have no idea how to handle going for a draw as our game management is so poor

We really need Carlisle to win today so their season is still alive next week (they have Salford)

Red card for a manager is always a bit of theatre both for the manager (who can “show how much he cares”) and the referee (who can “show that he is really in charge”) but it has no practical impact.

Of course we could go up to Grimsby and stick five past them

Yep. And it might end up that our goal difference really does make a difference, when it comes to it

Bloody hell Salford 3-0 up. We are in the horrible position of needing a Franchise win.

Harbottle looked dazed, so the referee was wrong in taking the risk. He was quick to stop the game for the PV player who jumped up almost as soon as the ref got there.

3-0 Salford