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@Jonny_King - did you mean Richard Thomas on your page 3 editorial, or Scott Marshall?

Excellent read otherwise - well done to you and all contributors

I know we’re not playing the exciting football , as we were at the beginning of the season but defensively we look very solid , conceding few goals. This gives me a degree of confidence that we can still fight for automatic promotion. I know we have some tough games in the run in but I believe we’re better when teams play on the front foot as opposed to recent home games, when they’ve played very deep , compact and challenged us to break them down. We’ve struggled to do that. Keep the faith.

No I don't. I was speaking to Eric's hypothetical.

However I do believe the head coach's playing set-up in both matches was overly cautious and I do hope, in hindsight, Dodds realises that and learns from it.

The first ever genuine six pointer?

Nice one @Midlander ! Nice relaxed afternoon, then.

I have a feeling Birmingham might not park the bus on Saturday so, with the King back in business, we might surprise the pundits.

But if we win at home to Wrexham and replicate all other results, we finish six points ahead of Wrexham…

Playing for draws? Imagine the meltdown on here if we went out with ‘arrogance and swagger’ on all out attack and lost because we had neglected our defensive duties. I’m glad the head coach takes a more pragmatic view.

We were brilliant to watch in the first half of the season and scored goals for fun to give us the platform we have now, but this final third of the campaign is a very different scenario. The fear of losing can suffocate teams going for promotion or trying to avoid relegation and I think it’s a good sign that we have become more resilient defensively, especially during a spell when our leading scorer has been out of action. As Eric Plant points out above, there will probably be more games like Saturday during the run in and patience and is required from players and fans alike.

Do you honestly believed the team "played for a draw" against Crawley and Wigan?

Poor teams turning up and stifling higher placed teams in order to gain points for themselves should be outlawed. It is ruining football. (Sorry Gaz...)

We may have failed to score but the idea we were playing for a draw is risible. Not the game I watched.