Best Of

Incredible next 4 games against the teams 21st to 18th.

Leave that run of games without substantially cutting that 7 point gap to 5th bottom down and you really can't see them getting safe.

Dave Winfield scored for Welling today in a match that also featured Anthony Grant and a second debut for Scott Kashket.

I remember being so gutted when Big Dave opted to sign for Shrewsbury all those years ago.

Unfortunately, we classify a kid as eleven and under.

Glad to hear that it's not just me thinking that "it's some going"!

I thought the game was fairly similar to Tuesday. Had we got the breakthrough it would likely have been a relatively comfortable win.

Main gripe is that we don't really push the tempo of the game up much, which is disappointing when you're at home and going for promotion. It's very methodical, controlled football and we rarely seem to speed up the game or try a riskier pass. I'm sure it's an effective way to win games but at times it can be quite dull to watch.

Looking forward to the games against Birmingham, Wrexham, Huddersfield and some of the mid-table sides that look safe as you'd expect them to come out and attack us a bit more.

Certainly not recently. In part because we don't have a creative, 'fit' left sided forward. Gmac's age is against him in terms of playing 2-3 times a week and Fred goes from the sublime to the indifferent often in the same game. There has also been mass upheaval these last two months and we need to find our rhythm again. Plus teams like Wigan are fighting for every point and have learnt from our previous encounters. I have no doubt with the squad we have we will find the solutions soon.

Well that was an edifying read.

To me Wigan looked like a team who came with the sole intent of not conceding and I’m sure went home delighted with their point and performance. They’ll probably be happy if they play out nil nils for the rest of the season.

Had we scored early on I think it would have been a very different game but once Wigan worked just how to park the bus that was all she wrote. Work for Dodds to do on how to flex his system in games like this. If he’s smart he’ll get there.

The bloke next to me seemed unimpressed with our tidy passing around our back line and his daughter seemed unimpressed with everything. They won’t be back. Sadly think a fair few new faces will feel the same after today. Ah well, maybe a few more will turn out for Wrexham?

As for this place, if we come out fighting at Birmingham and pull off an upset perhaps the Gasroom will return to civility? Until then, I’m off to read about whatever Trump’s been up to. Can’t be more depressing than this place can it?

Surely the stewards should be turning these people away?

(Other than @aloysius whose comments in general are usually mystifying)

Could be a very half-full/half-empty outlook tomorrow, depending on Wrexham’s result. If they lose or draw, fantastic. If they close within three points ahead of our tricky trip to Birmingham then no doubt it’ll get twitchy. Our healthy goal difference could still be a significant factor come the end of the season. Maybe these shutouts ain’t all bad!

That's some going on kid a quid day