The Time Is Now Not Saturday Week !
St Mary's needs to be filled against Hartlepool.
I always intended to write this story, but I must admit the tone of it as i pondered what I would write on Friday evening is far better today than then after our win at Brighton, however the sentiment is the same.
The old adage in football is that you take every game as it comes and thats the case now, but whilst the Walsall game heads towards a sell out, Hartlepool doesnt and thats a sin.
Put bluntly we are on the fringe of promotion, but we need to win the next game, not the one in two weeks, the support is needed now, for a game that is vital, not for one that could in fact be meaningless.
This in mind we need everyone who possibly can to get along to St Mary's tommorrow, of course their are those that have good reasons that they cant be there, after all it is Easter monday, but if you havent got anything special planned, pop down and get a ticket, or phone up your mates and get a few to go, yes hopefully the Walsall game will be a big party, but parties dont win promotion, points do and the most important game of the last four is the next one.
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