| The Great Escape: other games thread. 20:50 - Dec 30 with 26448 views | 442Dale |
When we avoided relegation in 17/18 after being so far adrift, I think there was a similar thread towards the end of the season which followed the scores of the other clubs around us.
In the spirit of superstition starting it now could help again. Theory being the earlier the better and safe by Easter.
Crawley losing 2-0 to Stevenage at the moment tonight. |  |
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| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 15:47 - Jan 5 with 4402 views | TVOS1907 |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 15:36 - Jan 5 by _Stefan_Kuntz |
I am on about League Two.
Yes, I was aware that for Carlisle United the Crewe game was an exception.
Even when every team plays Saturday / Tuesday / Saturday the Carlisle United performance is bad in comparison to their immediate opponents. There is no reason for them to be more fatigued from the same schedule but it actually does occur that they are bad in that 3rd match and nearly always in the second match.
With Carlisle United playing on the 21st ,24th and 28th whilst Rochdale are playing on the 21st and 28th there has to be a good chance of Rochdale doing well. |
In September, we lost on the 17th and won on the 20th and 24th.
In November, we lost on the 5th, won on the 8th and lost on the 12th.
I'm not sure your prediction holds much water - unlike Carlisle! |  |
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| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 11:00 - Jan 6 with 4173 views | _Stefan_Kuntz |
Quite, as a Carlisle United supporter who wishes Rochdale well, I am guilty of solely looking at my perception of the Carlisle United weaknesses without investigating how they rank alongside those of other clubs.
In general the concerned supporter of a club firstly looks into what can go wrong and tends to believe that rather than what can go well.
Rochdale supporters believe that more points are needed to finish above 23rd than will almost certainly be the case. I have seen 50 points mentioned on here.
I believe that 41 points will suffice. If the minimum safety points target actually turns out to be more than 45 points you can chop my Dickov. [Post edited 6 Jan 2023 11:02]
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| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 18:56 - Jan 6 with 4011 views | EllDale |
Gillingham and Hartlepool are both in FA Cup action this weekend.
Colchester are at Harrogate. | | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 15:30 - Jan 9 with 3792 views | _Stefan_Kuntz |
Come on Rochdale, give Bradford City a good seeing-to. | | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 11:54 - Jan 11 with 3527 views | _Stefan_Kuntz |
On Saturday it will be Gillingham (24th) v Hartlepool United (23rd) & Rochdale (22nd) v Colchester United (20th).
A win by a margin of 4 goals would put Rochdale above Colchester United. | | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 12:19 - Jan 11 with 3482 views | pioneer |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 11:54 - Jan 11 by _Stefan_Kuntz |
On Saturday it will be Gillingham (24th) v Hartlepool United (23rd) & Rochdale (22nd) v Colchester United (20th).
A win by a margin of 4 goals would put Rochdale above Colchester United. |
hypothetically speaking…. | | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 12:29 - Jan 11 with 3466 views | _Stefan_Kuntz |
Let there be a draw in the Gillingham v Hartlepool United match, with each team playing an unregistered player and both teams getting a point deducted, whilst Rochdale beat Colchester United by 4 goals. | | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 21:03 - Jan 14 with 3195 views | Shun |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 10:23 - Jan 5 by _Stefan_Kuntz |
A goal every 4.21 games when playing for a team that in those 101 games was significantly better than Gillingham is not going to rescue Gillingham.
I am calling it now. Gillingham will finish in the relegation zone. There is now 1 relegation place to fill. [Post edited 5 Jan 2023 10:48]
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A goal and an assist on his debut as he helped Gills to a huge win. |  | | |
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| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 09:12 - Jan 15 with 2958 views | frenzied |
We are simply not good enough.
i don't doubt the attitude or commitment of the players.
This team will definitely take us down.
Bentley will prob wait until the last few days of the window to see what scraps he can bring in.
You may as well stick me ,James and Talking Sutty into the team..there be no doubt about our efforts but we would simply not have the talent to make a difference!!!...as per the present incumbents..
To keep believing that things will change is a forlorn hope....theres only 20 games left and i don't see 2 teams that are worse than us,
I hope to be proven wrong but i don't see any light at the end of the tunnel with this squad as it is | | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 09:14 - Jan 15 with 2956 views | NorthernDale |
I am looking at the fixtures for this month, I feel Colchester did not look much better then us, but have strengthen their squad, so may have enough to escape the relegation fight.
next week:
Hartlepool - The Dale (we need to avoid defeat and if possible win)
Colchester - Gillinghan (I may want Colchester to win)
Sutton - Crawley (hopefully a Sutton win)
Newport - Wimbledon
24/01:
Carlisle - Hartlepool (we need Carlisle do us a favour)
Crawley - Grimsby
Colchester - Salford
28/01:
Dale - Carlisle
Crawley - Salford (hopefully a Salford win)
Hartlepool - Colchester
Grimsby - Newport (hopefully a Grimsby win)
Swindon - Gillingham (we need a favour from Swindon)
What worries me, is in February we have some tough games, in that we have Salford (A), Northampton (H), Orient (A), Gillingham (H), Crewe (A), Stockport (H) - So we need points from the next two games and hope other teams do us a massive favour. | | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 09:30 - Jan 15 with 2925 views | Mass_Debater |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 09:14 - Jan 15 by NorthernDale |
I am looking at the fixtures for this month, I feel Colchester did not look much better then us, but have strengthen their squad, so may have enough to escape the relegation fight.
next week:
Hartlepool - The Dale (we need to avoid defeat and if possible win)
Colchester - Gillinghan (I may want Colchester to win)
Sutton - Crawley (hopefully a Sutton win)
Newport - Wimbledon
24/01:
Carlisle - Hartlepool (we need Carlisle do us a favour)
Crawley - Grimsby
Colchester - Salford
28/01:
Dale - Carlisle
Crawley - Salford (hopefully a Salford win)
Hartlepool - Colchester
Grimsby - Newport (hopefully a Grimsby win)
Swindon - Gillingham (we need a favour from Swindon)
What worries me, is in February we have some tough games, in that we have Salford (A), Northampton (H), Orient (A), Gillingham (H), Crewe (A), Stockport (H) - So we need points from the next two games and hope other teams do us a massive favour. |
You don't say. | | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 09:44 - Jan 15 with 2894 views | fourfourtwo |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 09:30 - Jan 15 by Mass_Debater |
You don't say. |
When you watch the Football League show and see what players of other League Two clubs are capable of, it becomes blindingly obvious how bad this group of players are. | | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 09:56 - Jan 15 with 2874 views | Mass_Debater |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 09:44 - Jan 15 by fourfourtwo |
When you watch the Football League show and see what players of other League Two clubs are capable of, it becomes blindingly obvious how bad this group of players are. |
Yes I'd agree with you there. | | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 20:30 - Jan 24 with 2554 views | EllDale |
Hartlepool losing 2-1 at Carlisle at the moment
Colchester 0 Salford 0 | | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 21:13 - Jan 24 with 2399 views | D_Alien |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 20:30 - Jan 24 by EllDale |
Hartlepool losing 2-1 at Carlisle at the moment
Colchester 0 Salford 0 |
3-1 now
We need to be clutching at every bit of stray straw in our position |  |
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| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 21:32 - Jan 24 with 2336 views | kel |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 21:13 - Jan 24 by D_Alien |
3-1 now
We need to be clutching at every bit of stray straw in our position |
Been watching for the last ten minutes or so and Hartlepool are god awful. Just shows how utterly garbage we are for them to turn us over. |  | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 21:36 - Jan 24 with 2308 views | D_Alien |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 21:32 - Jan 24 by kel |
Been watching for the last ten minutes or so and Hartlepool are god awful. Just shows how utterly garbage we are for them to turn us over. |
Plus it puts Carlisle in position to be knocking on the top three door
Saturday is going to be one hell of a test of whether we're even going to be staying in touch, or just letting go | |
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| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 21:40 - Jan 24 with 2297 views | kel |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 21:36 - Jan 24 by D_Alien |
Plus it puts Carlisle in position to be knocking on the top three door
Saturday is going to be one hell of a test of whether we're even going to be staying in touch, or just letting go |
Said it on another thread that Simpson will be licking his lips at the prospect of rinsing us on Saturday. I’m clutching at more straws than you that he might be too keen to beat us and get his lads so fired up they’ll make stupid challenges like, erm, our players did on Saturday  | | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 21:55 - Jan 24 with 2215 views | NorthernDale |
The question is, do we want Colchester to beat Hartlepool on Saturday or would a draw be better for us. I think Colchester have now recruited enough to escape the drop, they are 7 points ahead of us (which in our case is massive), but we have a game in-hand on them.
We also need Salford to do us a favour at Crawley, Swindon to beat Gillingham and Grimsby to beat Newport, besides Sutton to do us a favour at Harrogate and at the same time, we must also do something unique at beat Carlisle. if all that happens, I will be amazed. | | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 22:02 - Jan 24 with 2204 views | EllDale |
Now that would be a bloody good accumulator! | | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 22:17 - Jan 24 with 2152 views | fourfourtwo |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 21:55 - Jan 24 by NorthernDale |
The question is, do we want Colchester to beat Hartlepool on Saturday or would a draw be better for us. I think Colchester have now recruited enough to escape the drop, they are 7 points ahead of us (which in our case is massive), but we have a game in-hand on them.
We also need Salford to do us a favour at Crawley, Swindon to beat Gillingham and Grimsby to beat Newport, besides Sutton to do us a favour at Harrogate and at the same time, we must also do something unique at beat Carlisle. if all that happens, I will be amazed. |
I think it’s all pretty irrelevant when you look at our performance on Saturday. We could go the rest of the season without picking up another point with these pathetic specimens representing the club. | | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 22:27 - Jan 24 with 2118 views | TVOS1907 |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 21:55 - Jan 24 by NorthernDale |
The question is, do we want Colchester to beat Hartlepool on Saturday or would a draw be better for us. I think Colchester have now recruited enough to escape the drop, they are 7 points ahead of us (which in our case is massive), but we have a game in-hand on them.
We also need Salford to do us a favour at Crawley, Swindon to beat Gillingham and Grimsby to beat Newport, besides Sutton to do us a favour at Harrogate and at the same time, we must also do something unique at beat Carlisle. if all that happens, I will be amazed. |
So will I.
Grimsby v Newport is off due The Mariners playing Luton in the FA Cup! | |
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| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 00:05 - Jan 25 with 1994 views | pioneer |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 22:17 - Jan 24 by fourfourtwo |
I think it’s all pretty irrelevant when you look at our performance on Saturday. We could go the rest of the season without picking up another point with these pathetic specimens representing the club. |
Yet two weeks ago we came back from play off chasing Bradford with the points.
We all know what happened after that. | | | |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 09:51 - Jan 25 with 1730 views | AtThePeake |
| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 21:32 - Jan 24 by kel |
Been watching for the last ten minutes or so and Hartlepool are god awful. Just shows how utterly garbage we are for them to turn us over. |
Twice! |  |
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| The Great Escape: other games thread. on 21:25 - Feb 11 with 1318 views | EllDale |
Some interesting games this week.
Tuesday
Colchester v Walsall
Crewe v Hartlepool
Gillingham v Grimsby
Salford v Harrogate
Stockport v Crawley
Leyton Orient v Rochdale
Saturday
Wimbledon v Hartlepool
Carlisle v Colchester
Harrogate v Crewe
Leyton Orient v Crawley
Rochdale v Gillingham | | | |
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