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Well that’s it for nearly two weeks, two weeks until we play in the league again. In the meantime we do of course have two cup finals, two games that could bring us trophies. Trophies that are nice to have, but in footballing terms that’s all they are, they don’t lead on to something else. What we will get out of these games however is money, maybe £100k from the FAW and anything in the region of £450k from the FLT. That’s big money for the club, when, in the summer, we take stock of what we have, and what we need.
The question is where will we be next season, the Championship, or League 1? There will inevitably be more twists and turns before the season ends. Apart from Southend who are now 8 points clear at the top, there are only 3 points separating the next 6 teams. Add to that Forest who may make a late run.
Brentford play their game in hand away at MK dons in the week. Let’s not forget that MK Dons beat Southend at home only the other week. Can they do a double as Gillingham did against Brentford and us? Who knows? Next Saturday is then another big game with Colchester against Brentford.
So although we’re downhearted after yesterdays result, there is still everything to play for.
Just look at the games left for the other clubs:
Southend
Home – Blackpool, Gillingham, Doncaster and Bristol City
Away – Bournemouth, Barnsley and Swansea
Huddersfield
Home – Barnsley, Chesterfield and Yeovil
Away – Gillingham, Bournemouth, Walsall and Swindon
Brentford
Home – Bradford, Blackpool and Hartlepool
Away – MK Dons, Colchester, Rotherham, Swindon and Bournemouth
Colchester
Home – Brentford, Hartlepool, Tranmere and Rotherham
Away – Forest, Chesterfield, Bournemouth and Yeovil
Barnsley
Home – Chesterfield, Southend and Bradford City
Away – Huddersfield, Oldham, Blackpool and Walsall
Oldham
Home – MK Dons, Barnsley, Swansea and Scunthorpe
Away – Hartlepool, Bristol City and Doncaster
Forest
Home – Colchester, Yeovil and Bournemouth
Away – Chesterfield, Tranmere, Hartlepool and Bradford City
And of course Swansea
Home – Swindon, Rotherham and Southend
Away – P Vale, Blackpool, Oldham and Chesterfield
We can all try and predict the outcome of all these games, but it’s already been shown over the last couple of weeks that results haven’t gone to plan. What can be said is, when we play our next league game, in just under 2 weeks, away at Port Vale, the 3 points will still be as important as they look now.
Until then let’s just enjoy the break from the league, let others do the worrying.
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