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I just have a feeling were be relegated against mansfield. Just knowing our luck we beat dag and red and exeter and be 1 behind with 2 to play. We lose to mansfield and then its 4 from 1 with other results going against us.

That's four things need to happen to send us down Saturday. A bit like an accumulator bet. Too much of a big co-incidence and unlikely to happen. I reckon we'll survive the weekend; there's even a faint chance of beating relegation on the last day. Stranger things have happened..

dannyrvtufc4life wrote: For us to be relegated by Saturday, this is what has to happen:

Torquay lose.
Wycombe or Northampton win.
Exeter win/draw.
Rovers win.

By my calculations (and my maths is pretty dire) that would mean we'd be 10 points adrift with 9 to play for.

Good sums but won't be relevant as we will win on Friday and Easter Monday

As Bristol Rovers have Portsmouth away on SATURDAY we can't be relegated mathematically on Friday afternoon (of course we could be on Saturday).

It's looking like Exeter away will be the game (what are the bloody chances in that)

For us to be relegated by Saturday, this is what has to happen:

Torquay lose.
Wycombe or Northampton win.
Exeter win/draw.
Rovers win.

By my calculations (and my maths is pretty dire) that would mean we'd be 10 points adrift with 9 to play for.

Frustrating that our last five games are against the three clubs immediately above the relegation line and two who have nothing much to play for.
If only we'd got another five points or so we would ahve been well placed for a great escape. Sadly the team just aren't good enough this time.

torq2u wrote:Maybe, just maybe, we'll be saved by Luton's ground not being up to league standard :}

No, not us. Northampton..

Dagenham.
I was planning to go to Bristol on Saturday but can't see the point of travelling up from Essex now we realistically have nothing to play for.
It's all very sad - and a far cry from the optimism after AFC Wimbledon in January.

Maybe, just maybe, we'll be saved by Luton's ground not being up to league standard :}

Judging by the record so far, it will be the Bristol Rovers game. But, while there's life there's hope. Never give up. If you're going to go down, go down fighting. On the other hand, survival is still possible. Stranger things do happen. There was a tsunami in Wales a few centuries ago.

I believe it was back in July.
In the friendly against Tiverton, in what looked a strong line up Tivvy looked the better side throughout the game.
I was pessimistic for the rest of the season from then on.

There is a reasonable chance it could be on Saturday.

Bristol Rovers should beat us and I'd rather they did, if all winning is going to do is prolong the agony. That would mean that at the most we could get 48 points (if we lose to Rovers).

Wycombe would have to win away at Newport, which I guess is not beyond them, meaning we couldn't catch them, Rovers would get the points against us and mean we cannot catch them, while Exeter would need to beat Cheltenham to put their points total beyond us.

It would leave Morecambe and Portsmouth needing just a point in their games away at Fleetwood and Dagenham respectively, although such is goal difference we couldn't catch them anyway, so whilst it would not be confirmed (if one of them lost) there would be absolutely no way back. Essentially, three results on Saturday - for Wycombe, Exeter and Bristol Rovers, will condemn us.

If Hargreaves still bangs on about fighting after that, then perhaps he is as daft as some are trying to make out. Part of me hopes that sequence of results does happen, just to get all done and dusted, although I suppose I still have a faint hope Exeter may come down with us.

where is option 7?

which should say "f**king ages ago and take your pick on which game or event."

Yep, if memory serves me right, relegation was confirmed after a 1.1 home draw with Peterborough, could hear a pin drop in the ground when the final whistle blew.

dannyrvtufc4life wrote:I think it will be Dagenham. I hope it will be Saturday and they can finally put us out of our misery, but it will be prolonged for a week and then it will be another Hereford at home. I will never, ever, ever forget that game against Hereford in 2007 when we were relegated for the first time to the conference. In the dying moments of the game, we were pushing incredibly hard to get a goal, Paul Bastard was going mental down the end I was standing. The game ended with the referee's final whistle, the whole ground went completely silent for a full second after a cry of "NOOOOOO!" from Paul. It was like time stood still. I will never forget that moment.

To be fair we already relegated before that match.

I think it will be Dagenham. I hope it will be Saturday and they can finally put us out of our misery, but it will be prolonged for a week and then it will be another Hereford at home. I will never, ever, ever forget that game against Hereford in 2007 when we were relegated for the first time to the conference. In the dying moments of the game, we were pushing incredibly hard to get a goal, Paul Bastard was going mental down the end I was standing. The game ended with the referee's final whistle, the whole ground went completely silent for a full second after a cry of "NOOOOOO!" from Paul. It was like time stood still. I will never forget that moment.