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next 2 away games were obtain 3 points.exeter are woeful at home.

OllieGull wrote:Well Exeter could be interesting as it is a derby and considering the forms of both teams going into the the home fixture I thought it was quite evenly well matched so I think there's a chance of us nicking it at Exeter, realistically we'll lose 1-0 though. Similarly, Cheltenham will most likely dominate us the whole game with Poke making some wonder saves and Downes and Saah bossing the defence but we'll conceed in the 70-90th min. So in reply to your question Super, most likely 1 point.

Sums up our away tactics perfectly there Ollie other than the Burton game. Play to form and we'll get nowt, play like Burton an we might win one and lose one. At the end of the day, 3 points is better than 1 or none.

I'm really concerned that with the games in hand and playing good opposition in between games we could have won the table could look quite bad in a week or so, but If we win those games the table could take a totally different outlook

Well Exeter could be interesting as it is a derby and considering the forms of both teams going into the the home fixture I thought it was quite evenly well matched so I think there's a chance of us nicking it at Exeter, realistically we'll lose 1-0 though. Similarly, Cheltenham will most likely dominate us the whole game with Poke making some wonder saves and Downes and Saah bossing the defence but we'll conceed in the 70-90th min. So in reply to your question Super, most likely 1 point.

It doesn't bode well that our next 2 games are away to top sides... A question realistically how many points do you think we will gain ?

Away form is abysmal. I have seen us at Fleetwood, Port Vale, Chesterfield, Rotherham, Wycombe, Bradford, York and Burton and we were absolutely abject in terms of performance and attacking potency in all except 2. At Vale we were appalling going forward but we had young Kirtys at the back who was amazing and we held out for a 1-1 draw. At Burton we were quietly impressive. At York ( our only win on the road that i personally have seen ) we were shocking, should have been hammered but scored from our only couple of chances.

If we approach our away games like we did at Burton ( which was a complete surprise to me ) then we will win more than we lose. We have approached each game not to lose though and invariably we have lost or drawn because we can't keep a clean sheet. If we had played like we did at Burton in the games i've seen then we would probably have won at least 5 so have 6 more points. Again for me, it is the manner of the away performances that concern me the most and the approach to them wich is why the Burton game shocked me at how open and expansive we were compared to the other games i'd witnessed.

Arguably the reason why we're so low down in the table, but I saw an image of what the table looks like based purely on away games, and this is where we stand:

Quite a random post but just a nice (or abysmal) little fact for anyone interested.
Also the table based on the last 6 games: