Eric The Red

Just checked, we're 1-50 to be in the playoffs, so 98% spot on. You can get 500-1 for us to win the league , if you fancy wasting a fiver

Essnetially very slim and not worth focussing on unless we win our next 3 games

Well I don't think Aribo was brilliant either. He did some remarkably good things but overall it was his usual curate's egg of a performance. It was definitely one of his better performances but I would have put Downes, THB, or even Che above him as MOTM

Very mixed feelings about this. Lots of sympathy for Rotherham (really enjoyed our trip up there) But very keen that Plymouth survive (just in case), another good away trip

Yes just seen it as well. Captain Moody was brilliant and a lovely tribute on national television. At least they were able to record it before he passed away.

Good luck Ralph, liked him as a manager even when we weren't doing that well. Should either have let him go (with dignity) at the end of the 21/22 season or stuck with him in 22/23 (buying a decent striker to replace Ings would also have helped)

I think those odds slightly underestimate our chances but then I'm biased 🙂 Another way of looking at those odds is that there will be horses winning at Cheltenham this week with less chance according to the bookies

Even assuming Saints did want to play this week and Hampshire police were ok with this it would have been very hard on Preston fans to have to rearrange travel, hotels, time off work etc at less than a week's notice. Once they said no to this week our options were basically down to two midweeks, either the one that's been picked or the last midweek of the season and I strongly suspect the EFL want to keep that free just in case of other unexpected postponements involving either us or PNE, as the play-off schedule means they dare not contemplate the season being extended.

I'm hoping it's not the week before as I'm away. Any date will cheese off a fair number of us sadly.

I want to get promoted to see us competing against the best, and in my dreams getting back into Europe. That being said winning more games than you lose is always better BUT as everyone knows staying in this league for more than 2 seasons would likely mean getting 'stuck' for several years, or possibly even worse.

23rd/24th April would certainly work best for us in terms of not having to play back to back midweek games but as JRM says Sky will probably have a big say in the actual date.

I get the two analysts for a Cup Final. BUT either have two 'neutrals' or if you must have one from each side. I'm no Chelsea lover but they've become the team that everyone likes to have an easy pop about and of course Sky's love-in with Liverpool is legendary.

The Easter TV fixtures should be announced by March 1st, i.e. next Friday

Don't think his wage costs are 3.7m for 5 months! But agree that net gain to us probably no more than about 2 mill

Can you just explain to a simple soul like me how a still from Smokey and the Bandit is a y sort of clue to the departure of Kemari Doyle