Dark Munster

See, I warned you.

Don't forget their wild card: promotion. They're not mathematically out of it yet, so some exciting games remain for the Cheats. With the very existence of the club probably hinging on promotion, you can't say it's going to be boring for the few for the next month or so. More like the ultimate squeaky bum time. Still keeping my fingers crossed that Stevie boy's "paper thin" squad can keep the few's hopes alive for as long as possible.

Careful, you might wake Dalek up.

Possibly. If Plymouth go bust before the end of the season, and all their results are expunged, then Brighton will lose 6 points (and Saints will lose none). That, coupled with a Saints win at the Withdean, would make it interesting. Otherwise, no.

But not necessarily a full refund? Perhaps they consider 1p in the pound as a refund.

It's just like the fun kid's game of pass the parcel. Except that this parcel is full of shit.

I remember Man City's last ever game at Maine Rd was against the Saints. They had nothing else to play for and duly rolled over (1-0 to the Saints).

I think this could well be close to the mark why that's true ....

Don't forget an extra 3 point deduction for each team for fielding ineligible players.

I think that sums it up rather nicely.

I don't think Chinny's going to make that mistake again. Plan B is probably coming up soon, and I'd pay good money to see the look on TCWTB's face when it does (which would be the only time I would want to see TCWTB's face).

Go Nucks!

Good points, ta. Reading and Forest are both on 60 points, but Forest (like the Cheats) have 7 games left (not 5 as I incorrectly stated), with Reading having 8 left. Still, the Cheats are 6 points behind both of them so they do need at least 8 points more than both (taking into account Reading's superior g.d.) Looking grim indeed for the few. Rallyboy said that Saturday's defeat meant a wheel fell off. I think it's more like 2 fell off, with another one wobbling badly. Which makes them look like some dilapidated car that's been a victim of **** Dastardly, bringing up the rear in Wacky Races.

Shouldn't we cross that bridge when we get to it?

If they'd won yesterday they would have been one of 4 clubs on 57 points, three behind the team in 6th. Still perilous, but not impossible by any means. But now, with 5 matches left, they have to get 7 more points than Reading in 6th place (who have a game in hand). Not to mention more points than the 6 teams immediately above them. All for a 1/4 shot at saving the club. It's going to be a nail biting finish for the Cheats. Let's wish them luck that they can get enough points in the next few games to get close. Agonisingly, painfully, heartbreakingly close.

If that happens, none of us here could have scripted it better.

Not to mention the Cheats owed 100 times more (despite having the luxury of years of Sky money as well as the over generous parachute money). Cheating, lying bastards. Off to the Lounge in a minute.

Yes, but imagine they do manage to scrape into 6th place. Just as the few start to celebrate a chance of avoiding the guillotine ..... they get hit with a 10 point penalty, and so Chinny puts them into administration to complete the asset stripping, resulting in an extremely pissed-off FL tossing them out of the league completely. Oh how we'd laugh.

That's certainly a keeper - didn't realise they'd brought out a video. Any chance of uploading the highlights onto youtube?

Depends. If helping them out only delays them going bust until after the season ends, then we could be cutting our own throats (if the resulting points change from them going bust before the season ends is the difference between us getting promoted or not). I think that's the point IKT was trying to make.

Even if they had gone straight down again, Saints would've got 4 years worth of parachute payments.

I didn't see it, but that surely must be amongst the greatest Saints games. We were virtually dead and buried before that match.

You're missing the point. Replace Heskey by Anderton (or any other England donkey who played instead of Matty pre 1998 ).

This.