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Soapbox: no blues for us……please
Monday, January 28th, 2008
Pete Sixsmith set his sights admirably high in demanding nine points from the three home games starting with Portsmouth. Then he accepted that a tally of seven might be more realistic. But with Pompey out of the way, we now face a pair of relegation rivals at the SoL and our uselessness on the road forces him back to his original view
A few weeks ago I wrote that the home games against Portsmouth, Birmingham and Wigan were absolutely vital.
As we approach the middle one of the trio we have three points under our belts. But such is our miserable away form that we cannot afford to drop anything at the Stadium of Light against opponents in our section of the four-part FA Barclays Premier League.
