York and Daggers Relegation Thread

[BeesKnees]

I think we can count Newport out of this one if the £1m windfall from the sell on clause for Connor Washington is true

 

[GEORGE]

I think we can count Newport out of this one if the £1m windfall from the sell on clause for Connor Washington is true

I think its more in the region of £500,000 -- Not to be sniffed at though. Should be able to purchase a few good players with that amount.

 

[Roger Stone]

A near 7 figure sum, whatever that means, according to Posh. We all thought is was a 20% sell on so based on £3M should be £600k but then I wouldn't say £600k is that near £1M. A tidy sum regardless. Not sure if we'll get it in instalments or what.

 

[wilsontown]

Well, we thought we had a bit of cash to splash as youth product Ben Godfrey was snapped up by Norwich, but there's not been much sign of us spending it. We were supposed to have Derek Riordan on trial in a North Riding Senior Cup game at Guisborough this evening, but it's off. Riordan seems to have done more fighting than playing football for the last five years or so. At this point you have to question whether McNamara has the slightest clue what he's doing.

 

[Gashead]

Well, we thought we had a bit of cash to splash as youth product Ben Godfrey was snapped up by Norwich, but there's not been much sign of us spending it. We were supposed to have Derek Riordan on trial in a North Riding Senior Cup game at Guisborough this evening, but it's off. Riordan seems to have done more fighting than playing football for the last five years or so. At this point you have to question whether McNamara has the slightest clue what he's doing.

I'd be seriously worried if he was even contemplating Derek Riordan

 

[Youpies]

I think Notts could well get dragged into this. We just seem to be insistent on playing at least half our team out of position and a manager refusing to play some of our more talented players

 

[BeesKnees]

I sense the usual closing of the gap is beginning. the bottom 5 all picked up points and a few in mid table will be getting nervous
http://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/leaguetwo/form/four

Particularly Stevenage I would imagine.
http://www.footballwebpages.co.uk/leaguetwo/form

 

[AmbiguousBon]

Great day for us yesterday playing well, picking up a vital win and all other relegation rivals dropping points, I was skeptical at the appointment of Way but he has improved us a lot in recent weeks. However, Crawley were as a poor a side as I've seen all season, think they will be dragged right in to the thick of the scrap at the bottom.

 

[Aber gas]

I think Notts could well get dragged into this. We just seem to be insistent on playing at least half our team out of position and a manager refusing to play some of our more talented players

Behave yourself, you'll be fine. Perhaps not the season you expected but it won't be a complete disaster.

 

[Look Out There Are Llamas]

Great day for us yesterday playing well, picking up a vital win and all other relegation rivals dropping points, I was skeptical at the appointment of Way but he has improved us a lot in recent weeks. However, Crawley were as a poor a side as I've seen all season, think they will be dragged right in to the thick of the scrap at the bottom.

Was watching your game back. Seen Crawley three times this season, against York, Wycombe and now Yeovil. If York had sorted their defence out (Lowe and an out of position Ilesanmi at centre back) I reckon they'd have taken something from this, certainly had the chances. Yeovil comprehensively outplayed them. Crawley handed Wycombe an earlier goal and then Wycombe did a Wycombe where Pierre stopped everything. However I think they've done enough already to not be thinking about relegation.

Yeovil I'm really not convinced by despite Saturday. York have been horseshite this season, but ignoring a big right back sized hole, I think they can get out of it and in terms of actual players available I think they're probably the strongest of the bottom cluster, but they need to hit form sharpish. Dagenham, even by the end of Burnett's tenure had shown signs of life. Seen them recently(ish) against Plymouth, Bristol Rovers and Northampton and I thought they gave a good account of themselves really, although have a tendency to capitulate towards the end of a match - notice they chucked it away again late on against Newport. Actually think they're fairly decent at the back (Dikamona and Passley/ Hoyte would get into the Orient team) and I quite like their central midfield cluster, especially Labadie. Don't rate Doidge, Hemmings or Chambers in the slightest however.

Hartlepool and Newport have a few games in hand to push away from the bottom three, shall be interesting to see Newport tomorrow, haven't really seen anything of them recently although they were turgid at the start. Games in hand don't matter if Hartlepool can't buy a win - although I can't see them not picking up 3-4 points from those. Stevenage will be watching over their shoulders and have been fucking woeful since beating Orient. Think everyone else should be safe. It's hard to call but right now.

 

[jacobncfc]

Behave yourself, you'll be fine. Perhaps not the season you expected but it won't be a complete disaster.

It's a complete disaster already, but we won't go down (mostly because the bottom teams are so bad this year).

 

[Youpies]

So basically this time last year we had 37 points and I said only 13 to safety or something similar and we got relegated. I wouldn't put it past us with this joke of a manager

 

[BeesKnees]

It's a complete disaster already, but we won't go down (mostly because the bottom teams are so bad this year).

A few of those sides are showing signs of life. No chance of us feeling safe yet after our last relegation on 51 points.

 

[Look Out There Are Llamas]

Yeovil and Dagenham. There's my just over midway point prediction.

 

[E10rifle]

Going to be bold and predict York and Stevenage. Think we've nearly done enough to scrape clear.

 

[Aber gas]

I'm going for York and Barnet

 

[Grecian O'Grecian]

I'll go York and Yeovil.

Hopefully Yeovil can survive though. I like the club, as well as the extra local game.

 

[Brooksy]

I've watched the madness that unfolds at the bottom of the table from a distance for a few seasons and been so glad we haven't been involved. I fear that it will once ago again go down to the wire and that we will be there or thereabouts.

It's going to be any two from that bottom six with maybe one team reaching the sunlit uplands of midtable obscurity (maybe the Daggers because of Still's experience) and one team in the bottom half who will get sucked into it ... maybe Stevenage or Barnet. I'll go Yeovil (who may yet improve) and York (Macnamara can't be that inept for the rest of the season can he?).

Anyone but us ...... please

 

[BeesKnees]

Is looking bad for York. They still have to play all the top 8, including Northampton home & away. Daggers need points now because their last 9 games are really tough. I think Crawley or Stevenage could be the ones to slip, No wins in 7 for Stevenage and they looked poor both times we played them.
I think 4 wins for us might be enough, just hope we pick them up sooner than later. A lot will depend on what happens with our strikers in the next two weeks, two games in a row with Batt as the only fit\ available striker has not been good. If it isn't sorted then we are in for some very dull games, with Allen setting us up to not get beat and get over the line with 0-0 draws.
I'm going York and Stevenage.

 

[Look Out There Are Llamas]

A lot will depend on what happens with our strikers in the next two weeks, two games in a row with Batt as the only fit\ available striker has not been good.

 

[wilsontown]

I'm thinking York and Stevenage too, sadly. That would be doubly terrible, because not only would we be relegated but we'd still have to play Stevenage next season.

There were signs that we might have enough to escape at Carlisle, but we need wins on the board, starting on Saturday at home against who else but Stevenage...

 

[womble76]

I can't shake this feeling that York will survive.Yeovil and Daggers for me.

 

[Gashead]

Daggers will get out of it I think, aside from that last 10 mins on Saturday they've looked good under Still.

Honestly think Yeovil and York at the moment, long way to go yet though.

 

[E10rifle]

Got to be honest, I'm pretty shocked that no-one (including me) has picked Hartlepool for the drop. They can't buy a win and were utterly abysmal when they beat us earlier in the season. Probably the worst team we've played apart from Dagenham who are improving.

 

[Murphy]

I fancy York and one other. Common sense points to the fact that with Still we should manage to stay up, and while we have shown life, we still need to cut out those errors that have plagued us all season long. A 10 day break between fixtures could actually be very handy for us, allows us to work on shape and positioning and some extensive work on set pieces which you imagine would be the priority. Add to that we've actually utilised the loan market well for a change, Worrall looks excellent and Muldoon is a solid addition alongside Guttridge who's here permanently.

Newport seem to be the biggest benefactors of the loan system this season in the players they've brought in, fair play to them. Stevenage are very lucky this year. Any normal season where us three at the rock bottom aren't absolute tripe and they're in a serious mess. They're not out of it yet, but they've picked the right season to be cack and likely get away with it.

 

[Brooksy]

As others have said, there's a lot of football to be played. Our run-in doesn't look as bad as some other teams, but we have demonstrated that we can be dire against any team in the division. It really is a cack division this year.

 

[BeesKnees]

Got to be honest, I'm pretty shocked that no-one (including me) has picked Hartlepool for the drop. They can't buy a win and were utterly abysmal when they beat us earlier in the season. Probably the worst team we've played apart from Dagenham who are improving.

For me they are better than their position suggests. Hartlepool haven't played a bottom half side since mid October and they have games in hand.

 

[Wombling Kiwi]

Personally I wouldn't be saddened to see Hartlepool and Stevenage go, but my money is on the two Y's to go down, York & Yeovil. But any of current bottom 6 could go.

 

[shoddycollins]

Well we've just dropped into the bottom half of the table so I guess we belong here

Pressure on us to win our games in hand and there is going to be some fixture pile-up but we do have up to four games in hand on the teams above us.

 

[EricSabin]

Awful day for the Daggers