At this moment in time there are 9.

With the following clashes between them.

Hereford v Orient
Brighton v Crewe
Orient v Brighton
Crewe v Yeovil
Crewe v Carlisle
Swindon V Cheltenham
Yeovil v Hereford
Crewe v Hereford
Yeovil v Carlisle
Carlise v Orient
Brighton v Yeovil
Swindon v Hereford
Carlisle v Hereford
Yeovil v Swindon
Swindon v Crewe
Cheltenham v Yeovil
Swindon V Orient
Crewe v Cheltenham
Carlisle v Swindon
Cheltenham v Carlisle

Now thats 20 games( if I not missed any) where teams below us will take points from one another.

Now we have
Orient h (Sat)
Swindon a (24th Feb)
Cheltenham a (14th March)
Hereford h (4th April)
Crewe a (11th April)
Yeovil a (18th April)

Problem with our fixtures against the teams below us is 4 of the 6 are away and we know what our away form is like. But a return of something like 8-9 points from them would put us on 44-45, meaning trying to find 7-8 points to stay up.

Now Im not saying it going to be easy and I not saying we wont get dragged into a relegation fight, but at this moment in time I dont think we as badly off as some seem to think.

It can look a lot more rosy if we beat Orient on Saturday and with the current bottom four having these fixtures

Cheltenham away to Leeds
Crewe at home to Huddersfield
Hereford at home to Peterborough
Brighton away to Millwall

Come 5pm Saturday we could easily be 11 points from the bottom 4. And the following week sees Hereford at home to Orient and Brighton host Crewe.

It's in our own hands and the time to pull together.

Great post!!

Like you say, the orient game is MASSIVE.

Its the biggest game of the season.

it isnt half a huge game. Im really looking forward to it too. With our front three and the likes of jones to return and them being without boyd it should be a walk in the park...... But knowing pools we will make it difficult for ourselves. I think it has the makings of a classic

Is Boydy injured like?

Thats a pity - even though he would have been lining up against us I would have still liked to have seen him play...

why i wouldnt he is their only realistic threat, you will probably see him down the town after the match anyway

No he has signed a pre-contract agreement to return to pools in the summer. but cause he signed it the small print states he cant play against us



Just thought id start the rumours off again

Thin orient have just signed a Reading striker on loan - first game against us!?!