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Pouring with rain here in Olney. Let's hope the game goes ahead. We don't want a fixture pile up. A neutral standing next to me on Saturday commented on how tired and lethargic we looked. Fingers crossed again for tonight

Chance tonight to get back on track, which of course we must take. Too much negative hysteria lately. We have still lost less games than any of the others. It is unfortunate that we have had to play all the top teams close together. On the other hand by avoiding most of them it allowed us to build a decent lead. I am sure all the others would rather be in our position. Win tonight and draw on Saturday followed by 3 winnable games and all will be forgotten! Hanwell v Beaconsfield and Hartley Wintney v Aylesbury tonight. Cambridge best Marlow last night 7-1. Several teams now have similar GD.

Hanwell vs Beaconsfield has been called off due to a waterlogged pitch.

Dbsl wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 4:47 am A neutral standing next to me on Saturday commented on how tired and lethargic we looked.

That’s probably a consequence of experiencing a ‘stop and go’ situation over the last 4-5 weeks with all the postponements rather than playing too much football. Wasn’t there Saturday but against Hayes we certainly looked somewhat rusty and not match fit in the first half.

A lot of rain during the night but followed by a good drying day, I hope Hayden Road is not getting what we are getting here right now as it's absolutely hammering it down.

Brownie wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 2:34 pm A lot of rain during the night but followed by a good drying day, I hope Hayden Road is not getting what we are getting here right now as it's absolutely hammering it down.

Seen some photos on Twitter this morning posted by Mark Panter. Dodgy areas have been covered by tarpaulins including a very large one for the area adjacent to the dug outs which has been loaned by Paul Knowles (groundsman at Sixfields) so we should be fine.

Looking forward to tonight's game, come on, let's be positive, positive thinking.

Come on, let's win tonight, (come on) bag the 3 points, and stretch are lead to 5 points. (With Beaconsfield match being called off)

3 points to mighty Diamonds.

AFCRD_Dan wrote: ↑Tue Mar 27, 2018 11:54 am Hanwell vs Beaconsfield has been called off due to a waterlogged pitch.

Could be a problem for Beaconsfield as Hanwell have a full Tues/Saturday fixture list and now have two games to re arrange.

Not good enough again. We've got a good chance of not getting promoted again. Something needs to change and it needs to change now.