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#Post#: 13549--------------------------------------------------
What lies ahead
DIR By: Winger14
Date: February 28, 2026, 11:17 am
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We are now 5 pts ahead of Plymouth and 9 pts ahead of Blackheath
in the League Table.
Our next two games, 14 March (A) Blackheath and 21 March (H)
Plymouth are going to be Huge games.
We will obviously go out to WIN both games, but a Defeat at
Blackheath won't be a Disaster as long as we Beat Plymouth.
Our last 3 games of the Season Rams (H), Sedgley (A), Sale (H)
will all be Nail-biting games to watch, but at this time I'm
quietly confident that at the end of the Season we'll be
celebrating our Promotion.
If You think that I'm being too confident, too early and things
don't turn out as we hope, then we'll just wait until next
September, And Start All Over Again.
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Re: What lies ahead
DIR By: Duncang
Date: February 28, 2026, 3:15 pm
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Great summary, very happy it's all in our own hands.
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Re: What lies ahead
DIR By: Rothman2
Date: March 1, 2026, 11:47 am
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Always nice to hear what the opposition is up to so I have
attached a link to Coxys Corner on the Blackheath which is a
weekly feature on their You Tube Channel, this week reviewing
the Plymouth game & also looking forward to the Rotherham game
on 14th March in his discussions with Ed Scragg, the Blackheath
no.5 and vice captain,on the coach home from the game.
Worth a listen:
HTML https://youtu.be/ClZ9igdMhxI?si=vXZJldARfhk6HlOg
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Re: What lies ahead
DIR By: Rothoik
Date: March 2, 2026, 8:00 am
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Club away, is one of the toughest fixtures in the league and
when you look back to our home victory (24-19), it was a hard
fought encounter and we lost the second half. I thin kwe did
miss a few opportunities and hence didnt collect the bonus
point, but that said we had it within ourselves to achieve that.
We seem to have really bounced back after Christmas and have
regained our mojo.
Blackheath seem to really punish the lower positioned teams but
have recently been pushed close by Bish, leeds and of course
they lost to Park. They did however thrash Birmingham at home.
The key result was last weeks win over Plymouth. I guess some
teams just have the perfect tools to allow the big wins against
certain other teams. If we can squeak a 4 pointer over Club then
that will put us in a great postion going forward. Plymouth at
home will then be the focus. I would hope for a victory against
Sedgely but they caused us problems at home and Sale are
enjoying a resurgence. Its all to play for and its finger
crossed that we are not down to the bone on injuries and we
raise our game in London.
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Re: What lies ahead
DIR By: Edinburgh Titan
Date: March 2, 2026, 3:11 pm
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The biggest obstacle to promotion could be the truly awful mud
bath of a pitch, with another 3 games still to play on it. I
watched a lot or rugby over the weekend, in our league and
others, the pitch at Clifton Lane was by far the worst. It’s
rained everywhere in the UK, not just here, you have to wonder
why the pitch is as bad as it is.
It brings into focus the work that needs to be done at the
Ground, if we get promoted to the Champ.
We’re in a great position now, I feel it’s ours to lose, despite
a few difficult games still to play. But they need to sort that
pitch out.
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Re: What lies ahead
DIR By: Rothoik
Date: March 2, 2026, 4:07 pm
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--- Quote from: Edinburgh Titan link ---
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> The biggest obstacle to promotion could be the truly awful mud
bath of a pitch, with another 3 games still to play on it. I
watched a lot or rugby over the weekend, in our league and
others, the pitch at Clifton Lane was by far the worst. It’s
rained everywhere in the UK, not just here, you have to wonder
why the pitch is as bad as it is.
> It brings into focus the work that needs to be done at the
Ground, if we get promoted to the Champ.
> We’re in a great position now, I feel it’s ours to lose,
despite a few difficult games still to play. But they need to
sort that pitch out.
>
--- End Quote ---
Its whats known in the trade as a "Leveller". We maanged 4 tries
on it last week but that said, the second half was a draw, and
the conditions got worse. Perhaps, its a leveller against us?
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Re: What lies ahead
DIR By: Rothman2
Date: March 2, 2026, 4:08 pm
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Sorry to disagree with you ET.
I watched the games at both Plymouth and Sedgley Park on
Saturday, and the conditions there by comparison were polar
opposites, and certainly at Sedgley, it was actually sunny with
no rain at all.
The conditions were absolutely awful on Saturday, bearing in
mind the issues with the pitch going back to before the Clifton
postponement with the freezing weather.
When the game was re-arranged for the first blank weekend it was
preceded by a deluge all the week prior to that game too.
On matchday most of the games except ours were called off, yet
somehow our ground staff worked wonders to get the game on,
something that our Management paid tribute to and I believe the
opposition praised it too.
Not much respite after that leading up to the Dings game but it
still held up very well. The reason it didn’t cut up then was
because there was no rain enabling the pitch to dry out.
Ahead of this game, against Mose, it had been torrential rain in
Rotherham for 2 days leading up to the game, and unlike Dings,
it rained proverbial cats and dogs at Clifton Lane but where I
live in Derby about 45 miles away, it was overcast but no rain
whatsoever.
Bearing in mind that the people who do it entirely voluntarily I
think that, they are to be applauded.
The Clifton one was particularly important because it enabled
Roth to catch up and surpass Plymouth, which in its self was a
psychological boost.
The alternative would have been postponing the games leading to
fixture pile ups later in the season & finding suitable dates,
which means we wilould be playing catch up.
I think the fact that we were able to play that game was
remarkable & I would have challenged any team, with that level
of rain, to have provided a better pitch.
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Re: What lies ahead
DIR By: Rothoik
Date: March 10, 2026, 10:05 am
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We are moving through the week to the start of 2 massive
fixtures. The first being, arguably, the toughest in the Nat 1
calendar, i.e. Club. Does anyone have any idea of injuries or
training progress (with the pitch possibly being a factor)? It
would be great if we can go to London with a team selected from
a full squad (long term injuries aside). Plus with England
playing the way they are, the rugby weekend may well need
rescuing yet again.
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Re: What lies ahead
DIR By: Winger14
Date: March 21, 2026, 5:47 am
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Todays result will give us a great indication as to what lies
ahead for our Club. A good Win, hopefully 5 pts, will put us in
the Driving Seat for the last 3 games of the season.
Plymouth will also be battling hard for the Win, so it's going
to be Nervous, but exciting game to watch. Along with us and
Plymouth, Blackheath will also be battling hard for the Win
today as all 3 Clubs will be desperate to finish at the Top of
the League to avoid the uncertainty of the Play-Off's.
Blackheath WILL WIN today, putting extra pressure on the Loser
of the game at the Lane, so it's definitely Game On.
I'm confident that we will get the Win today, then Win the
remaining 3 games of the season.
Then What Lies Ahead, will it be the Promised Land or the
Poisoned Challis, only time will tell.
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Re: What lies ahead
DIR By: Winger14
Date: April 7, 2026, 4:09 pm
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What next lies ahead for us is our game against Rams on
Saturday. A 5pt Win will mean that Sale ( 4th ) cannot overtake
us in the League, so a Top 3 place would be guaranteed. In
their 12 Away games Rams have W 6 and L 6. They've shown
that they can score points but they have conceded nearly has
many, their pts difference for the season is only 51, the
worst in the Top 6.
I'm really looking forwards to this game, it will have been a
long 3 wks since that Tremendous Win against Plymouth.
A good Win on Saturday will take us nicely on to the game
against Sedgley, I can't see anything but a good Win for us
there.
It certainly looks like being a Close and Exciting finish to the
season with all three of Rotherham, Blackheath and Plymouth in
with a chance of finishing at the Top of the League.
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