North End have played all the top teams in the last few weeks and in reality haven’t done that badly. Depressing that the new manager Phil Brown has not won a single game yet little more has been expected in these fixtures, which isn’t a good thing. There is still belief in the long term for the manager though.
Of the remaining fixtures there are 4 where a victory isn’t asking too much, against Scunthorpe (a) and the home games against Coventry, Sheffield U, Watford. Many of the other games aren’t ones that should put too much fear into PNE and draws against Swansea(h) and the away games at Reading, Portsmouth, Doncaster, Millwall and Ipswich as well as Cardiff(h) don’t seem improbable. That would be 19 points or 44 in total – not enough. So wins in 4 of those 7 drawn games are needed, seems too much to hope but it’s not over till the fat lady sings. Two wins; at Scunthorpe and against Coventry would put their tails right up for a roaring finish.