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Remember it well. The pitch was absolutely dreadful. They battered us 1st half and we battered them 2nd. Ade could have scored two hat tricks that day.

Very difficult to read their form. They seem to win a couple and then lose a couple, and that has happened throughout the season. Away from home they have conceded 8 at Guernsey, 6 at Merstham and 4 at Tooting whilst conceding 3 on another 6 occasions. At the same time they have also scored a hatful including 6 at Herne Bay and 4 at Corinthian. What's the odds on a boring 0-0 now?

hastingsbuoy wrote:

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Lets not underestimate them...they have some good players and now have signed nathan crabb. Ive seen them a few times this season and they are a hardworking team. Their
weak link is they have a few volatile players so expect a few cards. Recon a draw would be a massive point....ill go 1.1

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 One point is not enough Hastingsbuoy ! We need the 3 !

Yes, it's pretty clear we need to start winning. The glimmer of hope is that our performance in our last two home games was much improved. Also, I thought the vocal support at those games was encouraging. Let's get behind the team on Saturday and give it maximum volume!

The way the teams are going around us, if we even draw all our home games and pick up say, two away wins, we could still be in trouble. I'd say we need at least seven wins to be safe..

In terms of points, I would think that in most circumstances, 50 would be enough. That equates to a further five wins and a draw. The problem though, is that this season - as Liam says - the teams below us and around us look determined and improving. That said, I would think it very unlikely that a team achieving 52 points would be relegated - that is still a big ask for us, but three points tomorrow would be a big step in the right direction.

Trouble is we really lack consistency. We pick up a couple of good wins and we think we have turned the corner and then we produce some abject performances and we're back where we started. It does seem that teams like Horsham,Redhill and Walton are making a determined effort to survive (rather like we did in Ryman Premier for a few years with loan players) so we must try to put some space between us and those below us when we can, starting against Three Bridges. Folkestone and Whyteleaf will both be really tough and then we have a real six pointer against Corinthian. Eight points from the next twelve is probably as good as we can hope for...we certainly don't want less than four.
Personally I don't think we need as many as seven wins to survive, five should do it comfortably.

Really disappointing result today with Three Bridges getting a deserved equaliser deep into injury time. A really scrappy performance today with no lack of effort but a real lack of quality despite scoring two decent goals. Thought we did okay defensively with Razor immense and Rose having one of his better games but looked really poor in the middle today with Timmy having a bit of a stinker and young Kyle also struggling to make an impact. Just hope we don't over play him now and put too much on his shoulders. Incredible talent but Looks like he could do with a break to me. The only other point I'll make is I still don't understand our tactics. We continue to play one up when at home which is okay when you have a Ross Allen type striker but not when you have Evan up there. We then take the lead twice and each time we bring on a forward and play two up. Just don't get it or is it just me?

Still deep in trouble and I can see this going right until the last game of the season. Desperately need some quality loan signings. 

Burgess Hill reacted like they'd won the FA cup when they got that deflected goal last month. Ironically if we had held on for all 3 points we would of been in 17th place tonight, shows how tight this league is.

2 points loss is massive regarding the other results. Think we desperately need some players who will make a difference.

Such a disappointment. A point is better than nothing but it's not enough. I felt so good about this game this morning. We put in a very good shift today, much like we did last week - both times unlucky not to get three points. Having said that though, the first equaliser for Three Bridges was an unbelievable strike.

Did anyone else have the pleasure of hearing the ongoing commentary/barracking of Three Bridges from the bloke in the bar? I think he might be the answer to our managerial conundrum! An amusing aside to a choker of a result. And so bloody cold up there today!

Hear, hear! Good support needed now more than ever

Fair result, awful quality but with 5 wins probably needed, we must improve our squad as its clearly not good enough, or strong enough in depth.
When our RB was injured with us 1\0 up we had to change every outfield area of the pitch, that is not good for any team, the bench didn't have a defender on it, so unless more signings are made these issues will continue and we wont leave Sussex next season

Thought Richardson-Brown looked useful when he came on the right wing showing good pace and skill...perhaps worth a start. We need wingers who can cause full backs a problem by being direct.So often opposing teams have that type of player against us !!

He comes from Brighton Uni, played for the U21's tonight didn't have a great game but then none of them did in a 7-0 loss to Three Bridges. Bags of pace and if he's on his game I'd like to think he could cause defenders problems.

Not sure about the injury but he's 23, you can play 3 overages players in the 21's fixtures. I'm led to believe he has 3 brothers who are pros.