There’s an air of massive importance hanging over Somerset this evening. Yeovil Town welcome the Cobblers in what is an absolutely massive game for both sides and the situation is basically we cannot afford to lose this one. Should we get beat this evening, Yeovil will leapfrog us up the table and send us deep into the bottom four with no way of escape this weekend.
The blank weekend coming up for the Cobblers while everyone else plays cannot come at a worse time should we drop all three points at Huish Park. Psychologically, it could be the first nail in the coffin because despite being in danger of the drop for a lot of the last three seasons, barring the terrific run of for at the end of last term, we’ve never found ourselves chasing the others.
So Stuart Gray is partly right when he says this is a “must not lose” game this evening. Not exactly strong words from the Town boss or indeed positive one as he sounds out a possible draw. The fact that he’s not gunning for that win to shoot us up to around fifteenth isn’t too encouraging and could be a weapon that stand in Yeovil boss Terry Skiverton uses to tell his players to be at us from the off.
Adebayo Akinfenwa is walking wounded again but with a break coming up he should be in the line-up with Scott Vernon impressing enough in his opening two games to become the first choice to partner the big man. Whether Mark Hughes will win back his place could depend on Jason Crowe’s health but any pace coming at us will be worrying if Crowe isn’t included.
It’s going to be a tough and nervy night down in Somerset and it’s time for a real six pointer. Three points this evening and we can all breath a little bit easier this weekend rather than looking at other results and praying that a dark cloud doesn’t turn an ungodly shade of black.
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