MATCHWATCH : Northampton Town (h)

[retro royal]

Great result, didn't like the time wasting we were doing from goal kicks, it's negative a puts us on the back foot.

[stealthpapes]

Agree with the commentators. Came out strong, took a lead, controlled it home from there.

[bcubed]

Nice celebrations from Mbengue at the end

Thought he was decent today

[Snowflake Royal]

Nice.

A few people looking daft after the last couple of weeks.

[WestYorksRoyal]

Nice.

A few people looking daft after the last couple of weeks.

Still think bottom half is likely with January departures. But relegation was always OTT.

[Royalwaster]

Did Nolan do the chicken dance when they scored?

[Clyde1998]

Very happy with that today. Certainly a much better performance and the players looked confident. Hopefully will help us get back on track after a couple of awful performances.

[LUX]

Just in case Noel’s reading this…… we love you and wish you the very best, in difficult circumstances.

Very, very pleased for you Noel.

[LUX]

Just the 5th league goal scored under Hunt in 9 games. Never scored more than 1 in a game.

Fixed

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Probably only need 8-10 points from here....the bottom 4 are abysmal and the sides above, like today, aren't much better.

[Crusader Royal]

Probably only need 8-10 points from here....the bottom 4 are abysmal and the sides above, like today, aren't much better.

Is that allowing for points deductions ?

[Hound]

Probably only need 8-10 points from here....the bottom 4 are abysmal and the sides above, like today, aren't much better.

Not been paying loads of attention but saw the table after today and yeah the bottom 4/5 are utterly dreadful with a couple very close to be being cut adrift

Unless we get some horrible points deduction we should be fine but still expect to see us dropping down the table

[leon]

In terms of wins that was the first Noel

[RoyalBlue]

Probably only need 8-10 points from here....the bottom 4 are abysmal and the sides above, like today, aren't much better.

Need to add another twelve to that as insurance against a 12 point administration deduction.

[Hiram K Hackenbacker]

Probably only need 8-10 points from here....the bottom 4 are abysmal and the sides above, like today, aren't much better.

Need to add another twelve to that as insurance against a 12 point administration deduction.

I agree

[JedMaxwell]

Very pleased with that.

It seemed like we were back to our old selves, moving the ball quickly and working hard defensively. It really seems like Bindon/Mbengue is the best partnership at centre half so it'll be a shame when that inevitably gets broken up in January, although I think Dean could actually step in and do a reasonable job assuming Bindon goes.

My message to the players would be, let's keep an eye on the play-offs. We've been around the top six all year, and if we set our target as high up the table as possible, I think psychologically that's a better focus that looking over our shoulders at the bottom four.

[Snowflake Royal]

Probably only need 8-10 points from here....the bottom 4 are abysmal and the sides above, like today, aren't much better.

Need to add another twelve to that as insurance against a 12 point administration deduction.

Keep it bite size. Get to 46. Then 52, then 58, then 64.

[Stranded]

Probably only need 8-10 points from here....the bottom 4 are abysmal and the sides above, like today, aren't much better.

Need to add another twelve to that as insurance against a 12 point administration deduction.

Keep it bite size. Get to 46. Then 52, then 58, then 64.

Keep it crumb size. Win next game.

[tidus_mi2]

Based on current ppg, we'd only need 8 more points to be safe from relegation.

[blythspartan]

I took advantage of the Black Friday offer so Mansfield to come on Sunday. Enjoyed that yesterday and pleased for Noel. Mansfield will be a much tougher test and their striker Will Evans will be a real threat upfront.

I find it pointless to get too up and down about results until Dai is gone. If we lose a few players next month and we pick up a couple of injuries it’ll tough going. Hopefully, we can win the next 2 and keep picking up wins to ensure safety even allowing for administration.