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| FIGHTING SPIRIT: The survival fight goes on for Magpies |
ALEX Browne knows the odds are against the Magpies avoiding relegation but believes stranger things have happened in football.
Dorchester are now nine points adrift of Blue Square South survival after losing 1-0 at fellow strugglers Weston-super-Mare on Monday, club captain Browne though isn't one to duck out of a fight.
He said: "That result and the results around us were as bad as they could be on Monday. In the first half an hour against Weston I felt they were there for the taking but we didn't step up into second or third gear and fair play to Weston they took their chance when it came their way.
"Had we won we would have been three points behind Weston, instead we are now nine points behind them which just shows the magnitude of the game because that is a massive gulf. We will continue to work hard until it's not possible for us to stay up but unfortunately it is completely out of our hands.
"It was nice to get the win against Basingstoke on Saturday but we all said that it wouldn't count for anything if we didn't get something at Weston.
"We're not going to give up, I'm definitely not and I know Shaun Brooks isn't going to either. I've been critical of the lads before because I want to see the club do well.
"It's great that the boys are playing better now but the sad thing is that it seems to be a little bit too late, all we can do is keep going because stranger things have happened."
Browne spared a thought for those who have been put through the mill this season - the Dorchester faithful.
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| NOT GIVING UP: Alex Browne |
He added: "Our fans have been fantastic and they were at Weston in their numbers making plenty of noise. They are probably more disappointed than anyone because it is their club, but hopefully they will keep getting behind us."
And the Magpies will need that support in their next two home games against Thurrock and Maidenhead United where the county town side know that anything less than six points could spell disaster.
Browne said: "If we put our minds to it we can get six points out of those games and give ourselves a chance because I'm sure the teams around us will lose games between now and the end of the season.
"If you were a betting man then no points from our next two games would realistically be it for us but we won't go into the games thinking like that, we will be positive and look for two wins."
The 34-year-old, whose been limited to substitute appearances of late after sustaining a gash on his forehead last month, is aware that his playing career could be coming to an end but has made no decision on his plans for the next campaign.
He added: "I don't know what I'll be doing next season yet. I'm at the wrong end of my career and I have children who I'd like to see more of but at the moment I am giving 100 per cent to Dorchester and trying to keep the club in the league."
8:21am Thursday 27th March 2008
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CommentPosted by: Larry, Dorch on 8:59am Thu 27 Mar 08
There we go, Mr Brooks' usual weekly batch of spin and bull$hit via the players. How gullable does he think the supporters are.
There we go, Mr Brooks' usual weekly batch of spin and bull$hit via the players. How gullable does he think the supporters are.
Posted by: Phil S, Dorch on 1:55pm Thu 27 Mar 08
Who is the gullible one?
Brooks is being paid good money by the Magpies for what ABJECT FAILURE. How gullible are we the fans for lining the pockets of this useless individual. He should have been sacked months ago yet he is somehow managing to aviod the inevitable
BROOKS = LBM or whatever he called himself
Who is the gullible one?
Brooks is being paid good money by the Magpies for what ABJECT FAILURE. How gullible are we the fans for lining the pockets of this useless individual. He should have been sacked months ago yet he is somehow managing to aviod the inevitable
BROOKS = LBM or whatever he called himself
Posted by: terra firma, wimborne on 3:19pm Thu 27 Mar 08
Forgive the intrusion by a Terra - but hope springeth eternal!
Just look at the league table on the home page of your club website - with so many games in hand there has to be hope, or is this just your deluded management?
Forgive the intrusion by a Terra - but hope springeth eternal!
Just look at the league table on the home page of your club website - with so many games in hand there has to be hope, or is this just your deluded management?
Posted by: Slade the Leveller, Dorchester on 9:49pm Thu 27 Mar 08
All who enter the Jewson abandoned real hope about last November, it was obvious the current squad was woefully short of class and commitment, the tactics this season have been abysmal and the manager seems only to be realising now, belatedly and too late that he actually needs a striker (in fact he needs two). It ain't good
All who enter the Jewson abandoned real hope about last November, it was obvious the current squad was woefully short of class and commitment, the tactics this season have been abysmal and the manager seems only to be realising now, belatedly and too late that he actually needs a striker (in fact he needs two). It ain't good
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