Hill’s targeting last ten games
KEITH Hill is targeting 12 points from the next five League One fixtures – in order to maximise Rochdale’s chances when it comes to the final furlong of the play-off chase.
Dale are currently on 48 points – two short of their pre-season aim for consolidation in the third tier of English football – and Hill ideally wants to hit the 60-point mark with ten games to go.
It won’t be easy. The next five fixtures take in clashes against the current top two in the
‘We should really be going for it with bravery’
division – Sheffield United Saturday so that we can Hill firmly believes that “The last place in the and Scunthorpe – plus rival your Millwalls, rival the final two play-off play-offs is there for the today’s trip to fellow the Fleetwoods and places are there for the taking and we have got to play-off hopefuls Peterborough. Bradfords,” he said. taking, with seven points show some bravery going “But if I look at the separating fifth-placed to Peterborough or wherever.
Hill is trying to hit the league from this time last Southend and twelthplaced last ten games with a fully year, there’s us and Walsall. “We have fifteen marvellous fit squad – so he will not Fleetwood who are Dale have one, and in games to play, rush back the likes of superceding where we some cases two, games in we’re very close to confirming Steven Davies and Joe “But I want points. I were this time last year hand on all their play-off our League One Bunney. want sixty points to run at after the amount of games rivals and will head to status for next season and
“It’s tempting to rush the last ten games.” that we’ve played. Peterborough today looking we should really be going but I have got to be a Hill acknowledges his “Bradford, Southend, for a three-point boost for it with bravery. patient man. I have to side cannot let too many Millwall, they are all in in their bid for the top six. “We are playing catch make sure that I make the wins slip from their grasp similar positions. “We will have an away up with players and we’ll right decisions,” he said. as they did in the 3-3 draw “We don’t know what is strategy and we’ll pick our continue to do that but I
“I want to be in a against Charlton last going to happen, but what team accordingly for really want to hit the last position where I can run weekend, when poor I do know is that we are Peterborough, who are an ten games with everybody at the last ten games with defending saw them very close to striking our excellent side,” he said. fit. everybody all inclusive, so concede an 89th minute number one aim, which is “We went a point above “If we don’t get to fifty I am sort of playing ipp, equaliser. fifty points, to retain our them on Saturday and points I would advocate dip, sky blue with respect “We have to hold on for League One status, and they’ve played a game that the chairman sack to the next five games. victory in games like last that in itself is success.” more than us. me!”
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