Quote Originally Posted by Shadrack the Red View Post
To be honest SB to me it is not their current league position which you look at to make a judgement on the result it is the position and form a team is in when you play them in that matters , Burton and Crawley were not in the bottom three when we played them and for example I remember a couple of seasons ago we went to Cambridge after about six games and they were in the top six and on good form , we scored 3 and won the game comfortably , at the time it was a great result but as the season went by they sank lower and lower and were different opposition to the team we played early on , so for me you can only look at who you are playing at the actual time of the match and not weeks later when anything can change , also we all remember the season we were in the bottom 3 at xmas and got promoted , my point is that things change throughout the season and basically it is down to current form to a judge the performance in any match.
True Shads. teams can have good runs and bad runs in a season.

Burton haven't won a game and lost 8

Shrewsbury hve won 2 and lost 10

I think most people would suggest they will struggle this season and they are likely to provide weaker opposition than say Birmingham, Wrexham and Huddersfield.