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National League: Valenciennes once again watches the train of efficiency slip away and remains on the platform Not outclassed against Dijon, who arrived at the Hainaut stadium as National League leaders, Valenciennes nevertheless lost this Friday evening (0-1). As against Fleury, they paid dearly for their lack of clinical finishing in both penalty areas and gained an even better understanding of what distinguishes a mid-table team from the very best. Dijon could have, with a perfect alignment of circumstances, secured their promotion to Ligue 2 this Friday evening in Valenciennes. To do so, they absolutely needed to win, which they did with the authority of the (future) champions, and hope that no one behind them won. With Rouen having beaten Aubagne (3-1) and Fleury Châteauroux (0-2), Ridira's men will have to wait another week. With an eight-point lead over third place and three matchdays remaining, things are still looking pretty good. Seven days after their defeat at Fleury, Valenciennes were once again reminded of the gap between them and the top teams this season. "The best teams are clinical, and we take our time to score; we need several chances," lamented a frustrated Mabrouk Rouaï. Valenciennes' attractive first half-hour was a striking demonstration of this, particularly with two attempts by Charles Abi: first, he cut in at the near post but sent the ball over the bar (15th minute), then he was just short of connecting with a cross from Alexi Koum (19th minute). "We didn't put enough away in the second half." "Our first half was good; it would have been very good if we had managed to convert our chances, but we didn't. The difference (between them and us) is that they are efficient in both penalty areas, and when they create chances, they put the ball in," observed Pierre Blois. Dijon took the lead with a header from Julien Domingues (0-1, 63rd minute), three minutes after Julio Tavares had narrowly missed the target. Valenciennes were unable to inject any real pace into the game after that. Pierre Blois, who had brought back Derrick Abu, not seen on a National pitch for five months, also gave playing time to the (young) guard towards the end – Célestin Nyemb, Ben Osman, and Nolann Bourichon – to see what these youngsters were capable of and in the hope that, with the exuberance of youth… Unfortunately, they weren't given enough of a chance. "When you have the opportunity to show what you can do and play your first minutes as a professional, you have to give more," the coach stated firmly. "And I think we didn't give enough in the second half." VALENCIENNES – DIJON: 0-1 (0-0) Stade du Hainaut 6,472 spectators. Referee: Mr. Ustaritz. Goal: Domingues (64th minute) for Dijon. Yellow card for Dijon's Barreto (75th minute). Valenciennes: Louchet; Abu (Ipiélé, 74th minute), Niakaté, Coeff, Koum (Bourichon, 82nd minute); Rouaï, Belloumou (captain, Osman, 82nd minute), Maréchal (Boissier, 66th minute); K. Diomandé (Nyemb, 74th minute), Abi, Appuah. Coach: Pierre Blois. Dijon: Montfort; Lacroix (Obongo, 84th minute), Diouf, Bernard, Diallo; Chouchane (Aka, 90th minute), Marie (captain), Vargas Rios (Nsimba, 64th minute); Barreto (Barka, 84th minute); Domingues (Ntamack, 64th), Tavares. Coach: Baptiste Ridira.

Hello everyone, I hope you’re all doing well on match day. I’d like to wish the supporters travelling to Wembley Stadium a safe journey and everyone a great match! A look back at yesterday’s match between Valenciennes and Dijon. With a different line-up from recent matches due to absences (Loick Landre and Gaetan Courtet suspended, and Ylan El Hadary and Bryan Passi injured), it was a tough challenge against the league leaders. I thought we performed reasonably well in this match; Valenciennes didn’t sit back and tried to create chances, but it wasn’t enough as we lacked efficiency in front of goal. Our opponents didn’t impress me and they didn’t have many chances, but just one was enough to win the match. I think that’s probably part of what makes the top teams in the league so successful. Just a few more matches to go before the end of the season, and I hope next season will be much better than this one. Enjoy the match, everyone! Oh Went The Saints Go Marching In !

I'll do the beach boy quotes, get Pilchards up the tree at the training ground and you can check earlobes and the whereabouts of Paul Allen's yacht.

Rolf Bogli is into his 60s now and has also stepped back from his role in the MALI Group (ML’s umbrella for his various companies and investments) Sounds like he’s just choosing to wind down his working life and she’s chosen to take the opportunity to represent herself now as far as Saints is concerned Echo the above, it’ll be a sad day when Markus Liebherr’s children and grandchildren are fully out of the picture. Not overly common to have people around for the best part of two decades nowadays, especially foreign owners and those who appear to be decent people at that Always think it’s nice that his name still gets sung despite it being 17 years on from the takeover

wish ours were...............................................face value.

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All you really need to do is not lose to West Brom. If you lose that then the pressure is really on you. Draw or win tomorrow and you really should have enough even if you lose to us.

We had 12 points after 13 games and were sitting 3 points above the relegation zone. I, like many on here gave us zero chance of making playoffs. The fact that we're even in the conversation for 2nd is truly remarkable. Ipswich will get over the line, but we're the best team in the playoffs. We just need to make sure that we turn up when it matters

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Good luck in your game tomorrow. It's nothing to do with league placings or who gets what in the Championship this season, just sincere wishes you can do it and go on to reach the Final. Wanted you to do it back in 2003 when think Gordon Strachan were manager but wasn't to be. Now there's another opportunity in clear sight to win it again and it would be great for neutrals on the 50 year anniversary. mid-late 1970's was a great time when teams like ours won the competition, beating bigger clubs in the Final when few gave it a chance. Just go out this weekend and believe you can do it, the opposition are far from indestructible and last years final just goes to prove all things are possible at this stage of competition.

Hole in the wall .. Waterloo

Ipswich fan here of many years. Felt compelled to register what with both teams involved for automatic promotion and we play you in a short time in a game of huge significance. Your FA Cup involvement is going to be interesting, in fact it already is, and if you were to reach the Final again it'll make interesting focus on the remaining league games. Disappointed that Leicester couldn't hold out for a win tonight. Awful team there with mediocre players that are now relegated and they came within seconds of beating a team that really required it and now occupy the automatic promotion places because if it. It surely didn't help Saints either. We now have to win at least 1 of our remaining games to overtake and we're not always playing that good and helped at times by questionable referee standards. QPR at home final day is the key fixture but even that may not be enough. That draw tonight may have seen them drop two points but it's made both our jobs tougher with games remaining. How do you get an avatar around here 😐

Agreed it's not going to happen. But at least if we beat Ipswich it'll go down to the last day and maybe make things semi interesting..

Good read. I was there. One of the best days of my life.

Why is no one giving Oxford a chance ? they beat Wednesday tomorrow they will go to the den with confidence & a chance of staying up ! West Brom need to beat or draw with Ipswich tomorrow.. .. Tuesday I think we beat Ipswich under the lights at st Mary’s …….. it’s not over yet ! enjoy tomorrow 💪🏻

We are not going to do it. At least one of the other 2 will do enough. They probably both will. Just like we were always going to beat Coventry on our last day back in 2012.

Personally, I can’t see it now. In some ways confirmation tomorrow makes it easier for us. Can go hell for leather at Wembley, then manage the players in the last 2. Rotate a few, rest a couple, prepare for the play offs. Rather that than push players to the brink next week and ultimately fail. Just keep us ticking over and we”ll be fully ready for the play offs.

Yes, my mistake. So an even bigger advantage for us then. GD won't be a factor in whether or not we finish above Millwall.

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Indeed. There's a notable lack of support for them on here now.

Indeed. And for us to now match their points total it would require them to lose to Oxford, and for us to win one and draw one of our remaining games. So there's no possible scenario now where they finish above us on GD.

Ipswich need 4 points, QPR home is a gimme, so they need a point tomorrow to make our game pretty irrelevant. WBA need a draw to ensure safety. I know what result my moneys on from WBA Ipswich…

Their vetting is still not working. That’s seriously Neo Nazi even for Reform. Mind you, it is Devon https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g51jl2zzno