The results didnt go Saints way on this midweek night.

Of course we always knew it wasnt going to be easy and that Peterborough and Huddersfield would not give up without a fight, but both teams posted warnings to Saints that the battle for second spot is far from over.

Huddersfield was the most frustrating result for Saints fans as a goal by Clarke 2 minutes into injury time gave them all three points at Brentford, so close to dropping two points but that is now immaterial.

But at Hillsborough it was peterborough who gave the biggest statement of intent romping home 4-1.

This leaves huddersfield in second with 66 points, five ahead of Saints but having played three games more, but Posh sit one point behind on 65, four ahead of Saints having played two games more.

In truth neither gap is insurmountable and you would still put your money on Saints to win those games in hand and leap above them, but the fact is they clearly arent going to give up without a fight and peterborough especially look to be hitting form at the right moment in time.

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1962saint added 23:23 - Mar 15 Posh seem to be an unstoppable force - let's be thankful that we've already played them twice and taken 4 points off them. The teams above the Saints and just below keep winning but this won't continue as they have to play each other before the end of the season. I'm still optimistic for automatic promotion.
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st_bangkok added 02:26 - Mar 16 Posh have peaked too soon, Huddersfield will be our main threat, i am sure of that. :-p
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Spot51 added 08:40 - Mar 16 One can only admire the tenacity with which Huddersfield and Peterboro are sticking to the task. We will need to show similar determination if we are to turn our games in hand into points. No blinking FFS! Orient also won again. They are on a cracking run (last 20 played: W 12, D 7, L1). I'm convinced they will make the playoffs and suggest the team to dip out will be MKD or the Cherries.

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eusebio added 08:46 - Mar 16 We will catch Brighton and we will be top 2
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bstokesaint added 12:50 - Mar 16 Truth be told if I could be in the position of any club right now (other than Brighton) I would choose Peterborough. They have turned around their earlier season humiliating defeats and are now winning for fun. Huddersfield could also be 8 points clear of us by the time we play our later kick-off on Saturday. Okay we will have 4 games on them, but we can afford no slip-up's now. Also asking for more than a point at Brighton is a big ask. As far as I am aware they haven't lost at home this season. It's shaping up for a very tight finish to the season. I hope come May the Walsall away defeat and the 90th min penalty at Peterborough are insignificant past memories!!

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ericofarabia added 15:05 - Mar 16 The worrying thing is the way Peterboro have managed to shut up shop at the back, whilst still managing to score for fun. This has seen them claw back their Goal Diff from a paltry 7 to 25 - reducing our advantage in that field over them where previously we could afford to finish on the same points as them but have a far superior GD. Plus 18 GD in their last 5 games FFS. Hopefully the transfer talk about CMS will have an effect on him and his team mates. Straws, clutching and fingers crossed!!

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