Well, yes. I have a kind of safe feeling now due to 6 points distance from Birmingham going the 18th.

Here are the latest played matches:

There were 3 important wins against West Bromwich, Fulham, and Burnley. The last two teams are our straight competitors. So it's really good result! More details about victories over Fulham and Burnley here:

Confident wins over relegation zone competitors

The bad news is that Boston has got into series of losses which won't finish in the next 3 matches against grand-clubs. So it can decrease morale level of my players perceptibly. I don't like also that this poor row of games started when I expected to take 3 points. We overcame Peterborough in many football components but didn't manage to gain a draw at least:

Boston players

OK, now some information about the players. Scott Cuthbert (bought for $2M not so long ago in January) debuted confidently strengthening the centre of Boston defence. He is the only player who has average rating above 7 for a while.

I also want to praise winger Pedro Lima, Marcelinho, and George Forsyth. All of them were bought during the last summer and joined into a new core of the team.

Mario Balotelli = Problem in attack?

Unfortunately, I can't say the same about Mario Balotelli. His performance wasn't stable and efficient during the reported period.

His biggest problem is efficiency during the last attacking phase. Very often Balotelli puts a ball into sky instead of scoring a goal. Just look at the statistics of his goal attempts:

He does make a lot of shots, much more than any other Boston attacker. But 4% of goals and 30% of shots on target… Well, I will wait till the end of season and think about Balotelli again.

Future matches

Boston has 6 points of handicap in the relegation battle with 3 last teams in the table. Of course, 6 points doesn't give a guarantee that Boston will avoid relegation in the debut Premier League season. It's still 10 fixtures to play till the end.

I see 3 stages during the last matches of the season:

1. First 3 games will be lost to the grand-clubs. I don't see how my weak squad can take at least one point. So it's just a matter of following results of my competitors…

2. The most important matches will be against Huddersfield, Sunderland, Middlesbrough. Hope to take 7 points.

3. Bolton, Everton, Aston Villa… The last three fixtures can be either very nervous or calm if we get sufficient amount of points in the previous games.

The most tempting for me is to continue play Football Manager 2011. The end of the season is nearby! Go, The Pilgrims!

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