ON THE CASE: Unity can push Cobblers to glory, FIFA do Chelsea a big favour, Liverpool only have eyes on the title and a World Cup concern

Like every football club up and down the land, there are plenty of different views among the supporters.

Some are happier with their lot than others, some are looking on the positive side, some are looking at the negative, and others are just looking forward to a few beers with their mates and watching their team.

But as the season enters the final straight, the fact is the Cobblers are in a great position to end the campaign with the high of promotion, whether that be through the play-offs, or even the top three.

As they are sixth in the table on merit, the play-off scenario is very much in the Cobblers' own hands, and they know if they can get enough points in the bag between now and the final day of the season at Newport County on April 25, they can look forward to the semi-finals.

Getting into the top three is going to be a bit more tricky as they are relying on other teams slipping up to some extent - but it can be done.

And it can be done even if things don't go to plan in the next couple of games.

For a bit of inspiration, I take you back to the 1999/2000 season, when Kevin Wilson's men were in a healthy position going into the final 10 games, only to lose three of the the first four of those matches.

The third of those defeats was a Sixfields sickener, with Halifax Town scoring in the last minute to secure a 4-3 win, and it looked for all the world like Town's promotiom dream was all over, and it would have to be a play-off tilt at best.

Fast forward a few weeks and six matches later, and Town were celebrating going up.

Six straight wins, 18 juicy points, and a final day success over Torquay United at a sun-drenched Plainmoor meant that the Cobblers finised the season in third place.

That is the sort of run that this Town team is definitely capable of (although preferably without the three defeats in four to kick things off!!), and everybody can play their part, starting by cheering on and getting behind Keith Curle's men at the PTS Academy Stadium on Saturday.

So whatever your opinion on this Town team, how they play, what you think about the manager, what you think about the chairman, who you think should be playing instead of whoever else, just stick it to the back of your mind for the next few weeks.

Put it all to one side, and concentrate on one thing, and one thing only - getting behind your team, the Cobblers, and inspiring those players wearing the club's crest on their chest.

The Wales national side's motto is 'Together Stronger', and it's one everybody at the Cobblers should pinch for the next few weeks... because it is so true.

Another young Chelsea star grabbed the headlines this week, with teenager Billy Gilmour taking the man of the match plaudits in the Pensioners' 2-0 FA Cup fifth round win over Liverpool.

The young Scot was impressive as Frank Lampard's men booked their place in the last eight, and he becomes the latest Stamford Bridge youngster to break into the first team this season.

The future is looking very bright, and I think it's fair to say that in years to come the west London club will be grateful for the transfer ban imposed on them by FIFA last year.

At the time, the club and their fans were up in arms over the fact they were not allowed to make any signings in the summer, especially as they lost main man Eden Hazard to Real Madrid.

But the fact they couldn't sign players has allowed new boss Lampard and his assistant Jody Morris to promote from within, and give regualar first team chances to the young players at the club.

So, instead of forking out millions on players from across the globe to fill the gaps, they have handed chances to the likes of Mason Mount, Tammy Abraham, Reece James and now Gilmour, and they have been richly rewarded.

Without the transfer ban, those players will have more than likely be out on loan in the Championship or to a club in a lesser European league, and might not have ever got anywhere near the first team.

As it is, they are either already established as first team players, or well on their way to being so.

And it also means that in future, the club might be more willing to give some of their young talent a go, before they splash out big bucks elsewhere.

When the ban was announced, Chelsea fans were cursing FIFA, but perhaps now they should be thanking them.

It has been a poor week for Liverpool, but the reaction to their defeats to Watford in the Premier League and to Chelsea in the FA Cup has been way over the top.

They were well beaten by an inspired Hornets side who were simply too good for them on the day, and that can happen to any team, in any game, no matter how talented they are.

Against Chelsea, fielding a much weakened team, they were in the game and could have won it, but went down thanks to mistakes and bad defending for both goals.

The defeats in both games certainly weren't down to a lack of graft and effort, they just got beaten.

So, Liverpool have lost two games, and are also in danger of going out of the Champions League next week as they trail 1-0 from the first leg to Athletico Madrid - but even if they do, I doubt Jurgen Klopp or any Reds fan will care one jot.

Yes, they have had a bad run of results, losing three of their past four games, but this is a team that hadn't lost a league match for 44 matches, a run lasting 14 months. They have earned a bad week or two.

Amazingly, there has been some talk from fans and pundits this week that Liverpool's season is in danger of fizzling out.

There have been arguments that Manchester City may still be on for a better season if they can add the Champions League and FA Cup to the Carabao Cup they won last weekend (although they seem to forget the Reds have already won the European Super Cup and the World Club Cup this campaign).

But the bottom line is the only trophy Liverpool really want in the cabinet at Anfield at the end of this season is the one for winning the Premier League title, they simply don't care about anything else.

And if they do win that, which they will barring a collapse of epic proportions, the season will be the club's best since the last time they won the league - back in 1990.

And as former Reds boss Rafa Benitez once infamously said, that is 'a fact'

It was a bizarre and unsatisfactory end to the Women's T20 World Cup for England, who were knocked out without a ball being bowled in their semi-final with India in Sydney on Thursday.

No rest day had been set aside for the last four clash, meaning India progressed as they were winners of their qualifying group, while England were runners-up in theirs.

It meant that England's last-over defeat in their opening clash with South Africa ultimately cost them a place in the final, which is, well, not really cricket...

England skipper Heather Knight cut a frustrated, but not overly upset, figure in the 'post-match' interviews, suggesting 'it is what it is' and 'we knew the rules before we came out here', but it was all a bit too accepting.

Now, if that had been the England men's team going out in such circumstances, I don't think it would have been taken so well and with such a shrug of the shoulders.

But going out in that manner is exactly what could happen to Eoin Morgan's side when they head to Australia for the World T20 later this year.

As it stands, there are no reserve days planned in for the men's T20 World Cup semi-finals in November either, and that is something the ICC has to sort out - there has to be reserve days in the knockout rounds of any tournament.

If it then rains for two days and no play is possible, fair enough, at least they have made the effort to get the game played before reverting to other qualifying criteria.

Put it this way, I certainly wouldn't want to be the one telling 10,000 or so members of the Barmy Army, who have travelled halfway round the world, that their team has been knocked out because it's rained for a few hours... surely they have to see sense on this one and get that reserve day planned in.