OldlandReddies Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Unthinkable eh ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Promoted against anyone would do me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Not likely to be 15 to 18 points clear so no. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldlandReddies Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Not likely to be 15 to 18 points clear so no. What ? Who needs to be 15/18 points clear of anyone ? 6 wins and 2 draws leading up to the Swindle game will mean a victory against them giving us 90 points and automatic promotion. Simples ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Not a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldlandReddies Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Not a chance. Always a chance.......albeit a very slim one. Nice thought though ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter O Hanraha-hanrahan Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Always a chance.......albeit a very slim one. Nice thought though ! Would be ******* brilliant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldlandReddies Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Would be ******* brilliant Could end up the other way around of course.....................i'll get my coat ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex_BCFC Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 What ? Who needs to be 15/18 points clear of anyone ? 6 wins and 2 draws leading up to the Swindle game will mean a victory against them giving us 90 points and automatic promotion. Simples ! To guarantee promotion with 5 or 6 games to go for our rivals, you need to be 15 or 18 points clear. Simples. Anything else and it isn't 100% certain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portland Bill Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 What ? Who needs to be 15/18 points clear of anyone ? 6 wins and 2 draws leading up to the Swindle game will mean a victory against them giving us 90 points and automatic promotion. Simples ! Swindon,MK and Preston will still have 15-18 points to play for 'after' we play Swindon,so we would have to be that far ahead of two of those teams to be promoted after the Swindon game! It ain't gonna happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 What ? Who needs to be 15/18 points clear of anyone ? 6 wins and 2 draws leading up to the Swindle game will mean a victory against them giving us 90 points and automatic promotion. Simples ! It depends what you mean by 'promoted' against Swindon. Getting to ninety points. Possible. Sky congratulating City on getting promoted, there are people on the pitch, they know its all over - very unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldlandReddies Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 90 points will do it guys. Forget any other permutation. 23 points required. Keep it simple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cityexile Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 90 points will do it guys. Forget any other permutation. 23 points required. Keep it simple. 90 points may well do. We may hit 90 against Swindon. We will not be celebrating promotion that game however. Anyway, lets get to 70 first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 I'd like it to be via a 9-0 win after which Swindle goes into a nosedive resulting in them going bankrupt next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldlandReddies Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 90 points may well do. We may hit 90 against Swindon. We will not be celebrating promotion that game however. Anyway, lets get to 70 first! If we win 6 and draw 2 from our next 8 and then beat Swindon then we are very, very likely to be 18 points clear of 3rd. Unlikely though, lets leave it to the last game v Warsaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cityexile Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 If we win 6 and draw 2 from our next 8 and then beat Swindon then we are very, very likely to be 18 points clear of 3rd. Unlikely though, lets leave it to the last game v Warsaw. Lets for argument sake say we are 7 pts clear. If we won six and drew two, we would then be 27 points ahead. We would need to be 16 points clear to be promoted. That would mean two of MK, Preston and Swindon failing to get 11 points from eight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldlandReddies Posted February 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Lets for argument sake say we are 7 pts clear. If we won six and drew two, we would then be 27 points ahead. We would need to be 16 points clear to be promoted. That would mean two of MK, Preston and Swindon failing to get 11 points from eight. Just looked at the fixtures and Swindon/Preston/MK all play each other before we play Swindle. Maybe it is on ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 How sweet would it be if Nathan Thompson scored an own goal trying to dive in the 95th minute?????? We can dream Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted February 25, 2015 Report Share Posted February 25, 2015 Definitely not going to happen and its deluded to think it might. Swindon still have six games to play after that, so we'd have to be 16 points clear of them going into that game for it to be possible. We are currently 7 points ahead of them so that would mean making up another nine points. And that is even without bringing MK or Preston into the equation. Its a no goer.... Unless... The game is called off due to freak weather and rescheduled for the end of April... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 H to Rochdale = 3 pts = 70pts A to L Orient = 3 = 73 A to Crawley = 1 = 74 A to Yeovil = 3 = 77 H to Gills = 1 = 78 H to Crewe = 3 = 81 H to Barnsley = 1 = 82 A to Oldham = 3 = 85 H to Swindle = 3 = 88 Personally I think 88 will be sufficient for auto promotion but we may not know it on the day If we go to Preston and beat them I think that will be the day we will be promoted. If we don't win it then it will be the next game. I can see us losing only once more by the end of the season and it will be against Walsall.. not in the JPT but last match of the season to get revenge for us beating them at Wembley when we are already champions and have taken our foot off the gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomerRed Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I noticed Cotts saying after the Doncaster game "It's an 11 game season now." Probably it was a slip of the tongue but he said it twice in the interview on Player. The friendly interviewer did not pick him up on it, but it made me wonder if he's targeting promotion in 11 games. I think that's Preston away but my maths is not great. He's a meticulous planner and it just seemed odd that he said 11 games and not 14, or 15 with the JPT. Plus he's made it clear he wants the title and that might take a bit more than 11 games, as has been pointed out here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChippenhamRed Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Getting really tired of this "90 points for automatic promotion" thing, like it's some sort of magical number. Why is everyone so obsessed with a points target? It depends entirely on how other teams do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderingred Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Indeed, ask Sheffield United if 90 points guarentees promotion!! I also cringe when people are talking about things like which ground we are going to clinch promotion at. That may well come back to bite us in the arse and I hope no rival fans are reading this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myol'man Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Coventry at home on April 18th will be the day Walsall at home on May 3rd for the title Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxy27 Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 H to Rochdale = 3 pts = 70pts A to L Orient = 3 = 73 A to Crawley = 1 = 74 A to Yeovil = 3 = 77 H to Gills = 1 = 78 H to Crewe = 3 = 81 H to Barnsley = 1 = 82 A to Oldham = 3 = 85 H to Swindle = 3 = 88 Personally I think 88 will be sufficient for auto promotion but we may not know it on the day If we go to Preston and beat them I think that will be the day we will be promoted. If we don't win it then it will be the next game. I can see us losing only once more by the end of the season and it will be against Walsall.. not in the JPT but last match of the season to get revenge for us beating them at Wembley when we are already champions and have taken our foot off the gas. One point against Crawley!? Cotterill out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinmans Love Child Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 With our current form it's definitely not going to happen at Swindon, and with MK and Prestons form, I predict at best we will be in the same points gap situation we are now, and I for one would take that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenBall Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 All this we'll get 3 points here, 1 point there is pure crap. I read comments on here saying we'll beat Colchester 5-0.. how'd that go?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dolman Pragmatist Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Getting really tired of this "90 points for automatic promotion" thing, like it's some sort of magical number. Why is everyone so obsessed with a points target? It depends entirely on how other teams do! Both ways of looking at it are valid. Yes, of course what other teams do is important, but statistical evidence based on like total number of points needed is also useful in coming to conclusions. We know that no team with more than 91 points has ever failed to get automatic promotion, so it is not unreasonable to think that 92 will PROBABLY be enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tins Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 It would require us gaining 10 more points than our rivals over the next 9 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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