On the one hand I'm not so sure - Toon and BHA are as well set for 90-plus as anyone has been for some time. Hudds would be in the same boat other than a big wobble after we beat them, and they've already proven they can beat the better sides as well as the no-hopers. They don't need more than...
It's a very logical period to select though don't you think? 2nd half of the season so far?
Why don't we pick the last 22; Hudds would be nowhere near us and everyone could sleep easy in the knowledge that next season the vast majority of us will be deciding not to go to Stoke for a Sunday...
With this far to go, my rule of thumb is that if you need more than 2.25 points per game to get to 92 then it's gonna be real tough. So that would almost count out everyone except us, Toon and Hudds. At the moment we can afford to lose 6 and still get to 92, Toon 7 and Hudds 4. So a Toon win at...
Just had a look, and if all the contenders maintain their form so far since game 24 until the end, we would be relying on goal difference to hold off Hudds. That's why I'm nervous - and you can't say our games so far have been any harder than theirs...they've been nearly identical in terms of...
At half-way I said 12 wins and don't lose more than 6, that should see us home on 94 points. Brentford was a draw where I had us ' needing' to win and Preston I had us down for a point; on the other hand I had us losing at Fulham and drawing with Massive, so despite the feeling that we've...
I looked at it slightly differently and compared this season vs the actual fixtures last season - matching the 6 teams that are new to the division with those that left, i.e. Newcastle = Burnley, Norwich = Boro, villa = hull, Barnsley-Bolton, Burton-MK, Wigan-Charlton.
I have us currently 2...