If it's to be 92 to be promoted that is 45 more points needed from 21 games.
Possibly scenarios:
12 wins and 9 draws, no defeats. That's a very, very tough ask.
13 wins, 6 draws, no defeats. Ditto.
14 wins, 3 draws, 3 defeats. That is more doable. We do draw a lot of games though don't we.
15 wins, 6 defeats. Can't see us losing 6 more games over the rest of the season.
Would say the 14 wins would be our best chance. Can we do that? Be nice to see the comparison of those clubs who were promoted on those totals, to see what points tally they were on after 25 games.
92 is the prediction but I think it might be less than that this year as there are a number of strong teams. In 2013 Bournemouth went up with 83 and in 2010 Leeds went up with 86 (auto promotion).
Edit - Just saw Otis's post saying much the same thing
our last 7 games of the season. From 2nd April.
Can they get anymore difficult than this?. ideally wanna be playing teams having nothing to play for.
Gillingham (A)
Wigan (A)
Millwall (H)
Bradford (H)
Doncaster (A)
Sheffield United (H)
Oldham (A)
That's a tough run in as the above 6 will be in play off mix and Oldham fighting to stay up possibly.
this is where the league will won or lost. We don't fear anyone but ideally need to be in the top 2 positions going into these games.
Here's our remaining fixtures. Can we get 14 wins out of these?
Coventry v Walsall Sat 9 Jan 15:00 W
Coventry v Burton Sat 16 Jan 15:00 W
Southend v Coventry Sat 23 Jan 15:00 L
Coventry v Scunthorpe Sat 30 Jan 15:00 W
Port Vale v Coventry Sat 6 Feb 15:00 D
Coventry v Bury Sat 13 Feb 15:00 W
Shrewsbury v Coventry Sat 20 Feb 15:00 W
Coventry v Fleetwood Sat 27 Feb 15:00 W
Barnsley v Coventry Tue 1 Mar 19:45 D
Coventry v Rochdale Sat 5 Mar 15:00 D
Blackpool v Coventry Sat 12 Mar 15:00 D
Coventry v Swindon Sat 19 Mar 15:00 D
Peterboro v Coventry Fri 25 Mar 15:00 L
Coventry v Colchester Tue 29 Mar 19:45 W
Gillingham v Coventry Sat 2 Apr 15:00 D
Wigan v Coventry Sat 9 Apr 15:00 L
Coventry v Millwall Sat 16 Apr 15:00 D
Coventry v Bradford Tue 19 Apr 19:45 W
Doncaster v Coventry Sat 23 Apr 15:00 W
Coventry v Sheff Utd Sat 30 Apr 15:00 D
Oldham v Coventry Sun 8 May 12:30 D
Have to say I am struggling to find 14 wins there. I get to 11 or 12 and that's about it.
You only have 9 wins there. That's 9 wins out of 21 games. That will be a rather poor end to the season for sure. I would be really, really disappointed with just 9 wins from our remaining games.Look at my predictions next to the game I see us getting 36 more points
I think we can win 11 out of 21 for sure. That would give us 80 points, plus whatever draws we can get.It wont matter, the other teams at the top will stall as well, the lower half of the league as it stands will have an improved 2nd half season making it tight. 83 points will get us promoted.
Here's our remaining fixtures. Can we get 14 wins out of these?
W Coventry v Walsall Sat 9 Jan 15:00
D Coventry v Burton Sat 16 Jan 15:00
D Southend v Coventry Sat 23 Jan 15:00
W Coventry v Scunthorpe Sat 30 Jan 15:00
L Port Vale v Coventry Sat 6 Feb 15:00
W Coventry v Bury Sat 13 Feb 15:00
W Shrewsbury v Coventry Sat 20 Feb 15:00
W Coventry v Fleetwood Sat 27 Feb 15:00
D Barnsley v Coventry Tue 1 Mar 19:45
W Coventry v Rochdale Sat 5 Mar 15:00
D Blackpool v Coventry Sat 12 Mar 15:00
W Coventry v Swindon Sat 19 Mar 15:00
L Peterboro v Coventry Fri 25 Mar 15:00
W Coventry v Colchester Tue 29 Mar 19:45
L Gillingham v Coventry Sat 2 Apr 15:00
L Wigan v Coventry Sat 9 Apr 15:00
W Coventry v Millwall Sat 16 Apr 15:00
W Coventry v Bradford Tue 19 Apr 19:45
D Doncaster v Coventry Sat 23 Apr 15:00
D Coventry v Sheff Utd Sat 30 Apr 15:00
W Oldham v Coventry Sun 8 May 12:30
Have to say I am struggling to find 14 wins there. I get to 11 or 12 and that's about it.
Expect them to fall away a little the current top 2
MY BIG CONCERN IS WIGAN ( yes in capitals ) they are lurking like an odds on favourite in a horserace
Yes and still Wigan lurk, it will be a race between us and them for top.
Are you seriously suggesting that we give up automatic promotion hopes with 19 games remaining?i think its down to 2 from 4 now
if we say 90 points for promotion, then average points needed below (and what that equates to over a full season to see how hard it is for teams below us)
burton need 1.77 per game (82 points over 46 games)
gillingham 1.90 (88)
walsall 1.91 (88)
cov 2.05 (94)
wigan 2.23 (102)
Peterboro 2.38 (109)
Rest 2.4 + (110+)
after the next 2 games our changes will be much clearer - 4-6 points, and we are right in there
anything less than 3 and we can focus on the playoffs
Are you seriously suggesting that we give up automatic promotion hopes with 19 games remaining?
Ah just out of curiosity this didn't happen about ten games ago did it?Should be back up with this over the next few days. PC gave up the ghost so I am now all Apple. Just need to get use to the new Mac and trackpad
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