Not that I’m advocating making the POs, but for those who are you might as well think we can go for the automatics. There’s only 3 points between 7th and 3rd.
There are some big groups with small points gaps still.
3rd to 7th 3 points.
10th to 16th 3 points.
The things is that between us and 7th place is a 10 point gap with us having played 2 more games than 9 teams above us and 1 more than the other 4.
Its not impossible but its a mammoth struggle, but Bristol Rovers and Doncaster in recent years have come from similar positions at this stage to make it. I do think its a bridge too far for us though.
Doncaster Rvrs on 10th Feb after 30 games they were in 20th place on 32 points (9 wins 5 draws)
They picked up 12 wins and 3 draws in the last 16 games ending on 71 points in 5th place. Thats 2.4 PPG.
Bristol Rovers on 15th Feb after 30 games were in 12th place (12 wins 8 draws)
They picked up 11 wins and 3 draws in the last 16 games ending on 80 points in 3rd place. Thats 2.25 PPG.
Swindon are currently sat in 14th place after 30 games (9 wins 12 draws)
Auto promotion must normally be around 83 points.
Play offs are normally about 75 points but last season it was just 70 points for 7th place.
So we would need around 75 points to get to the play offs (average) meaning we would need to pick up 2.3 PPG average or 12 wins.
Our PPG has been 2.0 since the Colchester defeat.
Still...its good to dream until it is unattainable!
