Tracking the Morfuni Mark

[OOH! SHAUN TAYLOR]

That was an incredible day. It showed the positive power of protest. Helped surround Macaris car after the game. Something changed that day for sure.

Yep, the history of the Club would look much different today if the fans had just sat on their hands and done nothing. No Macari glory years, record breaking seasons, back to back promotions, play off wins, Cup runs (we used to have those!)...Ardiles...Hoddle...Premier League etc....a real 'sliding doors ' moment. To this day, I'm not aware of any other occasion where the fans have got a manager reinstated...(I'm sure someone will set me straight on that!)

[Nemo]

We match the Morfuni mark! Someone build a statue asap.

• We have 5 games left this season
• We currently have 54 points from 41 games, at 1.32 PPG
• Last season, we achieved 54 points from 46 games at 1.17 PPG
• The last ten games, we're running at 1.6 PPG (LWWDDDDLWW)
• We need 0.2 PPG from here to beat the mark and reach 55 points
• Stretch goal: get to 60 points to beat the Beamish Line too: we'd need 1.2 PPG
• Wild hope: get to 73 points for the average last playoff spot, we'd need 3.8 PPG
• In 22/23 under Lindsay/Morris/Gunning we reached 61 points, which we'd need 1.83 PPG to beat
• In 18/19 under Brown/Wellens we reached 64 points, which we'd need 2.2 PPG to beat
• In 17/18 under Flitcroft/Brown we reached 68 points, which we'd need 2.8 PPG to beat

Remaining games are: (current league positions)

Bradford (H) - 1st
Grimsby (A) - 7th
Bromley (H) - 12th
Gillingham (A) - 18th
MK (H) - 19th

[Freeloader]

We match the Morfuni mark! Someone build a statue asap.

• We have 5 games left this season
• We currently have 54 points from 41 games, at 1.32 PPG
• Last season, we achieved 54 points from 46 games at 1.17 PPG
• The last ten games, we're running at 1.6 PPG (LWWDDDDLWW)
• We need 0.2 PPG from here to beat the mark and reach 55 points
• Stretch goal: get to 60 points to beat the Beamish Line too: we'd need 1.2 PPG
• Wild hope: get to 73 points for the average last playoff spot, we'd need 3.8 PPG
• In 22/23 under Lindsay/Morris/Gunning we reached 61 points, which we'd need 1.83 PPG to beat
• In 18/19 under Brown/Wellens we reached 64 points, which we'd need 2.2 PPG to beat
• In 17/18 under Flitcroft/Brown we reached 68 points, which we'd need 2.8 PPG to beat

Remaining games are: (current league positions)

Bradford (H) - 1st
Grimsby (A) - 7th
Bromley (H) - 12th
Gillingham (A) - 18th
MK (H) - 19th

60 points achieved with the win at Grimsby on Good Friday, so isn't that the Beamish line taken care of?

[Nemo]

Hadn't realised I'd missed a game there, sorry

• We have 3 games left this season
• We currently have 60 points from 43 games, at 1.40 PPG
• Last season, we achieved 54 points from 46 games at 1.17 PPG
• The last ten games, we're running at 1.9 PPG (WDDDDLWWWW)
• In 22/23 under Lindsay/Morris/Gunning we reached 61 points, which we'd need 0.67 PPG to beat
• In 18/19 under Brown/Wellens we reached 64 points, which we'd need 1.33 PPG to beat
• In 17/18 under Flitcroft/Brown we reached 68 points, which we'd need 2.67 PPG to beat

Remaining games are: (current league positions)

Bromley (H) - 13th
Gillingham (A) - 17th
MK (H) - 19th

[Nemo]

Some bonus stats:

PPG under Kennedy: 0.85 (11 in 13)
PPG under Holloway: 1.63 (49 in 30)
PPG since (not including) the Colchester (A) nadir in 4th December: 1.88 (47 in 25)

Ian Holloway is not on the L2 manager of the season shortlist, by the way...

[jayohaitchenn]

PPG since (not including) the Colchester (A) nadir in 4th December: 1.88 (47 in 25)

That is absolutely superb numbers - what a turnaround

[No Longer Posh Red]

PPG since (not including) the Colchester (A) nadir in 4th December: 1.88 (47 in 25)

Over a full season that would be 86 points, Port Vale who are top can only get 85 with three wins.

[Nemo]

Balls.

• We have 2 games left this season
• We currently have 60 points from 44 games, at 1.36 PPG
• Last season, we achieved 54 points from 46 games at 1.17 PPG
• The last ten games, we're running at 1.6 PPG (DDDDLWWWWL)
• In 22/23 under Lindsay/Morris/Gunning we reached 61 points, which we'd need 1 PPG to beat
• In 18/19 under Brown/Wellens we reached 64 points, which we'd need 2.5 PPG to beat
• In 17/18 under Flitcroft/Brown we reached 68 points, which we'd need 4.5 PPG to beat

Remaining games are: (current league positions)

Gillingham (A) - 17th
MK (H) - 18th

That's that then. Can't even relegate MK.

[Peter Venkman]

Can't even relegate MK.

This displeases me greatly.

[DV]

Balls.

• We have 2 games left this season
• We currently have 60 points from 44 games, at 1.36 PPG
• Last season, we achieved 54 points from 46 games at 1.17 PPG
• The last ten games, we're running at 1.6 PPG (DDDDLWWWWL)
• In 22/23 under Lindsay/Morris/Gunning we reached 61 points, which we'd need 1 PPG to beat
• In 18/19 under Brown/Wellens we reached 64 points, which we'd need 2.5 PPG to beat
• In 17/18 under Flitcroft/Brown we reached 68 points, which we'd need 4.5 PPG to beat

Remaining games are: (current league positions)

Gillingham (A) - 17th
MK (H) - 18th

That's that then. Can't even relegate MK.

Be interesting to see what Holloway does with the last two games now the outside chance of the play offs is gone.

Mathematically we can still finish anywhere between 8th or 17th - does finishing higher up the table earn us much more ‘prize’ money?

Do we go for it to maximise our points haul?
Do we rest those who we know are here next season? …and play those whose future is undecided? Or do we do the opposite?
Do we blood youngsters?

[Peter Venkman]

Holloway would be silly to not go out to win games
A. because it is all confidence building
B. because it helps his win rate
C. the higher we finish in the league the higher the performance/position payout from the EFL (even though its not much for each position but to a club of our size even £25k or £30k payout would be nice).

[Freeloader]

Be interesting to see what Holloway does with the last two games now the outside chance of the play offs is gone.

Mathematically we can still finish anywhere between 8th or 17th - does finishing higher up the table earn us much more ‘prize’ money?

Do we go for it to maximise our points haul?
Do we rest those who we know are here next season? …and play those whose future is undecided? Or do we do the opposite?
Do we blood youngsters?

Doesn't matter where we finish interms of dosh as far as I know for League 2, different in the Premier League.  Pre-season starts today, Ollie mentioned in his post-match that he was now going to look at players under contract for next season, so expect some yoofs in line-ups in addition to the core for next season.

[Peter Venkman]

Doesn't matter where we finish interms of dosh as far as I know for League 2, different in the Premier League.  Pre-season starts today, Ollie mentioned in his post-match that he was now going to look at players under contract for next season, so expect some yoofs in line-ups in addition to the core for next season.

I am sure I read that the higher the finish the more league prize money you get in every division of the EFL.

[Boydy]

https://plymouth.vitalfootball.co.uk/how-much-prize-money-for-winning-l2/

It's just a random website & reddit, which may just have taken the information from the 1st but a quick google says there's no prize money in league 2. Everybody gets the same payment

[horlock07]

In googling that, this also popped up so sadly Morfuni won't be able to put millions into player recruitment going forward... https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c36e4068113o