Out of the Play Off Positions

[Barling Magna]

Hopefully only temporarily, but Northampton's defeat of Burton moves us down one place to eighth. A draw would have suited us better, especially as Burton have played one game more than us. However, on balance a day off should give our players a chance to recover and re-energise both physically and mentally: let's get the confidence back and go another long unbeaten run - we certainly need to....

 

[SU BLUE]

Yeh, I think your right matey, though I also suspect the 2 cups have had a detrimental effect on our form. If it was me I would play the reserves against Orient and sod the cup matches. I know we need the income but we need to get into
league 1 more.
UTB

 

[tallboyblue]

Division 2 is very tight at halfway stage. How many points will we need for automatic promotion and is it possible from remaining number of games?

 

[Barling Magna]

84 were needed last year (we got 83), but in previous year's 80 - 82 has been enough. With 19 games left we'll need to average 2.2 points per game to reach 82 points, compared to our current 1.48 per game, so it's unlikely that we can achieve that. We would need 14 wins out of 19, or 12 wins and 6 draws..........

 

[BrettieAngell]

I think 80 will be enough for 3rd place this year.

 

[Barling Magna]

That's still a very big ask, as our Aussie friends would say.....

 

[tottenham541]

play-offs at best for me, hope im wrong tho.

 

[Barling Magna]

72 points required for seventh place in two of the last three seasons, so we need another 32 points - 11 wins out of 19, or 9 wins and 5 draws. That is much more achievable. Surely we can win the play offs for once..........

 

[chapperzUK]

We are 5 points off 3rd place with a game in hand. If we can get a couple more bodies in and the injuries aren't too bad, then automatics can be a realistic.

 

[Another Surrey Shrimper]

72 points required for seventh place in two of the last three seasons, so we need another 32 points - 11 wins out of 19, or 9 wins and 5 draws. That is much more achievable. Surely we can win the play offs for once..........

well, twice

 

[Silencer]

Yeh, I think your right matey, though I also suspect the 2 cups have had a detrimental effect on our form. If it was me I would play the reserves against Orient and sod the cup matches. I know we need the income but we need to get into
league 1 more.
UTB

Orient is huge for the fans and the club, the prospect of Wembley could earn the club loads £££

 

[SU BLUE]

Imo not at the expense of promotion
UTB

 

[Shrimper]

Sadly think we'll miss out.

 

[united blues]

Automatic promotion is doubtful,play offs at best given the quality of the reserve squad.If we can remain injury free soon then it may be a different story.As for winning the jpt at the expense of promotion that is being short sighted.Success breeds success :thumbsup:

 

[Jam_Man]

Automatic promotion is doubtful,play offs at best given the quality of the reserve squad.If we can remain injury free soon then it may be a different story.As for winning the jpt at the expense of promotion that is being short sighted.Success breeds success :thumbsup:

No one has said win it at the expense of promotion, but neither should we just throw in the towel and lose 'just in case' it effects league form.

Winning breeds confidence and winning the Orient games could reignite our league form.

 

[united blues]

Agreed,Thats what i meant.:smiles: