How many points will secure a play-off place?
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How many points will secure a play-off place?
I reckon people always over-estimate this: I'm going for 76 and I imagine that's probably too many anyway.
The winning total will be defined as one point more than the final total of whichever club finishes sixth.
Please make a posting stating the figure you have voted for.
Predictions to be made before Tuesday night's games kick off.
The winning total will be defined as one point more than the final total of whichever club finishes sixth.
Please make a posting stating the figure you have voted for.
Predictions to be made before Tuesday night's games kick off.
Last edited by Pe├▒a Oxford United on Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:06 am, edited 2 times in total.
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I've gone for 77. Here's the logic:
Average required over the past 4 years is 72 points in a 42 game season.
Average points per game at 72 points is approximately 1.7.
4 additional games this season at 1.7 points is 6.8 so lets say 7 which gives a total of 79 points.
Discount this by 2 points to allow for the fact that D&R are running away with the title and eating up points from other teams and you get to:
77 points
Average required over the past 4 years is 72 points in a 42 game season.
Average points per game at 72 points is approximately 1.7.
4 additional games this season at 1.7 points is 6.8 so lets say 7 which gives a total of 79 points.
Discount this by 2 points to allow for the fact that D&R are running away with the title and eating up points from other teams and you get to:
77 points
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Re: How many points will secure a play-off place?
Always read the question before you start to answer."Peña Oxford United" wrote:Please make a posting stating the figure you have voted for.
I voted for 73
I've kept it on the high side at 78 as my own predictions from a month ago have consistently kept it at 80/81 but I am aware that after a period where there were a lot of games between the big 8, many sides are moving into a string of games against the lower sides which are the games they should win but have been throwing points away in so far.
Which is a long winded way of saying, I predict higher, I actually suspect lower, but I've ended up with a compromise which I firmly do not actually believe in at all....
Which is a long winded way of saying, I predict higher, I actually suspect lower, but I've ended up with a compromise which I firmly do not actually believe in at all....
77 for me, using pretty much the same reasoning as Mally, but also taking into account that it's equally tight at the bottom, which means that a larger number of teams will be fighting for their survival, leading to more shock results (like us losing to Northwich, St Albans, and Stafford - or won't they be shocks?). So actually 77 could be a bit on the high side, but having already cast my vote I can't cast another one.
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So...sigh... that would be me...sigh. Seems I'm not alone....sigh."Peña Oxford United" wrote:So....sigh .....who voted for 79?
Same reasoning as Mally but I see no reason to discount.