IsleofWightYellow
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Yes, we were some way off in the end.I think l am right in saying, if had beat Morecambe, drawn with Rotherham and beaten Doncaster today, we would still be a point short.
Yes, we were some way off in the end.I think l am right in saying, if had beat Morecambe, drawn with Rotherham and beaten Doncaster today, we would still be a point short.
Is 7 points ‘some way off’ in a season where 138 were available at the start of the season?Yes, we were some way off in the end.
We were competitive and generally really good until the crucial run-in,and fell more than two wins short. You could validly judge that a good effort or a disappointing oneIs 7 points ‘some way off’ in a season where 138 were available at the start of the season?
I guess it suits those with a ‘Robinson out’ agenda but although we just weren’t good enough at the end, I don’t feel like we fell that short.
Yes Trevor. Make it simple and aim for 2 points per game. Hit that target and you're up!! Would take a bit of doing but Wigan did it this season.Yes, if you're going to go down this 5 game block route, I think you need to target 10 points or more, 9 as an occasional absolute minimum. W3 D1 L1 = 10 pts, W2 D3 = 9 pts, W3 L2 = 9 pts and so on. I recall Ian Atkins speaking of 8 pts for playoffs and 9 for auto but those numbers are not enough in L1 these days.
Yes.Is 7 points ‘some way off’ in a season where 138 were available at the start of the season?
Yes.
It's far more meaningful to look at the points we got, rather than the points a perfect team could have got.
We got 76, meaning we needed 9.2% more to sneak into the playoffs on goal difference.
At 1.652 points per game, we could have played four games more than the teams around us and still not made the last play off spot.
Being nearly 10% better in football is a lot. Doncaster, Wimbledon and Gillingham all would have stayed up with a similar percentage improvement. Rotherham would have been champions. MK Dons, Sheffield Wednesday, Sunderland and even Wycombe would have all gone up automatically with 9% more points.
I don't know about the lack of a break, either. We didn't play a competitive match between 21 May and 7 August this year (generously describing the Blackpool game as competitive). Similarly from 13 July 2020 to 5 September 2020, and from 7 March 2020 to 3 July 2020.
Are we really saying that the three games we played more than anyone else 2 years ago are continuing to be relevant to us not getting promoted?
If we’d had a genie come to us and give us three magical results changes:Is 7 points ‘some way off’ in a season where 138 were available at the start of the season?
I guess it suits those with a ‘Robinson out’ agenda but although we just weren’t good enough at the end, I don’t feel like we fell that short.
Is 7 points ‘some way off’ in a season where 138 were available at the start of the season?
Also, this season we were knocked out of all the cup competitions at an early stage. As a consequence our squad had many fewer games than some of the teams around us. KR said after the defeat at Rovers that the focus was now on playoffs/promotion as there were no other distractions. I know there were some injuries but all teams have them. He had an imbalanced squad but never really fixed it when he had the chance. That for me is the main reason we 'fizzled' out.Yes.
It's far more meaningful to look at the points we got, rather than the points a perfect team could have got.
We got 76, meaning we needed 9.2% more to sneak into the playoffs on goal difference.
At 1.652 points per game, we could have played four games more than the teams around us and still not made the last play off spot.
Being nearly 10% better in football is a lot. Doncaster, Wimbledon and Gillingham all would have stayed up with a similar percentage improvement. Rotherham would have been champions. MK Dons, Sheffield Wednesday, Sunderland and even Wycombe would have all gone up automatically with 9% more points.
I don't know about the lack of a break, either. We didn't play a competitive match between 21 May and 7 August this year (generously describing the Blackpool game as competitive). Similarly from 13 July 2020 to 5 September 2020, and from 7 March 2020 to 3 July 2020.
Are we really saying that the three games we played more than anyone else 2 years ago are continuing to be relevant to us not getting promoted?
Was that meant for this thread?It's been a bad 3 months poor finish to the season poor recruitment and defence looking the same needs to change very quickly a relatively reasonable looking start for us but if we start bad I can see a change. Maybe that's what's being lined up who knows. I hope qe get it sorted and start well but not alot of good vibes about the club at the minute.