Steve Evans":12anfg7c said:i think we can achieve this target particularly with the signing of toumani.when ryan and oscar return we will have a much stronger and able side and toumani will galvanise the other midfielders in my opinion.we will get a draw at blackburn and win next saturday.
I was just about to post exactly the same bit of arithmetic. Mid table form required for the remaining three quarters of the season. If we can play consistently anything like we did on Saturday (against the unbeaten league leaders) and the players continue to show that togetherness and fans get behind them like that (for those that weren’t there the team received a warm ovation at the end) - then of course we can do it. Sure, it’s not a place any of us would want to be starting from and it leaves little room for errors or further misfortune but that has to be a target within reach of our current squad – and hopefully that can and will be strengthened.PL2 3DQ":1wvtpqsu said:50 points is the minimum required because in the last five seasons 51 and 52 points were also needed to avoid relegation.
We need an average of 1.33 points per game from the 33 games that are left, which over a full season of 46 games would equate to 61 points.
That amount over the last five seasons has seen teams finish between 9th and 13th place.
So basically we have to hit mid-table form or slightly better than mid-table form from now on just to reach 50 points.
PL2 3DQ":ctc15u38 said:50 points is the minimum required because in the last five seasons 51 and 52 points were also needed to avoid relegation.
We need an average of 1.33 points per game from the 33 games that are left, which over a full season of 46 games would equate to 61 points.
That amount over the last five seasons has seen teams finish between 9th and 13th place.
So basically we have to hit mid-table form or slightly better than mid-table form from now on just to reach 50 points.