SaintBobby

Yes...but the assumption you've based that on is 50/1 against...

don't risk Lallana, I'd say. losing tonight isn't a total disaster...

Ouch. Ok, well, we know we can win 3-2 with just 25 mins left.

Groan. "Too easy" says Merrington.

Nice one Kelv. Seems I cursed Jaidi by saying how brilliant he's been recently.

two goals in a minute for Brighton.....grrr..... Pompey 0 Coventry 1

Has Stephens touched the ball yet?

This is getting better....

This si more like it...strong 30 yd effort from a free kick, saved.... and finally a bit of pressure

Just keep it tight for 15 mins and ease ourselves into the game....

Brighton 1-0 down

gees....nervy start

Saintsplayer commentator: "We're very close to ground level, so we have a bird's eye's view of the technical area" Yeah, the view of a bird on the f*cking ground, you ***t....

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Jaidi seems to have found a new lease of life. Playing very, very well and in game after game.

Above average, certainly. Over the last 2 games, we're averaging 3 points a match. Even better.

Arse. We probably get promoted at bl00dy Griffin Park then....

This has been my hope for some time, but just looking again at the fixture lists for us, Hudds and Posh, it does seem quite likely. On Sat 30th April, we're at home to Hartlepool, Posh are away at Rochdale and Huddersfield travel to Brighton. Even if all three of us (Saints, Hudd, Posh) start the day on an equal number of points, if we win and they both lose, we're promoted at 5pm.

I think the problem is that you've basically decided to start your calculations with a "win". Dec 25th seems an arbitrary cut-off point to me. You could just as well start measuring from the last eight games, when the team has properly "gelled" and note that we're averaging 2.75 points per game since then.

In our first 6 games, we drop a total of 16 points - at a shocking rate of 2.33 a game. In our next 33 games, we drop just 27 points - at a decent rate of a mere 0.82 a game. Our improvement would look even more impressive, I think, if the vertical axis was "average points per game".

No. HTH.

My hope is that we nail 2nd as a mathematical certainty at home to Hartlepool on Easter Monday. I think this is just about plausible too. I want to be there when we cross the line and (a) I can't make Plymouth away and (b) don't have the nerves to withstand a "must win/must draw" last day match v Walsall.

Very true. Great universal celebrations for our recent goals. I guess dressing room issues are only noticed when they go wrong - so credit to Adkins.

This is great. Really great. Email it to the club. Much better than the yellow/blue. One query though....could it actually work as a 2nd kit? I mean if red and white stripes are unusable away from home because they clash with our opponents' first strip, wouldn't this red sash also clash? (e.g. could we wear this kit at Brammal Lane v Sheff Utd?)

It's as good as half a point really. If we end up on 83 points and Huddersfield end up on 84 points, our superior GD won't bridge the gap.