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Does your highlighted part take into account current form ? Dont forget the turnaround the Lesser-Tw*tted Ferguson has brought about in recent times. Oh, go on then, I'll throw you all a bone. Posh or Huddersfield to have one mare of a game. 24 points.

Nope, I dont admit anything. I dont have a crystal ball about the results, so I reckon we need 27pts because then Posh and Huddersfield cannot catch us.

Yes, but I think we already have a bit of a freak season. There is a significant gap around 7th to 8th, imo, once everyone is on the same number of games.

Yep, they have a winning mentality. Us - we dont turn up at Walsall or Charlton, two of the worst teams in the division at the time of playing.

Ey oop, he needs a second bite at the cherry to make a point. And his second attempt was no better than his first. I said we need 28 points to be sure. Actually, its 27 points. My bad... The "loon number" does not ensure promotion. Period. *cue your next playground name-calling*

Nope, I called those claiming 20pts is enough are loons. Stretching it a bit to describe them as more informed. No way is 20 enough. So do I. Water off a ducks back...

He was being pedantic trying to contast 28pts to 27pts, when my post was contrasting 28pts to 20pts. The discussion was about what we need to get 2nd place, and being a bit absolutist in nature I automatically wrote about what would guarantee it.

So you are saying Adam will play against MKD. Have I understood correctly, R ?

Yep. And I think people that try to begrudge or belittle their achievement are disingenuous tw*ts. They are fully deserved Champions.

Thanks. This means that apart from one fluke year, the best playoff team has won the playoffs. And if we took a closer look at the form in the last 6 weeks or so of 2008/2009, I'll bet Scvnthorpe had the best in that division. And people carp on about the "lottery" of the playoffs EDIT: what this means to me is that we finish 3rd, our greatest threat in the playoffs is probably MK Dons.

I was also reminiscing about Half Man Half Biscuit when I heard this news. I went to their gig up the Mayfair - mental night.

Can anybody provide stats to prove that out, the position 4th to 6th that normally wins the playoffs ?

Yeah, but they wont, even if we win automatic promotion. The entire footballing establishment p*sses off to Faliraki, Aya Nappa, Ibiza, etc. and drinks copious amounts of watered down local booze for a month and nothing ever happens for 6-8 weeks despite increasingly loud and tedious warnings about needing to hit the ground running emanating from the Austrian Alps.

Considering how reticent the club is about making official statements (I hear Morgan is out for the season, but is this confirmed ??), I would like to know your source about Lallana.

Maybe it is impossible to guarantee going up via playoffs, but if we were to play Bournemouth over 2 legs and then Huddersfield in the final, what would you be thinking about our chances ?

We could screw up the next 9 games leaving us needing a certain combination of results on the last day which then dont materialise. I dont see your point.

You REALLY need help. Huddersfield can currently reach 91, and Peterborough can currently reach 92, so yes, you are right, 9 wins (27pts) are almost certainly enough because we then have 92 and Posh are unlikely (but its not certain the way they have been playing, but I'll throw you a bone here...) to catch us on goal difference. However, the point of my post was that no way can 20points be claimed to be enough with any sense of certainly, let alone confidence, considering how our competition is playing currently. Why else is a big gap opening up between 7th and the rest ? I claimed 28 without doing the maths, thinking we can have one more Charlton-like f**k up but no more, but we shouldnt be contemplating losing any more. Result ? Without even doing the maths, I was only 1pt out of what we need to be certain. Whoopee-sh*t. I really feel sorry for pedants like you.

I agree, though in fairness the playoffs are right after the end of the regular season, so it aint going to affect your summer either way.

Depends what you mean by "rest". I assumed it to mean that they recover from their injuries.

That would be brilliant, of course. Do you really think it is going to happen ?

Yeah, and its not only showing itself at the club....

What a load of rubbish. I concede that the "mis-calculation" is a potential criticism, but interpreting an observation of few rumours going round as a criticism of the club is just utter b*ll*cks. One could interpret that as a back-handed compliment - if we sign someone by the time the window closes.

We have 10 games left. If Lallana and AOC are unavailable for 3 of them, how likely is it we can maintain that form ?

What an outrageous and "poorly considered" post

Yeah, well, lets see how this season plays out before we judge what is "poorly considered". I find comments like "a draw is not the end of the world, we have games in hand" somewhat bizarre and "poorly considered" when we still havent stamped our name on second place.