As Of Today, Points Needed To Guarantee Promotion (23 Viewers)

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Next Sat two tricky games for rivals

Blackburn v Boro
Ipswich v Millwall

 

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[lord_garrincha]

Personally, I think our next home to Derby will be tough... Hull away will be easier.

 

[Otis]

Next Sat two tricky games for rivals

Blackburn v Boro
Ipswich v Millwall

Yup. Blackburn will certainly be buoyed by their win at the New Den and will still be desperate for points

Could well see that one being a draw.

No idea on the Ipswich v Millwall encounter, but a draw would probably suit us best

 

[Otis]

Personally, I think our next home to Derby will be tough... Hull away will be easier.

Yeah, you may well be right. I think Derby could be tough, but still think we will win..

 

[Grendel]

Yup. Blackburn will certainly be buoyed by their win at the New Den and will still be desperate for points

Could well see that one being a draw.

No idea on the Ipswich v Millwall encounter, but a draw would probably suit us best

It would be better really if Ipswich or Millwall win and they also beat Middlesbrough As it takes another game away from 2 of the 3 and leaves only 6 to go

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Boro have 5 tricky games in a row now.

Blackburn A
Millwall H
Swansea A
Pompey H
Ipswich A

 

[Marty]

The other 3 are more than willing to throw points away this season, Ipswich play Norwich, Portsmouth and Middlesborough within a week. Wouldn't be surprised if they picked up only 3 or less points from that week.

I do think Millwall are the most likely to get the remaining automatic promotion spot, The next 2 games for them are massive. If we beat Swansea, there's every chance we go into the international break with at least a 9 point lead.

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Ipswich quite a tough run here as well.

Millwall H
Brum H
Norwich A
Pompey A
Boro H
Charlton A
West Brom A
Saints A

 

[Otis]

It would be better really if Ipswich or Millwall win and they also beat Middlesbrough As it takes another game away from 2 of the 3 and leaves only 6 to go

Yeah, I did keep that in mind too. That's probably a better outcome.

 

[Otis]

Ipswich quite a tough run here as well.

Millwall H
Brum H
Norwich A
Pompey A
Boro H
Charlton A
West Brom A
Saints A

Can imagine Southampton possibly needing something from the final game of the season

 

[Sick Boy]

2 wins and a draw will enough for automatics, IMO.

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Personally, I think our next home to Derby will be tough... Hull away will be easier.

Really??

 

[Sick Boy]

Really??

Hull have been over performing all season.

 

[torchomatic]

Regardless 3-4 wins needed from 8 is a magnificent position to be in

Absolutely.

Not quite there yet, but definitely in touching distance and we are in such an enviable position.

There are 23 teams who would swap their position for ours in a heartbeat.

 

[Balli001]

Can imagine Southampton possibly needing something from the final game of the season

They don't have saints last day. It's the Tuesday before

 

[Balli001]

It would be better really if Ipswich or Millwall win and they also beat Middlesbrough As it takes another game away from 2 of the 3 and leaves only 6 to go

I think the draw is best. Potentially gives us an 11 point lead with 7 games to go if we beat swansea

 

[Voice_of_Reason]

2 wins and a draw will enough for automatics, IMO.

Agreed

 

[Otis]

They don't have saints last day. It's the Tuesday before

Okay. It was just last on that list of AFC's, so I assumed it was the last game

 

[Lamps]

I prefer to use PPG needed in games. Brings more reality to the situation. First line is our points and current PPG. Next is PPG extra for every remaining game needed to catch us up on points. We would still most probably be ahead on GD.

Coventry 77 points 2.02 PPG

Middlesbrough 0.875 PPG
Ipswich 1 ppg but game in hand.
Millwall 1.125 PPG


It's Ipswich v Millwall before we play on Saturday. Both sides need to win to make inroads on the PPG game needed. A point isn't good enough.

3rd April Middlesbrough v Millwall. Points dropped whatever the result. Millwall need to win at least one of their next 2 games to stay in the race. A dream next 2 games for us.

18th April Ipswich v Middlesbrough. Only relevant if either are still in the chase, but this trio of games is going to point towards what we need. Only one side can get 6 points and the other 2 fall behind the chase to catch us. Win our next 2 we pull well away from at least 2 of them.

 

[jto123]

No disrespect to Sheff Wednesday, but that should be one win

The other home games are Derby, Portsmouth and Wrexham.

You have to fancy at least one win there too. Let's say, it was only to be two wins out of that, we would probably need then just one win out of Swansea away, Hull away, Blackburn away and Watford away

Very attainable isn't it.

I am a bit worried about Wright's injury, but I hope he's going to be okay and if missing, it's just a couple of games or so.

Anything can happen of course, but I am thinking, maybe draw against Swansea, beat Derby, beat either Pompey or Wrexham, beat Wednesday, draw at Blackburn and hopefully the Watford game will have nothing riding on it.

Anyway, that would 11 points probably before the Watford game.

Though I am sure there will be twists and turns still to come.

Wright injury is a little red herring for sure. I think it’s less about the wins needed and making sure we keep the gap where it is. Once it becomes a win between us and the rest anything can happen.

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

Hull have been over performing all season.

Odd side - I watched a bit of them yesterday and they were garbage

 

[AFCCOVENTRY]

Hackney went off injured yesterday as well

 

[jto123]

2 wins and a draw will enough for automatics, IMO.

Too close for comfort

 

[covcity4life]

Ipswich quite a tough run here as well.

Millwall H
Brum H
Norwich A
Pompey A
Boro H
Charlton A
West Brom A
Saints A

Most of the hard games at home though and soon. So they could be breathing down our necks at some point

 

[Sick Boy]

Too close for comfort

The 3 below us are and will drop points. I’ve said it before but the Fulham team that gets lauded lost 10 games the year they went up.