The proof of the pudding is after xmas..........january, feb, march - teams that get promoted start to pull away by not dropping points, grinding out results when not playing well & then winning games by 3 or 4 when they are.
we did this in 99/00 - probably one of out best seasons ever. 13 straight wins and never looked like losing. I remeber 2-0 down at h/t home to tranmere and we came out and scored 3 to win the match..........that is what Brighton, Norwich Saints & Leeds did recently. I lost count the number of times they scored goals in the 93rd minute to get a win.........3 points is a lot better than 1 at that stage in the season..
Win every game from now till the last game of these season and see where that gets us, we have dropped enough points already so we can't afford to drop anymore ,
How simple is that no need for any o meters
On a serious point I like the idea of all the o meters ,
Brighton
Saints
Posh
Norwich
Leeds
Mill small
And our play off one,
Good idea just putting it together could be tricky
Yes, can't think of a season when 2 points a game wouldn't mean automatic promotion - but it is easy to fall behind on this - you need to be consistently picking up 3 points- a run of draws really set you back.
Charlton 2011-2012 P : 6 W : 4 D : 2 L : 0 Pts - 14 F : 12 A : 5 - League Position 3rd Brighton 2010 - 2011 P : 6 W : 3 D : 2 L : 1 - Pts - 11 F : 8 A : 5 - League Position 8th Norwich 2009 - 2010 P : 6 W : 2 D : 2 L : 2 - Pts - 8 F : 10 A : 12 - League Position 10th
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The proof of the pudding is after xmas..........january, feb, march - teams that get promoted start to pull away by not dropping points, grinding out results when not playing well & then winning games by 3 or 4 when they are.
we did this in 99/00 - probably one of out best seasons ever. 13 straight wins and never looked like losing. I remeber 2-0 down at h/t home to tranmere and we came out and scored 3 to win the match..........that is what Brighton, Norwich Saints & Leeds did recently. I lost count the number of times they scored goals in the 93rd minute to get a win.........3 points is a lot better than 1 at that stage in the season..
How simple is that no need for any o meters
On a serious point I like the idea of all the o meters ,
Brighton
Saints
Posh
Norwich
Leeds
Mill small
And our play off one,
Good idea just putting it together could be tricky
I'll never forget my Dad always saying to me the old rhyme:
A win at home,
a draw away
brings promotion any day.
That'll do me. Of course that adds up to an average of 2 points a game! Like the Brighton-o-meter idea - but not until around Christams.
Yes, can't think of a season when 2 points a game wouldn't mean automatic promotion - but it is easy to fall behind on this - you need to be consistently picking up 3 points- a run of draws really set you back.
P : 6 W : 4 D : 2 L : 0 Pts - 14 F : 12 A : 5 - League Position 3rd
Brighton 2010 - 2011
P : 6 W : 3 D : 2 L : 1 - Pts - 11
F : 8 A : 5 - League Position 8th
Norwich 2009 - 2010
P : 6 W : 2 D : 2 L : 2 - Pts - 8
F : 10 A : 12 - League Position 10th
They were the good times!
Only 6 years ago the table looked like this:
They were the good times!
9th Charlton Athletic W3 D1 L2 - 10 pts average 1.66 per game.
2nd Charlton W6 D0 L0 pts 18 - average 3.00