... and we win all our next three ... and we overcome three goal difference vis a vis Burnley ... then our automatic promotion hopes go down to the last game. And pigs will sprout wings.
Very unlikely. However I remember being at this point in 2013 six points clear and dreaming of the Premier League. Yet still it came down to a contest between a Leeds striker and Watford's third choice keeper ten minutes after our last full time. Let's hope both Burnley and Brighton have a Barnsley moment. Teams can bottle it. They won't, but they can.
Need them both to drop 5 points. Means they need to both win one lose one draw one of their remaining three fixtures. Preston did Burnley last time they played so who knows.
It is the Hull City way, to do things in the most dramatic of ways, hobbling across the finish line with one leg hanging off, however I think this season is beyond even us, can always hope, but don't go putting your bets on at the bookies just yet, it would be the most dramatic finish we've ever had if we pulled it off. I think last night was our hardest match remaining, so on paper we should do our part, but as we always say, we never do it the easy way!
Eh? Then they would both finish on 88 points which is our maximum. Better they both lose three or lose two and draw one. I presume you meant Burnley and Brighton? If Boro win one and lose one they will be out of our reach anyway. Maybe you were thinking about Aussie Rules?
No.. I was saying that's the least they have to drop. I am talking Burnley and Brighton who are level on points.
Actually you said it. If they each drop 5 points their points total can be no higher than ours. Not sure why it required a patronising response about aussie rules.
Because we could be pipped on goal difference if we finish level and they both win one. Brighton's last two wins have been by a big margin.
Of course, I'm saying at a minimum those are the results we need. Clearly if that's the minimum, then those teams doing even worse would also help us, I would have thought that would be obvious.
As our goal difference is 1 better than Brighton, and we're working on the assumption we win our remaining games and they draw one, lose one (otherwise this is moot) I can't exactly see how it's likely that they'd beat our GD.
if we where 3rd and still a few points off then id cling on to some to some sort of hope, but we aren't, we need 2 teams to mess up not just one.. too much.
So your probably looking at Brighton A Charlton W H Derby D A Boro L Burnley A Preston L H QPR D A Charlton W and City to win the remainder of there games. Then it all goes down to goal difference It could happen and I still hope but Im not expecting it to. Lets hope Charlton play some good football now the pressure is off them
Best case scenario would be Boro to lose all three, Brighton to lose their other two, and Burnley to lose/draw all three, then we go up as rightful champions.
I give up. You look at things upside down and most of us look at things the right way around! If two of the three teams above us each lose their remaining games, then we have no need to win all of our games. Simples.
