I have just done a carol vorderman on my abacus and have come up with the following figures
in the last 10 seasons the
average numbers of points the promoted team in second spot was 86.4 (lets say 87 rounded up)
and the
average numbers of points the 6th place team to get to the play offs was 73.3 (lets say 74 rounded up)
bearing in mind we currently have 39 points we would need another
35 points to get to the playoffs
and
48 points for automatic promotion
18 games to go with 54 points to play for
35 points (means 11 wins and two draws and we could lose 5) or other combinations (very possible)
48 points (means 16 wins and three losses) or other combinations (seems unlikely)
the lowest total the second placed team got in the 10 years was 79 points (you never know)
the lowest total 6th place got was 70 points
so in my humble opinion i think the playoffs are a good bet
I'm away to lie down!
in the last 10 seasons the
average numbers of points the promoted team in second spot was 86.4 (lets say 87 rounded up)
and the
average numbers of points the 6th place team to get to the play offs was 73.3 (lets say 74 rounded up)
bearing in mind we currently have 39 points we would need another
35 points to get to the playoffs
and
48 points for automatic promotion
18 games to go with 54 points to play for
35 points (means 11 wins and two draws and we could lose 5) or other combinations (very possible)
48 points (means 16 wins and three losses) or other combinations (seems unlikely)
the lowest total the second placed team got in the 10 years was 79 points (you never know)
the lowest total 6th place got was 70 points
so in my humble opinion i think the playoffs are a good bet

I'm away to lie down!
