At almost the same point last season City were one from bottom, this season one from the top. Teams relegated were all in the bottom 8 Teams promoted were mostly in the top 6 for the past 5 years ( Yeovil 10th and Millwall 8th only 2 exceptions) City can lose 4 and draw 2 without falling from top 6! but Sheff utd would need to win 5 ! BOOKIES City 11/10 to win it stake £500 and the bookies will pay you £1 CITY FINISH IN TOP 6 The current top 4 are all odds on to be vying for promotion City 1/4 Swindlers 4/7 MKD 4/6 PNE 6/4 (Sheff 10/1 Oldham 14/1 best of the rest) *17 Carlisle United 25 7 6 12 26 43 5 2 5 17 22 2 4 7 9 21 -17 27 *18 Shrewsbury Town 26 6 8 12 26 32 4 4 6 12 12 2 4 6 14 20 -6 26 19 Sheffield United 25 6 7 12 24 33 5 4 3 16 12 1 3 9 8 21 -9 25 *20 Tranmere Rovers 25 6 7 12 29 45 2 5 5 15 25 4 2 7 14 20 -16 25 21 Notts County 26 7 3 16 32 39 6 1 6 20 14 1 2 10 12 25 -7 24 22 Crewe Alexandra 25 6 6 13 24 51 4 4 4 13 19 2 2 9 11 32 -27 24 23 Bristol City 24 4 11 9 34 37 3 5 5 17 18 1 6 4 17 19 -3 23 *24 Stevenage 25 6 4 15 24 43 3 2 6 12 17 3 2 9 12 26 -19 22 Relegated * 1 Brentford 25 17 4 4 44 23 10 1 2 25 10 7 3 2 19 13 +21 55 2 Leyton Orient 25 16 6 3 54 23 7 2 2 24 10 9 4 1 30 13 +31 54 3 Wolverhampton Wndrs 26 15 7 4 41 19 9 3 2 23 8 6 4 2 18 11 +22 52 4 Preston North End 25 13 8 4 35 26 5 5 2 17 15 8 3 2 18 11 +9 47 5 Rotherham United 25 11 8 6 42 34 4 6 3 23 22 7 2 3 19 12 +8 41 6 Walsall 26 11 8 7 29 23 6 2 4 14 13 5 6 3 15 10 +6 41 7 Peterborough United 25 12 3 10 37 32 7 1 4 13 12 5 2 6 24 20 +5 39 8 Swindon Town 25 11 4 10 42 34 9 1 2 28 15 2 3 8 14 19 +8 37 Current 1 Swindon Town 26 16 6 4 52 25 8 3 2 24 13 8 3 2 28 12 +27 54 2 Bristol City 25 16 6 3 48 22 9 2 1 23 9 7 4 2 25 13 +26 54 3 Milton Keynes Dons 24 14 6 4 51 24 9 2 2 34 12 5 4 2 17 12 +27 48 4 Preston North End 25 13 7 5 39 25 6 5 1 22 14 7 2 4 17 11 +14 46 5 Rochdale 25 11 4 10 45 33 4 3 6 17 17 7 1 4 28 16 +12 37 6 Bradford City 25 10 6 9 32 29 4 3 6 16 18 6 3 3 16 11 +3 36 7 Sheffield United 24 10 6 8 30 28 5 4 3 14 11 5 2 5 16 17 +2 36
The ideal situation on a week to week basis is to ensure that on Sunday you are in a position whereby the 3rd place team cannot overtake you even if you lose your next 2 games. The best way to achieve that scenario is to keep winning and forget about the rest. Cotts, by his words, knows that fact.
yes and Cotts also knows that a team not under pressure is likely to play better.. however there are 2 feet and the other foot will be saying don't get complacent with the points advantage we have, until with 5 games to go we are 16 points safe!
If it wasn't for what happened to Leyton Orient last year, I think we would all be a bit more comfortable. But seeing a team stretch a big lead, get pegged back, and then eventually fail to even go up through the play-offs is a salutary tale for us all. Also not wishing to be pedantic, but Preston 6/4 is not odds-on. It was disappointing that Sheffield United couldn't take points off MK Dons. If they were 9 points back I would be a lot happier. Lets hope the Blades can beat Swindon on Saturday 31st. If they do, we could go top again without actually playing a game.
correct 6/4 is not odds on, but as an expression of meaning ( promotion) in the context they are, the next team 5th 10/1 is potentially 15 points behind
