The three best teams in this Division all season have been Pompey, Derby and Bolton, and as well as wishing them every success in the Championship next season, I think all 3 are teams that can sustain a Championship (and obviously potentially Premier League) team far more so than a Barnsley, Peterbo...

The Burton v Cheltenham game is on Tuesday night. A draw between them will mean we are mathematically safe (barring any further points deductions). We are mathematically safe. If Cheltenham don't win they can't catch us, if Burton lose they can't catch us. It's not possible for Cheltenham to win an...

The Burton v Cheltenham game is on Tuesday night.

A draw between them will mean we are mathematically safe (barring any further points deductions).

79 Points is enough to absolutely guarantee survival at the beginning of the season. But, as you say, painful to track after every game by every team. Maybe in my retirement. That would mean 20 teams would finish with at least 79 points, and 1 team with 78 points. That would total 1,658 points (if ...

Next season it should start from 138 and be updated weekly on how many more points we still need to finish top. Standards must be raised. The temptation to set it up as: Champions - 138 Promotion - 138 Play offs - 138 Survival - 138 And track all 4 is there. But keeping it up would be a mammoth bal...

I don't think there is.

There are simply too many variables and "unknown unknowns" to be able to state with any certainty what the total number of points needed is for any of the 4 desired outcomes at the start of the Season (with the exception of the 136 needed for Champions).

For the record, I am 100% certain that we are safe right now.

When the final games are played, I suspect that none of the bottom 4 will have 49 points or more.

The takeover is the single most important thing that can make me optimistic for next season or not; frankly, as a fan I want to be proud of my club, and the owner behaving the way he as done has eclipsed any genuine enjoyment I have had for this season. Get rid of Dai and then I am 100% buckled up i...

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Stranded It's over. Burton & Vale can't lose another game and still go past us.

Agree, the win on Tuesday sealed it for me.

The way the players and the staff celebrated after the game on Tuesday night, they clearly think that they have done enough to stay up.

At the game last night, I heard that Jamie Cureton has Motor Neurone disease; terrible news if true. :cry: Maybe they were getting confused with Marcus Stewart? Ex Rovers striker who had a fund raiser recently for it alongside Stephen Darby. Ah - bollox; pleased for Jamie; sad for Marcus Stewart (w...

At the game last night, I heard that Jamie Cureton has Motor Neurone disease; terrible news if true.

Last night was hugely enjoyable - and not just because we won. Great to go to an old school football ground, with old school fans whilst standing on a proper terrace again; loved it! From where I was just behind the dug outs, the noise by our away fans was exceptional; a lot or grudging nods of appr...

This quote today on the BBC Sport website from Andros Townsend really hacks me off, and demonstrates the arrogance of the whole of the Premier League..... "Townsend said he thinks clubs had not anticipated that punishments for breaching the rules would be "this severe". "Everton ...

The thing with something being "theoretical" is that it could happen; so if we win twice (tomorrow and Saturday) we would have 52 points. In the event that Port Vale, Cheltenham and Fleetwood lose both their games midweek and Saturday, none of them can get more than 50 points, which means ...

So theoretically, we could be safe by 5pm on Saturday.

Looking forward to going to this game tomorrow night; in the home standing area behind the dug outs (I am going with a Rovers' supporting colleague) so should be fun.

His verdict on Rovers is that they are already mentally on the beach.

3-0 Reading win for me.

I don't know whether it was more civil back then or people are just more prepared to call shit out now. That Spacey "gaylord" comment being a case in point. I think if someone posted that now, plenty would tell him to fcuk off with the homophobia. I also remember SROT being an obnoxious b...

WestYorksRoyal For those interested, Opta think we only have a 2.9% chance of relegation. I wish I shared their confidence.

Well, a few have posted that we are "90%" there, so a bit less optimistic than Opta.

Leicester made a £90m pre-tax loss last season, despite extending their financial year by a month in order to include the Maddison transfer fee in that season's accounts. They made a gross loss of £124m. Their total losses for their last 3 seasons in the Premier League totalled more than £215M; the...

Here are the official EFL League One nominations EFL League One Manager of the Season John Mousinho - Portsmouth Steve Evans - Stevenage Darren Ferguson - Peterborough United EFL League One Player of the Season Harrison Burrows – Peterborough United Nathaniel Mendez-Laing – Derby County Marlon Pack...