Snowflake RoyalYorkshireRoyal99Snowflake Royal Reading - 86 (16 to play - 38 pts)
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Cardiff - 74 (15 to play - 29 pts)
Wigan - 77 (16 to play - 29 pts)
Hudders - 76 (16 to play - 28 pts)
Blackpool - 76 (16 to play - 28 pts)
Magic Number is 38
But Hudders and Blackpool are still to play as per SF so can't both get to 76.
Play offs seem long gone at this point. And despite probably still being ok, we look like yet another finish in the bottom 7, when we should really be lower mid-table.
Bottom 7 would be a great achievement with the resources we've had. But let's not forget, this is just a poor spell of form. Whereas if we get back to "about average" for us then we will probably climb a couple of places above Birmingham and Bristol City (who are in good form and once they go back to "about average" will probably begin to slip).
There's where we were at the start of the season, where anything not involving relegation is a success looking at the season before it starts, and then there's the context of where we've been all season, which is outside the bottom 7 until the last week or so. In which case, it's a failure to make the position we've been in for close to 3 quarters of the season secure.
Depends how far you're willing to take it really. By the same gesture, you could say it's a "failure" to not finish in the top half considering at Christmas time we were on the fringes of the play offs and you could probably say still were up until the last couple of games because you only need 2/3 good results to suddenly be in contention again.