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Re: 50 points and safety

by Trojan 67 » 29 Jan 2012, 12:20

forevertufc wrote:Our great escape season of 2006 saw Oxford relegated on 49 points , which i think is the highest points total for any side to be relegated on.
Correct.

The next four teams above Oxford (including us) all on 52 points.
http://www.torquayunited.com/page/Leagu ... 06,00.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Like Lincoln last season, Oxford over their last ten games suffered a collapse of form and dropped from midtable into the relegation places.

Re: 50 points and safety

by Bearne1 » 29 Jan 2012, 11:52

In football, you just never know!!

Re: 50 points and safety

by Jeff » 29 Jan 2012, 11:48

I'd be much happier when we get to 60 points, just in case we were to go into administration and be docked 10.

How's that for optimism..........

Re: 50 points and safety

by oxgull » 29 Jan 2012, 11:14

Yep! We're safe now. :clap:

Re: 50 points and safety

by oxgull » 29 Jan 2012, 11:13

stefano wrote: That's memory again ... I get that problem regularly! 1996/97 Hereford bottom with 47 points. Brighton 23rd also with 47 points and these days would have gone down but only one down in those days. I think Exeter 22nd and us 21st. I believe the highest number of points gained by a team relegated to the Conference was 49, which is why we use 50 as a safety benchmark, although I stand to be corrected if not right.

Well they do say you lose 30,000 brain cells a day once you get over 30 so, at 53, I don't have many left so the old memory has failed again!! Where am I??? Who are you???? :-/

Re: 50 points and safety

by Trojan 67 » 29 Jan 2012, 00:39

As the thread title suggests . . . (50 points and safety) . . .



. . . thread closed. :-D :clap: :nod: ;-)

Re: 50 points and safety

by yellow » 09 Jan 2012, 18:45

In answer to the title of the OP:

Yes please. That will do nicely. The double over Gargoyle and the win at Bristol Rovers were just icing (and some would say with a cherry on top) on a very nice cake being baked by Dinger...

Re: 50 points and safety

by Awayday » 09 Jan 2012, 16:02

I am not 100% sure I want promotion this year, I am still not sure we are quite ready for league 1 with the current squad / cash injections. However For the first year in many I think you are looking at the wrong end of the table. Rather than worrying about 12 points for safety, we seriously should be considering our selves as a contender for the play offs. I think we have been safe since Barnet / AC Northamptonico / Argyle and D&R got them selves into the bottom 4 without even trying. Yes we have got some tricky games (when don't we in league 2) but with us still having to play some of these teams in the relegation battle we shouldn't expect anything less than a position in the top 10.

Re: 50 points and safety

by stefano » 09 Jan 2012, 15:30

oxgull wrote:50 points has always been the benchmark for safety. 12 points to go and we can look forward to looking up towards the play offs but nothing is certain, at least, we are in a lot better position than in previous campaigns. I remember Hereford going down on 51 points when Brighton stayed up by drawing 1-1 with them at Edgar Street back in the 90's. We lost at Doncaster 1-2 but were safe anyway. I will haver to check the stats to make sure as I remember Tony Bedeu scoring his first goal for us and Scott Colcombe joining us in the away end next to the ASDA car park at Belle Vue. Anyway it's not too much of an ask for another 12 points, or is it???? :Z
That's memory again ... I get that problem regularly! 1996/97 Hereford bottom with 47 points. Brighton 23rd also with 47 points and these days would have gone down but only one down in those days. I think Exeter 22nd and us 21st. I believe the highest number of points gained by a team relegated to the Conference was 49, which is why we use 50 as a safety benchmark, although I stand to be corrected if not right.

Re: 50 points and safety

by oxgull » 09 Jan 2012, 11:30

50 points has always been the benchmark for safety. 12 points to go and we can look forward to looking up towards the play offs but nothing is certain, at least, we are in a lot better position than in previous campaigns. I remember Hereford going down on 51 points when Brighton stayed up by drawing 1-1 with them at Edgar Street back in the 90's. We lost at Doncaster 1-2 but were safe anyway. I will haver to check the stats to make sure as I remember Tony Bedeu scoring his first goal for us and Scott Colcombe joining us in the away end next to the ASDA car park at Belle Vue. Anyway it's not too much of an ask for another 12 points, or is it???? :Z

Re: 50 points and safety

by ferrarilover » 09 Jan 2012, 00:05

Feck me, 11, Jesus! That was a quick thing I did on my phone as it ran out of battery, so it wasn't actually checked and I was going off memory from something I heard in passing about 3 days ago.

11 reds (BBC counts 10, but I guess it's not been updated yet) in 25 games is madness. Going from the BBC stats, and allowing three games per red (which might not be right) and one per 5 yellows, they've had players missing for a total of 34 matches already. They are not exactly in a position to be paying players to sit in the stands.

Matt.

Re: 50 points and safety

by Dutchgull » 09 Jan 2012, 00:02

Sorry the Cornish are not that bad its only TEN !!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011%E2%80 ... .C._season" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

:lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: 50 points and safety

by Tq2Yellow » 08 Jan 2012, 23:54

I think you'll find the Cornish picked up their 11th red yesterday!!

Re: 50 points and safety

by ferrarilover » 08 Jan 2012, 22:42

The thing which may well come back to bite Plymouth in their arse is their atrocious disciplinary record. Had their seventh (I think) red of the season on Saturday, which is absolutely unacceptable. We have had two this year and I feel awkward telling people that. We haven't had seven reds in the last seven years, let alone 20 odd games. There has to come a point where the League step in, are they really a side we want to have to risk playing?

Matt.

Re: 50 points and safety

by stevegull » 08 Jan 2012, 22:16

I think Plymouth will be more involved in a dog fight if they keep Fletcher as boss. Although they may still avoid the drop with him.

I just think that what they really need is an experienced old hand with a few contacts, perhaps Colin Lee, so they can sign some players and the youngsters are given some discipline.

Someone else already said it on another thread, but those Plymouth fans are quite annoying! They really d have the memory of a goldfish bowl! When they won a couple of weeks ago, there was a genuine post on PASOTI where they were discussing their genuine chances of reaching the playoffs! What's worse is, that this opinion was not completely shouted down but it was greeted with mooted agreement! Shocking.

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