21 points from the last 15 games

[BillyStubbsTears]

As I’ve been saying. Rocky start. And since then, decent upper-mid table form. 1.40 points per game since mid September.

Context: In O’Driscoll’s first season, he was in charge for 39 games. We averaged 1.41 points per game.

[dickos1]

Can't be right..
Ferguson isn't capable of achieving anything better than 1 ppg

[eastender]

I'm not taking sides , but that's not even comparable 3 months compared to a full season.
Ridiculous stats.

[SydneyRover]

As I’ve been saying. Rocky start. And since then, decent upper-mid table form. 1.40 points per game since mid September.

Context: In O’Driscoll’s first season, he was in charge for 39 games. We averaged 1.41 points per game.

Can't be right..
Ferguson isn't capable of achieving anything better than 1 ppg

I'm not taking sides , but that's not even comparable 3 months compared to a full season.
Ridiculous stats.

Nothing controversial in your statement of fact BST but the peanut gallery appear to want to ignore or downplay the truth for some reason.

[GazLaz]

“The clown is incapable of ending a bad run”.

[dickos1]

When these statements get proven wrong they just find other ones to come out with.

[mushRTID]

The problem with reminding people of their statements after a win/good run is they come back at you after a loss/bad run.

Makes for a pretty depressing forum at times. Everyone is so desperate to be proven right, it’s boring.

[5minstogo]

It's the hope that gets you.

A couple of good January signings and we could make a play off push.

Or, no-one comes in and we struggle in the bottom half.

Football

[Chris Black come back]

It was a good win yesterday and there has been some other good performances recently, without question. We have also moved up the table.

It is equally fair to say that Wimbledon still have a game in hand and if for instance they draw this game, rather than even win, we are then only three points away from the relegation places, with everyone having played the same games.

It is a tight league so good news we are piecing some results together now we are in the second half of the season. Long may it continue.

[Copps is Magic]

Great post Mush, first grown-up statement on this thread. The stats last week show one thing, this week they show us another. As does the league table, we've moved up some places, next week we could move down some places. It's all still in the balance.

My position, as for a while, has been we've got a talented group of player who we (the manager) doesn't always get the best out of. There were glimpses of a more complete performance yesterday which I'm very glad to see.

[Bezza]

Good to see us dig in and get a victory and what about Lawlor he is doing well for me, if we can follow it up with two home wins, maybe it will shut the moaners up.

[dickos1]

The problem with reminding people of their statements after a win/good run is they come back at you after a loss/bad run.

Makes for a pretty depressing forum at times. Everyone is so desperate to be proven right, it’s boring.

I wasn't attempting to be proven right or remind people of their statements
My point was there are lots on here that no matter what happens they won't be happy with Ferguson. So when they keep going on about he can't end a poor run or he can't get a better ratio than 1ppg.
Once this gets proven incorrect they will just forget all about this and just being out another statement negative about him.

Everyone on here has said they'd be happy with midtable this season, and we're there at the halfway point so I would've thought everyone would be happy for xmas.
The fact that we are midtable means we are only a few points off the bottom and only a few points off the top.
Not many people talking about the top though

[ravenrover]

As I’ve been saying. Rocky start. And since then, decent upper-mid table form. 1.40 points per game since mid September.

Context: In O’Driscoll’s first season, he was in charge for 39 games. We averaged 1.41 points per game.

Can't be right..
Ferguson isn't capable of achieving anything better than 1 ppg

I'm not taking sides , but that's not even comparable 3 months compared to a full season.
Ridiculous stats.

Nothing controversial in your statement of fact BST but the peanut gallery appear to want to ignore or downplay the truth for some reason.

Syd I think you might find that Dickos is actually agreeing with BST and is taking the proverbial 🎅

[Filo]

As I’ve been saying. Rocky start. And since then, decent upper-mid table form. 1.40 points per game since mid September.

Context: In O’Driscoll’s first season, he was in charge for 39 games. We averaged 1.41 points per game.

Can't be right..
Ferguson isn't capable of achieving anything better than 1 ppg

I'm not taking sides , but that's not even comparable 3 months compared to a full season.
Ridiculous stats.

Nothing controversial in your statement of fact BST but the peanut gallery appear to want to ignore or downplay the truth for some reason.

Syd I think you might find that Dickos is actually agreeing with BST and is taking the proverbial 🎅

A classic case of reading who the poster is, rather than reading and digesting the post

[BillyStubbsTears]

I’m certainly not interested in this being an argument to win. I’m just pointing out the facts. We were in dreadful form at the start of the season. We’ve been in decent form for the past 3 months.

[Chris Black come back]

All fine margins. If their disallowed late ‘goal’ had been allowed, we would have had seven points from our last seven league games.

Bigger picture is that we have marginally improved our form as the season has progressed and performances while erratic, have become a little more consistent. Still irritating failures of concentration especially late in games, but some signs of more consistently good performances.

[dickos1]

Interesting how these fine margins are ok to be mentioned when we win but when we lose with goals in injury time and penalties that shouldn't be given, and people say if those goals hadn't have gone in we'd be 6th. The response is well they did go in didn't they.

[Copps is Magic]

Give it a rest Dickos.

It's the 2nd league win since 28th Oct. Enjoy it.

[dickos1]

Only 2 defeats in this period also.
One against the best side in the league by a mile and one a 95th minute winner.

Not sure what it's going to take for some people to be able to get rid of their negativity

[Copps is Magic]

Do you think the answer might be a sustained run of form to get us in a more comfortable position?

[Chris Black come back]

Dickos. Have a pint, spend time with your kids, see some elderly relatives, god knows....just lighten up a bit comrade!

[dickos1]

As billy has suggested I think we're in the middle of a good bit of form right now.

[Copps is Magic]

As billy has suggested I think we're in the middle of a good bit of form right now.

I'll give you a big clue here dickos, the stats BST points out don't show 'a good bit form'*, they show average form and equate to an average finish at the end of the season, presuming he's excluded the first 8 games of the season.

*just think about it logically, how can 2 wins in 2 months be good form?

[dickos1]

It's 7 games, and we've only lost 2 as I said, we've also gone from 1 point above relegation to 4 points and got within a point of the top half.
1.4 points per game is good form, over a season it would get you within a whisker of the playoffs

[BillyStubbsTears]

All fine margins. If their disallowed late ‘goal’ had been allowed, we would have had seven points from our last seven league games.

Bigger picture is that we have marginally improved our form as the season has progressed and performances while erratic, have become a little more consistent. Still irritating failures of concentration especially late in games, but some signs of more consistently good performances.

First 8 games of the season. 6 points. 0.75 ppg. Equal to 35 points over a season. Bottom of the table form.

Last 15 games. 21 points. 1.40 ppg. 64-65 points over a full season. Equal to about 10th place.

I’d say that’s a bit more than a marginal improvement, wouldn’t you? Especially since we’ve played 5 of the current top 6 and 9 of the current top 11 in the latter run.

Personally, I’m quite impressed by how Ferguson has turned things around after the first six weeks of the season.

[ravenrover]

As I’ve been saying. Rocky start. And since then, decent upper-mid table form. 1.40 points per game since mid September.

Context: In O’Driscoll’s first season, he was in charge for 39 games. We averaged 1.41 points per game.

Can't be right..
Ferguson isn't capable of achieving anything better than 1 ppg

I'm not taking sides , but that's not even comparable 3 months compared to a full season.
Ridiculous stats.

Nothing controversial in your statement of fact BST but the peanut gallery appear to want to ignore or downplay the truth for some reason.

Syd I think you might find that Dickos is actually agreeing with BST and is taking the proverbial 🎅

A classic case of reading who the poster is, rather than reading and digesting the post

Filo is your point levelled at my comment?

[Colemans Left Hook]

21 points from 15 games

that's ether won 6 drawn 3 lost 7
or won 5 drawn 6 lost 5

which is mid table form

don't know what the stats say but excluding the two Bank of England or to be more accurate Bank of Lancashire (ringers) in this league

so many matches in this league are single goal affairs

over the last month we have had seismic movement at the bottom of this league (the no hopers have suddenly got hope) could BST or anyone tell us

how many points Oldham Gillingham and Plymouth have got

and how many the droppers Fleetwood Bristol rovers MK dons afc wimbledon and Rochdale  have got  (probably not a lot)

would give us a good comparison

[Filo]

As I’ve been saying. Rocky start. And since then, decent upper-mid table form. 1.40 points per game since mid September.

Context: In O’Driscoll’s first season, he was in charge for 39 games. We averaged 1.41 points per game.

Can't be right..
Ferguson isn't capable of achieving anything better than 1 ppg

I'm not taking sides , but that's not even comparable 3 months compared to a full season.
Ridiculous stats.

Nothing controversial in your statement of fact BST but the peanut gallery appear to want to ignore or downplay the truth for some reason.

Syd I think you might find that Dickos is actually agreeing with BST and is taking the proverbial 🎅

A classic case of reading who the poster is, rather than reading and digesting the post

Filo is your point levelled at my comment?

No, it's pointing out that sometimes when people disagree all the time, they tend to disagree with the person, rather than the post. I was referring to the previous post in the thread, not yours

[The Red Baron]

It's worth also pointing out that if we take the same number of points from the next 23 games we will finish on 54, which most seasons would ensure safety.

[Colemans Left Hook]

It's worth also pointing out that if we take the same number of points from the next 23 games we will finish on 54, which most seasons would ensure safety.

on the point of pointing out  just want to  "point out" the fate of rovers last two opponents on Saturday

oxford unlucky 7-0 loss at home to Wigan after scraping it over Rovers
and Oldham 4-1 hammering a mighty Plymouth after drawing here

trying to predict results & extrapolating Rovers strength on those 2 results and you could argue Rovers are doomed   earlier in the season Bradford consistently beat a good team and lost to a poor one