Tooley's Take
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Phil Tooley takes a look at the game and its context Grimsby Town 1 Chesterfield 1 League Two Game #25 There are 21 games left for Paul Cook and his team to find the key to the EFL2 promotion door. But what does that key look like? Over the last ten (46 game) seasons in League Two, the average number of points you need to make the play-offs has been 73 (highest 77, lowest 70). The average to make the automatics has been 83 points (highest 86, lowest 79). The Spireites sit on 35 points, so to hit an average play-off year, and this season feels like that, everyone beating everyone, only one runaway team, a further 38 points are needed, the equivalent of 13 wins. Sounds do-able. To hit the play-off high point, 14 wins. Top three targets? That will take 16 wins (average) or 17 (highest), tough, very tough, but not beyond the capabilities of manager and squad if coupled with a bit of luck on injuries and on the park. I remember former Spireite Brian Scrimgeour telling me about when he was a young player at Dundee in 1978/79. The usually top flight side, down at […]
