The Must Win, How Soon is Now, Sprint/Marathon debate?! We need 2.15PPG by unstableblue 13 Dec 11:15
As per paste below we need 90 points for second place. Maybe less - albeit Boro could have had their wobble and Saints could go like a steam train.

We’ve played 20 games of 46
We’ve accrued 34 points of the 90 - 56 to go across 26 games

That’s 2.15 PPG, that’s high.

So picking up on Bankster’s thread and those suggesting there are no must wins in December.

I don’t quite agree… now a draw at Leicester is still positive, but we there’s no doubt we need a run, and today would put down a marker, start that momentum

BUT - Sheff Weds at home is a MUST WIN

You can’t keep kicking the can (the points total) down the road.



Over the last eight completed seasons (2017/18 to 2024/25), the points required to secure this position have averaged roughly 90 points.
The points for the second-placed teams over the last eight completed seasons are:
2024/25: Burnley – 100 points (Finished level with champions Leeds United but second on goal difference)
2023/24: Ipswich Town – 96 points
2022/23: Sheffield United – 91 points
2021/22: Bournemouth – 88 points
2020/21: Watford – 91 points
2019/20: West Bromwich Albion – 83 points
2018/19: Sheffield United – 89 points
2017/18: Cardiff City – 90 points

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