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Lies, damn lies, and statistics
at 09:49 16 Dec 2020

Walking out of the ground last night (feels good to say that) I had a conversation about whether it would be enough to keep beating the worse teams in the division while losing to the top teams. By enough I meant "would we get enough points to go up?".

A bit of number crunching this morning tells me:

We have currently picked up 0.43PPG in our 7 games against the other 9 of the top 10, our win against Accrington being the only points gained. Contrast that to the 2.64PPG picked up in the 11 games against the bottom 14 so far.

Projected over a 46 game season, this gives you a final total of around 82 points, enough to make the playoffs in pretty much every completed League 1 season.

The obvious problem will come when we get to the playoffs and have to face one of those top teams. Lets hope its Accrington.

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Wigan
at 11:48 9 Sep 2020

https://wiganathletic.com/news/2020/september/Statement-From-The-Joint-Administr

Their administrators are "quietly optimistic that permission will be given" by the EFL for them to play on Sunday. The EFL are meeting this week to decide.

What team they are able to put out is another matter, seems to be a case of whoever hasn't been flogged yet mixed in with the U23s.

Hopefully, if they are allowed to play, we could grab another confidence boosting win a la Bolton last year.

Wigan don't play Peterborough until 20th October, plenty of time to put a squad together

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Bolton latest
at 16:49 11 Apr 2019

I had sort of lost interest in their financial situation after we played them, but just looked up the latest and if anything it's gotten worse for them.

The takeover by Bassini that was "nearly complete" has gone silent, players still not paid and able to walk away from their contracts from Sunday, fans having to pay for official travel directly with the coach provider, and the PFA have been unable to speak to the owner who is presumed to be abroad.

Their problems are being mirrored along the A58 at Bury, whose players are also still unpaid for March.

There is a very real chance that at least one of those clubs will not exist next season.

I know Evans is far from the owner we would choose in an ideal world, but it does make you realise things could actually be a lot worse. At least we know we will have a club to support next season.

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