Our overall points-per-game (PPG) ratio for the 2009/10 season was 1.32. Our current PPG in 2010/11 is 1.35. So, a very minor improvement there? One certainly not representative of the step-up in terms of quality of football played.
The play-off (7th place) PPG of 2009/10 was 1.57.
If we make a series of improvements; namely in:
- Our away form,
- Our concentration at the end of tight games where we're ahead,
- Our ruthlessness in front of goal; taking a hell-uv-a-lot more of the chances that we make
...then I see no reason why a serious challenge for a play-off place shouldn't be on the cards.
I'll stick my neck out. If we don't finish in the top half (at least) this season after the football we've shown we're capable of, I'll be seriously disappointed. And I suspect Coley will be, too.
Enough of the superstitious codswallop. It's all about the numbers.
