How about this for a last day shootout scenario

[Karl998yr]

Ok so I'm speculating here but if we beat Sunderland and Wednesday draw at Fleetwood tonight as well as it almost certainly securing our promotion it would throw up a fascinating last day scenario where Sunderland, Plymouth, Wycombe and Wednesday would go into the last game all on 80 points and a very similar goal difference.
Perm 3 from 4 to make the play offs

No matter what it's been a very exciting season. I just hope ours is all but finished come 930 tonight

[CAMiller]

One astounding possibility, a team could end up with 83pts, be just 4pts off automatic promotion and not even make the playoffs. I'm sure Millers around the world are all hoping that team is not Sheffield Wednesday

[KerrAvon]

Wednesday being promoted via the play offs is fine by me. That's 6 points in the bag.

And seriously, it's good for football in South Yorkshire to have local derbys.

[rolymiller]

Its incredible top 7 in league 1 have all.got to win on sat to guarantee either title, autos or play offs
Wigan, roth and mk must win to guarantee they finish first or 2nd. Pigs, sunders, plymouth. wyc mustnwon to guarantee they finish in play offs. Never known owt like it.

[CAMiller]

Its incredible top 7 in league 1 have all.got to win on sat to guarantee either title, autos or play offs
Wigan, roth and mk must win to guarantee they finish first or 2nd. Pigs, sunders, plymouth. wyc mustnwon to guarantee they finish in play offs. Never known owt like it.

Go on then Roly I'll pick you up on semantics. MK Dons could win and NOT finish 1st or 2nd and Wycombe or Plymouth could win and NOT make the playoffs.

[Nardendee]

Wigan need a point for promotion, three to take the title. They might not need a point to take the title.
We will win the title if we win and Wigan don’t. We will be promoted if MK lose, a draw would be no good for them either unless we lose by 6 goals, (unlikely) in which case they would go up on goals scored.
If MK win they will be promoted with Wigan if we fail to win. They could win the title if they win and Wigan lose and there is a seven goal swing, unless we win, in which case us and MK would be promoted.
No team below current third has a chance of automatics.
If Wednesday win they will definitely finish 4th. If Sunderland win they will finish at least fifth, and fourth if Wednesday don’t win.

Either Sunderland or Wednesday could miss out altogether. For Wednesday to miss out they would have to lose and Sunderland avoid defeat and Plymouth and Wycombe win. For Sunderland to miss out they could draw, Wednesday would need to avoid defeat and Plymouth and Wycombe win.

Plymouth could win and miss out but could lose and finish 6th if Wycombe lost at Burton. The only way Plymouth could miss out if they win would be if Wycombe won at Burton by 2 goals more than Plymouth win by. Wycombe could win and miss out if all the others win but Plymouth have a winning result matching Wycombes winning margin or at worst 1 goal less. Eg Plymouth win 1-0 Wycombe would need to win by 3 to overhaul them.

There is a scenario where any of Wednesday, Sunderland, Plymouth or Wycombe finish 4th but there is also a scenario where any of these teams could miss out altogether.

Relegation. Crewe Doncaster & Wimbledon are effectively relegated. The final spot is between Morecambe, Fleetwood & Gillingham.
If Morecambe win they are safe. If Fleetwood win they are safe. If Gillingham win they would still go down if Fleetwood and Morecambe win but would stay up if they draw and Fleetwood lose.
For Morecambe to be relegated they would need to lose and both Gillingham and Fleetwood win.

ps my brain hurts.

[avondalemiller]

Wigan need a point for promotion, three to take the title. They might not need a point to take the title.
We will win the title if we win and Wigan don’t. We will be promoted if MK lose, a draw would be no good for them either unless we lose by 6 goals, (unlikely) in which case they would go up on goals scored.
If MK win they will be promoted with Wigan if we fail to win. They could win the title if they win and Wigan lose and there is a seven goal swing, unless we win, in which case us and MK would be promoted.
No team below current third has a chance of automatics.
If Wednesday win they will definitely finish 4th. If Sunderland win they will finish at least fifth, and fourth if Wednesday don’t win.

Either Sunderland or Wednesday could miss out altogether. For Wednesday to miss out they would have to lose and Sunderland avoid defeat and Plymouth and Wycombe win. For Sunderland to miss out they could draw, Wednesday would need to avoid defeat and Plymouth and Wycombe win.

Plymouth could win and miss out but could lose and finish 6th if Wycombe lost at Burton. The only way Plymouth could miss out if they win would be if Wycombe won at Burton by 2 goals more than Plymouth win by. Wycombe could win and miss out if all the others win but Plymouth have a winning result matching Wycombes winning margin or at worst 1 goal less. Eg Plymouth win 1-0 Wycombe would need to win by 3 to overhaul them.

There is a scenario where any of Wednesday, Sunderland, Plymouth or Wycombe finish 4th but there is also a scenario where any of these teams could miss out altogether.

Relegation. Crewe Doncaster & Wimbledon are effectively relegated. The final spot is between Morecambe, Fleetwood & Gillingham.
If Morecambe win they are safe. If Fleetwood win they are safe. If Gillingham win they would still go down if Fleetwood and Morecambe win but would stay up if they draw and Fleetwood lose.
For Morecambe to be relegated they would need to lose and both Gillingham and Fleetwood win.

ps my brain hurts.

Hope all that's right pal cos i'm not reading that again......lol

[flourbasher]

A team with relatively weak resources would suit me to win promotion via the playoffs.
So perhaps Wycombe or Plymouth as the others would recruit to a much higher standard than us and have a good chance of finishing above us
Absolutely not SWFC for many reasons. Let them rot

[rolymiller]

Thought someone would pick me up.on my comment. Suppose what i.meant to say in a clumsy way there is a lot to win and lose for the top 7. That table will be doing a bit of jiggling about betwen 12.30 and 2.30. As long as we are in the top 2 by then i will be happy. It could be we are in all 3 positions during that time!

[rolymiller]

Nardendee that is brilliant and put a lot better than i could. Not that i understand a word of it! suffice to say tbose top 7 positions are gonna look like they have beem on a spin cycle every 5 mins on saturday. Who says league 1 is boring