Bristol Rovers’ relative comfort in the League One standings ensures that we won’t be hearing the cliche “nine cup finals” for now but the Gas still have work to do this season to secure their third tier status for next season and also ease a bit of the growing anxiety around the stands at the Mem.
Rovers have only fallen four places in the table since the start of the year, but the narrative around the campaign has shifted significantly. The Gas are winless and largely scoreless in their last seven home games but do retain a 10-point buffer on the bottom four in the division with nine games to go.
Bookmakers and analysts don’t consider them in the relegation conversation but they are still seven points shy of Joey Barton’s 52-point target which he believes will mathematically keep them in the league for next season (although, in reality, it could be less).
