Dave Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Still baffled by all this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Still baffled by all this. WTF is going on? Its like handicapped football betting and all this 2.5 goals shit! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I prefer the "How long before we're in the bottom three" thread. This is just baffling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
morpeth mag Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Can we not have a running total? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Still baffled by all this. I'm definitely in this camp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 I think it's pretty easy to understand to be honest like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Still baffled by all this. pip has invented a new way of tracking progress. i find the old way of looking at the league table quite adequate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 Still baffled by all this. pip has invented a new way of tracking progress. i find the old way of looking at the league table quite adequate. Not American enough though is it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 You could be a fair few points ahead of us by the time we play you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 looking at the fixtures i can see us continuing to do well for another month or so, but then we run into a wall of pretty tough games and we'll probably sink down to our more natural position. said after the two tough opening fixtures that we had winnable games up until late october, when we come into 5 more difficult games in a row (three of them man utd, man city and chelsea). be interesting to see if we can capitalise on playing lesser sides and then how we stand up to a tougher challenge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted September 17, 2011 Share Posted September 17, 2011 looking at the fixtures i can see us continuing to do well for another month or so, but then we run into a wall of pretty tough games and we'll probably sink down to our more natural position. said after the two tough opening fixtures that we had winnable games up until late october, when we come into 5 more difficult games in a row (three of them man utd, man city and chelsea). be interesting to see if we can capitalise on playing lesser sides and then how we stand up to a tougher challenge. I reckon 7 points from the next 4 games would equal a brilliant start. Wins against Blackburn & Wigan, and a draw at either Wolves or home to Spurs. Think we'll lose one though. Actually I think we should be looking at 10 points before we have that hard trio of games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giselle Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 You could be a fair few points ahead of us by the time we play you. Does that mean you're expecting more shit performances against shit teams from your side? Or are you talking about the actual league table? We've got an easy run coming up, which means we won't be able to make up a lot of points. Winning against Blackburn and drawing against Wolves - which would be a good two matches - would leave us with no points gained in this metric because we're expected to pick up 4 points. This table needs to be looked at in conjunction with the actual league table. Some teams that have had seemingly good starts - like Villa - have only done so because of the easy set of fixtures that they've had. Villa will plummet down the season before long when they start playing their tougher fixtures because they haven't built up enough of a buffer. We're two points ahead of schedule, which is brilliant because when we play the away matches in Manchester, any point gained is bonus. We won't have to 'catch up' per se because we win, draw and lose the games we're supposed to. If it all goes to plan we end up with 58 points and 7th place. But for Villa, if they don't pick up points against teams that they're expected to lose to, they'll be fucked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I think it's pretty easy to understand to be honest like. This. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 I think it's pretty easy to understand to be honest like. This. x2 I really like it. Real potential here in this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giselle Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Gameweek 5: Newcastle, Everton, Sunderland, Fulham (0) West Brom, Stoke (-1) Villa (-2) Bolton (-3) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 This is my favorite thread on the board at the moment. When I'm watching games I think about how it affects their +/- in this thread. All hail Pip. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 havent read all of op, cos it looks too complicated. but is it like a golf par for 7th place? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 havent read all of op, cos it looks too complicated. but is it like a golf par for 7th place? Yeah. Home win against a non-top 6 side = par for the hole (or game) Away draw to non-top 6 side = par for the hole (the game) Home win against top 6 side = eagle Away win against top 6 side = double eagle/albatross Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 You could be a fair few points ahead of us by the time we play you. Does that mean you're expecting more shit performances against shit teams from your side? Or are you talking about the actual league table? We've got an easy run coming up, which means we won't be able to make up a lot of points. Winning against Blackburn and drawing against Wolves - which would be a good two matches - would leave us with no points gained in this metric because we're expected to pick up 4 points. This table needs to be looked at in conjunction with the actual league table. Some teams that have had seemingly good starts - like Villa - have only done so because of the easy set of fixtures that they've had. Villa will plummet down the season before long when they start playing their tougher fixtures because they haven't built up enough of a buffer. We're two points ahead of schedule, which is brilliant because when we play the away matches in Manchester, any point gained is bonus. We won't have to 'catch up' per se because we win, draw and lose the games we're supposed to. If it all goes to plan we end up with 58 points and 7th place. But for Villa, if they don't pick up points against teams that they're expected to lose to, they'll be fucked. Oh I just meant in terms of us having hard fixtures coming up. Don't really have a game where we can say we 'expect' 3 points until deep into November. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted September 21, 2011 Share Posted September 21, 2011 havent read all of op, cos it looks too complicated. but is it like a golf par for 7th place? Yeah. Home win against a non-top 6 side = par for the hole (or game) Away draw to non-top 6 side = par for the hole (the game) Home win against top 6 side = eagle Away win against top 6 side = double eagle/albatross superbly put Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 West Brom -2 Everton 0 Newcastle 0 Bolton 0 Fulham 0 [stoke -1] Form book week from the look of things, so far! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nguyen Van Falk Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Battle for 7th? How about the battle for 4th? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 If we are in late December, January time and are still in with a realistic shout then I'll get excited. We have made an excellent start to the season but it's still early days and one or two poor results could see us fall quite a few places. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Battle for 7th? How about the battle for 4th? Just been looking at the full table and you do start to wonder just how well this team can do. Frightening stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirkwdavis2001 Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Champions League a very real possibility!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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