Clean Saints, Dirty Skates

[Liquidshokk]

Sitting pretty at the top of this table too!

 

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/9289012.Fair_play_Saints_top_the_table/

 

Championship Discipline Table

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[TR]

[TD]TEAM[/TD]

[TD]Y[/TD]

[TD]R Total[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]SAINTS[/TD]

[TD]7[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]8[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Birmingham[/TD]

[TD]11[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]11[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Cardiff City[/TD]

[TD]11[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]11[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Coventry City[/TD]

[TD]10[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]11[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Peterborough[/TD]

[TD]11[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]11[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Burnley[/TD]

[TD]11[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]12[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Reading[/TD]

[TD]12[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]12[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Watford[/TD]

[TD]12[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]12[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]West Ham[/TD]

[TD]11[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]12[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Barnsley[/TD]

[TD]13[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]13[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Doncaster[/TD]

[TD]13[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]13[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Ipswich Town[/TD]

[TD]12[/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]

[TD]14[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Nottm Forest[/TD]

[TD]14[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]14[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Crystal Palace[/TD]

[TD]15[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]15[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Bristol City[/TD]

[TD]16[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]16[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Hull City[/TD]

[TD]16[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]16[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Derby County[/TD]

[TD]16[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]17[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Middlesbrough[/TD]

[TD]16[/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]

[TD]18[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Millwall[/TD]

[TD]20[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]20[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Blackpool[/TD]

[TD]22[/TD]

[TD]0[/TD]

[TD]22[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Leeds United[/TD]

[TD]20[/TD]

[TD]4[/TD]

[TD]24[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Leicester City[/TD]

[TD]23[/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]

[TD]25[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Brighton[/TD]

[TD]25[/TD]

[TD]1[/TD]

[TD]26[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]Portsmouth[/TD]

[TD]25[/TD]

[TD]2[/TD]

[TD]27[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Also commiting less fouls than our dear chums down the road http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/saints/news/9289118.Saints_players_commiting_fewer_fouls_than_rivals/?ref=rss

 

Nigel has stressed numerous times about the importance of not giving away cheap free kicks. Something Cotterill has clearly forgotten to mention to his players!

Edited 5 October, 2011 by Liquidshokk

[redkeith]

Brighton are almost as dirty as the Skates.

 

We are not only the top team south of the Thames at the moment, but the cleanest too !

[Dan]

This is why I think we will loose to them in December, we will get bullied and kicked around by them on the pitch. Hope Im wrong though.

[Spudders]

Nah I reckon the skates will end up playing with 9 men by the end of that game after a couple of Reds. I think this will be the feistiest game between the two teams for ages!

[Jack]

As long as Lallana keeps taking the **** out of everyone he comes up against, I think we'll see a lot of fouls against us. And with the hype and atmosphere of a derby game, it can be easy for refs to get a bit card happy. I think we'll have the skates comfortably in the end if we keep cool heads

[Golden Balls]

Would be brilliant if the actual table ended up like that.

 

Us top

Pompey, Brighton and Leicester going don.

[Micky]

Discipline is an important part of the game today - picking up stupid yellow cards only puts you under pressure. Hopefully it is driven into the players that losing your cool during a game is only likely to lead to losing the game itself.

 

Mind you, I guess it's easier to keep your cool when you are flying high and results are good - as opposed to staring at the abyss of the relegation zone.

[Crab Lungs]

This is why I think we will loose to them in December, we will get bullied and kicked around by them on the pitch. Hope Im wrong though.

 

Leeds tried that, it didn't work. We'll be ok... just because we're kicking people doesn't mean we're not a tough side.

[RobM]

Nah I reckon the skates will end up playing with 9 men by the end of that game after a couple of Reds. I think this will be the feistiest game between the two teams for ages!

 

The problem will be how many players we lose to the dirty ones in the process. They may lose two of their **** players, but if they take out two of ours in the process nobody wins.

[aintforever]

Pompey have had 15 more yellow cards than goals scored.

[Saint_lambden]

It's the referee's fault - nothing to do with their discipline!

[dronskisaint]

Suspension - It's the only way the 'quality over quantity' squad can get a rest!

[SuperMikey]

F*cking hell, 25 yellow cards and 2 reds in 10 games is a lot! 2.5 yellows a game and a red every 5 games...

[for_heaven's_Saint]

If we have 7 yellows and one red, shouldn't our total be 9 really. Otherwise it values a red the same as a yellow.

[Doctoroncall]

If we have 7 yellows and one red' date=' shouldn't our total be 9 really. Otherwise it values a red the same as a yellow.[/quote']

 

Someone did post a site that had reds valued at two points.

 

Others stats of interest... Brighton and the Skates are dirtier in the second half:

http://www.statbunker.com/football/btb/index.php?PL=competition&CompID=370&statType=discipline

 

And including number of fouls:

http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/ClubDiscipline/0,,10794~20117,00.html

[Saint_John]

....

 

And including number of fouls:

http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/ClubDiscipline/0,,10794~20117,00.html

 

If you look at the Fouls by Player it shows the Cheats have 3 players in the Top 6 (mullins, ben-h & varney)

http://www.football-league.co.uk/page/DivisionalDiscipline/0,,10794~20117,00.html

 

[The9]

It's not entirely surprising, you're a lot less likely to concede fouls for tackling the opposition when you've got the ball most of the time.