Legod Third Coming Posted 19 October, 2011 Share Posted 19 October, 2011 I thought you might find this website of interest. The statistics here make compelling reading. Our 6 game form is not the best, but here are some things that we ARE best at: Scoring - we are averaging 2.25 goals per game (sit down if you keep bleating about needing a striker...). Next best is Peterborough with 2.00. Scoring - it is 12 games since we failed to score. Next best is Leeds with 9. Winning against top half sides - we are the best team in the league. Stop with the claim we don't succeed against the top sides... Goal supremacy - ours at 1.17 is ahead of next best West Ham at 0.92. There are some things we're not so good at but frankly, we're five points clear and I'd prefer to reflect on the above!!! Check 'em out though - and use them in your posts rather than making stuff up!!!! http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-championship/2011-2012/table Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 19 October, 2011 Share Posted 19 October, 2011 Scoring - it is 12 games since we failed to score. Next best is Leeds with 9. Not totally correct as we have only played 12 games this season and the game before that was in League 1. So we've scored in all 12 games, not 'failed' to score. MLG would be proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 20 October, 2011 Author Share Posted 20 October, 2011 Not totally correct as we have only played 12 games this season and the game before that was in League 1. So we've scored in all 12 games, not 'failed' to score. MLG would be proud. Aren't those one and the same? We have scored in 12 goals - therefore it is 12 games since we failed to score?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 20 October, 2011 Share Posted 20 October, 2011 The last game we failed to score in was Rochdale which is more than 12 games ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niceandfriendly Posted 20 October, 2011 Share Posted 20 October, 2011 Not totally correct as we have only played 12 games this season and the game before that was in League 1. So we've scored in all 12 games, not 'failed' to score. MLG would be proud. Sorry, what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexstar Posted 20 October, 2011 Share Posted 20 October, 2011 We do need another striker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 20 October, 2011 Author Share Posted 20 October, 2011 We do need another striker. On what basis? It's our defence which is seventh best in the league, our attacking is not an issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexstar Posted 20 October, 2011 Share Posted 20 October, 2011 On what basis? It's our defence which is seventh best in the league, our attacking is not an issue. Lambert gets suspended, Connolly gets injured. Then what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a1ex2001 Posted 20 October, 2011 Share Posted 20 October, 2011 On what basis? It's our defence which is seventh best in the league, our attacking is not an issue. We need cover for Lambert there is nobody at the club who can fill his role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kraken Posted 20 October, 2011 Share Posted 20 October, 2011 Winning against top half sides - we are the best team in the league. Stop with the claim we don't succeed against the top sides... Second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 20 October, 2011 Author Share Posted 20 October, 2011 Second. Bizarre, we were top when I checked. Maybe the other results moved someone we beat into the bottom half...!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 20 October, 2011 Author Share Posted 20 October, 2011 Lambert gets suspended, Connolly gets injured. Then what? Fonte gets injued, Jos gets suspended then what... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 20 October, 2011 Share Posted 20 October, 2011 It's not the 6-game form that interests me, rather the 46-game form. I look forward to a 20 point lead at the end of this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscottofthenortham Posted 20 October, 2011 Share Posted 20 October, 2011 Fonte gets injued, Jos gets suspended then what... then kelv & bart have a "freak" accident in the bath at staplewood... then what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nexstar Posted 20 October, 2011 Share Posted 20 October, 2011 Fonte gets injued, Jos gets suspended then what... Stick Jaidi in with Martin. OK we need another CB if Seaborne isn't going to be back any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 20 October, 2011 Share Posted 20 October, 2011 Stick Jaidi in with Martin. OK we need another CB if Seaborne isn't going to be back any time soon. Jaidi's having an operation on his knee and is out for at least 6 weeks. We need to sign 1 or 2 squad players and another star striker in the January window imo, then we will truly be worthy of our lofty position I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 20 October, 2011 Share Posted 20 October, 2011 I noticed it's been a staggering 29 games since we had a 0-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark Munster Posted 20 October, 2011 Share Posted 20 October, 2011 I noticed it's been a staggering 29 games since we had a 0-0. Which means "this has 0-0 written all over it" Trousers has been wrong 29 times in a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaiser Soze Posted 20 October, 2011 Share Posted 20 October, 2011 The last 30 odd games we have been leading at half-time we have gone on to win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint137 Posted 21 October, 2011 Share Posted 21 October, 2011 Foolishly I looked up the league record for consecutive home league wins - its 25 by Bradford Park Avenue so some way to go to beat that... Foolish because I know by looking it up I've jinxed us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jones91 Posted 21 October, 2011 Share Posted 21 October, 2011 Guly, De Ridder, Holmes, Lallana can all play upfront as cover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbyboy Posted 21 October, 2011 Share Posted 21 October, 2011 Guly, De Ridder, Holmes, Lallana can all play upfront as cover You really think we're ready to play 4 up front? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 21 October, 2011 Share Posted 21 October, 2011 Sorry, what? Sorry, I didn't word that very well. What I meant was the op said its been 12 games since we 'failed' to score. Which implies 13 games ago, we failed to score. Which is not the case. The stat on that website basically says we have scored in all 12 games so far. Therefore we have not 'failed to score' at any point *touch wood* - Although we came bladdy close against Cardiff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bristolsaint29 Posted 21 October, 2011 Share Posted 21 October, 2011 then kelv & bart have a "freak" accident in the bath at staplewood... then what? And then everyone gets locked in the changing rooms in freak janitor gone home incident then what? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbyboy Posted 21 October, 2011 Share Posted 21 October, 2011 And then everyone gets locked in the changing rooms in freak janitor gone home incident then what? At that point we get our own reality TV show I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 21 October, 2011 Share Posted 21 October, 2011 Winning against top half sides - we are the best team in the league. Stop with the claim we don't succeed against the top sides... http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/league-championship/2011-2012/table The interesting thing I find about this stat is that just before we played Cardiff about 3 weeks ago we hadn't beaten ANY of the sides in the top 10. Now we've beaten precisely one of the teams which was in the top 10 back then, but Leeds and Ipswich, who were both missing a few of their current side when they played us, have shot up the table. So the stat is misleading, we beat a Leeds side with a bunch of new players and missing Becchio, and an Ipswich team which signed half a side since Peterborough stuck 7 on them immediately after we beat them. You can't argue with our league position or the West Ham result, but you can look at the Cardiff, Derby and Leicester results as a warning that the margins of success are still slim. Actually, you can look at the cross getting flicked onto the post and Kelvin diving onto the loose ball late on in the West Ham game as a sign that the margins are extremely slim ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 21 October, 2011 Share Posted 21 October, 2011 Stick Jaidi in with Martin. OK we need another CB if Seaborne isn't going to be back any time soon. Cork or Butterfield at right back, Richardson at CB alongside Martin... could be worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 21 October, 2011 Share Posted 21 October, 2011 The interesting thing I find about this stat is that just before we played Cardiff about 3 weeks ago we hadn't beaten ANY of the sides in the top 10. Now we've beaten precisely one of the teams which was in the top 10 back then, but Leeds and Ipswich, who were both missing a few of their current side when they played us, have shot up the table. So the stat is misleading, we beat a Leeds side with a bunch of new players and missing Becchio, and an Ipswich team which signed half a side since Peterborough stuck 7 on them immediately after we beat them. You can't argue with our league position or the West Ham result, but you can look at the Cardiff, Derby and Leicester results as a warning that the margins of success are still slim. Actually, you can look at the cross getting flicked onto the post and Kelvin diving onto the loose ball late on in the West Ham game as a sign that the margins are extremely slim ! Or you could look at the the Leicester game where Schmichael had a quite astonishing game as well as us hitting the frame of the goal Or you coud look at the chance late on at Derby where Lambert headed back across goal and it miss Hammond by inches. And Derbys goal was offside. Or you could look at Cardiff game where Morgan was through 1 on 1 and it was saved. Or the West Ham game where Guly missed 1 on 1 or De Ridder had a goal wrongfully disallowed. But we still won Margins are slim both ways. That's football. Whatever will be will be, Southampton are top of the league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 21 October, 2011 Share Posted 21 October, 2011 You can't argue with our league position or the West Ham result, but you can look at the Cardiff, Derby and Leicester results as a warning that the margins of success are still slim. Actually, you can look at the cross getting flicked onto the post and Kelvin diving onto the loose ball late on in the West Ham game as a sign that the margins are extremely slim ! god, you ARE a drip..you make out non of us have followed football before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 21 October, 2011 Share Posted 21 October, 2011 (edited) Or you could look at the the Leicester game where Schmichael had a quite astonishing game as well as us hitting the frame of the goal Or you coud look at the chance late on at Derby where Lambert headed back across goal and it miss Hammond by inches. And Derbys goal was offside. Or you could look at Cardiff game where Morgan was through 1 on 1 and it was saved. Or the West Ham game where Guly missed 1 on 1 or De Ridder had a goal wrongfully disallowed. But we still won Margins are slim both ways. That's football. Whatever will be will be, Southampton are top of the league. Agree - it cuts both ways. We took only 2 points from Leicester, Burnley, Cardiff and Derby which given the margins involved and chances created could have quite easily been 12. It wasn't to be. I can't remember any away game where we were outplayed for the majority of the game and deserved nothing. As such, I I would say 8 points from 18 is fair enough, if not a slightly low return on the actual strength of the performances. That said, I think we've been luckier at home -Millwall, Forest and West Ham stick out; but its all swings and roundabouts. The fact is that when you have easily the best GD in the division, success is more than just fine margins. Edited 21 October, 2011 by shurlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St_Tel49 Posted 21 October, 2011 Share Posted 21 October, 2011 (edited) The interesting thing I find about this stat is that just before we played Cardiff about 3 weeks ago we hadn't beaten ANY of the sides in the top 10. Now we've beaten precisely one of the teams which was in the top 10 back then, but Leeds and Ipswich, who were both missing a few of their current side when they played us, have shot up the table. So the stat is misleading, we beat a Leeds side with a bunch of new players and missing Becchio, and an Ipswich team which signed half a side since Peterborough stuck 7 on them immediately after we beat them. You can't argue with our league position or the West Ham result, but you can look at the Cardiff, Derby and Leicester results as a warning that the margins of success are still slim. Actually, you can look at the cross getting flicked onto the post and Kelvin diving onto the loose ball late on in the West Ham game as a sign that the margins are extremely slim ! And in other news it has been found that bears like to evacuate their bowels in arboreal surroundings. And equally the margin between us beating them 3-0 rather than 1-0 was also very narrow. Just so long as we keep shaving the margins in our direction. Edited 21 October, 2011 by St_Tel49 addition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 21 October, 2011 Author Share Posted 21 October, 2011 Sorry, I didn't word that very well. What I meant was the op said its been 12 games since we 'failed' to score. Which implies 13 games ago, we failed to score. Which is not the case. The stat on that website basically says we have scored in all 12 games so far. Therefore we have not 'failed to score' at any point *touch wood* - Although we came bladdy close against Cardiff. Ah Gotcha!! Now it makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Legod Third Coming Posted 21 October, 2011 Author Share Posted 21 October, 2011 Agree - it cuts both ways. We took only 2 points from Leicester, Burnley, Cardiff and Derby which given the margins involved and chances created could have quite easily been 12. It wasn't to be. I can't remember any away game where we were outplayed for the majority of the game and deserved nothing. As such, I I would say 8 points from 18 is fair enough, if not a slightly low return on the actual strength of the performances. That said, I think we've been luckier at home -Millwall, Forest and West Ham stick out; but its all swings and roundabouts. The fact is that when you have easily the best GD in the division, success is more than just fine margins. Quite - and our goal supremacy is quite staggering. We are averaging more than 2 goals per game - early days I know but in anyone's book that is very impressive. More impressive is that the goals are being scored by all sorts of people and that we still looked good in attack on Tuesday without our best player on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 21 October, 2011 Share Posted 21 October, 2011 god, you ARE a drip..you make out non of us have followed football before He's a total tool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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