SNSUN Posted 6 November, 2011 Share Posted 6 November, 2011 ... for Saints I'm led to believe. Granted, I guess none of us were even born back then, but do any statisticians out there know our results that season? And how many more would we have to win to have the best start to the season of all time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shurlock Posted 6 November, 2011 Share Posted 6 November, 2011 (edited) We need a good start:the second half of the season will be much, much tougher. If you look at the first leg of fixtures (up until the halfway point of the season), we've played - and will have only played- three teams currently in the top half of the table on their patch. We have a lot of tricky away fixtures from january till may. Edited 6 November, 2011 by shurlock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farawaysaint Posted 6 November, 2011 Share Posted 6 November, 2011 We need a good start:the second half of the season will be much, much tougher. If you look at the first leg of fixtures (up until the halfway point of the season), we've played - and will have only played- three teams currently in the top half of the table on their patch. We have a lot of tricky away fixtures from january till may. Games played 16, on average away would be 8, on average top half would be 4, (yes I know we're in the top half so the maths isn't perfect but this is for illustration purposes only.) So, we're about where we should be for the season in terms of top half away games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatlesaint Posted 6 November, 2011 Share Posted 6 November, 2011 We need a good start:the second half of the season will be much, much tougher. If you look at the first leg of fixtures (up until the halfway point of the season), we've played - and will have only played- three teams currently in the top half of the table on their patch. We have a lot of tricky away fixtures from january till may. Yeah we have but we have also played 3 teams who, with one more win, could move into the top half where the middle is so congested, or you could equally say we have only played 4 of the bottom 10 away. And of our 8 home games, 5 of those are in the top half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 6 November, 2011 Share Posted 6 November, 2011 we are in a false position, we haven't played anyone above us yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Webby Posted 6 November, 2011 Share Posted 6 November, 2011 we are in a false position, we haven't played anyone above us yet.Nice one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 6 November, 2011 Share Posted 6 November, 2011 We need a good start:the second half of the season will be much, much tougher. If you look at the first leg of fixtures (up until the halfway point of the season), we've played - and will have only played- three teams currently in the top half of the table on their patch. We have a lot of tricky away fixtures from january till may. Don't buy this at all. Ipswich were in top half (top 3 I think) when we played them, looking through the fixtures from January there are easier away games as well. Looking at it from the other point of view, we have a lot of apparently easier home games since we have already played 2nd and 3rd. Truth is it has little to do with current league poisition it has much more to do with form at the time of playing. Bristol City should be an easy game if you simply look at the table, fact is it will be a tough game based on current form. Are Donny going to be a pushover? Anyway, though this thread was supposed to be about best start for 90 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minty Posted 6 November, 2011 Share Posted 6 November, 2011 Just out of interest, when does it stop being the 'start' of the season? When should we start the 'Best middle part of a season in 90 years?' thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 6 November, 2011 Share Posted 6 November, 2011 ... for Saints I'm led to believe. Granted, I guess none of us were even born back then, but do any statisticians out there know our results that season? And how many more would we have to win to have the best start to the season of all time? After 16 our record was P16 W11 D4 L1 F30 A10. Won 4 and drew 3 of our next 7. We drew a lot of games in 2nd half of season and ended up winning the division on goal average only, even though we were unbeaten in last 7 games. Odd way of running the fixtures back in 1921-22, games were played home and away, e.g. Brighton home on 24 September, away the following Saturday. We even did the double over Aberdare Atletic beating them 1-0 at The Dell on Monday 17th April and 1-0 at The Athletic Ground the following day (and this was of course 30 odd years before floodlights so these must have been afternoon kick-offs, presumably this was over Easter weekend. http://www.southampton-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadtmrs.asp?ssnno=51&teamno=479 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 6 November, 2011 Share Posted 6 November, 2011 The media continue with this every week, I don't know why they bother as the number of years fluctuate up and down from game to game as you go up from 9 games played, 10 games played, 11 games played etc etc. Should really stop now as we are more than a third of the way into the season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 6 November, 2011 Share Posted 6 November, 2011 The media continue with this every week, I don't know why they bother as the number of years fluctuate up and down from game to game as you go up from 9 games played, 10 games played, 11 games played etc etc. Should really stop now as we are more than a third of the way into the season. I bet it really winds you up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teamsaint Posted 6 November, 2011 Share Posted 6 November, 2011 If you win most of the games that you ought to win ( if you are going to get promotion) which is the home games, and against the bottom half away, you don't need to worry about winning away against top half teams. So far that is pretty much what is happening. Generally you need to win around 17 at home and nine away, (very roughly) and draw about a 10/12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 6 November, 2011 Share Posted 6 November, 2011 I bet it really winds you up. I can't sleep at night because of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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