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The TV Curse


ericofarabia
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I thought maybe it was just my imagination, that we always seem to lose on TV, but it seems I'm not far off the mark :uhoh:

 

I may have missed some but from what I can make out our Live TV record so far this season is P9 W 1 D 2 L 6 .... basically relegation form!!

Fans from other teams must really wonder how we have been up at the top all season if all they see is our Live games!!

 

The solitary win was probably the most unlikely - at Old Trafford. Of the draws a decent result at home to Chelsea, but also a poor draw at a very poor Villa.

 

All 4 of our home league defeats have been televised :scared: In fact only 2 our 8 defeats haven't been shown, at Spurs and Burnley. :rolleyes:

 

So as far as I can tell ...

 

On TV Live P 9 W 1 D 2 L 6 Relegation Form

 

Not Liv P17 W13 D 2 L 2 Champs League Form

 

Please keep us off the TV FFS.

 

Edit ... was Newcastle awy on the box? Only slightly changes the stats though!!

Edited by ericofarabia
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Yes it was......... here...........

 

Reply to the OP ............all the games are on TV............so we have a winning record in televised games

 

I was referring to the UK TV games which get rearranged specifically for that purpose, and more often than not put travelling fans to an inconvenience and end up watching a defeat for their troubles!!

 

I know very well that every game is shown worldwide, and work permitting I manage to watch virtually every game.

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It wasn't a TV curse on Sunday it was my bloody mate walking under the little sign outside the bike shop on Britannia Road after I told him not to.

There is only so much power your lucky under crackers can bring to the game without outside forces diminishing their power !!

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Regarding your games that have been shown on British TV......As a non Saints fan I have been disappointed in your performances. There is a logical explanation though. The vast majority of your televised games have been against the top teams and those games have shown up your limitations. (Not being disrespectful but that's the way I see it)

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I've been tracking this too because I was completely fed up with watching saints lose on tv. I think this is all our tv games since the start of last season:

 

West Ham (H) 0-0

Fulham (H) 2-0

Chelsea (A) 1-3

Tottenham (H) 2-3

Chelsea (H) 0-3

Sunderland (A) 2-2

Sunderland (A) 0-1

Liverpool (H) 0-3

Tottenham (A) 2-3

Man City (A) 1-4

Everton (H) 2-0

Liverpool (A) 1-2

Aston Villa (A) 1-1

Man City (H) 0-3

Arsenal (A) 0-1

Man Utd (H) 1-2

Chelsea (H) 1-1

Man Utd (A) 1-0

Ipswich (A) 1-0

Newcastle (A) 2-1

Liverpool (H) 0-2

 

W: 5

D: 4

L: 12

 

Before the Man U away game, the record was W2 D4 L11 which felt statistically significantly but I've kind of abandoned following it properly since then because of the upturn in TV results.

 

As said above, the standard of teams that we are likely to be playing against when our matches are televised are on average far better than in general across the season. So the record is pretty much what you would expect really.

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Regarding your games that have been shown on British TV......As a non Saints fan I have been disappointed in your performances. There is a logical explanation though. The vast majority of your televised games have been against the top teams and those games have shown up your limitations. (Not being disrespectful but that's the way I see it)

 

Like when we lost to United at home 1-2 where they had their lowest ever shots at goal in a league game after battering them for 90 minutes?

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