Matthew Le God Posted 8 December, 2020 Share Posted 8 December, 2020 (edited) For anyone (TV/radio pundit or otherwise) that thinks Southampton can't sustain their form over 38 games. In their last 38 Premier League games (straddling this season and last) - Southampton have picked up 64 points! That would have been enough for 5th last season. 😎 This clearly isn't a short term run of good form. It is sustained over a very long sample period. No fluke purple patch at St Mary's. Edited 8 December, 2020 by Matthew Le God 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 8 December, 2020 Share Posted 8 December, 2020 How many points were earned on the road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Le God Posted 8 December, 2020 Author Share Posted 8 December, 2020 1 minute ago, Toadhall Saint said: How many points were earned on the road? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 8 December, 2020 Share Posted 8 December, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: As opposed to few at home. Keep the away form going and improve the home form and we are really pressing for 3rd or 4th? Edited 8 December, 2020 by Toadhall Saint 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Convict Colony Posted 8 December, 2020 Share Posted 8 December, 2020 15 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said: For anyone (TV/radio pundit or otherwise) that thinks Southampton can't sustain their form over 38 games. In their last 38 Premier League games (straddling this season and last) - Southampton have picked up 64 points! That would have been enough for 5th last season. 😎 This clearly isn't a short term run of good form. It is sustained over a very long sample period. No fluke purple patch at St Mary's. Nice one dude Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alanh Posted 9 December, 2020 Share Posted 9 December, 2020 15 hours ago, Toadhall Saint said: As opposed to few at home. Keep the away form going and improve the home form and we are really pressing for 3rd or 4th? From the last 38 games we got 29 points from home matches and 35 from away matches so not a huge difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadhall Saint Posted 9 December, 2020 Share Posted 9 December, 2020 20 minutes ago, Alanh said: From the last 38 games we got 29 points from home matches and 35 from away matches so not a huge difference. 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edprice1984 Posted 9 December, 2020 Share Posted 9 December, 2020 Considering the squad at our disposal, the job that Ralph, the coaching staff and the S&C team have done is remarkable. Obviously the players have really bought in to the philosophy too and you can certainly see that the new signings are adding too. If we can be around the Champions League places in March, I may start to believe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted 9 December, 2020 Share Posted 9 December, 2020 9 minutes ago, edprice1984 said: Considering the squad at our disposal, the job that Ralph, the coaching staff and the S&C team have done is remarkable. Obviously the players have really bought in to the philosophy too and you can certainly see that the new signings are adding too. If we can be around the Champions League places in March, I may start to believe On the other hand, we might do a Boscombe and completely fuck up the rest of the season. I don’t think we will, but I’ll still be relieved when we hit that 40 point mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trousers Posted 9 December, 2020 Share Posted 9 December, 2020 #madness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sad saints fan Posted 9 December, 2020 Share Posted 9 December, 2020 20 points from the next 27 games and I will be happy . 20 points from the next 10games would be nice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qwertyell Posted 9 December, 2020 Share Posted 9 December, 2020 Well I'll still be looking over my shoulder until we bag 40. That we're halfway there with still another 8 games until the mid-point of the season is very encouraging - given that we've fought relegation in the main for the last 3 years. I'd be prepared to unclench at around 30 if we could get there by the end of January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pamplemousse Posted 9 December, 2020 Share Posted 9 December, 2020 Also, on a PPG basis, the teams we've faced have been harder than the teams we've got left to play. I think the crux will be where we are after MW19. It's still very tight in the middle. Arsenal aren't that far behind us for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 10 December, 2020 Share Posted 10 December, 2020 (edited) It's been an incredible run really, credit to everyone. It's just a shame this hasn't run over an entire season, because our finishing positions aren't being reflected in our form. Can we extend this form to 50 odd games....? That's the big ask. You get no real plaudits going on runs at the end of a season and the start of the next if you start falling away at the end. We've clearly become a decent PL team again though, not a fly by night purple patch. Definitely no risk of relegation, first time I can say that with confidence in a good few years. We won't be anywhere near. Edited 10 December, 2020 by S-Clarke 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Wayman Posted 12 December, 2020 Share Posted 12 December, 2020 Makes you wonder and fear what will happen to us when Ralph tires of England and seeks a new challenge. We will never see his like again here, he is by far and away the most intelligent, systematic and informed football manager we have had ever at Saints and quite possibly in the Premier League. Long may he reign. Please send his family lots of bunches of red roses this Christmas to make them feel this is their home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles34 Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 17 hours ago, Charlie Wayman said: Makes you wonder and fear what will happen to us when Ralph tires of England and seeks a new challenge. We will never see his like again here, he is by far and away the most intelligent, systematic and informed football manager we have had ever at Saints and quite possibly in the Premier League. Long may he reign. Please send his family lots of bunches of red roses this Christmas to make them feel this is their home! That’s a joke, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tajjuk Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 It's certainly been great and a great start to the season but I presume we will have a dip at some point, especially with the squeezed schedule this year. Also we are only 3 points above a (IMO) very poor Newcastle team, it's very tight in the middle with only 4 points between 13th and 5th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintquin Posted 13 December, 2020 Share Posted 13 December, 2020 1 hour ago, tajjuk said: It's certainly been great and a great start to the season but I presume we will have a dip at some point, especially with the squeezed schedule this year. Also we are only 3 points above a (IMO) very poor Newcastle team, it's very tight in the middle with only 4 points between 13th and 5th. By the end of the day we could be 6 above them and only 1 point from top after a dozen games. I'm sure we'll have a few weeks where we will struggle but so will others. If we carry on as we have been over the last 38 games I'd be happy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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