Where are the 14 points we need coming from?

[Foxy]

Exactly what I was just about to say.

 

 

 

Leicester went down with 52 last season, which was an abnormally high total. This season, the teams fighting against relegation have pulled in more points per game than their counterparts last season.

 

07/08: http://stats.football365.com/2008/ENG/D1/tofeb.html

08/09: http://stats.football365.com/dom/ENG/D1/ppgame.html

 

While this season's table is a few days and a couple of games more advanced, the points per game ratios are a pretty decent marker.

 

Norwich were 12th at this stage last season and dropped like a stone to only just be safe before the final day, so I'll use their position as the starting point:

 

Position - 07/08 - 08/09

12th - 1.32 - 1.37

13th - 1.33 - 1.33

14th - 1.23 - 1.31

15th - 1.20 - 1.29

16th - 1.20 - 1.23

17th - 1.21 - 1.16

18th - 1.18 - 1.14

19th - 1.14 - 1.14

20th - 1.08 - 1.11

21st - 1.08 - 1.08

22nd - 1.09 - 1.05

23rd - 0.96 - 1.00

24th - 0.94 - 0.77

 

Only once is the PPG lower this season compared to last - ironically our current position. Coventry stayed up by a point last season, and scored 1.15 points per game by the end of the season, showing that there is clearly an increase in the number of points struggling teams collect in the latter stages of the season.

 

 

You really need to get out a bit more often Steve

[West End Saint]

I am trying not to let myself get to optimistic after the Donny I game I had accepted relegation I am now thinking we MIGHT avoid the drop but I cant allow myself to believe this is Saints after all I am going to the games with my fingers crossed and my eyes shut just hopping we can keep the run going.

 

It wouldnt be so bad if the other teams around us did the decent thing and kept losing but they have picked up now it is just not on I would take having our fate in our own hands on the last day right now if offered.

 

But hey who knows my cup has been half empty all season but Donny have maintaned the run so why cant we I love football but being a Saints fan the agony is sometimes to much you cant enjoy the wins thinking disaster is a blink of the eye away.

 

PLEASE PLEASE prove that being a Saints fan can be fun again I long for mid table saftey

 

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