Alternative League Predictions
In another thread I accused FourFourTwo of making the laziest set of predictions I'd ever seen, so thought maybe I'd take a look, stump up, and try to come up with a more thought through alternative. Hopefully the below might stimulate a broader debate than FourFourTwo’s “last season’s play off teams plus the old Prem teams” top six and “newly promoted plus Sheff Wed” bottom 3.
Before I dive in - my thoughts on Bristol City. If we still had LJ in charge I’d probably have us finishing lower
Fair, he's living off past glories in my head then.
Basically their attacking stats were up there with the very best last season. More shots than Fulham, and only Fulham, Leeds and Brentford had more shots on target than Barnsley. They just couldn't turn those chances into goals. At the other end they conceded heavily but that wasn't because they were constantly under siege or overwhelmed by their opponents.
They finished very strongly as well, losing only twice in the restart. This