The Bard Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Just wasted a few minutes looking at the table. Looking at our results against sides in the various positions, it struck me that we have done pretty well against both the bottom 8 and the top 8. However, our results against the mid table teams have been staggeringly bad, so I worked it out:- Top 8 - 13 played, 16 points = 1.23 per game = 57 points over a season. Middle 8 - 11 played, 1 point = 0.09 per game = 4 points over a season. Bottom 8 - 10 played, 17 points = 1.7 per game = 78 points over a season. Our last 12 games feature 3 against the top sides, 5 against the middle and 4 against the bottom sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickolas Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 In that case then, oh dear we're doomed!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 May I suggest a tentative solution. The top 8 rely on skill and ability, and don't need to play hardball. The bottom 8 are ill-motivated carp and can't be donkeyed to play hardball. The middle 8 are motivated but not very good, and will kick the bejesus out of anything that moves. That's precisely the kind of team that scares us rigid. Might be wrong, but our position at the top of the Fair Play League suggests that I'm not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Dazzler Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Is that playing the top, mid and bottom 8 as they are in the table now, or at the time we actually played them? Not wishing to be pedantic......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard Posted February 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Is that playing the top, mid and bottom 8 as they are in the table now, or at the time we actually played them? Not wishing to be pedantic......... As it is now. It would take far too much effort to work out where every team was when we played them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudolf Hucker Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 You're all making the mistake of looking at the table. Real football managers don't do that. Apparently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWRed Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 This is something that I have noticed for the last couple of seasons - in some ways it is good, because we have a greater liklihood of winning the six pointers, but it is frustrating as hell! Like Leeds would be a typical team we never perform well against. I think it may be part of a larger problem with our group of players. They seem to play decently as a unit when they want to, but then seemingly switch off completely with little effort or whatever for larger periods. This poor performance against mid placed teams could just as easily be applied to the timing of the season, with us not performing throughout the middle of the season and only picking up towards the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 I think it will help us as Burnley, Brum, Bolton, Derby and Charlton will realistically have little to play for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveybadger Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Up to and including the Peterborough game at xmas this trend was even more pronounced - think we had only won games against the bottom 3 and top 3 at that point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinCider Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 It seems even stranger when you consider McInnes was more of a combative type player rather than a 'flair' player; you would've thought his teams would be in the same mould as him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 It seems even stranger when you consider McInnes was more of a combative type player rather than a 'flair' player; you would've thought his teams would be in the same mould as him? Doesn't follow. George Graham was an exciting and creative player. His Arsenal team was rightly described as Boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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