OldlandReddies Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Over the last 8 games Bolton, Rotherham, Charlton, MK Dons, Huddersfield, Fulham, Reading and Birmingham have accumulated the same or less points than us. That's a third of the division who have been 'as bad' as us or worse over that period. QPR who visit the Gate on Saturday have picked up just 1 more point than us out of the last 24 and boast one of the worst away records in the division. We are not alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Save for Reading and Brum, the rest are looking at the very real possibility of relegation so I wouldn't say that's a particularly enlightening stat! Another way of putting that stat is 'only 8 teams have been as bad or worse than us' and considering three go down, that's equally concerning. Was this somehow meant to make us feel better?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse With No Name Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 5 minutes ago, BRISTOL86 said: Save for Reading and Brum, the rest are looking at the very real possibility of relegation so I wouldn't say that's a particularly enlightening stat! Another way of putting that stat is 'only 8 teams have been as bad or worse than us' and considering three go down, that's equally concerning. Was this somehow meant to make us feel better?! I felt slightly better for reading that stat actually. Seems to , at this point, give us a better chance of staying up than not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincent Vega Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 Lets not let the facts get in the way of good old slagging off and witchunt though fellas.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 23 minutes ago, OldlandReddies said: Over the last 8 games Bolton, Rotherham, Charlton, MK Dons, Huddersfield, Fulham, Reading and Birmingham have accumulated the same or less points than us. That's a third of the division who have been 'as bad' as us or worse over that period. QPR who visit the Gate on Saturday have picked up just 1 more point than us out of the last 24 and boast one of the worst away records in the division. We are not alone. Interesting, but what is the trend for these clubs? Are they getting better or worse? Is there any consistency? Have they had a full squad or lots of injuries? What teams have they played? Have they got any chance of bringing in new players in January. Has there been a recent change of manager who may improve performance? Have they got a manager who states that the team is a bunch of no hopers who lack belief? Etc. Stats in isolation often give a false impression. The full picture must be considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRISTOL86 Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 39 minutes ago, pongo88 said: Interesting, but what is the trend for these clubs? Are they getting better or worse? Is there any consistency? Have they had a full squad or lots of injuries? What teams have they played? Have they got any chance of bringing in new players in January. Has there been a recent change of manager who may improve performance? Have they got a manager who states that the team is a bunch of no hopers who lack belief? Etc. Stats in isolation often give a false impression. The full picture must be considered. Indeed. Unfortunately for us the season is 46 games and not 8... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 1 hour ago, OldlandReddies said: Over the last 8 games Bolton, Rotherham, Charlton, MK Dons, Huddersfield, Fulham, Reading and Birmingham have accumulated the same or less points than us. That's a third of the division who have been 'as bad' as us or worse over that period. QPR who visit the Gate on Saturday have picked up just 1 more point than us out of the last 24 and boast one of the worst away records in the division. We are not alone. But they have the best striker in the league by a distance worrying considering we couldn't deal with Ince. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldlandReddies Posted December 16, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 8 minutes ago, Super said: But they have the best striker in the league by a distance worrying considering we couldn't deal with Ince. Not sure he'll even start the game. They may well rest him against us and start with JET. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 2 hours ago, OldlandReddies said: Over the last 8 games Bolton, Rotherham, Charlton, MK Dons, Huddersfield, Fulham, Reading and Birmingham have accumulated the same or less points than us. That's a third of the division who have been 'as bad' as us or worse over that period. QPR who visit the Gate on Saturday have picked up just 1 more point than us out of the last 24 and boast one of the worst away records in the division. We are not alone. We made Fulham and Reading look like world beaters, I think that Reading have lost every away game since and Fulham haven't done much better, add Rotherham to that list, and MK second half makes it all a little worrying, personally I think we are in deep trouble and our survival at this level depends entirely on the transfer window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 2 hours ago, Super said: But they have the best striker in the league by a distance worrying considering we couldn't deal with Ince. Are you saying that Charlie Austin is "by a distance" the best striker in this league? I disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted December 16, 2015 Report Share Posted December 16, 2015 1 hour ago, harrys said: We made Fulham and Reading look like world beaters, I think that Reading have lost every away game since and Fulham haven't done much better, add Rotherham to that list, and MK second half makes it all a little worrying, personally I think we are in deep trouble and our survival at this level depends entirely on the transfer window At the time, Reading were looking like world beaters. I don't think we can be blamed for their drop in form. Fulham clearly had a good day and we helped them with some schoolboy errors, in the first half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 9 hours ago, Bar BS3 said: Are you saying that Charlie Austin is "by a distance" the best striker in this league? I disagree. Who is better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Peacock Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 11 hours ago, OldlandReddies said: Not sure he'll even start the game. They may well rest him against us and start with JET. I thought he meant JET Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bar BS3 Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 1 hour ago, Super said: Who is better? Personally, I'd rather have McCormack or Andre Gray ahead of Austin. Granted he gets goals (Yes, I know that's a key factor) but I don't think Austin brings much else to the side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 9 minutes ago, Bar BS3 said: Personally, I'd rather have McCormack or Andre Gray ahead of Austin. Granted he gets goals (Yes, I know that's a key factor) but I don't think Austin brings much else to the side. I'll take the goals, what it's all about. All about opinions though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Hunt-Hertz Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 14 hours ago, OldlandReddies said: Over the last 8 games Bolton, Rotherham, Charlton, MK Dons, Huddersfield, Fulham, Reading and Birmingham have accumulated the same or less points than us. That's a third of the division who have been 'as bad' as us or worse over that period. QPR who visit the Gate on Saturday have picked up just 1 more point than us out of the last 24 and boast one of the worst away records in the division. We are not alone. Not sure that I would call that "good" company. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanterne Rouge Posted December 17, 2015 Report Share Posted December 17, 2015 3 hours ago, Bar BS3 said: Personally, I'd rather have McCormack or Andre Gray ahead of Austin. Granted he gets goals (Yes, I know that's a key factor) but I don't think Austin brings much else to the side. Gray does look the real deal from what I`ve seen up to now. He seems involved all the time as well as scoring bucketloads. If only we`d gone for him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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