(11-03-2015, 02:38)St Charles Owl Wrote: Derby games are fantastic events, but only when you win them!!!! As I have said before, there is virtually never a period of time in the over 130 years of both teams being in existence when both have had success at the same time!!! Sheffield football is a one team having success town, so for now I am happy for them to stay where they are and let us at least put more distance between us!!
(10-03-2015, 23:03)Maddix Wrote:(10-03-2015, 17:33)madsteve Wrote: I think we probably all agree that it is all about next season now so I thought it would be interesting to see how we compare against the teams we might be playing next season so I have worked out a League Table of results for this season, ignoring matches against the three teams that will clearly be relegated (Blackpool, Wigan & Millwall) as this should be a better guide as to how we are likely to perform next season.
Played Points
1. Derby 33 62
2. Middlesbrough 31 55
3. Brentford 33 55
4. Watford 32 54
5. Bournemouth 31 53
6. Wolves 32 52
7. Norwich 30 49
8. Ipswich 31 48
9. Nottm F 30 44
10. Charlton 32 40
11. Blackburn 30 39
12. Huddersfield 31 39
13. Leeds 31 38
14. Cardiff 32 38
15. Birmingham 30 37
16. Fulham 32 36
17. Brighton 31 36
18. Bolton 32 34
19. Reading 30 33
20. WEDNESDAY 30 33
21. Rotherham 31 29
22. Millwall 33 27
23. Wigan 32 24
24. Blackpool 32 19
We've got games in hand on the teams above us though
One more note on this, yes we have a good record against the bottom three this season, so I think its fair to assume we would do just as well next season against the bottom three as well, so we would still have the points we have. I have always believed that the league table doesn't lie, we are approx 12th place on merit, yes predominantly it because of all the clean sheets the defence has given us, but our very good defence is offset by our poor attacking performances so finishing halfway I think accurately reflects our current team.
The current bottom three are terrible teams & along with Yeovil last season are the worst four teams in this division since we got promoted. It is unlikely that any of the promoted sides will be that bad although it is possible that a current SBC team could become a lot worse.
The League Table might not lie but it doesn't tell the whole story. I am looking for clues as to how we are likely to do next season & if nothing changes then we will finish bottom six. We will spend money so that will lift us closer to mid table but with SG in charge, we will always be held back.
(11-03-2015, 05:17)Thurnscoe_OWL Wrote: Ive just looked at the predictions thread from the beginning of the season. JEEEESUS could we all be any further out with these predictionsI had Wigan to win the PO FFS
On the whole, we are terrible (as a group) at predictions. Some (chezzie, imre, washington, Gambling, Kev, sothernowl, Maddix, charlie) have Fulham getting autos
And to say madsteve has just told us preseason he thought 12th place finish for a team capable of 5th, he obviously didn't think that when making his prediction of 16th
Imre varadi
1. Fulham, Cardiff city
2. Norwich Wigan Brighton (w) Forest
3. Brentford Millwall Huddersfield
4. Sheff Wed 16th
There's no **** wonder imre hasn't won ain **** knows how long
I rated the players 5th but our manager 23rd.
I predicted lots of different positions. Maybe I predicted just after we sold Antonio (& our fans down the river).
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