[Albion] Top six v Bottom six

[Giraffe]

Currently we just about have more points against the bottom six v top six

But if Spurs move out of the bottom six that might change. Will we end the season with more points from the top six than the bottom six?

Liverpool 0
Arsenal 2
Forest 1
Man City 3
Newcastle 3
Chelsea 0
Total 9

Spurs 3
Everton 3
Wolves 1
Ipswich 4
Leicester 1
Southampton 1
Total 13

To be updated…

 

[ChickenDipper]

Ipswich is 4.

That’s better than I thought. We’ve been superb against the big clubs.

 

[Giraffe]

Ipswich is 4.

That’s better than I thought. We’ve been superb against the big clubs.

Thanks. Corrected. And that’s what I thought. It wasn’t quite so bad. I think we all remember the bad bits. If we’re winning at home and drawing away I suspect our perception would be better l. It’s just those home draws that frustrate.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Thanks. Corrected. And that’s what I thought. It wasn’t quite so bad. I think we all remember the bad bits. If we’re winking at home and drawing away I suspect our perception would be better l. It’s just those home draws that frustrate.

Always best in the privacy of one’s home.

 

[Giraffe]

Always best in the privacy of one’s home.

Thank goodness for the edit function (thanks for highlighting).

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Currently we just about have more points against the bottom six v top six

But if Spurs move out of the bottom six that might change. Will we end the season with more points from the top six than the bottom six?

Liverpool 0
Arsenal 2
Forest 1
Man City 3
Newcastle 3
Chelsea 0
Total 9

Spurs 3
Everton 3
Wolves 1
Ipswich 4
Leicester 1
Southampton 1
Total 13

To be updated…

I am disappointed.
Mean and standard error please.
With two decimal places

And a graph that indicates how the numbers need to change to trigger a chorus of Flab OUT!

 

[Giraffe]

Liverpool 0
Arsenal 2
Forest 1
Man City 3
Newcastle 3
Bournemouth 3
Total 12

Man Utd 6
West Ham 1
Wolves 1
Leicester 1
Ipswich 4
Southampton 4
Total 17

 

[GrossTurn]

Liverpool 0
Arsenal 2
Forest 1
Man City 3
Newcastle 3
Bournemouth 3
Total 12

Man Utd 6
West Ham 1
Wolves 1
Leicester 1
Ipswich 4
Southampton 4
Total 17

Something slightly mind bending about our wins against United accounting for over a third of all our points against the bottom six.

 

[Bodian]

Something slightly mind bending about our wins against United accounting for over a third of all our points against the bottom six.

When this thread first appeared I said something to my Spurs mate about us taking more points off the bottom six than the top six. He said 'yes, it the same with us'. I gently pointed out to him that I Spurs were in 'the bottom six' and I was counting our points against them. I think he had just forgotten, being so unused to being down there.

 

[Giraffe]

When this thread first appeared I said something to my Spurs mate about us taking more points off the bottom six than the top six. He said 'yes, it the same with us'. I gently pointed out to him that I Spurs were in 'the bottom six' and I was counting our points against them. I think he had just forgotten, being so unused to being down there.

I started this because there were a lot of comments around us taking more points from the top six, but actually we've gradually turned this around. Very bizarre though that whilst Spurs are now not in the bottom six Man Utd are!

 

[Giraffe]

Thought I'd do this properly. The stand out is that woeful only 3 points at home against the bottom six (so far). Woeful.

We have only lost 3 games to bottom half teams though, sadly 2 of them were against that turd in 11th.

 

[Home and Away]

This proves we are better against teams that try to play football and struggle against the ones that sit deep and hit us on the counter, right?

 

[POSKETT AT THE VALLEY]

This proves we are better against teams that try to play football and struggle against the ones that sit deep and hit us on the counter, right?

Or my theory that we are very much seen as a stepping stone club by many players who join us and subsequently up their game against the ‘bigger’ clubs, with view to a lucrative move in the not too distant futur.

 

[Weststander]

My two penn’orth …. we should show tactical flexibility based on the opponent. Going a goal down to Forest, Fulham, Villa or Everton, often means we have a mountain to climb. Take a more circumspect approach instead. The gung-ho everyone pushed up to half way line and in their half at 0-0, is a licence to be sucker punched. You can imagine Nuno or Emery reveling in playing against our one approach.

”Attack is the best form of defence” is not a universal football truth.

 

[SeagullsoverLondon]

My two penn’orth …. we should show tactical flexibility based on the opponent. Going a goal down to Forest, Fulham, Villa or Everton, often means we have a mountain to climb. Take a more circumspect approach Instead. The gung-ho everyone pushed up to half way line and in their half at 0-0, is a licence to be sucker punched. You can imagine Nuno or Emery reveling in playing our approach.

”Attack is the best form of defence” is not a universal football truth.

For Forest this season: " Defence is the best form of attack"

 

[Justice]

Always best in the privacy of one’s home.

Neil Shipperley doesn’t agree

 

[WASH]

And if a table was made consisting only of results amongst the 'Other 14' it doesn't come out very well for us this season, so thankfully we have done the best against the 'Big 6' otherwise we'd be in a far worse place in the overall table.

 

[banjo]

6 points off UTD. All is good in the world.