Form for last 1 1/3 seasons.

larus

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Jul 7, 2003

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In the land of hope and expectation....

• Nov 3, 2016

• #1

P W D L GF GA GD PT
46 24 17 5 72 42 30 89
15 9 4 2 23 09 14 31
61 33 21 7 95 51 44 120


Pretty impressive stats since the start of last year, and what's noticeable is we're actually improved in :
Win % (mainly draws converted to wins).
GA.

GF & L% roughly the same.

Does this 'prove' that the defence is what cost us automatic last year?

 

Rugrat

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Mar 13, 2011

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Seaford

• Nov 3, 2016

• #2

Let's hope the 2nd third this time is better than last. Attack or defence, that was our undoing I think. Injuries to a minimum and consistency. Easier said than done!

 

drew

Drew

Oct 3, 2006

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Burgess Hill

• Nov 3, 2016

• #3

larus said:

P W D L GF GA GD PT
46 24 17 5 72 42 30 89
15 9 4 2 23 09 14 31
61 33 21 7 95 51 44 120


Pretty impressive stats since the start of last year, and what's noticeable is we're actually improved in :
Win % (mainly draws converted to wins).
GA.

GF & L% roughly the same.

Does this 'prove' that the defence is what cost us automatic last year?

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We missed out by one goal, either we scored one more or conceded one less!!!!

 

el punal

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Aug 29, 2012

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Bitterne,Southampton. In the land of wrong stripes

• Nov 3, 2016

• #4

Analysing the results this season, it's noticeable how fair the outcome has been. (In my view!). Our two defeats, Newcastle and Brentford, we were second best. Our wins have defininetly been deserved, some convincing, others hanging on at the end - same old! The draws, in the main, were also fair results, apart from the Preston game which we dominated and then gave away 2 points at the death.

So all in all I don't think, so far anyway, we have any cause for regret over what might or might not have been.

 

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sir albion

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Jan 6, 2007

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SWINDON

• Nov 3, 2016

• #5

el punal said:

Analysing the results this season, it's noticeable how fair the outcome has been. (In my view!). Our two defeats, Newcastle and Brentford, we were second best. Our wins have defininetly been deserved, some convincing, others hanging on at the end - same old! The draws, in the main, were also fair results, apart from the Preston game which we dominated and then gave away 2 points at the death.

So all in all I don't think, so far anyway, we have any cause for regret over what might or might not have been.

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Brentford was a rare dire performance and the best team won....newcastle was a strange game as thought both sides were average and we did have 10 men for virtually the whole second half remember.

 

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Mo Gosfield

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Aug 11, 2010

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• Nov 3, 2016

• #6

el punal said:

Analysing the results this season, it's noticeable how fair the outcome has been. (In my view!). Our two defeats, Newcastle and Brentford, we were second best. Our wins have defininetly been deserved, some convincing, others hanging on at the end - same old! The draws, in the main, were also fair results, apart from the Preston game which we dominated and then gave away 2 points at the death.

So all in all I don't think, so far anyway, we have any cause for regret over what might or might not have been.

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Pretty much agree with that. Preston is the only result I am still festering over. It was so unnecessary. Careless and unprofessional. The rest....pretty fair.

 

Return of the Rev

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Nov 26, 2008

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Flitting between the county league and mates rates

• Nov 3, 2016

• #7

As Stalin said there are Lies, damned lies, and statistics

 

Peter Grummit

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Oct 13, 2004

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Lewes

• Nov 3, 2016

• #8

Mo Gosfield said:

Pretty much agree with that. Preston is the only result I am still festering over. It was so unnecessary. Careless and unprofessional. The rest....pretty fair.

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Disagree. Preston brought on a 6'7" freak and got lucky. It was incredibly frustrating but we shouldn't beat ourselves up about that.

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spence

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Oct 15, 2014

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Crawley

• Nov 3, 2016

• #9

Peter Grummit said:

Disagree. Preston brought on a 6'7" freak and got lucky. It was incredibly frustrating but we shouldn't beat ourselves up about that.

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Preston were absolutely dire. We gifted them a point it's as simple as that

 

Blue3

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Jan 27, 2014

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Lancing

• Nov 3, 2016

• #10

Return of the Rev said:

As Stalin said there are Lies, damned lies, and statistics

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The term was popularised in United States by Mark Twain (among others), who attributed it to the British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli: "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

 

Blue3

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Jan 27, 2014

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Lancing

• Nov 3, 2016

• #11

But Stalin was quoted as having said "A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic"

 

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Chandlers Ford

• Nov 3, 2016

• #12

Peter Grummit said:

Disagree. Preston brought on a 6'7" freak and got lucky. It was incredibly frustrating but we shouldn't beat ourselves up about that.

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You can argue that Preston 'got lucky' - their performance certainly didn't warrant a point. However, to argue that the Albion were 'unlucky' would be disingenuous. There was nothing unlucky about the concession of that late goal. It was purely and simply down to poor decision making, and carelessness in possession.

 

larus

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Jul 7, 2003

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In the land of hope and expectation....

• Nov 3, 2016

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drew said:

We missed out by one goal, either we scored one more or conceded one less!!!!

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Of course that's true, but bearing in mind we conceded more than the other teams who were promoted, and scored the same as Burnley and more than he others, I'd say that the problem was more that we didn't hold on to leads.

Again, just an opinion, but as no-one scored more than us, I'd say that is a truer reflection.

 

Stumpy Tim

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Jul 6, 2003

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Back in Brighton. Well Hove actually

• Nov 3, 2016

• #14

Personally I think it wasn't the defence that cost us, it was defending at set pieces, which was a team problem. We've largely solved that problem with Duffy and Murray both superb in that area

 

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Finchley Seagull

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Feb 25, 2004

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North London

• Nov 3, 2016

• #15

Peter Grummit said:

Disagree. Preston brought on a 6'7" freak and got lucky. It was incredibly frustrating but we shouldn't beat ourselves up about that.

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I agree to a point but I would say the first goal was completely avoidable and, if we'd not conceded that, we would probably have won the game 2-0 or 3-0. Having said all that, Preston have since beaten Huddersfield home and Norwich away (and were very unlucky not to get something from Newcastle apparently).