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[Albion] To Avoid Potter Bashing - the staying up tracker - season 2019-2020 Game 38 UPDATE











SollysLeftFoot

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Mar 17, 2019
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We could win the next 4 , nothing to be scared of there

Agreed, Villa's win against Norwich is nothing to be concerned about. Same goalkeeper that conceded 5 when he last played against us. Villa will be tough, but I don't think a win is completely off the cards. Maybe their big win will lead them into a false sense of security which Potter and the boys will exploit.
 


Acker79

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Agreed, Villa's win against Norwich is nothing to be concerned about. Same goalkeeper that conceded 5 when he last played against us. Villa will be tough, but I don't think a win is completely off the cards. Maybe their big win will lead them into a false sense of security which Potter and the boys will exploit.

They could be saying similar to us. Replace the dodgy keeper at norwich, with underperforming spurs. Lets hope we don't get carried away with our big win...
 




Perkino

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Dec 11, 2009
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Another tactical number by Potter and a win is in the bag. We looked better than Spurs in every position, each error we made was mopped up by a team mate almost immediately
 




SollysLeftFoot

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Mar 17, 2019
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They could be saying similar to us. Replace the dodgy keeper at norwich, with underperforming spurs. Lets hope we don't get carried away with our big win...

Have you seen the Norwich highlights? It isn’t a case of getting carried away, go watch the highlights of that game. Watch how absolutely woeful McGovern is at goalkeeping..
 




Hugo Rune

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Feb 23, 2012
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Tracker says we need 4 wins & 2 draws in the next 14 games to be level.

If we can keep Saturday’s form up, we’re going to win a lot more than 4 games, a lot more!
 




West Upper Seagull

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Oct 31, 2003
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Agreed, Villa's win against Norwich is nothing to be concerned about. Same goalkeeper that conceded 5 when he last played against us. Villa will be tough, but I don't think a win is completely off the cards. Maybe their big win will lead them into a false sense of security which Potter and the boys will exploit.

I really fancy us to get something at Villa. They played a lot of their first team regulars against our kids the other week and they didn’t look overly convincing to me compared to what I was expecting when looking at the difference in the 2 line ups.
 




Greg Bobkin

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May 22, 2012
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Having beaten Spurs, who we lost to last year, we are now plus 3 points compared to last season's results against the same teams.

Wasn't it a draw in the home game last season?
 










FatSuperman

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Feb 25, 2016
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Having beaten Spurs, who we lost to last year, we are now plus 3 points compared to last season's results against the same teams.

Based on the 18/19 results of the fixtures so far, we are 3 points ahead.

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FatSuperman

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Feb 25, 2016
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So we’re a point ahead of where we’ve ever been in the PL after 8 games, whether judged on simply number of games or by opponent.........

Exactly! This is in fact our best start so far, Villa next who obviously are new entrants as far as our PL history is concerned. In theory, the standard model anticipates we get 4 points off them this season. Based on ‘expected goals’, Villa are about where their performances suggest they should be. So it could be a tight game if we have luck / poor finishing in line with our games prior to Spurs.
 


dazzer6666

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Exactly! This is in fact our best start so far, Villa next who obviously are new entrants as far as our PL history is concerned. In theory, the standard model anticipates we get 4 points off them this season. Based on ‘expected goals’, Villa are about where their performances suggest they should be. So it could be a tight game if we have luck / poor finishing in line with our games prior to Spurs.

It’s actually pretty damn good given GP has only had 8 games trying to implement a completely different style of play, and with several key players injured. We could easily be a few points better off with a bit of luck too.

Oddschecker have us around 7th favourites to go down at the moment (around 4/1). A couple more performances like Saturday and those odds will drift pretty rapidly.
 


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