by Snowball »
03 Mar 2009 11:00
On the rumour board there's talk of Notts Forest being interested in Lita
but what interested me were the old posts about attitude, fights, arrogance.
I've written already about why I think Lita is bad for Reading. He is disloyal,
selfish, won't sign (his privilege) won't sit on the bench, would rather shoot
than pass even when a player is free.
However, the rumour thread made me look at the form immediately before he arrived and form since.
YES, I KNOW THERE ARE OTHER POSSIBLE EXPLANATIONS, BUT THE FOLLOWING ARE STILL FACTS
In the 8 games prior to Lita's return we drew 3 and won 5 on the trot DWWWWWDD
That is 18 points from 8 games = 2.25 points a game, I have used 8 games to make a direct match, 8 games before, 8 since his return
P8 W5 D3 L0 14-06 = 2.25 Points a game, Championship form
LITA RETURNS
P8 W2 D2 L4 05-07 = "1 point a game" (equivalent) Relegation form
If you go back a little more to include the home defeat by Southampton we still averaged 2.25 a game over the 12 games prior to Lita arriving
If you want to drop the cup defeat at Cardiff and compare 7 games versus 7 then in the 7 prior to Lita's return we were WWWWWDD 12-4 = 17 points from 7 games = 2.43 per game
Since Lita's return we are P7 W2 D2 L3 5-5 = 8 league points = 1.14 per game
A L 0-2 Cardiff City (Cup) (Started)
H W 4-0 Watford FLC (on as sub, scored in 90th min)
A L 0-2 Swansea City (on a sub, blew chance for equaliser
H W 1-0 Wolves (on as sub for last 8 minutes)
A D 0-0 QPR (Started)
H D 0-0 Preston (Started)
H L 0-2 Bristol City (Started)
H L 0-1 Nottm Forest (on as sub 77th min)
P8 W2 D2 L4 5-7 = "1 point a game" (equivalent)
A Cardiff City D 2-2
H Coventry City W 3-1
A Barnsley W 1-0
H Blackpool W 1-0
H Norwich City W 2-0
A Birmingham W 3-1
H Cardiff City D 1-1
A Southampton D 1-1
14-6 18 Points
2.25
A Bristol City W 4-1
H Derby County W 3-0
A Sheffield Utd W 2-0
H Southampton L 1-2
24-Sep
27 Points
2.25
