by Vision »
02 Feb 2012 11:06
Snowball Birmingham Finished WELL
But narrowing it down to 8 games emphasises their shock
home defeat to Preston. Their form over the last 12 games was top class
H 1-0 Bristol
H 1-0 Southampton
A 1-1 Barnsley
A 2-0 Doncaster
H 1-1 Norwich
H 2-0 Wolves
A 0-0 Charlton
H 1-1 Plymouth
A 1-0 Watford
H 1-2 Preston
A 2-1 Reading
P11 W6 D4 L1 13-6 22 Points, 2 ppg Automatic promotion Form
They finished the season on 83 points. Their last 11 was 84-point form
Doesn't look like they were fading much, does it.
Reading were mince
H 2-2 Charlton
H 0-1 Ipswich
A 1-0 Doncaster
A 0-0 Crystal Palace
A 0-0 Coventry
H 0-1 Sheffield Utd
A 2-2 Blackpool
H 0-0 Barnsley
A 2-0 Derby
A 2-0 Norwich
H 1-2 Birmingham
W3 D4 L4 10-8 13 Points, 1.18 ppg a 54 point season which would have made us 17th (and we drew the game before that too!)
and the games before that were even worse
A 0-0 QPR
H 0-0 Preston
H 0-2 Bristol
H 0-1 Nottm Forest
A 2-1 Sheffield Wed
A 2-2 Plymouth
W1 D3 L2 4-6 6 points from 6 = relegation
Our last 17 games were W4 D7 L6 14-14 19 points equiv to a 51 point season 21st place
EDIT. Or put another way. Our form statiscally speaking was improving then whilst Birmingham's wasn't.
Oh I know we were mince, my own eyes told me that but on most definitions of current form which is 8 games the stats will show we werent'. And entering that final game those stats were identical to Birmingham. Thats why you like stats isn't it. It's statistical proof that we weren't as mince as memory says. Even though we all know we were.
To copy you I'll also point out that we only conceded 3 goals in those 8 games prior to the Birmingham one with 6 clean sheets. Best defence in the division for that period as you constantly try to tell us about our current side.
I'll also copy your trick of ignoring the 9 games prior to that 8 game spell as "having different circumstances" The Hunt /Doyle partnership was effected by injury and it took us time to adjust etc etc etc, players n on loan blah blah blah.
The point is that as far as the numbers are concerned they are FACT. But any list of numbers can be argued/debated/discussed with regards to the circumstances that surround them and all the other factorss that go with it. It seems to me that YOU don't like it if other people question your numbers and why you chose them, yet if someone else comes up with numbers from a specific range you argue the point in exactly the same way as others.
I've said it before , i quite like reading your stats they can be illuminating at times but there's no need to get so precious about them. They're just numbers and are open to interpretationas much as anything else.
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Vision on 02 Feb 2012 11:21, edited 2 times in total.
