Sky Sports Article - The rule of 17

[Sothall_Blade]

Just saying:-

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...ll-get-promoted-from-the-sky-bet-championship

"..this has been the case in most Championship seasons, the teams in first and second at this stage tend to go up. To look at the past five years again as an example - just two out of 10 teams have failed to go up after being in either first or second."

 

[Pierre's PC]

So 20% then

 

[mattbianco1]

If there is a way to go against the grain, United usually find a way of doing so.

 

[Grizzly blade]

Odds in our favour, however always exceptions.

No chickens to be counted here, our seasons success will be dependant on a hint of luck, and as we know that can be one of two types.
Get good luck. And we keep the squad fit and available, bad luck with injuries and we may well fade away.

Fingers crossed, because if we can get that bit if luck, the quality in the side and management will give us a strong chance of going up.

 

[The Crab]

So 20% then

Slightly more than Crab Airlines safe landing rate then?

 

[Paulus]

So, cut away the pseudo statistics and what they are saying is the higher up the league you are at the moment the better your chances of going up - who would have thought it?

 

[Highbury_Blade]

The Championship is now into its 14th campaign

2nd tier football didn't exist before 2004-05 folks.

 

[B.Lade]

2nd tier football didn't exist before 2004-05 folks.

Fool. Of course it did but any idiot knows that if you change the name of something then it immediately bears no relation to whatever it was before, even if in all other ways it's exactly the same. Honestly...

 

[s8bladelee]

Hope this hasn't already been posted. A good read but it doesn't come with a guarantee.

http://www.skysports.com/football/n...ll-get-promoted-from-the-sky-bet-championship

 

[Liaminho9]

Didn’t look very hard

https://www.s24su.com/forum/index.php?threads/sky-sports-article-the-rule-of-17.59830/#post-1516871

 

[8lade]

There's definitely an echo on this site today!

 

[WhiteHawk]

There's definitely an echo on this site today!

 

[jt64]

There's definitely an echo on this site today!

 

[8lade]

s8bladelee if you look top right of the page there is a search box if you want to check for future reference

 

[sitwell]

There's definitely an echo on this site today!

 

[prince albert]

site today!
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[sportinguista]

"To look at the past five years again as an example - just two out of 10 teams have failed to go up after being in either first or second."...

even if your glass is half full, it could be half full of piss.

 

[GRUMPY BLADE]

More to the point how many in the bottom 14 after 17 games get relegated?

 

[Fanny magnet]

More to the point how many in the bottom 14 after 17 games get relegated?

Three

 

[Linz]

Threads merged

 

[Punk Blade]

Odds in our favour, however always exceptions.

No chickens to be counted here, our seasons success will be dependant on a hint of luck, and as we know that can be one of two types.
Get good luck. And we keep the squad fit and available, bad luck with injuries and we may well fade away.

Fingers crossed, because if we can get that bit if luck, the quality in the side and management will give us a strong chance of going up.

By my recollection we’ve been without each of the following through injury, suspension or other reasons at some point this season:
Blackman
Moore
Baldock
Freeman
Stearman
Fleck
Coutts
Duffy
Sharp
Clarke
Donaldson
Evans
Lavery
Hanson

That’s both goalies; both right backs; two biggest/most experienced summer signings; all of the first choice midfield; all of the forwards; captain and vice captain.

Hopefully we’ve already had the ‘bad luck’ and we’re starting to get a full squad to choose from (I guess Freeman is furthest away). But at least we’ve shown that with plenty of players missing at various points we’ve been good enough for second place so far.

 

[Silent Blade]

By my recollection we’ve been without each of the following through injury, suspension or other reasons at some point this season:
Blackman
Moore
Baldock
Freeman
Stearman
Fleck
Coutts
Duffy
Sharp
Clarke
Donaldson
Evans
Lavery
Hanson

That’s both goalies; both right backs; two biggest/most experienced summer signings; all of the first choice midfield; all of the forwards; captain and vice captain.

Hopefully we’ve already had the ‘bad luck’ and we’re starting to get a full squad to choose from (I guess Freeman is furthest away). But at least we’ve shown that with plenty of players missing at various points we’ve been good enough for second place so far.

Stevens was taken off at half time against Wolves as he had a knock