The other 14

[Niceguyeddie]

Anyone else follow this ? I found it a bit confusing at first .it's a fourteen team league table that excludes home games against the other 14 for example our home win against palace was 0 points but our draw at Bournemouth was one points our loss to Leicester was -3 and our draw at Chelsea is a point as the top six are treated as a bonus

Here's the table

 

[Niceguyeddie]

Here's an explanation

 

[Niceguyeddie]

And last season's table

 

[bertieblade]

Expectations changed from 2 points / game for promotion to 1 point / game for safety. Either way it is a v enjoyable journey

 

[Mojo]

Reads like bollocks to me

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

 

[Scooter_mcgavin]

I can see where Garth Crooks gets his info from now.

 

[Tezza1889]

I’ll settle for the real table thanks very much..

In our mini league for survival we’re not up against Leicester and Everton or Wolves, who will all survive.

The rest are fair game in that list as beatable..

 

[8lade]

First international break!

 

[Geordie Blade]

I’ll settle for the real table thanks very much..

But this one "is more realistic" than the real table, apparently.

 

[Niceguyeddie]

Be more interesting if they just did a 14 team table and printed that every week
That's what I thought it was at first

 

[Torrix1889]

Whats. The. Point....?

 

[guancheblade]

Here's an explanation

View attachment 60736

Well that's cleared things right up

 

[Niceguyeddie]

Well that's cleared things right up

Glad it's not just me ,I had massive hangover reading it

 

[bladesmanluke]

What is the point in stuff like this? Why has so much in depth analysis stuff popped up over the last year. None of it is relevant

 

[8lade]

I can see where whoever it was is coming from but with some of the 'top 6' throwing points all over it'd probably be better as an 18 team league at which point you really are talking about the full league table anyway.

 

[Rufus Smalls]

So ...... errr ....... where are we in the League ???

 

[BigBed]

Anyone else follow this ? I found it a bit confusing at first .it's a fourteen team league table that excludes home games against the other 14 for example our home win against palace was 0 points but our draw at Bournemouth was one points our loss to Leicester was -3 and our draw at Chelsea is a point as the top six are treated as a bonus

Here's the table View attachment 60734

Sounds a wank waste of time, I prefer the real table, where we sit above Chelski, with Spurs and Manc Poo.

 

[Punk Blade]

Hang on, if it excludes home games against the other 13 why do we get negative 3 for our Leicester defeat?

I thought it was going to be a straight league of the 14, just excluding all games involving the top 6. That might have been interesting. This is just unnecessarily complicated and I have no idea what it’s trying to show.

 

[Tom Bott]

What is the point in stuff like this?

To make Frank Lampard feel better.

 

[Tom Bott]

KISS. Buy an abacus and divide the 5 points gained by the 4 games played = 1.25 points per game.

Multiply that 1.25 point average by the number of games in a season and achieve 47 points. = 13th place last season.

Champions League can be next seasons target.

UTB.

 

[ThatJa]

Soton winning against us is a banker then according to this

 

[Ainsley Harriott]

Who comes up with this shit?

 

[Le Cynique]

Who comes up with this shit?

The same kind of person who thinks it's a good idea to introduce VAR and change the rules each season.

 

[Hodgesleftpeg]

Who comes up with this shit?

Sorry, it was me..

It is bollox, I admit it.. but at the time it made sense.

I had taken a load of mushrooms and lsd though

 

[Niceguyeddie]

Hang on, if it excludes home games against the other 13 why do we get negative 3 for our Leicester defeat?

I thought it was going to be a straight league of the 14, just excluding all games involving the top 6. That might have been interesting. This is just unnecessarily complicated and I have no idea what it’s trying to show.

Fuck knows
I'm lost
* Edit*
Ok so I've just reread it so points lost at home are negative but only points gained away are positive so if you lose away it's just a zero and if you win at home that's a zero

I'll keep you all posted how it turns out as I can tell you're all fascinated

 

[Punk Blade]

Ok, I’ll have a stab at this then...

Anyone outside the top six could realistically get sucked into a relegation scrap, and you need 39 points to assume safety, which is the number of points you’d get if you beat the other 13 at home and lost all your other games.

So dropped points at home against the other 13 are negative, gained points away or against the top 6 are bonuses. If you finish the season on zero or higher you should stay up.

That’s my best guess anyway. Still seems rather convoluted and assumes the top 6 will be unchanged...

 

[Niceguyeddie]

Ok, I’ll have a stab at this then...

Anyone outside the top six could realistically get sucked into a relegation scrap, and you need 39 points to assume safety, which is the number of points you’d get if you beat the other 13 at home and lost all your other games.

So dropped points at home against the other 13 are negative, gained points away or against the top 6 are bonuses. If you finish the season on zero or higher you should stay up.

That’s my best guess anyway. Still seems rather convoluted and assumes the top 6 will be unchanged...

Erm yeah think so
Have to see how it develops as the season goes on

 

[Houston_Blade]

Is this the one that proves that our fixtures are the easiest ones in the history of the world ever?!

 

[Niceguyeddie]