ucandomagic
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A quick comment as far as England are concerned – we barely troubled Lloris – and we were given two penalties - so we probably deserved to be beaten. As usual in a tournament Southgate delivered a solid performance which matched our FIFA ranking (5th), but didn’t beat any higher-ranked teams. Now back to the real business:-
I left this post until after the Sunderland v West Brom game this evening so that I could include the most up-to-date League Table. Incidentally, I also monitor another couple of tables based on performance stats, and the Blades are essentially in about the same place in all of the tables. These stats-based tables show that Blackburn are definitely in a false position, and should probably be much lower down. Also, teams to watch to push for the Top 6 are Boro, Birmingham, Reading and Sunderland (and possibly even West Brom, now Corberan has got them going!)
So, we beat Udders, and for one day matched Burnley on points. With regard to the Huddersfield game, I felt that they defended and pressed us very well as we tried, mostly unsuccessfully, to pass through them. Having been at the game, and watched a replay, it was evident that our most successful attacks were from running straight at them with our skill players. 3 runs from Illi and 2 from McAtee created havoc – including the goal – and I felt that we could have done this more.
For Graph 1, I’ve stayed with the multiple comparison graph with our best recent Championship seasons, and Graph 1 shows that after 22 games on 41 points we are only behind one other season - Warnock’s 05/06 season – which had a remarkable first half. Notably, we are now 4 points ahead of Wilder’s two Championship seasons, which were both on 37 points at this stage.
Graph 1
So, as I said last time, this is our second best Championship season since the big money Premier League era started, and is ahead of both of Wilder’s seasons.
Graph 2 is my usual graph, comparing where we are to my benchmark results for each game to achieve an automatic promotion or a playoff season. You can see from Graph 2 that we are now just 1 point behind my Autos Certain line, and are now 7 points ahead of my Playoffs Certain results. We are in a great position – long may it continue!
Graph 2
Finally, the League Table as of tonight. A solid second place, with a 5 point gap to 3rd and a 9 point gap to 7th. Having 7 matches against the bottom 6 still to come it looks very promising – but I guess that is balanced by away games against the 3 highest-placed teams.
Anyway - Just Win Baby!
Onwards and Upwards
League Table
UTB & Slava Ukraini
I left this post until after the Sunderland v West Brom game this evening so that I could include the most up-to-date League Table. Incidentally, I also monitor another couple of tables based on performance stats, and the Blades are essentially in about the same place in all of the tables. These stats-based tables show that Blackburn are definitely in a false position, and should probably be much lower down. Also, teams to watch to push for the Top 6 are Boro, Birmingham, Reading and Sunderland (and possibly even West Brom, now Corberan has got them going!)
So, we beat Udders, and for one day matched Burnley on points. With regard to the Huddersfield game, I felt that they defended and pressed us very well as we tried, mostly unsuccessfully, to pass through them. Having been at the game, and watched a replay, it was evident that our most successful attacks were from running straight at them with our skill players. 3 runs from Illi and 2 from McAtee created havoc – including the goal – and I felt that we could have done this more.
For Graph 1, I’ve stayed with the multiple comparison graph with our best recent Championship seasons, and Graph 1 shows that after 22 games on 41 points we are only behind one other season - Warnock’s 05/06 season – which had a remarkable first half. Notably, we are now 4 points ahead of Wilder’s two Championship seasons, which were both on 37 points at this stage.
Graph 1
So, as I said last time, this is our second best Championship season since the big money Premier League era started, and is ahead of both of Wilder’s seasons.
Graph 2 is my usual graph, comparing where we are to my benchmark results for each game to achieve an automatic promotion or a playoff season. You can see from Graph 2 that we are now just 1 point behind my Autos Certain line, and are now 7 points ahead of my Playoffs Certain results. We are in a great position – long may it continue!
Graph 2
Finally, the League Table as of tonight. A solid second place, with a 5 point gap to 3rd and a 9 point gap to 7th. Having 7 matches against the bottom 6 still to come it looks very promising – but I guess that is balanced by away games against the 3 highest-placed teams.
Anyway - Just Win Baby!
Onwards and Upwards
League Table
UTB & Slava Ukraini