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Comment | Important To Get At Least A Point This Weekend
at 10:03:08
Reasonable article rather spoilt by the assertion that 9 points from 9 games is relegation form. I am not sure this is true this season when it is already looking like 36 points (and possibly even 35) will be the cut off point. Anyhow - wherever we draw the line, a reasonable expectation from Saints remaining fixtures is 4 wins and 3 draws and that doesn't include anything from the next two games.
39 points should easily see us home, but I think there is every chance we could take more than 40 points - not bad after the start we made. |
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Comment | Saints At Bristol City The Verdict
at 10:49:28
If as you say Nigel Adkins played a 4-4-3 formation the man is a genius but I suspect the premier league just won't allow that. Someone will spot that we are up to something with all those cameras around. |
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Comment | Saints At Reading The Preview
at 16:26:39
And having carefully constructed my argument i see I have been hoist by my own petard. The last five five games were correctly given as 2W, 2D, 1L so we do need to win to be ahead of the game (although a win tomorrow would mean we need only draw against Middlesbrough).
I put it down to age. |
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Comment | Saints At Reading The Preview
at 16:15:36
A few comments on your statistics. Why do we need to "be looking at 2 points a game"?
If you take a realistic view of how many points the third placed team is likely to achieve (and that is what is important, not the historic record of second placed teams) then we currently need 1.76 points per game for automatic promotion. And that means from every six games: win three, draw two and lose one. That would even give us a couple of points comfort zone.
If you always take the next game as the last game in a set of six then we need to draw against Reading to remain on schedule for automatic promotion (the previous five games were 2 wins, 2 draws and a single loss). A win would put us ahead of target and even losing puts us just one point behind.
So, your analysis that a win would put us "virtually back on track" is not only unduly pessimistic but also, frankly, wrong. I know there are lies, damn lies etc., but you are definitely stretching a point today. And for no apparent reason.
As far as others saying we are only on top because others are slipping up - that is also patent nonsense (by them rather than you). If we continue with our current points average we will end up with 100 points, and be run-away leaders. Clearly no-one is expecting that, but it does give the lie to the suggestion that we aren't top on merit.
I only offer these observations because after 54 years of supporting the Saints I get a tad irritated by the casual use of ill-informed statistics. When you have seen as much rubbish as I have have played by the Saints over the years, then you can easily tell when things are getting better - and that they are at the moment. And the statistics say so too if you read them properly. |
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Comment | Is No News, Good News ?
at 15:09:40
There are indeed 7 (I have listed them below) in the last three working days which seem to meet the criteria set out in your article of items of interest to Saints fans. Three about players, one about another Saints team, one about tickets for a stadium event and two about Saints fans.
Not bad for the start of the close season frankly, and enough to keep me monitoring the OS for other news as it comes up - including transfer deals when they are done and ticket prices when they are announced.
The only reason I ended up reading your article is that the news monitor I use to track SaintsFC stories threw it in my direction and I presumed the title would lead to a discussion about whether we needed to strengthen the team in the transfer window. Unfortunately it didn't - and even more unfortunately I still read the polemic of someone who could clearly start a fight in an empty room.
I merely thought such poor writing in the name of a 'fan' shouldn't go unanswered, but hey - it might be what you really think. Takes all sorts I suppose.
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Comment | Is No News, Good News ?
at 14:13:28
With seven official press releases on the Official Site in the last three days it rather looks as neither the author nor some of the contributors actually read what the Saints are putting out. It tends to make you think that this article was specifically written to cause annoyance where none previously existed - not what I would expect from someone who claims to have the best interest of the club at heart (but entirely in line with other articles on this site!) |
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