We would have been relegated last season.....

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..........based on 1st half performances! This is a very stark reminder of the improvements essential next season.

Fortunately that was compensated by our 2nd half performances based on which we would have finished we would have finished 10th (but look who finished 4th - hush!).

See tables below.

OTBC

Coca-Cola Championship 1st Half Performance 2006/7

Team	P	Home					Away					Pts
		W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A
Stoke	46	10	8	5	15	9	11	6	6	19	10	77.00
Birmingham	46	11	11	1	18	6	7	11	5	12	10	76.00
Plymouth	46	7	14	2	17	13	10	5	8	16	19	70.00
West Brom	46	10	10	3	23	9	6	11	6	16	18	69.00
Southampton	46	8	13	2	17	7	8	7	8	19	16	68.00
Derby	46	9	9	5	14	9	7	11	5	12	10	68.00
Cardiff	46	10	10	3	14	6	5	13	5	13	14	68.00
Sunderland	46	8	10	5	15	11	7	9	7	12	10	64.00
Preston	46	11	8	4	17	5	5	8	10	11	18	64.00
Sheff Wed	46	8	9	6	19	14	5	14	4	11	9	62.00
Colchester	46	10	10	3	16	5	5	7	11	9	18	62.00
Crystal Palace	46	9	7	7	17	11	4	13	6	14	14	59.00
Hull	46	10	8	5	20	12	2	12	9	5	16	56.00
Burnley	46	7	10	6	15	11	5	9	9	9	15	55.00
Leicester	46	5	12	6	15	15	6	9	8	8	10	54.00
Coventry	46	8	11	4	17	13	2	13	8	6	16	54.00
Wolverhampton	46	7	11	5	15	11	4	9	10	10	18	53.00
Luton	46	8	7	8	17	20	3	13	7	9	14	53.00
QPR	46	6	11	6	12	12	4	10	9	10	18	51.00
Ipswich	46	7	9	7	15	13	4	9	10	6	12	51.00
Barnsley	46	7	8	8	12	16	5	5	13	14	29	49.00
Leeds	46	7	8	8	13	17	2	13	8	8	15	48.00
Norwich	46	5	13	5	7	8	3	9	11	12	23	46.00
Southend	46	6	7	10	11	17	4	8	11	9	19	45.00

 

Coca-Cola Championship 2nd Half Performance 2006/7

Team	P	Home					Away					Pts
		W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A
Sunderland	46	13	10	0	23	7	11	4	8	26	19	86.00
West Brom	46	11	8	4	28	15	8	8	7	14	13	73.00
Wolverhampton	46	8	9	6	18	17	10	8	5	16	10	71.00
Ipswich	46	11	6	6	25	16	8	8	7	18	18	71.00
Derby	46	11	7	5	19	10	7	10	6	17	17	71.00
Birmingham	46	10	9	4	19	12	8	8	7	18	14	71.00
Colchester	46	12	6	5	30	14	5	11	7	15	19	68.00
Southampton	46	9	8	6	19	13	8	7	8	22	17	66.00
Preston	46	10	8	5	21	12	7	6	10	15	18	65.00
Norwich	46	9	6	8	22	17	7	7	9	15	23	61.00
Crystal Palace	46	9	9	5	16	11	4	13	6	12	15	61.00
Stoke	46	9	10	4	20	7	5	7	11	8	15	59.00
Burnley	46	8	11	4	20	12	3	15	5	8	11	59.00
QPR	46	8	7	8	19	17	7	5	11	13	21	57.00
Plymouth	46	11	5	7	19	13	4	7	12	11	17	57.00
Sheff Wed	46	4	12	7	19	22	8	8	7	21	21	56.00
Cardiff	46	8	10	5	19	12	4	10	9	11	21	56.00
Barnsley	46	9	6	8	15	13	4	9	10	12	27	54.00
Leicester	46	6	11	6	11	16	5	7	11	15	23	51.00
Leeds	46	8	9	6	14	13	4	6	13	11	27	51.00
Hull	46	5	7	11	13	20	6	11	6	13	19	51.00
Coventry	46	6	11	6	13	12	5	6	12	11	21	50.00
Southend	46	6	7	10	18	21	4	10	9	9	23	47.00
Luton	46	6	9	8	16	20	2	10	11	11	27	43.00

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Interesting Bly, especially given that Earnie was out of action for most of the second half.

I wonder if it was Jim Duffy''s arrival that helped to turn the corner?  He brought experience and he also takes care of a lot of the office-based side of management, so that Peter Grant can get on and manage in the way he wants to.  Duffy is Grant''s best signing so far imo.