RodneyTrottersFC 0 Posted March 11, 2014 You could claim Paul Lambert cost United the title 2 seasons ago....When Lambert was our boss, both Manchester clubs managed 6 points from us but City got a GD of +9 and United got +3. Last season (with Hughton as the boss) both clubs managed 3 points but this time City got a level GD while united again had +3.When Man City won the title (what a cracking season finale that was!) they were level on points with united but their GD was 8 better.This means: if you swap the forms round, United would have won by +1 GD ;-)On the same basis... Chelsea can blame him for finishing below Newcastle, West Brom can blame him for finishing below Swansea and Sunderland can thank him for finishing above Stoke and Wigan ;-)Using the same screwed up logic... Arsenal can blame Hughton for missing out on 3rd to Chelsea last season, Swansea and ourselves can blame Hughton for not finishing 8th and 9th, which means WBA and West Ham can thank him for their higher finish... Stoke and Southampton can blame him for not finishing above Fulham and Sunderland can blame him for not finishing above Villa and Newcastle ;-)I know this all seems extremely pointless (essentially: it is) but the reason I bothered to do this is because in my first huge rant/study, I made a claim. I said: if you swap the 38 game form of our first season up with last season''s (assuming those around us keep their form) we would have finished 14th in our 1st season and 9th last season... Turns out I was half right.This is how the table finished our 1st season up:Man City +64 89Man United +56 89Arsenal +25 70Spurs +25 69----------------------------Newcastle +5 65Chelsea +19 64Everton +10 56Liverpool +7 52Fulham -3 52Swansea -7 47WBA -7 47NORWICH -14 47Sunderland -1 45Stoke -17 45Wigan -20 43Villa -16 38QPR -23 37---------------------------Bolton -31 36Blackburn -30 31Wolves -42 25And here is last season... Man United +43 89Man City +32 78Chelsea +36 75Arsenal +35 73----------------------------Spurs +20 72Everton +15 63Liverpool +28 61WBA -4 49Swansea -4 46West Ham -8 46NORWICH -17 44Fulham -10 43Stoke -11 42Southamp. -11 41Villa -22 41Newcastle -23 41Sunderland -13 39---------------------------Wigan -26 36Reading -30 28QPR -30 25This is how our 1st season up would look if swap forms AND factor in results to the rest of the league... I eventually realised the fairest way to accomodate for Bolton, Blackburn Wolves, West Ham, Southampton and Reading was to compare the results to how we managed against whoever finished in their position (my original method saved Bolton and was unfair on West Ham and Southampton lol)... +1 Man United +56 86-1 Man City +55 86 Arsenal +25 69 Spurs +24 68---------------------------------+1 Chelsea +21 66-1 Newcastle +7 66 Everton +9 55 Liverpool +12 54 Fulham +1 52+1 WBA -7 50-1 Swansea -8 45 NORWICH -17 44+1 Stoke -18 44+1 Wigan -20 44-2 Sunderland -4 43 Villa -14 39 QPR -21 39--------------------------------- Bolton -28 39 Blackburn -33 28 Wolves -41 26And here is last season... Man United +43 92 Man City +41 81+1 Arsenal +35 74-1 Chelsea +34 73-------------------------------- Spurs +21 73 Everton +16 64 Liverpool +23 59+1 Swansea -3 48+2 NORWICH -14 47-2 WBA -4 46-1 West Ham -9 45+1 Stoke -10 43+1 Southamp. -10 43-2 Fulham -14 43+2 Sunderland -10 41-1 Villa -24 40-1 Newcastle -25 40-------------------------------- Wigan -26 35 Reading -27 31 QPR -32 23Anyway.... That''s that... Hope at least someone enjoys it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
