Comparison of seasons

[Paul Triplo]

The goals conceded stat is key. And the defence should only get better the more games they play together. If you don’t concede you don’t lose.

[McRightSide]

6 hours ago, FreshOwl said:

How is it strange, the foook you on about? 

 

If we recently beat a team who say for example are 19th, but finish 8th, are they still a weaker team? 

 

5 hours ago, FreshOwl said:

The league hasn’t taken shape yet, so to call a team ‘weak’ is stupid.

 

 

 

The league table is all we have to go on.

 

That means the ones at the bottom are weaker than the ones at the top over the first 11 games

[The only way is S6]

2 hours ago, McRightSide said:

 

 

The league table is all we have to go on.

 

That means the ones at the bottom are weaker than the ones at the top over the first 11 games

Also, Wigan, Barnsley & Luton were actually crap, regardless of league position. 9 points from games we ‘should have won’ for a change. In or around top 6 until Xmas bodes well. 

[Birley Owl 1867]

Must be a first.

 

Beating teams who are poor and people are moaning we've beat them

[SiJ]

You can only beat what is in front of you. 

 

Particularly at the start of the Championship, there are very few gimmes and nailed on results. 

 

It is a very difficult division to predict and usually only settles down after about 10 to 15 games. 

 

We've suffered four defeats so far and the only two I'd consider to be really poor results (not that defeat is ever good) would be the QPR game and to a lesser extent Hull. 

 

QPR because we were utterly wretched and Hull because we should have kicked on after giving Boro a thumping. 

 

Losing to Millwall away isn't exactly uncommon (Leeds just lost there) and Deepdale is always a difficult place to go. Plus, Preston have been excellent so far and were pretty lucky to pick up a 2-1 win against us. 

 

There are sterner tests to come, but I think we all should be pretty content with the start we've made. 

Edited October 8, 2019 by SiJ

[adamnich]

22 hours ago, Holmowl said:

After 11 games in the DC era:-

 

19/20. 8th. GF16. GA9. Pts19

 

18/19. 12th. GF17. GA17. Pts16

 

17/18. 12th. GF15. GA12. Pts16

 

16/17. 9th. GF13. GA14. Pts17

 

15/16. 9th. GF16. GA15. Pts16

 

Best position.

Best points.

Lowest goals against.

Easily best goal difference.

 

Yes we’ve had a relatively easy set of opponents, but we’ve also played six aways and five homes.

 

Great start.

 

The games we historically drop a lot of point against

[Harrysgame]

21 hours ago, Spookone said:

We've been on out way for as long as I can remember.

 

It's just a very, very, very long journey! 

So true, definitely on our way just keep taking bloody wrong turns  maybe monk has an up to date map to the promised land,

[VBQ24]

21 hours ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said:

What I'm taking from this is that the opening 11 games are a pretty poor indicator of where we might end up at the end of the season.

 

 

19/20. 8th. GF16. GA9. Pts19 - final position - God knows!

 

18/19. 12th. GF17. GA17. Pts16 - final position -12th

 

17/18. 12th. GF15. GA12. Pts16 - final position -15th

 

16/17. 9th. GF13. GA14. Pts17 - final position - 4th

 

15/16. 9th. GF16. GA15. Pts16 - final position - 6th

10th or above at this stage = Playoffs 

 

[areNOTwhatTHEYseem]

3 hours ago, VBQ24 said:

10th or above at this stage = Playoffs 

 

 

Hmmm, it'd be nice, wouldn't it?

 

16 points after 11 games has led to us finishing 6th, 15th and 12th. I'm not sure we can read too much into this, other than we've given ourselves a chance with a decent start. We were in the top six at the October international break this time last year though, and we all know how that turned out...

[Holmowl]

1 hour ago, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said:

 

Hmmm, it'd be nice, wouldn't it?

 

16 points after 11 games has led to us finishing 6th, 15th and 12th. I'm not sure we can read too much into this, other than we've given ourselves a chance with a decent start. We were in the top six at the October international break this time last year though, and we all know how that turned out...

 

Assuming the October break was after game 11 we were 12th at the time.

[N0rtherner]

On 07/10/2019 at 15:46, trev said:

Build from the back....and all that.

 

With Joao in attack... no, wait!

[areNOTwhatTHEYseem]

1 hour ago, Holmowl said:

Assuming the October break was after game 11 we were 12th at the time.

 

It wasn't after game 11; it was after game 12 when we beat Bristol City.

[SwellOwl]

On 07/10/2019 at 15:05, frastheowl said:

 

The next run of fixtures will tell us where we are as a team.

 

Cardiff, Stoke, Leeds, Blackburn, Swansea and WBA are our next six games. We've got away games at notoriously difficult places, and home games against some of the best performing sides in the division (expect Stoke to kick on after their victory at the weekend).

 

If we maintain our current projections after those set of games, then we will not only be in a fantastic position in the table, but we'll have a very good case for been a genuine promotion candidate this season.

 

At this point, the bare statistics are good. Even the most negative of Wednesday fan cannot argue that...but there's also no getting away from the fact, that we've played the majority of the dregs of the division. 

 

But, if we come out of the next six games relatively unscathed...10 points would be a creditable haul...then confidence and momentum could start to generate some real positivity within the club.

 

That run of fixtures will be a real test. Bring it on!