On Tue, May 23, 2006 11:22 am, Mark Humphries wrote: > Now you really are talking out of your @rse. > > > You are telling me there is no difference between a team who, for the > sake of argument, finished 10pts clear in 3rd but lost the playoff final, > and a team who finished 4th from bottom by winning their last game of the > season? > > This year we had the winner clear by miles, the second placed team > comfortably clear also (thanks to their start of the season). You then > had the next 4 teams comfortably clear of the rest. You then had Wolves > who were clear in 7th, 8th to 21st separated by 13 points, and the bottom > 3 > comfortably adrift. > > There is not SO LITTLE between the sides. The team in 9th (Norwich) lost > twice as many games as Leeds and you are saying there was nothing > between the sides!!! > > Of course we have moved on from last season; > > > We won 7 more games and lost 4 fewer. > We scored 8 more goals and conceded 14 fewer. That's a 22 goal > difference. We got 78 points rather than 60 points. That's 18 points more. > We finished 5th and not 14th, that's 9 places higher. > > > If we have the same improvement next season we will walk the league. > > > Not possible you say? Is it REALLY that unrealistic to think we might > beat the worst 4 teams in the league home and away? If we did that, and > had the same results against the other sides, we would walk the league.
Aw c'mon Mark, don't spoil a good arguement with a few facts ;) I predicted playoffs for this season after looking at our results and points last year and estimating how much improvement we could reasonably expect. If the squad is improved in the right places, we might be able to progress further. We'll have to see what business the club does over the summer. If we get Jeffers on a free and sell one of our existing strikers that will add to the transfer kitty. I think Blackwell has done well so far - but he _has_ to do better next season - and there's evidence to suggest he will, and evidence to suggest he won't - it'll be interesting to see what happens. Still can't believe that anyone can call him "clueless" when he's taken the club from the play offs to where we are now. That in itself is an achievement. Cheers, Sean _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist
