All this talk about progress

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  1. Liquoricetyke

    Liquoricetyke Active Member

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    We are 5 points better off! this stage last season...

    pl 36 w11 d5 l20 pts 38

    pl 36 w10 d13 l13 pts 43

    We've actually won one less game than last season.
     
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    The difference is...

    ...we're more difficult to beat and have converted losses into draws. Much better defence; still clueless up front.
     
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    Not losing games may also be called progress.
    5 points more is progress.

    Overall an improvement on last season.
     
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    League is much tougher

    Three teams at the bottom are better than those who went down, while teams like QPR and Hull are a lot better than what they were last season (you could add Burnley to that list as well).
     
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    RE: League is much tougher

    ballox, dont believe everything Davey tells you
     
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    Davey hasn't told me anything

    I've never heard him say that, actually.

    You surely can't say that it's the same or weaker?
     
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    why do you think its harder?

    just cos we have spent some money and not improved that much?
     
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    RE: The difference is...

    Positives
    Better Home Record
    Better players on Bench
    not getting hammered by teams (Coventry aside)

    Negatives
    Struggling For Goals
    No Plan B in games

    We'll stay up this season...3 wins from 10 sounds a lot at moment but as soon as the FA Cup exploits are over on Satdi (or not?!?!?) then we'll have the team focused on survival.

    Next season...if we can get a goalscorer to partner macken and get a prem DM on loan... keep the defence steady...we should be mid table at xmastime...then we will have Muller and De Silva available in new year and have a late push for play-offs

    OR

    We'll win the FA Cup and then get relegated with the Wendies

    (blagger)
     
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    No

    Other teams have spent money and HAVE improved, ie Hull and QPR

    Southend and Luton were very poor last season, and Leeds weren't much better. I think Colchester and Scunny are better than those.
     
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    There's probably no statistical evidence for that but...

    ... I'm tempted to agree.
    When you look down the list in our division there's a good number of clubs with a decent pedigree.
     
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    £2m well spent then. nt
     
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