Steve Zodiak wrote:Forever Blue wrote:Steve Zodiak wrote:Bluebina wrote:Sheffield United 3rd
Wolves away 4th
Preston away 5th
QPR 10th
Fulham away 14th
Aston Villa 18th
Burton away 21st
So three of the top five and we took maximum points off two of them, and two of those games were away, so aswell as being top two, we,ve had a tough set of fixtures
Don't know the answer to this question as the tables are completely irrelevant when each team has played just 7 of the 23 other sides in the league. Will have a better idea after another 7 games when we will know who may be challenging at the top end this season.
Correct Steve and at the times we played Fulham, Sheffield United and Preston, they were all much lower in the table.
That's the point I was trying to make earlier. These teams may be 4th, 5th or whatever, but they were'nt when we played them. Preston are now top six because they beat us, they were lower when we actually played them. Two wins at this stage can mean improving your position by 10 places or so, and if we were to lose our next two games, even though we are currently in the automatic promotion places we could easily find ourselves in the bottom half. Much too early to look at tables as a guide to who are the contenders for promotion or relegation.
the combination of other teams results required means its impossible for any team to jump 10 places should they win the next 2 games at the moment in our division.
and impossible for us to drop into the bottom half should we lose 2..
your also under estimating early form as a guide...where as the bookies have drasitcally altered their odds.
yes some teams will improve and others drop off. but that can also happen late in the season {leeds last year }..but generally the teams who end up close to the top have had good starts and vice versa for relegated teams..
over the last 4 years no team from the bottom 6 after 7 games have finished top 6....3 bottom half teams have finished top 6 12.5%..the rest 87.5% were top half after 7 games...and no team in the top ten after 7 games got relegated
if thats not a guide i dont know what is.