| Ooooh great MOTD stat 00:46 - Oct 26 with 2498 views | unstableblue |
Covering all the teams in PL history, for those with 10+ points after 8 games:
390 stayed up, 12 were relegated
And counting only newly promoted teams:
27 stayed up, 6 were relegated
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| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 07:29 - Oct 26 with 1965 views | Axeldalai_lama |
Annoyingly I support Ipswich the way people support the reform party. No amount of statistics will help, it's all about how I feel, and I'm conditioned to feel the worst will happen unless it's absolutely blatant that we're staying up. |  | | |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 09:32 - Oct 26 with 1667 views | billlm |
Because we drew against forest(good point) it's all tight ed up now, |  | | |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 11:28 - Oct 26 with 1408 views | Guthrum |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 07:29 - Oct 26 by Axeldalai_lama |
Annoyingly I support Ipswich the way people support the reform party. No amount of statistics will help, it's all about how I feel, and I'm conditioned to feel the worst will happen unless it's absolutely blatant that we're staying up. |
The thing which gives me most comfort is the performances.
Two years ago, virtually every game looked like a cup tie between a lower-division challenger and a Prem side. There was the slim chance of an upset every now and then.
This time, we look genuinely competitive and with the stamina to remain so throughout the full 90+ minutes. Sure, there are still times we are outclassed, but that's only against the best teams (or those with the best players having a good day, Fernandes/Isak) and we even gave ManC a run for their money at the Etihad.
Which is reflected in results - having got something from half our games, with a 37.5% win rate - and position in mid table. |  |
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| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 11:43 - Oct 26 with 1339 views | ITFC_Essex |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 07:29 - Oct 26 by Axeldalai_lama |
Annoyingly I support Ipswich the way people support the reform party. No amount of statistics will help, it's all about how I feel, and I'm conditioned to feel the worst will happen unless it's absolutely blatant that we're staying up. |
We're a couple of losses away from the bottom three. It's a tight league this season, we shouldn't be expecting to stay up just because we're 12th or whatever now. It's going to be a slog and we (along with Hull and Coventry) are still most likely to drop. The likes of Manure, Sunderland, and co. haven't changed managers yet either to get a bounce either. That usually helps, as it did with Wolves when we were last up. |  |
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| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 11:48 - Oct 26 with 1297 views | J2BLUE |
This is like when people were saying Coventry were down because of stats. 1-2 wins and stats look absolutely meaningless. |  | | |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 12:00 - Oct 26 with 1218 views | Guthrum |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 11:43 - Oct 26 by ITFC_Essex |
We're a couple of losses away from the bottom three. It's a tight league this season, we shouldn't be expecting to stay up just because we're 12th or whatever now. It's going to be a slog and we (along with Hull and Coventry) are still most likely to drop. The likes of Manure, Sunderland, and co. haven't changed managers yet either to get a bounce either. That usually helps, as it did with Wolves when we were last up. |
Altho changing managers is something of a lottery, especially at a club like ManU which is rapidly disintegrating from within. Plus the later they leave it, the bigger the defecit to turn around and less time to reorganise. | |
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| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 12:20 - Oct 26 with 1114 views | vilanovablue |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 11:43 - Oct 26 by ITFC_Essex |
We're a couple of losses away from the bottom three. It's a tight league this season, we shouldn't be expecting to stay up just because we're 12th or whatever now. It's going to be a slog and we (along with Hull and Coventry) are still most likely to drop. The likes of Manure, Sunderland, and co. haven't changed managers yet either to get a bounce either. That usually helps, as it did with Wolves when we were last up. |
The things that stands out for me is that:
a) we are much more competitive
b) the gap in quality seems to have reduced
c) Europe could prove a bit of a curveball to the so called "smaller" clubs
For me there are reasons to be cheerful. |  | | |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 13:26 - Oct 26 with 920 views | CaptainAhab |
Sounds positive, but only things is we don't have 10+ points, we have 10 points. I wonder how the stats would look if you took the + bit out and looked at teams who had 10 points after 8 games?
I agree with Guthrum though, the difference in performances from last time round is night and day and gives me a lot of hope. [Post edited 26 Oct 13:27]
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| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 13:31 - Oct 26 with 892 views | Vic |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 07:29 - Oct 26 by Axeldalai_lama |
Annoyingly I support Ipswich the way people support the reform party. No amount of statistics will help, it's all about how I feel, and I'm conditioned to feel the worst will happen unless it's absolutely blatant that we're staying up. |
have a thumbs for the last part of that. But I refuse to even read anything about that aweful group you mentioned at the start! |  |
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| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 14:04 - Oct 26 with 802 views | Guthrum |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 13:26 - Oct 26 by CaptainAhab |
Sounds positive, but only things is we don't have 10+ points, we have 10 points. I wonder how the stats would look if you took the + bit out and looked at teams who had 10 points after 8 games?
I agree with Guthrum though, the difference in performances from last time round is night and day and gives me a lot of hope. [Post edited 26 Oct 13:27]
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Going back over the last 10 completed seasons, teams in the Prem on exactly 10 points after 8 games (may not all be the same week):
25/26 Brentford in 13th, finished 9th on 53 pts
24/25 Brentford in 13th, finished 10th on 56 pts
23/24 Nobody
22/23 Liverpool in 10th, finished 5th on 67 pts
Brentford in 10th, finished 9th on 59 pts
Everton in 11th, finished 17th on 36 pts
21/22 Aston Villa in 13th, finished 14th on 45 pts
20/21 Leeds in 15th, finished 9th on 59 pts
19/20 Wolverhampton Wanderers in 11th, finished 7th on 59 pts
18/19 Nobody
17/18 West Bromwich Albion in 10th, finished 20th on 31 pts
16/17 West Bromwich Albion in 12th, finished 10th on 45 pts
Only one of the above ended up relegated, WBA in 2017-18, tho Everton in 2022-23 had a close shave. Both of them collapsed badly after a decent start (21 points from 30 games, going from Pulis via Megson and Pardew to Moore in the dugout at the Hawthorns; 26 from 30 under Lampard and Dyche, scraping survival on the final day at Goodison Park). | |
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| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 14:08 - Oct 26 with 783 views | CaptainAhab |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 14:04 - Oct 26 by Guthrum |
Going back over the last 10 completed seasons, teams in the Prem on exactly 10 points after 8 games (may not all be the same week):
25/26 Brentford in 13th, finished 9th on 53 pts
24/25 Brentford in 13th, finished 10th on 56 pts
23/24 Nobody
22/23 Liverpool in 10th, finished 5th on 67 pts
Brentford in 10th, finished 9th on 59 pts
Everton in 11th, finished 17th on 36 pts
21/22 Aston Villa in 13th, finished 14th on 45 pts
20/21 Leeds in 15th, finished 9th on 59 pts
19/20 Wolverhampton Wanderers in 11th, finished 7th on 59 pts
18/19 Nobody
17/18 West Bromwich Albion in 10th, finished 20th on 31 pts
16/17 West Bromwich Albion in 12th, finished 10th on 45 pts
Only one of the above ended up relegated, WBA in 2017-18, tho Everton in 2022-23 had a close shave. Both of them collapsed badly after a decent start (21 points from 30 games, going from Pulis via Megson and Pardew to Moore in the dugout at the Hawthorns; 26 from 30 under Lampard and Dyche, scraping survival on the final day at Goodison Park). |
So we're staying up then? Nice! | | | |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 14:28 - Oct 26 with 730 views | C_Jam_Blue |
I suddenly noticed on Sunday the way I watch MOTD has changed this season. Usually I would watch the main 2 or 3 games and only stay up for the last couple if they involved Town. Now I am more keen to watch Hull, Bournemouth, Sunderland, Coventry etc than any of the other games (Town games aside) to see which are looking most likely to finish below us. | | | |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 14:31 - Oct 26 with 723 views | Radlett_blue |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 14:28 - Oct 26 by C_Jam_Blue |
I suddenly noticed on Sunday the way I watch MOTD has changed this season. Usually I would watch the main 2 or 3 games and only stay up for the last couple if they involved Town. Now I am more keen to watch Hull, Bournemouth, Sunderland, Coventry etc than any of the other games (Town games aside) to see which are looking most likely to finish below us. |
I think it has a lot to do with the fact that the big clubs play on Sunday so often these days. |  |
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| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 14:31 - Oct 26 with 721 views | unstableblue |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 13:26 - Oct 26 by CaptainAhab |
Sounds positive, but only things is we don't have 10+ points, we have 10 points. I wonder how the stats would look if you took the + bit out and looked at teams who had 10 points after 8 games?
I agree with Guthrum though, the difference in performances from last time round is night and day and gives me a lot of hope. [Post edited 26 Oct 13:27]
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It was 10 or more
So teams on 10 points or 10+ after 8 games [Post edited 26 Oct 14:47]
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| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 14:58 - Oct 26 with 625 views | CaptainAhab |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 14:31 - Oct 26 by unstableblue |
It was 10 or more
So teams on 10 points or 10+ after 8 games [Post edited 26 Oct 14:47]
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Yeah I get that, I just meant no point comparing the teams who had more than 10 points, as we don't have more than 10, and presumably the ones that did/do are far more likely to be staying up, so skewing the stats. | | | |
| Ooooh great MOTD stat on 15:05 - Oct 26 with 597 views | northants |
Certainy this stat is reason for optimism.
More so though, is our early season resilience - this will need to continue as inevitably the likes of Forest, Spurs, Man U will improve their positions hugely as the campaign continues.
Whilist I am loving our resilience, i do feel (similar to Man u with Fernandes), if we were to lose Palacios for an extended period, I think this could really really hurt us.
Staying cautiously optimistic for now......! |  | | |
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