One Year Ago...

[G.T.P]

You twitch away then mate. No problem.

Nobody can say for certain if those two first-half pens had gone in that we'd have lost those games. The games would have been changed, but nobody knows how.

If Palace hadn't scored, we wouldn't have got the second at Selhurst.
No need to.
Same at Derby.



Anyway... each to their own, I'm well happy with the way things are going.

you reckon we would of scored then if scored against yeah?
love your confidence, as mines dwindling at the moment.

[Goddard]

you reckon we would of scored then if scored against yeah?
love your confidence, as mines dwindling at the moment.

Yeah.

Can't be sure, or state is as a fact... but going by what I saw at Palace and Derby, I wouldn't say we would have lost either game if a first half penalty had popped into our net.


All hypothetical anyway.

[G.T.P]

we need to start letting a goal in early doors to get us/mackie/helguson going again then.

[Goddard]

we need to start letting a goal in early doors to get us going then.

We're trying our best, but these soppy f*ckers keep missing penalties.

[G.T.P]

ha ha.

[qblockpete]

Great stats as usual.

When you get a chance can you look at our record in November in recent years? not too sure its much cop?

[Toni German]

Great stats as usual.

When you get a chance can you look at our record in November in recent years? not too sure its much cop?

And while you're at it, how do we normally do on Fridays?

[Kit]

30/09/09 Newcastle United 1 - 1 Queens Park Rangers
03/10/09 Newcastle United 0 - 0 Bristol City
17/10/09 Nottingham Forest 1 - 0 Newcastle United
20/10/09 S****horpe United 2 - 1 Newcastle United

These were games 10, 11, 12 and 13 for Newcastle. Newcastle conceded in 3 of the 4 matches. They failed to score in 2 of the 4 matches and they lost 2 of the 4 matches. 24 points from 13 matches. Not 28 from 12 like us.

Even if we were to lose 4-0 on Friday we would still have conceded fewer goals then Newcastle had done after 13 matches. We would have scored 5 goals more than they had done after 13 matches and most importantly we would have accumulated 4 points more than they had after 13 matches.

Quite simply we are having a little blip. Not a losing blip. Just a blip where we are failing to score but we still sit 2 points clear at the top. We still sit 7 points clear of Watford and have a much superior goal difference meaning that we are effectively 8 points clear.

In our last 6 matches we've won 3 and drawn 3 having played 3 at home and 3 away. The old saying was win your home matches and draw your away games although we've won some away and drawn some at home we are doing exactly that. Only once in the previous 10 years has 92 points (or 2 points per game which is equal to 23 home wins and 23 draws) not been enough to be Champions but was plenty to finish 2nd. The average points per game needed to finish 2nd is 1.90 which we are more than achieving.

Excellent post it does show how well we are doing at the moment, theres a long way to go but what a start we have given ourselves.

[80sCasual]

Not sure of our record on Fridays but I know when we've been on Sky it hasn't been that good.

[sirpiechucker]

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