- Oct 8, 2008
- 102
- 103
BELIEVE
Meh.. The typical Spurs-fashion in my view would be arsenal loosing by a couple of goals v newcastle an us leading through the entire game v sunderland just to let in a cheap goal at the end so they just beat us on goal-difference.
No, we're not cursed. How about the "what if's".
And that's just to name afew that spring to mind1 But, It's not about the "What If's" or us being cursed, it's just one of those things about being a Spurs fan! On the whole we've had a pretty successful season and assuming the likes of Bale stay with us and we shift some more of the deadwood, next season can only be better and the pain of this season will be forgotten....saying that though, we could still get 4th!
- What if we were able to hold on to the West Brom & Norwich game. 4 extra points
- What if Ade wasnt sent off after 10mins when 1-0
- What if we didnt throw away the lead against Everton in the last 2 minutes and lose
- What if we didnt play school boy football against Liverpool and throw away the game when cruising
Any statto's out there know what they highest point tally for a fifth place finish is? I'd be surprised if it's more than 72 when it's been a 38 game season, as it's been nowhere near that in the last 5 years.
67, as you found.
67 is also the average number of points garnered by clubs that finish 4th in the history of the 20 team Premiership. The minimum number of points to finish 4th is 60. That gives you an idea how anomalous this situation is.
The reason the bar is set so high this season is mainly because of the huge gaps between 5th & 8th. It's thrown the usual distribution off. All those points that would have been won by clubs from West Brom on down are sitting in the coffers of the top 5.
Yup - good memory - my bad - I think they got sluggish pre-xmas.Weren't Chelsea top in October when they beat us?
I think that's definitely the case for the cluibs around usbut not so much Spurs after throwing points away to Norwich, West Brom, Stoke, Fulham, Wigan and probably a few others I can't think of right now.