In fact if we didn't get three penalties and only one was absolutely bang on, we may be six points lower than we are now.
Enough of this "if we didn't get three penalties" line of argument! It's no more useful now than it was when it was first brought up a few weeks ago. I'm quite certain that you wouldn't allow anyone to get away with saying, "if Krul hadn't saved all those shots" or "if Defoe had scored that one-on-one just after half time v West Ham". So why should your hypothetical scenarios be any more relevant?
As to only one of those penalties being "bang on", I'll grant you the one v Hull. But against Swansea, the dodgy penalty we did get only made up for the bang on penalty we didn't get. Not to mention the 5 or 6 bang on penalties we were denied last season, just the one of which could have been the difference between 5th and 4th (and, yes, I am aware that that is a hypothetical scenario!). So I think AVB was due a bit of luck in that regard.
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