The Race to the Title

[Real_madyidd]

Have you never heard of a 6 pointer before?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-pointer

I assume we are all familiar with a 6 pinter?

That's how Leicester play.

 

[Borks]

I think there's one important question that everyone's forgotten...

Have you never heard of a 6 pointer?

 

[Sir Henry]

you're trolling, right? no one is this naive.

Sorry, was I inaccurate ?

 

[midoNdefoe]

Leicester a few weeks ago?

Haha! We need a sarcasm notification device. Too subtle? That would explain the 'doh!' rating...

 

[Giovanni]

Haha i prefer leicester to be 'the 6 (toe)punters + mahrez,drinkwater,vardy,kante + keeper.

 

[iambasil]

I'll start off by caveating that I'm not someone getting excited about our title chances. 15% at the moment apparently.

Have a look at this...
http://sportcast.co.uk/a-genuine-premier-league-super-sunday/

Lays out all the statistical expectations of the title race and some insight as to how big a deal this weekend is. Covers the top 4

 

[Bulletspur]

you're trolling, right? no one is this naive. thick

Corrected!

 

[dudu]

So explain how Leicester are 5 points ahead of us yet, had we beaten them, we'd be 1 point ahead of them?

How many points would it take us to over take them by 1 point?
6.

I want to winner this 6 times.

 

[deluded-yid]

I'll start off by caveating that I'm not someone getting excited about our title chances. 15% at the moment apparently.

Have a look at this...
http://sportcast.co.uk/a-genuine-premier-league-super-sunday/

Lays out all the statistical expectations of the title race and some insight as to how big a deal this weekend is. Covers the top 4

As a lot of people have pointed out there's still 13 games to go but city, goons and manure are the most important ones.
As long as we don't lose those games we should be ok.

 

[Lemon]

Full-blown 6 pointer on Sunday!!
When was the last time we had that??

Edit : Consider the lilies.

 

[eViL]

I think this is why Leicester are doing so well, even with 5pt lead they don't feel the pressure

I bet they'll start to.

 

[Sir Henry]

So explain how Leicester are 5 points ahead of us yet, had we beaten them, we'd be 1 point ahead of them?

How many points would it take us to over take them by 1 point?
6.

Oh good god. You're actually seriously asking me that....... ? Let me help you.

On the 13th Jan when we played them, they were 4 points above us. After that game they were 7 points above us. Had your rucking ridiculous theory of it being a 6 pointer lol been true, had we won the game we would have been 1 behind, honest its only 3 points for a win 4 behind, win the game 1 behind, its just nursery math, tough to understand but its the truth. By the way, its the 12th Feb, weve played a few games since a month has passed, honest so has leicester. Why not ask me that question again in another month, so I can make what you say look stupid again ?

 

[MightySpurs]

Oh good god. You're actually seriously asking me that....... ? Let me help you.

On the 13th Jan when we played them, they were 4 points above us. After that game they were 7 points above us. Had your rucking ridiculous theory of it being a 6 pointer lol been true, had we won the game we would have been 1 behind, honest its only 3 points for a win 4 behind, win the game 1 behind, its just nursery math, tough to understand but its the truth. By the way, its the 12th Feb, weve played a few games since a month has passed, honest so has leicester. Why not ask me that question again in another month, so I can make what you say look stupid again ?

Am I the only one who is humiliated on his behalf just be reading this stuff?

We all know we don't actually get 6 points.

Baffled

 

[Tucker]

Am I the only one who is humiliated on his behalf just be reading this stuff?

We all know we don't actually get 6 points.

Baffled

It's embarrassing for him, but he's clearly trolling.

 

[ExpatFan]

Or

It's embarrassing for him, but he's clearly trolling.

Or pissed?

 

[Larryjanta]

Oh good god. You're actually seriously asking me that....... ? Let me help you.

On the 13th Jan when we played them, they were 4 points above us. After that game they were 7 points above us. Had your rucking ridiculous theory of it being a 6 pointer lol been true, had we won the game we would have been 1 behind, honest its only 3 points for a win 4 behind, win the game 1 behind, its just nursery math, tough to understand but its the truth. By the way, its the 12th Feb, weve played a few games since a month has passed, honest so has leicester. Why not ask me that question again in another month, so I can make what you say look stupid again ?

Quick question, how many days in a fortnight?

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=107926751

 

[Spurger King]

Oh good god. You're actually seriously asking me that....... ? Let me help you.

On the 13th Jan when we played them, they were 4 points above us. After that game they were 7 points above us. Had your rucking ridiculous theory of it being a 6 pointer lol been true, had we won the game we would have been 1 behind, honest its only 3 points for a win 4 behind, win the game 1 behind, its just nursery math, tough to understand but its the truth. By the way, its the 12th Feb, weve played a few games since a month has passed, honest so has leicester. Why not ask me that question again in another month, so I can make what you say look stupid again ?

The key point is about two teams playing each other that are close together in the table.

For example, if we're playing Villa, and Leicester are playing Sunderland, we may well get three points, but we have no say in whether or not Leicester get three points. We could both win, and we make zero progress on them.

When we're playing them, a win not only gives the winning team three points, it also means (inevitably) that the losing team drops three potential points. Therefore there are essentially 6 points at stake...three for the winning team, and a loss of 3 potential points for the losing team. Situations like that are called 6-pointer games.

If we'd beaten Leicester at the Lane, they'd have three points less than they do now, and we'd have three more.

We'd be above them by 1 point, instead of behind them by 5.

Let's put it another way:

Team A is one place above the relegation zone, and team B is directly below them by three points (and in the relegation zone). Both teams have identical goal difference.

If team B play team A on the last day of the season, and team B win 1-0, they not only gain three points on team A, they also stop team A from gaining 3 points (that's a total of six points at stake), and in the process they also improve their goal difference by +1 whilst reducing team A's goal difference by -1...therefore going above them and staying up.

6 pointers are called 6 pointers because they have the potential for one opponent to swing 3 points positively in their favour, and 3 points negatively against their opponents.

Nursery maths.

 

[dagraham]

Just heard Kompany and Silva are fit.

Bugger.

 

[EJWTartanSpur]

I suppose now would be a poor time to start mentioning the proverbial 8 pointer and how that comes about

 

[greaves]

I suppose now would be a poor time to start mentioning the proverbial 8 pointer and how that comes about

It's far too late for me to explain the impact of black holes on this scenario.