by Sebastian the Red » 23 May 2017 14:11
by muirinho » 23 May 2017 14:33
Sebastian the Red Just browsing through Reddit, and came across this absolute beauty of a post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comment ... es_in_the/
Really interesting reading.
by Sebastian the Red » 23 May 2017 14:35
muirinhoSebastian the Red Just browsing through Reddit, and came across this absolute beauty of a post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comment ... es_in_the/
Really interesting reading.
yep, and can't disagree with his conclusions (although I think Reading's GD this season masks a willingness bordering on reckless to go for 3 points rather than settle for shutting up shop if we're 2 goals down)
by Readingfanman » 23 May 2017 14:39
by Sebastian the Red » 23 May 2017 14:40
Readingfanman Read it all, then at the bottom, there is I'm a Fulham fan who isn't trying to be bitter.
Yeah. OK.
Next week's Championship Playoff final will be the 22nd, and will be contested between Premier League virgins Huddersfield, and old faeces (that’s right you pieces of shit), Reading who have had the fortune of being promoted as champions in 2005-06 and 2011-12.
by Elm Park Kid » 23 May 2017 14:46
by Sebastian the Red » 23 May 2017 14:49
Elm Park Kid The thing I got from that article is that Reading really should have stayed in the Prem for longer when they got promoted in 2006.
by Hound » 23 May 2017 14:51
by Maguire » 23 May 2017 14:58
by JR » 23 May 2017 15:12
by Gunny Fishcake » 23 May 2017 18:24
by Sebastian the Red » 23 May 2017 19:27
Gunny Fishcake The writer calls us "pieces of shit" so I wont be reading his piece of shit
by maffff » 23 May 2017 20:57
by PieEater » 23 May 2017 22:34
Reading and Huddersfield are both in for a whole lot of pain, whoever goes up. Neither side have a strong Goal Difference which suggests that they will struggle to pick up many points next year. History does not favour teams from the playoffs either, and with Reading holding the worst defence in the history of promoted teams, I would not bet against them going straight back down. Alarmingly Huddersfield have not scored anywhere near enough goals to make them look anything like staying longer than 1 year in the PL. Neither side have scored enough goals, and this is a big worry. It is possible if Huddersfield win promotion, they could go down with a record low points total. Whoever goes up, I would say, make an almost irrefutable case for coming straight back down
Reading and Huddersfield are both well and truly oxf*rd
by tidus_mi2 » 23 May 2017 23:39
by windermereROYAL » 24 May 2017 00:06
by Mike Hunt » 24 May 2017 02:45
maffff Missed our first season up there in What about the argument that "first timers are Naive to the Premier League"?
by Stranded » 24 May 2017 07:39
tidus_mi2 I think our poor defensive record and poor goal difference gets skewed by the odd away thrashings we've had. Otherwise we're a fairly consistent side.
by RoyalBlue » 24 May 2017 07:57
Strandedtidus_mi2 I think our poor defensive record and poor goal difference gets skewed by the odd away thrashings we've had. Otherwise we're a fairly consistent side.
What I think would be more interesting as a Stat, which he probably didn't do as not easy to get the stats, is is there any correlation between amount of clean sheets kept and performance. We kept 15 out of 46 games (32.6%), which I'm sure is massively high compared to other teams who have conceded 60+ goals in a season.
After all, it doesn't matter if you lose a game 1-0 or 7-1 but keep clean sheets in a 3rd of your games in any league and you are going to be comfortably safe at worst I would expect.
by NewCorkSeth » 24 May 2017 11:03
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