by Denver Royal »
28 Dec 2018 17:50
tmesis I always feel that while points tells you how good a team is, goal difference is an indicator of the quality of a squad. A team doing well with a modest goal difference is probably overachieving (like us in Stam's first season) while one with a GD that's not as bad as the teams around them is underachieving (probably us this season).
Typically, I'd suggest an underachieving side is more likely to have a little spell of picking up points than those around them, which would make them more likely to survive. However, that would only be the case if the root cause of the underachievement is removed.
At the moment, I'd say we are just about more likely to stay up than go down, but it depends massively on how the players react to the new manager, and what we do in the transfer window.
tmesis, good post, and I agree GD can be an indicator.
We're half way thru the season, and was looking back at some stats. A few things jumped out:
- Played 24 games, and in 16 of them, we've scored either 0 or 1 goal.
- In the 24 games, there's only been 4 games in which a non-striker scored
- The only non-striker who has more than 1 goal is Bacuna (with 3)
So, could use Mid and Def weighing in with more goals. (Morrison and Bamba, two CB's, scored about a dozen goals between them in Champ for Cardiff last season).
But for starters anyway, hoping we get Bod and Meite back firing.