Thursday, August 16, 2007

How did we start in previous campaigns

I was trying to think back today on how our 9 campaigns to win the FAPL started and couldn't remember them all. I needed to know this to see if it is time to start hitting the panic button, so I went digging and this is what I found. I'm going to post the results of the first five games with W=Win, D=Draw and L=Loss including total points

1993 - L(A) L(H) D (H) W (A) W(A) Total points 7 (0 for the first two). Finished on 84 points, 10 ahead of Aston Villa.

1994 - W(A) W(H) D(H) W(A) W(A) Total points 13(6 for the first two). Finished on 92 points, 8 ahead of Blackburn Rovers.

1996 - L(A) W(H) W(H) W(A) W(A) Total points 12(3 for the first two). Finished on 82 points, 4 ahead of Newcastle.

1997 - W(A) D(H) D(H) D(A) W(A) Total points 9(4 for the first two). Finished on 75 points, 7 ahead of Newcastle.

1999 - D(H) D(A) W(H) W(H) L(A) Total points 8 (2 for the first two). Finished on 79 points, 1 ahead of Arsenal.

2000 - D(A) W(H) W(H) W(A) W(A) Total points 13 (4 for the first two). Finished on 91 points, 18 ahead of Arsenal.

2001 - W(H) D(A) D(A) W(H) W(H) Total points 11 (4 for the first two). Finished on 90 points , 10 ahead of Arsenal.

2003 - W(H) D(A) D(A) W(H) L(H) Total of 8 points (4 for the first two). Finished on 83 points ,5 ahead of Arsenal.

2007 - W(H) W(A) W(A) W(H) W(H) Total of 15 points (6 for the first two). Finished on 89 points, 6 ahead of Chelsea.

Average for first five games. 97/9= 10.8 Average
Average for first two games. 33/9 = 3.6 Average

Last Season we tied our best for first two games but our best in the first 5, only to be followed by a draw and loss. If we win our next 3 games it will leave us on 11 points which is just better than the average. Considering the quality of the FAPL I think we need to get 20 points from the next 7 games.

No panic buttons yet, just time to pull up our socks.

2 comments:

Neil Webster said...

The fact that people, and a lot of people at that if you listen to 606, are even talking about pushing the panic button after 2 games is absolutely laughable!! All the other teams will drop points at some stage. How some people continue to question Fergie after all this time and success blows my mind!! But I am looking forward to this derby more than most in recent history....

Andrew K said...

I agree, Untited will pull together and put a great run of wins together