Beefymcfc wrote:Just watched MotD and thought I'd look at the form table in relation to Swansea. Firstly, I've gotta say that they've had a real tough run of games of late. After playing Norwich away they then went on to play Everton, Chelsea, Villa, us and the Rags. That's some run of games where they only got 1 point away to Villa.
That led me to look at the Rags form as I seem to remember Moyes telling us that they had a tough run as well and even though they are sat 3rd in the table, behind us and Chelsea, the games they've had are risible compared to what others have had to play. Looking at the oppo's form over their last 6 what sticks out like a sore thumb is that 5 of the 6s league form are all down at the bottom of the table whilst the only half decent team they played beat them comfortably (I thought) on their own manor.
Villa - 16th
West Ham -14th
Hull - 15th
Norwich - 19th
Spurs - 4th
Swansea - 20th
What was telling about this game is the pre-match talk that Swansea could possibly get a result at the Swamp. When, in modern footballing history, has the talk been about a team who had not picked up a win in 6, possibly go on to beat the Rags in their back yard?
Whether it was a genuine claim to give Swansea a chance or it was certain elements bigging Swansea up for the purpose of lording the Rags acheivement up afterwards, I don't know, but it is telling that they can even make the ascertion.
Assume they didn't try and claim rags are back in title race. Was there a mention of the 4th place race?
