Beefymcfc wrote:Had a check of this ‘9 game unbeaten run’ that the sycophants keep bringing up and thought I’d put it into context.
They’ve played 5 cup games in that ‘Not losing’ run, 2 against the Brilliant Brugge, 1 against Terrific Tranmere, 1 against the Dastardly Derby and, of course, our game where they won the 2nd leg but lost the tie.
For the PL they did beat Watford and Chelsea but drew with Everton and Wolves, meaning no losses and not a bad tally of 8 out of a possible 12.
But that’s not the bigger picture because, as always, it fails to address the wider form. When we look at form in the PL you would normally use the last 6 games and when you factor the extra 2 games the reality is somewhat different. The 2 preceding games were against Liverpool and Burnley, where they lost both 2-0 with their play being quite shit.
So, I make that 8 points from a possible 18 and 5 games against an opposition who are either nowhere near their level or were just ensuring that they won the overall tie.
Just wanted to get it out there for when the PR spin gets you thinking that they have been better than they actually are.
Further to this analysis there are some points to make about the rag victories.
The Chelsea game was a travesty of justice, slab head should have been red carded for kicking Batshuayi in the bollocks, then Zouma had a goal disallowed in contentious circumstances, it appeared Fred had pushed the Chelsea player not the other way round.
The Watford game sounds resounding 3-0 but Watford were well in the game missing chances till Foster gave the ref the opportunity to give rags a pen.
The Brugge game, again sounds easy win, but Brugge well in the game until one of their players inexplicably dived and hand balled even though the keeper was behind him, in any other sport there would be an enquiry, the guy was sent off and rags get a pen of course.
Even the Everton 1-1 had a contentious end to the game, Everton thought they had won with a last gasp winning goal, but you guessed it disallowed again by VAR in the reports after Clattenburg said the goal should have been allowed.
So, within the six from nine statistic, there is evidence the rags have, shall we say had their share of good fortune. Let’s hope said fortune runs out Sunday.
A stat of ours that is a worry, we have not scored more than two in a game since January 12, the 6-1 win at Villa, hope there is an omen there.
