Re Home and away From all 17 League games we got only 14 pts from 9 home and got 17pts from 8 aways !! So miles better away from home. From March 1st (date for 'real' Macca) is 13 pts from 6 at home and 16pts from 7 away so not much difference. (in first 4 games under Macca 3 at home and 1 away but only got 3 draws and one defeat) Obviously in play offs we lost at home, won away and then lost on neutral so bearing in mind they are more cup ties than league not too much can be read into it. I did disagree with my mate over our team and chances this year (he is your typical dour pessimistic Yorky - at times I think he is Rich W in disguise (hated Harte, Viduka & Butler in past and now Douglas etc etc) that is why actually looked results up - under Wise although we had an incredible start (one we won't match this season) there was often an element of getting results we did not deserve and then later on when our form dipped (post Poyet) it did seem partly that we had been found out but once Macca got a grip we quite clearly managed Champions form. To date, Freedman is the only player of any note we have lost - Constantine never played, and if Macca is to be believed the only ones to go are those of no real use - Westlake, Weston, Elding and a few other fringe players. Robinson is likely to be a good addition and then players like Sheehan, Howson, Johnson, Huntington and Kilkenny will have benefited from last season and will continue to improve. Only Rui is likely to be on the downhill slope age wise. A lot will depend on who else comes in - Delph and possibly Elliott and Bayly will be breaking into the squad alongside any new arrivals. Worryingly it has all gone quiet on the Nemeth front, and having been linked to experienced (albeit over the hill) players such as Phillips and Cole we have settled for a really average journeyman in Showumni !! Also I think, given the price increases added to the general recession, our gates (like a lot of other clubs) will decrease and if we do not get off to a good start may decrease by big numbers. Still I am looking forward to the new season with a lot of optimism and expecting to enjoy the actual type of football we will be playing - against York we had a lot of pretty football even if much of it was non productive ! Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interesting stats Dave!
Did you break it down further into home and away? My thoughts are that we did just as well away due to some of the lesser players being over-awed by playing in front of a hostile crowd - ie, their own supporters at ER. Cheers Andy C Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless device -----Original Message----- From: DAVID NATTAN Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:38:21 To: list leedslist Subject: [LU] Form under Macca - anoraks only !! Was discussing the upcoming season with a mate last night - he reckons that with last years squad we have no chance of automatic promotion and was less than impressed with signings so far - Enoch no better than average, Robinson OK, but loss of Freedman massive. I said I thought we did well enough under Macca to have won promotion if we kept it up over a full season I have looked up our form under Macca but only from March 1st (one month after he took over and co-incidently his first victory) and it shows in the League we played 13, won 9 lost 2 and drew 2 - average 2.23pts a game which would get us 102 points over a full season - would walk the League with games to spare ! If you include the play offs (one win and two defeats) it drops to exactly 2 pts per game - 92 over the season - the same as Swansea got, so likley to be top two in any year. >From Macca taking over we played 17 League games and got 32 pts - 86pts over >the course of a season which would have put us ahead of Forest (82pts) All Macca games -( 20) - 35 pts - 80 pts over the season - same as Donny and Carlisle this season so play offs but unlikely to get auto promotion. So on those facts if we do as well this coming season as under Macca last time we are taking it at its best going to walk the League, at worst play offs (and a defeat in the final no doubt) Yes I am bored !!!!!!!!!! Dave _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist "the morphine patch and the handfuls of dihydrocodiene and paracetamol did the business. I am GOING TO WEMBLEY !!!!" Dave Nattan May 16th 2008 _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist "the morphine patch and the handfuls of dihydrocodiene and paracetamol did the business. I am GOING TO WEMBLEY !!!!" Dave Nattan May 16th 2008 _______________________________________________ the Leeds List is an unmoderated mailing list and the list administrators accept no liability for the personal views and opinions of contributors. Leedslist mailing list [email protected] http://list.zetnet.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist "the morphine patch and the handfuls of dihydrocodiene and paracetamol did the business. I am GOING TO WEMBLEY !!!!" Dave Nattan May 16th 2008
