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Originally Posted by Nunavut Patrick
That's the thing- i was trawling through all the European tables and many times the difference is the draws vs wins ratio (more stats).
Some of our draws we've just not got the second goal (ie-Wigan at home), some are totally acceptable like Chelsea away and Arsenal away (under mitigating circumstances). Chelsea home should have been a win, but then Torres saved us a point vs Spurs and so on it goes.
These days you'll not win the League with 10 draws.
I also think that the PL is going to be weaker next season with the likes of potentially Stoke, Bristol City and Hull City coming up and I don't see the two who survive the scrap at the bottom (Fulham are going down) improving much. Can't afford to drop points to the bottom 6.
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My gut feeling is that it's our weakness at scoring from set-pieces which costs us the wins. How many times a season do you see the Mancs and chelsea play poorly and still grind out a win - more often than not from a set-piece. How many times this season have we nicked a win when we're having a bad day?
Thet say Villa score the biggest proportion of their goals from set-pieces so presumably some statto keeps a record of this stuff. I bet we're relegation material in that league.