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This Time Last Year

This Time Last Year

paddysr

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Given the injury crisis we are currently going through and the fact that this time last year we were just coming out of a barren spell I thought I'd take a look where we were same time last season.

​We are just 7pts worse off than we were at the same point last season after the god awful start we had.

The biggest problem we had the 2nd half last season was a lack of goals but we seem to have sorted that issue out this year. Quietly confident we are over the worst of it and injuries permitting I see no reason we can't go on a decent run and at the very least get close to where we finished last season. ​​​​​​
 
paddysr;n3410639 said:
Given the injury crisis we are currently going through and the fact that this time last year we were just coming out of a barren spell I thought I'd take a look where we were same time last season.

​We are just 7pts worse off than we were at the same point last season after the god awful start we had.

The biggest problem we had the 2nd half last season was a lack of goals but we seem to have sorted that issue out this year. Quietly confident we are over the worst of it and injuries permitting I see no reason we can't go on a decent run and at the very least get close to where we finished last season. ​​​​​​
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I'd settle for comfortably mid table but it's been an amazing turn around and who knows?
 
The problem is, we averaged 1.64 points a game over the remaining games a year ago. Which over a season is top 6 form.

Admire your confidence, but we need to have a hell of a run over the rest of the season. It's possible, but unlikely in my opinion.
 
50 points from the remaining 25 games takes us to 75 - which would probably have us finish 6th or last year's 7th. 2pts a game isn't impossible... but it's not likely.

You never know though!
 
Given injuries and complete lack of summer (and lets face it, probably January too) investment, mid table would be another excellent showing this year.

Teams in this league just keep getting better, Stoke have multiple international talents to call on and are a mid table side at best.
 
Regardless;n3410690 said:
50 points from the remaining 25 games takes us to 75 - which would probably have us finish 6th or last year's 7th. 2pts a game isn't impossible... but it's not likely.

You never know though!
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But with the league probably being the tightest it’s ever been this year, will 75 points be required to make the top 6?
 
Lee Trundle;n3410822 said:
Given injuries and complete lack of summer (and lets face it, probably January too) investment, mid table would be another excellent showing this year.

Teams in this league just keep getting better, Stoke have multiple international talents to call on and are a mid table side at best.
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over the last 11 games weve run just shy of that by 2 points. Like you say far from impossible but in no way will it be easy.
 
A new GK, RB and a couple of bodies in the top half and who knows CR7 coming back in March will be like a new signing in itself.
 
For now, I'm happy to see us putting some distance between us and the relegation fight. We're now lower mid table and we should just keep at it, hoping to get above mid table. Then we'll see. 11 points behind the play offs is probably too much to make up, but you never know.

The reality is that our form is now good enough to be in the play offs, but it isn't good enough to make up that gap.

What's important is that we move forward as a club, which is a long process.

Personally I think we are better equipped than we were this time last year, it's just our start was terrible.
 
paddysr;n3410841 said:
A new GK, RB and a couple of bodies in the top half and who knows CR7 coming back in March will be like a new signing in itself.
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That's if he hits the ground running and is back on schedule. He would only really have 8 weeks or so to affect the remainder of our season, depending on when in March he's back. A lot of ifs and buts. I hope you're right though.
 
paddysr;n3410841 said:
A new GK, RB and a couple of bodies in the top half and who knows CR7 coming back in March will be like a new signing in itself.
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Neil said the other day 3 players were out for the season. Bodin, Harrop and I assumed the other to be Robinson? They said 3 months minimum depending on if he needed the op, which he's now add. Unless I'm completely forgetting someone else....?
 
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