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1 Chelsea (1) 12
2 Arsenal (3) 10
3 Manchester City (6) 10
4 Tottenham Hotspur (4) 10
5 Manchester United (2) 9
6 Aston Villa (5) 9
7 West Ham United (17) 6
8 Fulham (12) 6
9 Liverpool (7) 6
10 Bolton Wanderers (18) 6
11 Everton (14) 6
12 Stoke City (9) 6
13 Wigan Athletic (15) 6
14 Wolverhampton Wndrs (19) 5
15 Birmingham City (13) 4
16 Sunderland (8) 4
17 Portsmouth (20) 4
18 Blackburn Rovers (11) 3
19 Hull City (16) 1
20 Burnley (10) 1

I was disappointed as much as others with our lack of attacking mentality against Liverpool as they looked ready for the taking but looking at the away league table we are joint second and our tactic of spoiling play and working hard in a packed midfield is getting tanigable results. The cultural (winning mentality) change that was talked about by the club in pre-season is starting to take place away from home.

I've been to so many away games when the team looked beaten at the kick off. It seemed like they knew they would not win so what was the point. Now, it is an absolute pleasure to go to away games knowing that my team can finally compete and not roll over.

Look at that! Joint second! Compared to last season eh? See with all the doom and gloom about that should cheer a few f**kers up hopefully!

Ideal proof that life is good. If we had managed to beat Fulham & Burnley then everyones mood would be so much different. Things are slightly, and i mean slightly, behind where i expected us to be this far into the season. We will continue to drop points where we least expect and we'll collect points where we least expect but as long as we get back to dominating at home and keeping our away record going then life will be good.

Well we certainly showed we are the hardest team to beat this season, we just need to tighten up and bobs yer uncle. A very positive statistic that will have the negative people shaking their heads in disbelief.

That table is inaccurate...who the fucl would ONLY DRAW to BURNLEY?

...and are you everybody's Uncle Bob...Uncle Bob?

I think our goals conceded away from home is quite good too.

Didn't even realise we're that good to be honest. I hope we keep this up and I don't see why we couldn't.
Thumbs up for the coaches and the lads for sorting the away form - well done.

Well, that really is interesting and I must say I'm a bit suprised.

Thanks for that WW, it makes for some factual, yet positive reading. Both of which were lacking seriously from the board yesterday.

If we hadn't been robbed at the swamp we'd be the only unbeaten side in all the top leagues in the world. It may not be as good as winning, but not getting beaten really does breed confidence a lot more that losing four and winning two.

Great foundation, we just need to make sure we continue to build and we'll be more than fine.

Vhero wrote:Look at that! Joint second! Compared to last season eh? See with all the doom and gloom about that should cheer a few f**kers up hopefully!

We finished 17th last year with stats of won 2, drew 5, lost 12 = 11 points

And we're also top of the league in least red and yellow cards issued to.

1 Manchester City.................. 13 1 15
2 Chelsea............................ 14 1 16
3 Everton............................ 17 1 19
Fulham.............................. 17 1 19
Burnley.............................. 19 0 19
6 Arsenal............................ 20 0 20
7 Blackburn Rovers................. 19 1 21
8 Wigan Athletic.................... 22 0 22
9 Liverpool.......................... 17 3 23
Birmingham........................ 21 1 23
11 Manchester United............. 20 2 24
Tottenham Hotspur............... 22 1 24
Wolverhampton Wanderers...... 22 1 24
Portsmouth........................ 22 1 24
15 Hull City......................... 22 2 26
16 Bolton Wanderers.............. 23 2 27
Stoke City......................... 25 1 27
18 Aston Villa...................... 25 2 29
Sunderland........................ 25 2 29
20 West Ham United.............. 26 2 30

MaineRoadMemories wrote:And we're also top of the league in least red and yellow cards issued to.

1 Manchester City.................. 13 1 15
2 Chelsea............................ 14 1 16
3 Everton............................ 17 1 19
Fulham.............................. 17 1 19
Burnley.............................. 19 0 19
6 Arsenal............................ 20 0 20
7 Blackburn Rovers................. 19 1 21
8 Wigan Athletic.................... 22 0 22
9 Liverpool.......................... 17 3 23
Birmingham........................ 21 1 23
11 Manchester U***d............. 20 2 24
Tottenham Hotspur............... 22 1 24
Wolverhampton Wanderers...... 22 1 24
Portsmouth........................ 22 1 24
15 Hull City......................... 22 2 26
16 Bolton Wanderers.............. 23 2 27
Stoke City......................... 25 1 27
18 Aston Villa...................... 25 2 29
Sunderland........................ 25 2 29
20 West Ham U***d.............. 26 2 30

Not like a Mark Hughes team that.

MaineRoadMemories wrote:And we're also top of the league in least red and yellow cards issued to.

1 Manchester City.................. 13 1 15
2 Chelsea............................ 14 1 16
3 Everton............................ 17 1 19
Fulham.............................. 17 1 19
Burnley.............................. 19 0 19
6 Arsenal............................ 20 0 20
7 Blackburn Rovers................. 19 1 21
8 Wigan Athletic.................... 22 0 22
9 Liverpool.......................... 17 3 23
Birmingham........................ 21 1 23
11 Manchester U***d............. 20 2 24
Tottenham Hotspur............... 22 1 24
Wolverhampton Wanderers...... 22 1 24
Portsmouth........................ 22 1 24
15 Hull City......................... 22 2 26
16 Bolton Wanderers.............. 23 2 27
Stoke City......................... 25 1 27
18 Aston Villa...................... 25 2 29
Sunderland........................ 25 2 29
20 West Ham U***d.............. 26 2 30

Oh this thread gets better and better.

So what happened to us being the next "Butchers of Blackburn", eh?

Its amazing that the sensationalist and speculative threads seem to riddle the board and gather lots of replies, but the ones that deal only in facts get ignored by quite a few?
Class.

Great news, big improvement, but how easy would it be to top that league? just a win against Scouse, which we had in the bag, just a goal against Brum, and we would be top of that league eh?

Crossie wrote:Great news, big improvement, but how easy would it be to top that league? just a win against Scouse, which we had in the bag, just a goal against Brum, and we would be top of that league eh?

The same could be said about the actual league table...

Does it matter that we get into the top four because the team that dropped out was just so bad, moreso than us being so good?

This season is set up to be the strangest season for points ever in the premier league. We're not that different to the other top sides IMO.

Worth mentioning though, from the current top 5 of this away league, only Arsenal and City played 7 away games, as opposed to 6 away games played by the others. If rags and spuds win their next away game, we'll be 5th.

Fair Play Champions 09/10! How many t-shirts should I get printed?

Abu Dhabi wrote:Worth mentioning though, from the current top 5 of this away league, only Arsenal and City played 7 away games, as opposed to 6 away games played by the others. If rags and spuds win their next away game, we'll be 5th.

Right that's it....

Hughes out ;-)

some conspicuous absentees in this thread

[quote="bobadji"]Fair Play Champions 09/10! How many t-shirts should I get printed?[/quote]

could give us another chance to play in europe if it all goes tits up ha ha

Abu Dhabi wrote:Worth mentioning though, from the current top 5 of this away league, only Arsenal and City played 7 away games, as opposed to 6 away games played by the others. If rags and spuds win their next away game, we'll be 5th.

Also worth mentioning is that Chelsea and the Scum have played 2 more home games than us. In fact, all the top sides have played more home games than us barring the Arse who are equal!