Next Six Games

[bishmanbosh92]

SAT 17 OCT H Charlton 3-1 Blackman x2 Mcshane 1
TUE 20 OCT A Rotherham 1-2 SA , Blackman
SAT 24 OCT A Fulham 2-2 Sa Blackman
SAT 31 OCT H Brighton 1-1 Blackman
TUE 3 NOV H Huddersfield 3-0 Vydra Sa Blackman
SAT 7 NOV A Cardiff 2-1 Williams

Our only defeat to come the day Blackman stops his scoring spree?

I didn't see it as that but are record in Cardiff is not brilliant

[Geekins]

SAT 17 OCT H Charlton 5-1
TUE 20 OCT A Rotherham 0-4
SAT 24 OCT A Fulham 0-4
SAT 31 OCT H Brighton 2-0
TUE 3 NOV H Huddersfield 3-1
SAT 7 NOV A Cardiff 1-2

It's not the ladies team playing!

[phil in cornwall]

Reading always lose at Rotherham on a cold wet Tuesday night.

[maffff]

SAT 17 OCT H Charlton 5-1
TUE 20 OCT A Rotherham 0-4
SAT 24 OCT A Fulham 0-4
SAT 31 OCT H Brighton 2-0
TUE 3 NOV H Huddersfield 3-1
SAT 7 NOV A Cardiff 1-2

It's not the ladies team playing!

My bad.

[genome]

SAT 17 OCT H Charlton 5-1
TUE 20 OCT A Rotherham 0-4
SAT 24 OCT A Fulham 0-4
SAT 31 OCT H Brighton 2-0
TUE 3 NOV H Huddersfield 3-1
SAT 7 NOV A Cardiff 1-2

It's not the ladies team playing!

Anything Else

[Kuhl_Runnings]

Charlton (H) 3-1
Rotherham (A) 2-0
Fulham (A) 1-1
Brighton (H) 2-1
Huddersfield (A) 2-0

13 from 5. Great.

[stealthpapes]

Hi,

I like your user name, but I fear you may be seeking a new one in the near future. Lots of luck though,

papes.

[Kuhl_Runnings]

Hi,

I like your user name, but I fear you may be seeking a new one in the near future. Lots of luck though,

papes.

Yeah, looks likely

[paultheroyal]

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[Brosef Stalin]

Reading always lose at Rotherham on a cold wet Tuesday night.

Strap?

[Brum Royal]

I can certainly vouch for an appalling 1-5 at Millmoor (under Pardew?), with us having arrived 15 minutes late to the game.

http://www.royals.org/matdoc/070204.html

Looking at the HNA match archive. We've lost our last three visits to Rotherham, drawn the one before that and our only win was back in 2000, so 1 win in 5 up there since (HNA) records began.

[tidus_mi2]

I can certainly vouch for an appalling 1-5 at Millmoor (under Pardew?), with us having arrived 15 minutes late to the game.

http://www.royals.org/matdoc/070204.html

Looking at the HNA match archive. We've lost our last three visits to Rotherham, drawn the one before that and our only win was back in 2000, so 1 win in 5 up there since (HNA) records began.

Oh the comments on that match report, if only they had known what was to come!

[WoodleyRoyal]

I can certainly vouch for an appalling 1-5 at Millmoor (under Pardew?), with us having arrived 15 minutes late to the game.

http://www.royals.org/matdoc/070204.html

Looking at the HNA match archive. We've lost our last three visits to Rotherham, drawn the one before that and our only win was back in 2000, so 1 win in 5 up there since (HNA) records began.

Oh the comments on that match report, if only they had known what was to come!

yeh terry and big steve making themselves look like proper vvankers there

[Winchester Royal]

It would be great to get ourselves into such a position by the Brighton game that beating them would send us top.

[Maguire]

I can certainly vouch for an appalling 1-5 at Millmoor (under Pardew?), with us having arrived 15 minutes late to the game.

http://www.royals.org/matdoc/070204.html

Looking at the HNA match archive. We've lost our last three visits to Rotherham, drawn the one before that and our only win was back in 2000, so 1 win in 5 up there since (HNA) records began.

Oh the comments on that match report, if only they had known what was to come!

yeh terry and big steve making themselves look like proper vvankers there

TBF football fans are by nature a reactive bunch and nobody saw the 2006 promotion coming from two years out

[Snowball136]

It would be great to get ourselves into such a position by the Brighton game that beating them would send us top.

agreed but they have two "easy" games while we are away at Rotherham and Fulham

[Winchester Royal]

That's why it would be great

[maffff]

Can't think where else to add it. So here are some crap, rudimentary stats I've thrown together.

11 games played now in the Championship. The average current league position of teams played are as follows;

Brighton 14.54
Reading 11.82
Boro 15
Birmingham 13.27
Burnley 13.82
Derby 13.09
Hull 12.90
Cardiff 14.09
Sheffield Wednesday 13.09
Ipswich 12.09
Wolves 13.18
QPR 14.18
Fulham 11.46
Forest 12.73
Blackburn 12.64
MK Dons 13
Huddersfield 12.27
Leeds 8.73
Brentford 11.18
Charlton 11.64
Bristol City 11.73
Preston 12.09
Rotherham 12.18
Bolton 9.91

The average league position to have played would be 12.53, anything less than that is a harder than average start, more - easier, against the league table as it stands today.

Based on that Leeds have had the hardest opposition to date, Reading 7th.
Boro then Brighton have had the easiest starts in the league.

The difference between Leeds and Boro's opposition in games played to date averages at 6.27 league positions. Tough start for Leeds.

If you took current points per game and averaged out the league table against opposition played it would look as follows;

1 Reading 2 Brighton 3 Birmingham 4 Derby 5 Burnley 6 Hull 7 Boro 8 Ipswich 9 Leeds 10 Sheffield Wednesday 11 Cardiff 12 Wolves 13 Fulham 14 QPR 15 Brentford 16 Forest 17 Bristol City 18 Huddersfield 19 Blackburn Rovers 20 Charlton 21 MK Dons 22 Bolton 23 Preston 24 Rotherham

It doesn't mean much, but suggests that we're value for where we are.

[Snowball]

Nice one Maff

Another way to look at it is this:

11 games in and we have played

4 of the top 06 W2 D0 L2 5-4 1.5 ppg
5 of the top 09 W2 D1 L2 6-5 1.4 ppg
6 of the top 10 W3 D1 L2 11-6 1.67 ppg

[CountryRoyal]

Nice one Maff

Another way to look at it is this:

11 games in and we have played

4 of the top 06 W2 D0 L2 5-4 1.5 ppg
5 of the top 09 W2 D1 L2 6-5 1.4 ppg
6 of the top 10 W3 D1 L2 11-6 1.67 ppg

And for the bottom half of the table snowers?