[Albion] Top 4 finish

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Han Solo

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• Monday at 5:07 PM

• #201

Top 4 is just too much this season. We have too many rookies who will make too many mistakes over the course of the season. Our football also don't really warrant a 4th place, we're not as dominant as you often need to be in a lot of games to get top 4.

Beating the 62 points from 22/23 is more realistic, but even that is a bit of a stretch. I'm thinking we'll end up just below 60 points. Feck knows how high that takes us.

 

Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo

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Oct 4, 2003

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• Monday at 5:26 PM

• #202

amexer said:

What are average number of points needed for 4th and 6th places

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Since we've been in the Premier League the average points required for 4th place is 70*. However 3 times clubs have qualified with less than that, the lowest total being 66 points by Chelsea for their 4th placed finish in 2019-20.

For 6th the average total is 62 points**. Twice clubs have qualified with less than that though with the lowest being 58 by Man United in the 21-22 season.

* Rounded up from actual mean average of 69.85
** Rounded down from actual mean average of 62.28

 

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oldboyroy

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• Monday at 5:40 PM

• #203

Han Solo said:

Top 4 is just too much this season. We have too many rookies who will make too many mistakes over the course of the season. Our football also don't really warrant a 4th place, we're not as dominant as you often need to be in a lot of games to get top 4.

Beating the 62 points from 22/23 is more realistic, but even that is a bit of a stretch. I'm thinking we'll end up just below 60 points. Feck knows how high that takes us.

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I agree with you insofar as we don't dominate games that a top 4 side would normally do. We are still learning and integrating new players and once they have gained more experience we will only get better. Its a hugely tall ask this season but Fabian and the squad are aiming high. There is none of this talk of we're only Brighton and the traditional big 6 have bigger resources/ we can't compete etc etc. It's the next games that will tell us a lot against the lower sides. Even winning next 5 or 6 on bounce it'll be great for our league position come Christmas but still a huge ask to keep that form throughout the season.

 

nicko31

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• Monday at 5:43 PM

• #204

Mike Small said:

Agree but City points deduction? If Odegaard and Palmer got injured too….

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To give us any chance something like this needs to happen. Whilst we’ve made amazing progress, top 6 is more realistic