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[Albion] Second in the league though!



Stato

Stato

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Dec 21, 2011
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Okay the result wasn't what we wanted, but we've just gone above Man City!

The BBC says that it's not on alphabetical order, but on our head to head result against them.

Okay we're very unlikely to end the weekend second, but if Liverpool beat City we'll have had a disappointing result that leaves us in the Champions League places at the start of December!
 




Thunder Bolt

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Sky confirmed it was on goals scored, and because we beat Man City.

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Me and my Monkey

Me and my Monkey

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So we just need liverpool to give city a good walloping to send them into negative goal difference, West Ham to beat Arsenal, and.....well, I'm conflicted whether ir not I want villa to beat Chelsea, I'm not sure which team i dislike the most.. Maybe a draw and settle for 3rd place on goal difference.
 
















Thunder Bolt

Thunder Bolt

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Aug 18, 2009
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Guinness Boy said:
It can’t be both. It’s because we beat City. Our goal records are identical.

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That’s Sky commentary for you. The woman kept saying Brighton had missed a chance to go second by not winning, when I knew we were. Then when the graphic came up, she had to say we were second.
 


Zeberdi

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Guinness Boy said:
It can’t be both. It’s because we beat City. Our goal records are identical.
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True.

We‘ve only met once this season so our 3 points (2:1) at home to Citeh puts us in 2nd place (for another few hours at least!) but if we’d already played Citeh away too and been been beaten 0:1 (or more) and both sides took 3 points each from both games, then Citeh’s goal away would trump our 2:1 win at home so goals scored matter not just wins.
 




trueblue

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Stato said:
Okay the result wasn't what we wanted, but we've just gone above Man City!

The BBC says that it's not on alphabetical order, but on our head to head result against them.

Okay we're very unlikely to end the weekend second, but if Liverpool beat City we'll have had a disappointing result that leaves us in the Champions League places at the start of December!
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It’s true that head to head counts but, I think strictly speaking, not until the ‘competition concludes’. Still, it looks nice, meaningless as it is at this point. Cheered me up a bit.
 


Zeberdi

Zeberdi

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trueblue said:
It’s true that head to head counts but, I think strictly speaking, not until the ‘competition concludes’. Still, it looks nice, meaningless as it is at this point. Cheered me up a bit.
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It ‘counts’ as much as any position counts a third of the way through the season.
 






trueblue

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Zeberdi said:
It ‘counts’ as much as any position counts a third of the way through the season.
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Agreed. A long way to go. 'In season' tables can be odd though. They don't always reflect the rules that come into play at the end, where head to head is involved. Not sure of their current stance but in the past on international competitions UEFA have sometimes ordered teams according to goal difference/goals scored etc even though H2H is the over-riding factor - waiting until they've played each other twice.
 


WATFORD zero

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As I walked down to the concourse yesterday, feeling fairly down after our second half performance, someone behind me said 'Mind the Gap'.

That cheered me up :smile:
 




pasty

pasty

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Jul 5, 2003
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I’m outraged. Clearly not good enough. We should have won all those games we drew or lost and we’d be 8 points clear at the top. FAB OUT
 




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Feb 26, 2011
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So, both Brighton and Palace are 2nd (from top and from bottom respectively) in the PL, mind the gap! :D

Be nice if Liverpool beat MC and WH and AV win, we stay 2nd, even if just for a week. I am happy to bathe in that glory :D Small pleasures and all that :)
 


Madafwo

Madafwo

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Nov 11, 2013
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Glad that someone else started this thread as I was in danger of doing it and I'd have been a lot more sweary.

Over a third of the way through the season and the worst we can finish this round of games in is 5th! Distinct possibility it could be higher, although part of me would take a draw between City and Liverpool, just so the gap doesn't get too big to the top.
 


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