[Albion] Second in the league though!

[Stato]

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]

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

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

This, this and fuckin this!!!

 

[Me and my Monkey]

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.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Well we certainly live in interesting times. On the night we move into second place in the EPL with a third of the season gone, we're all pissed off at a crummy result against Southampton. How Far We've Come etc.

 

[Guinness Boy]

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

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It can’t be both. It’s because we beat City. Our goal records are identical.

 

[ChickenDipper]

If you don’t win when you should, DRAW. Keep the faith. 7 points from city muff and saints. Yes pls.

 

[mothy]

I am really disappointed that we are 2nd in the league. If we had won we would be 2nd in the league & then I'd be really excited.

2nd in the league isn't good enough for us

 

[Justice]

If you don’t win when you should, DRAW. Keep the faith. 7 points from city muff and saints. Yes pls.

Promotion form, I’m sure we would all rather be second from top than second from the bottom like our pikey friends from up the road

 

[Thunder Bolt]

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]

It can’t be both. It’s because we beat City. Our goal records are identical.

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]

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!

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]

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.

It ‘counts’ as much as any position counts a third of the way through the season.

 

[5Ways Gull]

It can’t be both. It’s because we beat City. Our goal records are identical.

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I'm just impressed that this far into the season we have an identical record to City.

 

[trueblue]

It ‘counts’ as much as any position counts a third of the way through the season.

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]

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

 

[HeaviestTed]

Whatever happens this weekend we are at least 5th, c’mon no bed wetting please

 

[pasty]

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

 

[gazingdown]

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

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 Small pleasures and all that

 

[Madafwo]

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.