Cjay wrote: ↑Mon Apr 15, 2024 9:14 pm
I'm afraid it is you choosing a very small sample size to manipulate the stats my friend.
Your 4 games is entirely changed by them beating us, in the previous 4 games they were 21st in the form table.
Boro are a different prospect because they are actually in good form (4th in the form table over the last 12).
Certainly not a side to be taken lightly
Regardless the inference you are making is that we got beat by a, woeful team. I prefer to look at trends whether the form is on the rise or falling.
At 12 games we were in the top 6 and at 4 games we are no longer there. We are trending downwards the same as Lester.
Whereas Boro and Southampton two teams we still have to play are on an upward trend when it comes to their form... Which is borne out by those tables.
That being said being near the top of the table does not preclude you suffering defeat as evidenced by the recent Liverpool result.
Form is only an indicator to predict an outcome. In horse racing you are given a small sample of results the last 5 races and if you see 11111 that tells you the horse has been on good form, but that gives no assurance it will win the next time. So many other factors enter into play, how far did the horse travel to the event, is the trainer having success with his other horses, what jockey has been booked, what are the ground conditions, is the horse wearing blinkers for the first time, has it had a wind op, has it dropped or moved up in grade... So many intangibles.
And so it is with football if we could predict what is going to happen we'd all be millionaires this time next year.