Sarri

[Henry Hill]

The 87 points baseline is based on previous seasons totals you muppet. That's the arbitrary points total that was considered to be title winning form at the beginning of the season. It seems like a decent choice to judge a teams progress as Man City were 11 points ahead and Chelsea were 15 points below. It also tells you how good Man City & Liverpool were, and how bad Chelsea and the rest were. Wolfmother was right, when it comes to football this message board is populated by morons

And with nearly 14000 posts of complete and utter drivel you’re the biggest muppet of the lot.

[Wales-Bales]

And with nearly 14000 posts of complete and utter drivel you’re the biggest muppet of the lot.

You have joined a thread about football and you have failed to talk about football. If you are only here to shit-stir you can go and **** yourself

[Henry Hill]

You have joined a thread about football and you have failed to talk about football. If you are only here to shit-stir you can go and **** yourself

Ok Beadle hands

[Croesy Blue]

And with nearly 14000 posts of complete and utter drivel you’re the biggest muppet of the lot.

Never thought we’d agree on anything

[Taunton Blue Genie]

Never thought we’d agree on anything

Sarri seems to be the hardest word.

[Wales-Bales]

Never thought we’d agree on anything

Because you are two peas in a pod, and an absolute disgrace to the CCMB community

[Henry Hill]

Never thought we’d agree on anything

I think it would be universally agreed that this guy talks utter nonsense.

[Wales-Bales]

I think it would be universally agreed that this guy talks utter nonsense.

And what do you call the brown stuff that constantly spews out of your gob then?

[City123]

The 87 points baseline is based on previous seasons totals you muppet. That's the arbitrary points total that was considered to be title winning form at the beginning of the season. It seems like a decent choice to judge a teams progress as Man City were 11 points ahead and Chelsea were 15 points below. It also tells you how good Man City & Liverpool were, and how bad Chelsea and the rest were. Wolfmother was right, when it comes to football this message board is populated by morons

Since changing to 20 teams in 1995 the average points needed to win the league has been 86.4, so as your rightly point out 87 points would normally be enough for the title (It would have won in 13 out of the last 23 seasons). That would be an improvement of 17 points on their previous campaign, with a new manager implementing a new style of play in a league he'd never managed in before

Only an idiot would think that kind of improvement is a realistic target.

[Henry Hill]

And what do you call the brown stuff that constantly spews out of your gob then?

Constantly? I rarely post on here.

You need to get out a bit more Barney

[Wales-Bales]

Since changing to 20 teams in 1995 the average points needed to win the league has been 86.4, so as your rightly point out 87 points would normally be enough for the title (It would have won in 13 out of the last 23 seasons). That would be an improvement of 17 points on their previous campaign, with a new manager implementing a new style of play in a league he'd never managed in before

Only an idiot would think that kind of improvement is a realistic target.

You are misinterpreting the graph. It shows the performance of the Top 6 teams relative to each other over the course of the season, and also indicates whether each team is ahead or behind a projected title winning points target. If Chelsea were treading water their line on the graph would be more horizontal, instead it is diagonal which indicates a constant decline which started around the 14th game. This decline is relative to the other Top 6 teams as well as the baseline. I'm sorry if you are unable interpret the graph correctly, but it does do a good job of tracking the performance of the top teams using two important metrics IMO.