Quote Originally Posted by Taunton Blue Genie View Post
It's not a matter of what I prefer to see, old fruit. I just think that is just partial data.

Consider the 1997-1998 season:

City finished the season in League Two in bottom but three position with 50 points, a -4 goal difference and a 19.56 win percentage
Immediately below them were Hull, eleven points adrift of City on 41 points, a goal difference of -27 and a 23.09 win percentage.
In truth, there's no true way of comparing. Ppg doesn't work either as there were more draws when wins were worth 2 points.

I never meant this as a definitive comparison, but useful enough as a guide and talking point. Very few would suggest, for example, that Neil Harris has a good home record. I never realised until I did this how poorly Jimmy Scoular's teams performed away from home. The data's good enough to make those suggestions.