Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
All stats like this are never conclusive proof that something will definitely happen, or even to its likelihood. While I agree about the small sample, there's a trend to suggest the teams that miss out from the strongest positions are more likely to mess up in the playoffs. You're never likely to get a good pool size as teams missing out doesn't happen every season.
Flip a coin 10 times and there's a good chance you won't get 10 heads and 10 tails.
sometimes you'll even get 8 heads and 2 tails but it doesn't mean the coin is defective, just you haven't flipped enough.