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2016/17 Season Progress Special: Phil Neville Super Happy Fun Time Watch

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  1. astro

    astro Well-Known Member

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    After 17 games played:
    1st place has 43 points = 2.53 ppg => total 96 points
    4th place has 34 points = 2.00 ppg => total 76 points
    Man Utd have 30 points = 1.76 ppg => total 67 points

    21 games remaining so for the rest of the season:
    Man Utd 1st on 97 points = +67 points => 3.19 ppg
    Man Utd 4th on 77 points = +47 points => 2.24 ppg => W13 D8 L0

    Mourinho must win at least 62% of remaining league games

    #prayforphil


    Mourinho to be the best modern Man Utd manager with 71 points:
    +41 points => 1.95 ppg => W10 D11 L0
     
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    After 19 games played:
    1st place has 49 points = 2.58 ppg => total 98 points
    4th place has 39 points = 2.05 ppg => total 78 points
    Man Utd have 36 points = 1.89 ppg => total 72 points

    19 games remaining so for the rest of the season:
    Man Utd 1st on 99 points = +63 points => 3.32 ppg
    Man Utd 4th on 79 points = +43 points => 2.26 ppg => W12 D7 L0

    Mourinho must win at least 63% of remaining league games

    #prayforphil
     
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    Seems quite easy for them now though doesn't it. 63% that's win 12 out of 19. They could lose to every one of the top 5 and still do that.

    I would expect that 72 point total isn't too bad at all after so many draws but.... after spending a **** tonne in wages and fees they are looking at 4th which they just failed to get last year.
     
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  4. Diego

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    I must say this thread is a real eye opener for me, I have never noticed that teams score the exact same points in the second half of the season as they do in the first.
    Kind of makes the second half a waste of time really :(
     
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    So Mourinho spent £149m so he could be #brave enough to hope the teams above him have a crap second half and do his job for him <laugh>

    #twomorewindows
     
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  6. Diego

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    What's it got to do with Mourinho :huh:
     
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    His bravery to talk about issues no one else will #hero
     
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    If he gets 72 points he's the best manager since Ferguson #statue
     
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  9. Diego

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    Quite right, if you are aiming to do something say so, any manager that starts the season thinking any other way might as well move on.
     
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    If you're aiming to win then be #brave enough to not put 10 men behind the ball

    Now he says better than 4th but has ruled out 1st, well that's only two possible positions so be #brave enough to name one
     
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    He is probably waiting to see if City buy a defence in January before deciding on 2nd or 3rd <ok>
     
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    Why? City won't be top 4 anyway
     
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    Diego Lone Ranger

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    Oh yeah, I forgot that teams do exactly the same in the second half of the season as the first.
    Damn that means you miss out again and finish 2nd, bad luck :(
     
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    #transitionalseason
     
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    What are you transiting from this season?
    Getting used to new manager........nope
    trying to fit 6 new players into the starting line up..........nope
    change of playing style.........nope

    New stand, that should do it <ok>
     
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    Funnily enough man yoo were going through transition from LvG's arrival up to his departure 2 years later.:)
     
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    Good try but fail ultimately.
    LvG was in transition for the first year and changed things from Moyes reign, after that he had his own style and players but failed to progress which is why he is no longer with us <ok> :emoticon-0100-smile
     
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    Not according to the Dutchman last season.

    "Van Gaal has insisted expectations are too high for his "team in transition" but while the Old Trafford faithful may crave a return to their title-winning days under Ferguson, the past two seasons have barely seen progress from the calamitous 2013/14 campaign."

    http://www.skysports.com/football/n...nchester-united-progress-under-louis-van-gaal

    Pretending that after only two half seasons under Klopp we ain't in transition is <laugh>able!

    <whistle>
     
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  19. Diego

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    Which is why he is no longer with us :emoticon-0100-smile

    So basically Klopp has had 8 games short of a season and half and is now entering his 3rd transfer window. When will it be his team and out of transition?
     
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    Or....he never had a summer and pre-season before taking over, he had only 8 weeks to assess his squad before the January window.
    Would say he's still looking to build on what he's got, so err the end of this season will be the end of transition for us.

    Unless of course you believe transition takes only a few weeks and a couple of transfer windows in which case Maureen has taken yoonited backwards despite his desperate spending.:emoticon-0105-wink:
     
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