We're coming after you Wolves!

[Hereford Wolf]

Interesting thread with a lot (not all) of sensible comments and stats - although the cold winters night in Barnsley still rears its ugly head!

https://dcfcfans.uk/topic/27733-were-coming-after-you-wolves/

 

[Alan]

Love it.

"They have lost this season"

Guess we're fucked, then.

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Well yes Wolves can be caught, but it would take an almighty downturn in form for that to happen.

 

[Boozad]

Well finish top, they’ll come after us.

 

[Nando]

Except they're not, we continue to move further away from them. I'd much rather they came up with us though than Cardiff, Brizzle or Villa.

 

[Alan]

Fair play, though, most of those posters seem even-keeled.

Rowett still in charge there, I take it?

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Yes - Rowett is doing well there. Hopefully they piss on the parade at Ashton Gate. Did I mention I fucking hate that lot?

 

[Alan]

Yes - Rowett is doing well there. Hopefully they piss on the parade at Ashton Gate. Did I mention I $#@!ing hate that lot?

Should I hate them, too? My feeling about them prior to this season was that they have typically been pretty poor but the fans think they should be doing better. Not too different from Wolves. Am I wrong?

 

[FrankMunro-371]

Yes - Rowett is doing well there. Hopefully they piss on the parade at Ashton Gate. Did I mention I fucking hate that lot?

Not that I can recall...

 

[Parkins left foot]

Yes - Rowett is doing well there. Hopefully they piss on the parade at Ashton Gate. Did I mention I fucking hate that lot?

Just occasionally

 

[Tony Towner]

Who?
As one poster on their forum put:
Lasting 15 games Wolves have more points
Last 10 games Wolves have more points
Last 5 games Wolves have more point.
They aren't closing a gap on us, just the rest of the table.

 

[Quirkafleeg]

We made this fatal mistake in 2001/02.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

We weren't the best team in the league in 2001/2, nothing like, and there is no way we end up with around 86 points (which is still normally enough to get top two) this season.

 

[Deutsch Wolf]

For the record we had 44 points from 23 games in 2001/2.

 

[Penk Wolf]

The average third place point tally over the last 10 seasons is 82.4, that means we need to play as well as Norwich, the 17th place team, to be able to reach that target.

 

[big mean bunny]

My school has a fair few Derby supporting pupils at it and they keep saying this sort of thing to me, my response is effectively what the fans on that site are saying already, "You're going to catch us by consistently acquiring less points than us?

 

[FrankMunro-371]

The average third place point tally over the last 10 seasons is 82.4, that means we need to play as well as Norwich, the 17th place team, to be able to reach that target.

What is the average points total for sides finishing in the top two?

 

[Alan]

What is the average points total for sides finishing in the top two?

2016/17
Newcastle: 94
Brighton: 93

2015/16
Burnley: 93
Middlesbrough: 89

2014/15
Bournemouth: 90
Watford: 89

2013/14
Leicester: 102
Burnley: 93

2012/13 (Looking back at the table, it's shocking how we managed to get relegated in what was a really poor year for the league)
Cardiff: 87
Hull: 79

2011/12
Reading: 89
Southampton: 88

2010/2011
QPR: 88
Norwich: 84

2009/10
Newcastle: 102
West Brom: 91

2008/09
Wolves: 90
Birmingham: 83

2007/08
West Brom: 81
Stoke: 79

Average
First: 91.6
Second: 86.8

 

[Kenny]

The state of 2007/08!

 

[Trips]

The state of 2007/08!

79 got Stoke automatically promoted! 14/15 we missed out on the play-offs with one less point than that.