this shows how the table would be if matches finished at half time First Half PL Table P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Manchester United 38 20 13 5 34 13 +21 73 2 Manchester City 38 19 13 6 33 14 +19 70 3 Arsenal 38 17 13 8 34 18 +16 64 4 Blackburn Rovers 38 13 20 5 23 16 +7 59 5 Chelsea 38 14 16 8 31 19 +12 58 6 Liverpool 38 14 14 10 26 15 +11 56 7 Sunderland 38 11 19 8 21 20 +1 52 8 Aston Villa 38 12 16 10 23 26 -3 52 9 Newcastle United 38 12 13 13 28 28 0 49 10 Tottenham Hotspur 38 10 19 9 26 26 0 49 11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 13 10 15 22 31 -9 49 12 Blackpool 38 10 14 14 28 35 -7 44 13 Everton 38 9 16 13 23 23 0 43 14 Bolton Wanderers 38 9 16 13 18 21 -3 43 15 Fulham 38 10 12 16 19 27 -8 42 16 Birmingham City 38 8 18 12 15 23 -8 42 17 West Ham United 38 10 12 16 22 33 -11 42 18 Wigan Athletic 38 5 19 14 15 25 -10 34 19 Stoke City 38 6 16 16 16 27 -11 34 20 West Bromwich Albion 38 6 15 17 19 36 -17 33 this is the tabled based on 2nd halfs Second Half PL Table P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Chelsea 38 18 14 6 38 14 +24 68 2 Arsenal 38 17 14 7 38 25 +13 65 3 Fulham 38 16 16 6 30 16 +14 64 4 Manchester United 38 15 18 5 44 24 +20 63 5 Manchester City 38 14 17 7 27 19 +8 59 6 West Bromwich Albion 38 14 13 11 37 35 +2 55 7 Stoke City 38 13 15 10 30 21 +9 54 8 Everton 38 12 18 8 28 22 +6 54 9 Liverpool 38 13 13 12 33 29 +4 52 10 Tottenham Hotspur 38 10 21 7 29 20 +9 51 11 Bolton Wanderers 38 11 18 9 34 35 -1 51 12 Newcastle United 38 10 17 11 28 29 -1 47 13 Wigan Athletic 38 10 13 15 25 36 -11 43 14 Birmingham City 38 8 17 13 22 35 -13 41 15 Aston Villa 38 6 20 12 25 33 -8 38 16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 38 9 11 18 24 35 -11 38 17 Sunderland 38 8 14 16 24 36 -12 38 18 Blackpool 38 7 16 15 27 43 -16 37 19 West Ham United 38 8 13 17 21 37 -16 37 20 Blackburn Rovers 38 6 12 20 23 43 -20 30
If my memory serves me correctly, wasn't the exact opposite to this pattern true during the Keane era?
need to work this our (the Merlot is kicking in) Bruce for first half and Keane for second.........time to start grovelling SNQ