cut throat less March ... 5 games and 15 points!

there is 5 regular sets of games in March left, starting with CITY v AFC Bournemouth … cut throat less? well yes …. only 9 games other than City are versus fellow contenders in top 12. THIS allows for the majority of teams to progress without fear of giving points to fellow teams with the same desire …. top 6 /promotion!

THE CUT THROAT ROUNDS …….

rd 1 .....Norwich v Brentford; City v AFC; and Stoke v Swansea
rd 2 …. City v QPR and Swansea v Middsbro
rd 3 ... Brum v City; Cardiff v Watford and Middsbro v Stoke
rd 4 … BBurn v City; Cardiff v Stoke and AFC v Swansea
rd 5 .. City v Rotherham; Millwall v Middsbro and Swansea v Cardiff
10 games to share the points ……...
assuming all v fellow teams are draws [ 1 pt each ] and not against fellow teams is 3 points …. CITY WOULD GET 13 POINTS …. AFC 11pts ….Swansea 7 pts Stoke Middsbro Cardiff 9pts ….
Reading and Barnsley could get 15!

Swansea face off v 4
Stoke face off v 3
Middsbro face off v 3
Cardiff face off v 3
AFC face off 2
then a nice break with the internationals …..

 

rd 1 .....Norwich 3 v Brentford; City 0 v AFC 3 ; and Stoke v Swansea 3
rd 2 …. City 0 v QPR and Swansea 3 v Middsbro
rd 3 ... Brum v City; Cardiff v Watford and Middsbro v Stoke
rd 4 … BBurn v City; Cardiff v Stoke and AFC v Swansea
rd 5 .. City v Rotherham; Millwall v Middsbro and Swansea v Cardiff

over the past 6 seasons there has been 20 points aggregated by top 3 and at the bottom a difference of 37 points
the middle 6 teams have a spread of 12 down to 5
aggregate ...2015 .-. 2016 .-. 2017 .-. 2018 .-. 2019 .-. 2020/21
TOP ………… 271 ..--.. 272 .--. 277 .---. 266 .--. 257 .--. 275
MID ………… 179 .--. 188 .--. 186 .---. 188 .---. 180 .-.. 183
BOT ………… 109 .--. 116 .--. 119 .---.. 103 .---. 140 .---. 126
In recent times 2018/2019 390 games were won 162 drawn == 1494 points top 3 got 18% of them
2017/18 404 games won 148 drawn == 1508points top 3 got 18.4% of them

 

3 more games mid week really need Stoke and Swansea to win .. and City of course [ later in season Reading v Barnsley to draw … MISSED THEM OUT FOR TODAY! OOOOPS

rd 1 .....Norwich 3 v Brentford; City 0 v AFC 3 ; and Stoke v Swansea 3
rd 2 …. City 0 v QPR and Swansea 3 v Middsbro
rd 3 ... Brum v City 3; Cardiff v Watford 3 and Middsbro 3 v Stoke AND AFC Bourne: v Barnsley 3
rd 4 … BBurn v City; Cardiff v Stoke and AFC v Swansea
rd 5 .. City v Rotherham; Millwall v Middsbro and Swansea v Cardiff

 

rd 1 .....Norwich 3 v Brentford; City 0 v AFC 3 ; and Stoke v Swansea 3
rd 2 …. City 0 v QPR and Swansea 3 v Middsbro
rd 3 ... Brum v City 3; Cardiff v Watford 3 and Middsbro 3 v Stoke AND AFC Bourne: v Barnsley 3
rd 4 … BBurn v City; 1 Cardiff 1 v Stoke 1 and AFC 3 v Swansea
rd 5 .. City 0 v Rotherham; Millwall 3 v Middsbro and Swansea v Cardiff 3

head to heads points gained
Swansea face off v 4 ====== 6 pts
Stoke face off v 3 ======== 1 pt
Middsbro face off v 3 ===== 3 pts
Cardiff face off v 3 ======= 4 pts
AFC face off 2 ========== 3pts
Norwich 3pts v Brentford 0 pts
CITY 0 pts v AFC and only 4 pts from 12 against below 13th position teams!
Nige record so far was "in charge " v Swansea … so 6 games so basically won 2 drawn 1 lost 3 …