Waltersgotstyle 297 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 (edited) LIFTED FROM FF: For all the talk of slow starts and all that, I decided to compare this season's first 13 games to the rest of our season's in the top flight since the arrival of Souness in 1986. I've put them all as 3 points a game (it was 2 points a game up until 1993/94). Here's they are (out of a possible 39 points and slower starts in bold) Graeme Souness 86/87 - 28 87/88 - 21 88/89 - 33 89/90 - 24 90/91 - 25 Walter Smith 91/92 - 31 92/93 - 32 93/94 - 19 94/95 - 26 95/96 - 32 96/97 - 32 97/98 - 28 Dick Advocaat 98/99 - 26 99/00 - 34 00/01 - 25 01/02 - 30 Alex McLeish 02/03 - 35 03/04 - 32 04/05 - 30 05/06 - 22 Paul Le Guen 06/07 - 19 Walter Smith 07/08 - 28 08/09 - 30 09/10 - 28 10/11 - 34 Ally McCoist 11/12 - 35 Mark Warburton 16/17 - 23 If we had beat Aberdeen then we would be equaling Advocaats first season... Edited November 21, 2016 by Waltersgotstyle 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thinker 856 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 If we had beat Aberdeen then we would be equaling Advocaats first season... We'd also be in second place. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted November 21, 2016 Share Posted November 21, 2016 So it is a slow start. Not sure I get this. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,148 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 So it is a slow start. Not sure I get this. Well, clearly the circumstances are different in terms of budget, our starting position (just after promotion) and the overall quality at our disposal. With that in mind, although our start isn't great and criticism valid, it's not as bad as some will suggest. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 (edited) Well, clearly the circumstances are different in terms of budget, our starting position (just after promotion) and the overall quality at our disposal. With that in mind, although our start isn't great and criticism valid, it's not as bad as some will suggest. I think we can now laugh at all the sooth sayers who said we would not finish in the top six. 9 points and 14 goals adrift of No.7 . If everything stays on the same curve ending in the bottom six was a pipe dream of the disillusioned. Edited November 22, 2016 by pete 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,148 Posted November 22, 2016 Share Posted November 22, 2016 I think we can now laugh at all the sooth sayers who said we would not finish in the top six. 9 points and 14 goals adrift of No.7 . If everything stays on the same curve ending in the bottom six was a pipe dream of the disillusioned. Well, the league is quite close in a general sense with most teams taking points off each other so we shouldn't get complacent. However, finishing in the top 4 was always going to be most likely and I'd hope the team will improve enough to secure 2nd place and better performances against Celtic in the months ahead. Add in a good Scottish Cup run then the season will be acceptable enough and hopefully allow us to build again next summer. There's still a lot of work to do and it's important the fans continue to back the club as much as is possible. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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