The Alternative Table

[Rorschach]

Wolves should have swallowed their pride (no pun int.) and rehired McCarthy about 5 games ago. Connor is out of his depth.

 

[Spur of the moment]

But Graham Poll said that's not true... :-"

Appreciate you're comment is tongue in cheek but actually no, he ended up saying the exact opposite. Something along the lines that when he was a ref, whereas he had no problem awarding a pen against average opponents Norwich at Carrow Road, when it came to the really big boys he would only give decisions against them if they were SO clear-cut that even the likes of Fergie and 75000 baying fans at Old Trafford would feel compelled to agree it was a fair cop.

That is quite some statement when you think about it.

 

[Naughton16]

2 months ago we only had 6 points less than we have now. The only way I could have envisaged such a scenerio back then would have been a 10 point deduction or something equally as unlikely. It's defies logic.

 

[Mosquito_Coasting]

Anyone feel our collapse is a bit like Chelsea's last season after Wilkins was sacked? Something just must have happened behind the scenes. I'd love to know exactly what.

 

[Spurs7891]

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature/_/id/1048266/dispelling-the-early-season-'truths'?cc=4716

Spurs, for example, haven't just gone off form - they've almost collapsed, earning a full point per game less. As it stands, that is one of the worst drop-offs in league history. Liverpool, meanwhile, aren't far behind.
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Which brings us to Spurs. Naturally, a decline that extreme has more than one major cause. Indeed, it's a culmination of all the above.

For one, Harry Redknapp has ludicrously overplayed his first XI as he sought to wring the most out of a front line that was then, admittedly, exceptional. Spurs have seven players with 29 appearances or more - the most among the top teams.

So, not only is their intensity inevitably lessened but Redknapp clearly doesn't trust any alterations. The majority of his changes have either been cosmetic or self-defeating, like the recent shuffling of Luka Modric and Gareth Bale.

On top of all that, there has been the confusion surrounding Redknapp's court case and his next job. Suddenly, that looks slightly less certain - but that's only in-keeping with many early-season 'truths'. The key, now, is whether they can force more changes in the finish.

According to that stats, we have the worst record in the PL for the last 13-14 matches this season and one of the worst ever. Not sure if overachieved earlier in the season or Redknapp's England connection did have an impact on us.