Which is why, at this stage, the number of points separating us from the teams above us matters, not which position we're in.
I think Rob is saying that"at the end of the season" points mean nothing it's position that matters. We got our best points score last season yet it meant nothing whatsoever.
It meant that (over 38 matches) we'd performed better than we ever have in the PL era.
Playing Devil's advocate here, but had we. Is there a point to be made that in previous years we may have finished with a lower points total in a much stronger league and therefore performed better even though we didn't obtain as many points.
Equally, taking the players at our disposal into account, have we performed better by not finishing forth with the likes of Bale etc in our team or not being relegated with the likes of Andy Sinton playing on the left.
Playing Devil's advocate here, but had we. Is there a point to be made that in previous years we may have finished with a lower points total in a much stronger league and therefore performed better even though we didn't obtain as many points.
Equally, taking the players at our disposal into account, have we performed better by not finishing forth with the likes of Bale etc in our team or not being relegated with the likes of Andy Sinton playing on the left.
I don't think the PL has ever been as competitive as it was last season - at the very least it's equally tough compared to previous years. Chelsea were back on form, City were storming, Arsenal went on an amazing run. Only Liverpool of the regular contenders were poor and even the bottom end of the table were more than capable of getting results against top teams.
I don't think player quality has anything to do with it either - we performed better than we ever have, there's no more to it than that.
If you want to start factoring in player quality then I suppose you could form some kind of achievement list. My top few PL seasons (taking into account player quality) would be:
1) 2012-13
2) 2005-06
3) 2006-07
4) 2009-10
5) 2010-11
6) 2011-12
Interesting that you'd rate our Zokora/Jenas season where we finished 5th above the season we got 4th ahead of City...but I guess I've just explained why you did that. :lol:
Playing Devil's advocate here, but had we. Is there a point to be made that in previous years we may have finished with a lower points total in a much stronger league and therefore performed better even though we didn't obtain as many points.
Equally, taking the players at our disposal into account, have we performed better by not finishing forth with the likes of Bale etc in our team or not being relegated with the likes of Andy Sinton playing on the left.
I don't think the PL has ever been as competitive as it was last season - at the very least it's equally tough compared to previous years. Chelsea were back on form, City were storming, Arsenal went on an amazing run. Only Liverpool of the regular contenders were poor and even the bottom end of the table were more than capable of getting results against top teams.
I don't think player quality has anything to do with it either - we performed better than we ever have, there's no more to it than that.
If you want to start factoring in player quality then I suppose you could form some kind of achievement list. My top few PL seasons (taking into account player quality) would be:
1) 2012-13
2) 2005-06
3) 2006-07
4) 2009-10
5) 2010-11
6) 2011-12
I don't think the PL has ever been as competitive as it was last season - at the very least it's equally tough compared to previous years. Chelsea were back on form, City were storming, Arsenal went on an amazing run. Only Liverpool of the regular contenders were poor and even the bottom end of the table were more than capable of getting results against top teams.
I don't think player quality has anything to do with it either - we performed better than we ever have, there's no more to it than that.
If you want to start factoring in player quality then I suppose you could form some kind of achievement list. My top few PL seasons (taking into account player quality) would be:
1) 2012-13
2) 2005-06
3) 2006-07
4) 2009-10
5) 2010-11
6) 2011-12
1. 2009/10
2. 2011/12 (should have been even better)
3. 2012/13
4. 2010/11
5. 2005/06
6. 2006/07
I think he's talking about the quality of the league as a whole, not Spurs.
1. 2009/10
2. 2011/12 (should have been even better)
3. 2012/13
4. 2010/11
5. 2005/06
6. 2006/07
It's more how they stack up against each other given the players we had and how good the other teams were.
Last season we overachieved somewhat in terms of points. The season before was a slight underachievement.
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