Post by kievthegreat on Feb 28, 2016 2:41:31 GMT
People make a massive deal about the Scottish triple header, and while I get going into the games with Greener/not going early likely cost us points, I think it's not the real issue. If you look at our performances against the different conferences. We've got the joint best record against Gardiner teams out of the 4 title challengers.
Cardiff 26/38 = 68.4%
Sheffield 30/36 = 83.3%
Belfast 26/32 = 81.3%
Nottingham = 30/36 = 83.3%
Excluding the triple header we only dropped a single game out of the other 15!
The problem I think is our poor performance in our conference.
Cardiff 36/54 = 66.7%
Sheffield 32/56 = 57.1%
Belfast 31/58 = 53.4%
Nottingham = 26/52 = 50%
Take Coventry out of the equation to just show how we take points off each other and it's quite interesting:
Cardiff 24/38 = 63.2%
Sheffield 28/44 = 63.6%
Belfast 16/42 = 38.1%%
(9 from against the Panthers)
Nottingham = 20/40 = 50%
Cardiff and Sheffield have been winning the crunch games against rivals and that's why they are there, while we have shown ourselves wanting in big games too often to challenge. Although with 4 games against Cardiff and Sheffield that COULD change dramatically, it's a massive ask for a team that will only ever win you half of them.
Cardiff 26/38 = 68.4%
Sheffield 30/36 = 83.3%
Belfast 26/32 = 81.3%
Nottingham = 30/36 = 83.3%
Excluding the triple header we only dropped a single game out of the other 15!
The problem I think is our poor performance in our conference.
Cardiff 36/54 = 66.7%
Sheffield 32/56 = 57.1%
Belfast 31/58 = 53.4%
Nottingham = 26/52 = 50%
Take Coventry out of the equation to just show how we take points off each other and it's quite interesting:
Cardiff 24/38 = 63.2%
Sheffield 28/44 = 63.6%
Belfast 16/42 = 38.1%%
(9 from against the Panthers)
Nottingham = 20/40 = 50%
Cardiff and Sheffield have been winning the crunch games against rivals and that's why they are there, while we have shown ourselves wanting in big games too often to challenge. Although with 4 games against Cardiff and Sheffield that COULD change dramatically, it's a massive ask for a team that will only ever win you half of them.
