Statto Index Ratings

[Lillehamring]

just thought i'd dredge this link up - for those of you who like your nerdy stats...

it was pretty realistic last season:

http://www.statto.com/football/odds/rating...ue-championship

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1 Newcastle United

2 Sheffield United

3 Middlesbrough

4 West Bromwich Albion

5 Reading

6 Preston North End

7 Cardiff City

8 Ipswich Town

9 Leicester City

10 Swansea City

11 Watford

12 Sheffield Wednesday

13 Nottingham Forest

14 Bristol City

15 Blackpool

16 Queens Park Rangers

17 Doncaster Rovers

18 Crystal Palace

19 Barnsley

20 Derby County

21 Coventry City

22 Peterborough United

23 Plymouth Argyle

24 S****horpe United

That looks very realistic. I'd still like to think we could make the play offs though.

[acooling08]

Newcastle won't win.

[FilboFox]

Based on their rankings, we'd finish 8th with 64 pts... that's not at all bad and I'd certainly be happy with that.

Then again, they think that Newcastle will win the league and that Sheff Utd (???) and Middlesbrough will be up there too so I'm taking this prediction with a pinch of salt.

[Uncle Phil]

I'm liking Plymouth and Peterborough going down. Wouldn't mind Scunny staying up though, at the expense of, say, Cov.

If that could happen and we get a decent highish midtable finish, I'll be a very happy Uncle.

[Lillehamring]

Based on their rankings, we'd finish 8th with 64 pts... that's not at all bad and I'd certainly be happy with that.

Then again, they think that Newcastle will win the league and that Sheff Utd (???) and Middlesbrough will be up there too so I'm taking this prediction with a pinch of salt.

they aren't predictions, as such - the reason that newcastle and boro are high is because they were playing at a higher level last season, so are weighted higher - if it was just on form alone, we'd be much higher no doubt....

so, these are just likely finishes points based on likely performances... naturallly, teams will play different this season, it's just a guide, but they seem to use quite a sophisticated ranking system which is why it is reliable, or at least more reliable than judging ob the last six games or being dave pundit...

[Chromophobia]

i'd be happy with that. but i don't think newcastle will finish top, depends what ends up happening there really. derby and peterborough will finish higher than that, more around mid table with us and watford and blackpool will finish lower.

[dandannieldanok]

Derby will never finish that far down and neither will Watford be anywhere near the top half of the league.