Now that we're almost exactly a quarter of the way through our first season back in the Championship (26% to be exact) I thought it would be interesting to see everyone's views on how we've done so far.
I'll go through my views on the games so far using a ten point scale: 0, 1, 2 is absolutely TERRIBLE; 3, 4 is BELOW AVERAGE; 5 is AVERAGE, 6, 7 is ABOVE AVERAGE and 8, 9, 10 is SUPERB. I'm taking into account not just the score but how good the opposition has turned out to be so far this season, what form they were in at the time we played them, how we performed and if it was home or away.
1. OUFC 2-0 Norwich: A truly stunning result against a side who are now 8th. Scored two and didn't concede. What a start that was. 9/10 SUPERB.
2. Coventry 3-2 OUFC: We were outplayed at times and got a bit lucky to be level - but then truly unlucky to concede a goal right at the death with *that* awful backpass. Hard to rate this as we lost and Coventry are now 18th but it felt okay the time. Jamie Cumming kept us in it with incredible saves and we scored an odd goal from a driving header onto a penis. I'm going to call it 4/10 BELOW AVERAGE, just because Coventry turned out to be so bad for the rest of the season (they've only won 2 other games), and they battered us at times.
3. Blackburn 2-1 OUFC: Frustrating to again lose to a silly mistake when we were in the game. Blackburn are a decent side, away from home, I'm going to call it 5/10 AVERAGE, because we weren't dominated like we were at Coventry, and Blackburn are clearly a much better side, currently 6th.
4. OUFC 3-1 Preston: Nothing else to call this except 8/10 SUPERB. Yes Preston are 16th but we scored 3 and could have had more.
5. OUFC 1-0 Stoke: Another 8/10 SUPERB, because although Stoke are 19th they have some good players and had just beaten Plymouth before playing us - and would go on to hammer Portsmouth 6-1.
6. Bristol City 2-1 OUFC: We went 1-0 up and Harris should really have made it 2-0. At the time the focus was very much on revenge for Manning. Bristol City are a mid table side who were in fairly poor form at the time. All that combined means I'll have to call that 4/10 BELOW AVERAGE - not bad as we were away from home and they have some decent players, but still disappointing.
7. OUFC 0-0 Burnley: They're a top side, second in the league, and we kept them to a draw. Because we were at home, and for the sake of the scoring system making sense (yes it's flawed) I'm going to call it 7/10 ABOVE AVERAGE.
8. Luton Town 2-2 OUFC: Another really hard one to score - they've just come down from the PL, and we were 2-0 down so to come away with a draw at their place is great, however they went down to ten men and have generally been terrible this season, languishing in 22nd place, so we really should have won it, especially with the chances we created. I'll call it 6/10 ABOVE AVERAGE.
9. Portsmouth 1-1 OUFC: They battered us to an extent, and this is a side who can barely win a game and had just been smashed - however they also had managed some decent draws, and Fratton Park was bouncing. A 5/10 AVERAGE for me, taking all that into account.
10. OUFC 1-1 West Brom: They were the better side first half, we were the better side second half. Good team who are 5th, but we were at home means it's a 6/10 ABOVE AVERAGE result for me.
11. OUFC 1-1 Derby: At home, we dominated the first half and were comfortably 1-0 up and could have had another - then we collapsed second half and were awful, and maybe lucky to come away with a point. All came from an OUFC mistake which was frustrating. 4/10 BELOW AVERAGE for the fact that we should have seen the win out, and Derby came up with us, and we were at home, unlike the Portsmouth draw.
12. Sunderland 2-0 OUFC: The Sunderland commentators said we 'didn't lay a glove on them'. Yes they're good and we were away from home, but overall a 3/10 BELOW AVERAGE performance.
If you add up all those scores then it's an average of 5.75 - Round it up and you have a 6/10 ABOVE AVERAGE performance so far, which feels about right - we're 14th, mid table, with 14 points or 1.17 PPG, which leaves us currently 3 points above the relegation zone.
I'd definitely take that at the end of the season and would be ecstatic by the way, so I'm not saying I'm only 6/10 happy with how we've done or anything (I'm more like 8/10 happy) but that's just going on a game by game basis and looking at it like we're a Championship side now who deserve to be here, not one who are delighted just to make up the numbers.
Feel free to ignore this, you don't have to tell me if you find this stupid or boring (!) but what does everyone else think? Have we done better or worse than 6/10 with our W3, D5, L4?
I'll go through my views on the games so far using a ten point scale: 0, 1, 2 is absolutely TERRIBLE; 3, 4 is BELOW AVERAGE; 5 is AVERAGE, 6, 7 is ABOVE AVERAGE and 8, 9, 10 is SUPERB. I'm taking into account not just the score but how good the opposition has turned out to be so far this season, what form they were in at the time we played them, how we performed and if it was home or away.
1. OUFC 2-0 Norwich: A truly stunning result against a side who are now 8th. Scored two and didn't concede. What a start that was. 9/10 SUPERB.
2. Coventry 3-2 OUFC: We were outplayed at times and got a bit lucky to be level - but then truly unlucky to concede a goal right at the death with *that* awful backpass. Hard to rate this as we lost and Coventry are now 18th but it felt okay the time. Jamie Cumming kept us in it with incredible saves and we scored an odd goal from a driving header onto a penis. I'm going to call it 4/10 BELOW AVERAGE, just because Coventry turned out to be so bad for the rest of the season (they've only won 2 other games), and they battered us at times.
3. Blackburn 2-1 OUFC: Frustrating to again lose to a silly mistake when we were in the game. Blackburn are a decent side, away from home, I'm going to call it 5/10 AVERAGE, because we weren't dominated like we were at Coventry, and Blackburn are clearly a much better side, currently 6th.
4. OUFC 3-1 Preston: Nothing else to call this except 8/10 SUPERB. Yes Preston are 16th but we scored 3 and could have had more.
5. OUFC 1-0 Stoke: Another 8/10 SUPERB, because although Stoke are 19th they have some good players and had just beaten Plymouth before playing us - and would go on to hammer Portsmouth 6-1.
6. Bristol City 2-1 OUFC: We went 1-0 up and Harris should really have made it 2-0. At the time the focus was very much on revenge for Manning. Bristol City are a mid table side who were in fairly poor form at the time. All that combined means I'll have to call that 4/10 BELOW AVERAGE - not bad as we were away from home and they have some decent players, but still disappointing.
7. OUFC 0-0 Burnley: They're a top side, second in the league, and we kept them to a draw. Because we were at home, and for the sake of the scoring system making sense (yes it's flawed) I'm going to call it 7/10 ABOVE AVERAGE.
8. Luton Town 2-2 OUFC: Another really hard one to score - they've just come down from the PL, and we were 2-0 down so to come away with a draw at their place is great, however they went down to ten men and have generally been terrible this season, languishing in 22nd place, so we really should have won it, especially with the chances we created. I'll call it 6/10 ABOVE AVERAGE.
9. Portsmouth 1-1 OUFC: They battered us to an extent, and this is a side who can barely win a game and had just been smashed - however they also had managed some decent draws, and Fratton Park was bouncing. A 5/10 AVERAGE for me, taking all that into account.
10. OUFC 1-1 West Brom: They were the better side first half, we were the better side second half. Good team who are 5th, but we were at home means it's a 6/10 ABOVE AVERAGE result for me.
11. OUFC 1-1 Derby: At home, we dominated the first half and were comfortably 1-0 up and could have had another - then we collapsed second half and were awful, and maybe lucky to come away with a point. All came from an OUFC mistake which was frustrating. 4/10 BELOW AVERAGE for the fact that we should have seen the win out, and Derby came up with us, and we were at home, unlike the Portsmouth draw.
12. Sunderland 2-0 OUFC: The Sunderland commentators said we 'didn't lay a glove on them'. Yes they're good and we were away from home, but overall a 3/10 BELOW AVERAGE performance.
If you add up all those scores then it's an average of 5.75 - Round it up and you have a 6/10 ABOVE AVERAGE performance so far, which feels about right - we're 14th, mid table, with 14 points or 1.17 PPG, which leaves us currently 3 points above the relegation zone.
I'd definitely take that at the end of the season and would be ecstatic by the way, so I'm not saying I'm only 6/10 happy with how we've done or anything (I'm more like 8/10 happy) but that's just going on a game by game basis and looking at it like we're a Championship side now who deserve to be here, not one who are delighted just to make up the numbers.
Feel free to ignore this, you don't have to tell me if you find this stupid or boring (!) but what does everyone else think? Have we done better or worse than 6/10 with our W3, D5, L4?
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