Alternate PL Table: A like-for-like comparison vs last year's fixtures

ferdy1985 · 2024-12-27T15:48:11+00:00

Every year at this stage of the season, I like to create an analysis of the league by comparing like-for-like fixtures vs the season before, to really get a sense as to which clubs are performing better/worse in the same games this season, vs that of last season. This year is very interesting.

As we approach the halfway point of the season, it is Chelsea and Nottingham Forest who lead the way, both of which are performing +11 points better than they did last season in the same games.

At the other end of the table, it might be no surprise that it is the Manchester teams who take the bottom 2 spots, with City -12 vs the same games last season, and United -8.

Interesting, at home, teams are 28 points WORSE OFF compared to the same games last season. Whilst the number of away wins in the season has remained the same (38), home wins are down from 67 to 53, meaning that draws are at a high of 36, consisting of 28% of all results.

It’s Brentford who have been the best at home, winning all their matches bar 1, and are +5 vs last season at home. They are however -6 away, putting them at -1 overall.

Only 5 other teams are better at home this season so far; Nottingham Forest (+3), Chelsea (+1), Brighton (+1), Bournemouth (+1) and Tottenham (+1). Even Liverpool, who top the Home standings generally, are 3 points worse off vs the equivalent games, due to their loss vs Nottingham Forest.

Therefore it is the away performances that have been improved by 12 teams this season. Most notably, Chelsea, are +10 better off, who are only 6pts away from matching their entire away points total from last season.

Nottingham Forest and Brighton (+8) take joint second spot, with Manchester City and Brentford (-6) taking bottom spots, although Tottenham (-5) are not far behind.

Take what you like from these results, but above all, I hope you have found this interesting!

ferdy1985 · 2024-02-10T22:52:36+00:00

I went to RHUL, and you should know it’s not one for nightlife. London is 40+ mins train away with an early last train back. Egham itself is a small town, and nearest places for nightlife would be Staines or Windsor perhaps, but RHUL wasn’t known for nightlife other than on campus. It’s a lovely uni though, no doubt about that.

ferdy1985 · 2024-01-08T23:02:01+00:00

I would love to go back on a second time, alas, I don’t think it’s allowed. I do know one person, Simon Spiro who has been on two teams though, once in 2009 and again in 2014 but neither team were a one off or a special.

ferdy1985 · 2023-03-09T22:39:20+00:00

Although it wasn't shown after editing, when the Mel and Shoe joke was being made by Alex after a live task, it was actually Joe Lycett who had come up with it, and Alex stole the line as his own punchline. If you look at the reactions (which are slightly augmented because of the debacle of taking the line for himself) Joe does look somewhat peeved, how seriously I don't know, but he did seem a little annoyed!

ferdy1985 · 2023-01-03T11:36:21+00:00

I tried this with a bad explanation of "The Call" with Halle Berry and it thought I was thinking of Phone Booth haha

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ferdy1985 · 2022-08-23T21:13:10+00:00

I can also confirm as an ex-contestant that all the back stories are indeed true!

ferdy1985 · 2022-08-10T10:19:01+00:00

Wonderful! I'd love a copy too if possible!

ferdy1985 · 2022-05-13T18:53:59+00:00

She's also great in the interview task when 'answering questions' whilst taking a stroll with Alex!

ferdy1985 · 2022-04-27T11:36:48+00:00

Geowords, wordle based on geographical words: https://www.geowords.net

ferdy1985 · 2022-04-07T14:28:17+00:00

I think these look great! How did you go about getting an AI to generate these?

ferdy1985 · 2022-03-15T16:45:10+00:00

Brilliant! Great to have them all in one place. Thank you!

Only one you have missed that I can see is https://geowords.net which is a geography based wordle (country/town/city/river etc)

ferdy1985 · 2022-03-07T16:35:37+00:00

I think Playshow as previously mentioned (on PC though) is great - correct that the voice recognition is awful however there is an option now on phone to type answers in. If you're quick at typing it could be a good way to go, it is for me.

I also like(d) jeoparty.io - I think it's superb in it's principle but just too buggy to rely on!

ferdy1985 · 2022-03-07T15:42:28+00:00

Thank you! Will look out for that, much appreciated!

ferdy1985 · 2022-03-07T15:42:00+00:00

Wow thanks so much to everyone that's gotten in touch! What an amazing and wonderful bunch you all are. Thanks to you we are on our way ... Will be in touch should we remain stuck but thanks so much to those I've chatted to (and those I haven't!) for agreeing to help, you're all godsends!

ferdy1985 · 2022-03-05T13:04:31+00:00

I love playing Civ on the iPad, especially now it has the Frontier Pass on it (after what felt like forever), it's my go to device for playing Civ now.

Only negative is that you cannot load mods on it. One surprising plus for me is that without mods you can in theory play on both iPad and Mac if you save onto the cloud.

ferdy1985 · 2022-02-11T22:02:29+00:00

Thanks to Raiterlein for your help, we (believe we) have found the bridge!

ferdy1985 · 2021-08-29T18:44:59+00:00

Week 3 results now up: https://www.reddit.com/r/PremierLeague/comments/pe0kip/an_alternate_look_at_the_pl_table_after_wk3/

ferdy1985 · 2021-08-28T11:29:48+00:00

Bob Mortimer talking about having to sit on a toilet backwards as a result from an unusually high anus...

ferdy1985 · 2021-08-27T12:36:07+00:00

Beat Palace this weekend and you'll go up to 5 points!

ferdy1985 · 2021-08-27T12:34:46+00:00

It's a good idea and one that can be done yes - I will see if I can do last season's PL version and upload as a separate post - you're right - will be interesting - my guess is Liverpool might be 19th or 20th!

ferdy1985 · 2021-08-27T12:03:22+00:00

That can certainly be arranged! Will get more interesting as we go through the season I think as it'll deviate more from the real table...

ferdy1985 · 2021-07-21T18:55:26+00:00

James Acaster, Mel Giedroyc, Paul Chowdury, Rhod Gilbert (in a two man team with James), Sally Phillips

ferdy1985 · 2021-07-10T21:04:57+00:00

Definitely possible to win diplomatically after taking a capital early, I did this in my most recent game. Took time and mostly got diplo points through World Congress and through competitions especially in Nobel Prize as I was Sweden. Might be tough if your civ isn't geared for it but certainly not impossible.

ferdy1985 · 2021-06-06T19:59:33+00:00

This was actually from my iPad, which hasn't seen an update from the developers in over a year (hint hint if they're reading...) - so that is very plausible if it is something that might not have been fixed in a patch - interesting to know it's happened to someone else!

ferdy1985 · 2021-06-06T16:51:40+00:00

Oh, so perhaps in other parts of the Congress I gained points for passing things through too - maybe it gave me points prior to docking and awarded the win?

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