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Did we deserve to finish 3rd?

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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,462
    edited May 2019
    You finish where you deserve compared to other sides so yes.
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,793
    edited May 2019
    The thing that hits me about this season and a few others under the owner we have is that even finishing third, there were a few games when we sort of knew we were going to lose before we played them. Losing games happens every season, but knowing you are going to lose (apart from relegation seasons of course) is something I link to Duchatelet more than any other owner since I have supported the club as a boy. This was of course due to injuries and squad depth, but whilst you would expect this in an average or poor season, it is unusual in a good one. It tells me that had there been a little bit of additional support for Bowyer this thread would probably be asking if we deserved to be Champions! 
  • smudge7946
    smudge7946 Posts: 4,131
    No
    We deserved to be top. 
    We destroyed Luton and Kes is the only good thing to come out of Barnsley. 

    I think Lee Bowyer and Lyle Taylor deserve recognition on the Queens honours list. 
  • soapboxsam
    soapboxsam Posts: 23,240
    edited May 2019
    Over 46 games we finished 3rd.

    IF, we didn't lose Cullen and Igor to dislocated shoulders for 10 weeks.
    IF we had all the loan players sorted before the 1st  match.
    IF Taylor hadn't been red carded and missed those vital 3 games.
    IF Bielik had played more matches and wasn't injury prone.
    IF Grant had stayed to the end of the season and we had Him, Taylor and a fit Vetokele to play the 90 minutes. (Igor playing limited amounts to conserve his ailing body)
    IF various Charlton players weren't created by Swarovski: Page, Williams, Bielik, Igor etc.
    IF we had an owner who cared.
    IF my aunty had Bollocks she would be...

    So many effing IF's but like life, you have a plan and then life takes you down a different road.

    We finished 3rd and we have momentum.
    I think the Doncaster matches are 50/50 and fate and the rub of the green will play a part.

    If I wasn't an atheist I would pray but in my world you give it your best shot and fate will decide the rest.



  • Lincsaddick
    Lincsaddick Posts: 32,406
    'deserve' .. f f s .. oh lord, I am not worthy .. we finished third because we had the requisite number of points and the right goal difference .. end of
  • killerandflash
    killerandflash Posts: 70,038
    I'n sure Pompey will have regrets as for a long time they looked favourites for automatic. But there are no prizes for being top half way through the season
  • ReeCAFC15
    ReeCAFC15 Posts: 145
    88 points is normally a total that gets you 2nd or 3rd really. Lincoln won League 2 with 85 points, so we've been very unlucky with the way it's worked out and that there's been 5 teams so much better than the rest. 3rd is the least we deserve, like I say really 88 should be enough to nick 2nd.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,245
    Where you finish is where you deserve to be.  It cannot be any other way.
  • Chris_from_Sidcup
    Chris_from_Sidcup Posts: 36,127
    ReeCAFC15 said:
    88 points is normally a total that gets you 2nd or 3rd really. Lincoln won League 2 with 85 points, so we've been very unlucky with the way it's worked out and that there's been 5 teams so much better than the rest. 3rd is the least we deserve, like I say really 88 should be enough to nick 2nd.
    In league one history, the average points total for 2nd place is 86.7 so yes we're probably unlucky not to go up. But then again, so are Pompey and Sunderland.
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    edited May 2019
    Didn't we score more points than the teams in 4th, 5th and 6th?  If we didn't then clearly we do not deserve to be above them and I think heads should roll at the "adding up" department of the EFL.

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  • CAFCTrev
    CAFCTrev Posts: 6,016
    edited May 2019
    Of course we deserved it! Its not the like EFL placed us there themselves. 
  • MuttleyCAFC
    MuttleyCAFC Posts: 47,793
    89 points were required to secure second this year. Barnsley happened to exceed that total.
  • alan dugdale
    alan dugdale Posts: 3,083
    I think I think we exceeded our expectations so much, the EFL should buy us.
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,890
  • Blucher
    Blucher Posts: 4,159
    As the great Lennie Lawrence remarked, there are no false positions after 42 games (or, in our case, 46).
  • walshiesleftfoot
    walshiesleftfoot Posts: 1,215
    Guessing no one complained in 95/96 the only time Millwall where 22nd was the last game of the season 
  • Oggy Red
    Oggy Red Posts: 44,980
    The League table counts for nothing during the season. It's basically for your amusement while you speculate on the results for the next match.

    Only once 46 games have been played by all teams in the division, does it have any meaning.
    That's the only table that matters.


  • Ferryman
    Ferryman Posts: 2,922
    The table doesn't lie 
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,085
    edited May 2019

    Charlton would have finished top if every match was halted on 73 minutes, with 91 points 

    https://experimental361.com/2019/05/09/minute-by-minute-league-tables-efl-2018-19/

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