Quote Originally Posted by 1955pie View Post
I don?t think that is too bad all things considered. Probably not quite good enough at the moment to get us into the playoffs.
If JJ is playing 90 minutes by the beginning of February, DC plays most games and we get someone else up top then I think we have a decent chance of promotion.
those 2 statements kind of contradict each other, and I'm not having a go at you, just saying that if there are any stats that can tell us the likelihood of SM getting promotion this season, then they have to take into account all the dynamic variables - all the differences between the data points, like what players he can pick, and how fit they are for eg.

Comparing SM with what Nolan did with his squad a few years ago is a poor indicator of what SM will do with his squad this season, imo, so what use is a flat comparison?