Quote Originally Posted by Jammy89 View Post
You have to question how many more points just having one of them in the team would have meant this season.

With Pope, it could be 5 or 6 I reckon.
When did we lose Pope?

Was it around December? First match I see Dubz in goal was the 1-3 loss at home to Forest.
Not saying Pope would have won us that match but maybe a draw?
1-0 lose away to Luton - could have also been a draw.

The 2-3 to City De Burne turned the game. Dunno if Pope would have been able to swing that one but it's possible.

Bournemouth at home 2-2 - Defo Pope could have made that a 2-1 or 2-0 win.

Luton at SJP 4-4 again you'd expect Pope to do better for 1 or 2 of those goals turning and other draw into 3 points.

More recently Chelsea and the Everton matches would have seen us get positive results with Pop

So I recon your estimate of 5-6 points is very conservative Jamjam me old China!

My speculation is that had we had all 3 fit for 75-80% of the season I recon we'd be 18-21 points better off. Allowing for rotation of other players, higher levels of performance and intensity.

The season is about momentum and we had been desperately lacking in consistency yet still pulled off some great victories and surprise results despite all the unavailable players.

We're in sniffing difference from 6th.

I don't see Villa, ManUre or West Ham still being in the mix had they experienced the same level of absentees.