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Robbob · 11-27-2017, 10:49 AM

Part of the problem with looking at goal dif at the start of the season is teams are still working out kinks. The rosters are far from settled.

All teams go through a steady elevation of play through the season. The good teams continue to elevate while the bad teams hit that ceiling and and the gap starts to widen. Historically you see it happens around now (after 20 games) and again after the all star break. It is the old Peter Maher adage that you look at games 20 to 40 for a team to get a better sense of what they are.

To that extent, I fully expect this team to start playing better and start tightening up aspects of their game.

11-27-2017, 10:49 AM	#1189
Robbob Franchise Player Join Date: Jul 2003 Exp:	Part of the problem with looking at goal dif at the start of the season is teams are still working out kinks. The rosters are far from settled. All teams go through a steady elevation of play through the season. The good teams continue to elevate while the bad teams hit that ceiling and and the gap starts to widen. Historically you see it happens around now (after 20 games) and again after the all star break. It is the old Peter Maher adage that you look at games 20 to 40 for a team to get a better sense of what they are. To that extent, I fully expect this team to start playing better and start tightening up aspects of their game.