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Old 08-08-2019, 09:51 AM   #215
Slava
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Originally Posted by Locke View Post
The Gap between #1 and #2 was 1 point.

The gap between #2 and #3 was 25 Points.

United were 30+ off the pace. Who needs to strengthen?
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I guess we'll see. But if they 'got worse' they still have an enormous cushion over every team except City.
I don't know, when I see this I immediately think "mean reversion". How likely is it that Liverpool loses only one game this season? I wouldn't bet my house on that. And how likely is it for City to crack 100 points again? It's possible and they're the front-runners, but I couldn't say for sure that they'll do that either. And it's even less odds that both of them reach that level, at least in my opinion. So let's say they each wind-up with closer to 90 points.

And then you have Spurs who were way out of it. I think that they've improved. They're not winning every game either, and haven't fixed every problem. But they're good for an extra 2-3 wins here and there I think. Suddenly that 25 point gap is like 5-6 points, and it's not based on anything too insane I would say?

I mean you're right that Liverpool and City didn't really need to do anything because they won the CL and PL respectively. At the same time, Spurs made the final but my worry is that papered over some cracks. I don't think anyone could argue that while the win over City and Ajax were probably the most thrilling victories ever, they weren't exactly repeatable. So to bank on "well look at last year and it wasn't close" seems a little foolhardy.
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