Tag Archives: Newcastle United

The Premier League battles laid bare

Posted on January 11, 2013 by

As a companion piece to the “Race to 38/68/87” article which blogger James Grayson published on the Premier League yesterday, I have looked at the current Euro Club Index assessment of the competition. The title race As I touched on … Continue reading →

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Why Brighton, Macclesfield and Luton are not the third round’s biggest giant-killers?

Posted on January 6, 2013 by

The opening match of FA Cup third round weekend ended with victory for Championship side Brighton & Hove Albion against Premier League Newcastle United. This was hailed at the time, and throughout the day, as a giant-killing. But was it … Continue reading →

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Premier League: Which teams are performing better than last season?

Posted on October 10, 2012 by

After seven matches in the Premier League for most clubs, it is Chelsea and West Bromwich Albion who stand out in terms of their results in comparison to last season. Both are also performing way beyond what was expected of … Continue reading →

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Three expected points models for the Premier League compared

Posted on October 5, 2012 by

I have mentioned my naïve base model in tweets and articles over the past week and as @the_number_game has again published his expected points model again at Forbes (see explanation of where that comes from in my earlier article here) it … Continue reading →

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