fair play league thread

While it is a very long time until we know what leagues will get the spots here is the current standings for the premier league;

POSCLUBPR/YP/PR/OR/RB/OPTSSCOREAVG

1	Swansea City	19	162	148	115	118	109	652	163.0	8.58
2	Tottenham Hotspur	18	155	154	107	105	95	616	154.0	8.56
3	Manchester City	18	148	154	104	106	99	611	152.8	8.49
4	Manchester United	19	163	150	114	114	103	644	161.0	8.47
5	Arsenal	19	147	162	112	113	105	639	159.8	8.41
6	West Bromwich Albion	18	156	130	108	110	97	601	150.3	8.35
7	Fulham	19	153	147	110	113	107	630	157.5	8.29

A much more simplfied version of the fair play table, one point per yellow card and two for red.

Tottenham Hotspur 27

West Bromwich Albion 31

Monchester United 32

Swansea City 34

Norwich City 35

Liverpool 39

Everton 39

Manchester City 40

Sunderland 41

Queens Park Rangers 42

Fulham 42

Aston Villa 43

Bolton 43

Stoke City 44

Newcastle United 45

Wigan Athletic 47

Aresenal 50

Wolverhampton Wanderers 52

Blackburn Rovers 55

Chelsea 60

Cheap way for shit teams to get into Europe.

Man U one is not fair because the ref's are on their side.

Not a fair way for teams to get into Europe. Referees differ from league to league, so some are strict while others aren't.

Just look at some of the criteria...

- Positive play: e.g. attacking tactics, acceleration of the game, efforts to gain time, and continued pursuit of goals.
- Respect to the opponent: e.g. returning the ball to the opponent at a throw-in, helping an injured opponent

Slowly working up the league

Last season we had the best discipline out of all 92 teams in the top four divisions .

RubyArmyCTFC wrote:Last season we had the best discipline out of all 92 teams in the top four divisions .

At the top of all four divisions right now is Chesterfield with a score of 26. They are rock bottom in League One but at least they going down with dignity and respect for their opponents.

Weather130 wrote:

RubyArmyCTFC wrote:Last season we had the best discipline out of all 92 teams in the top four divisions .

At the top of all four divisions right now is Chesterfield with a score of 26. They are rock bottom in League One but at least they going down with dignity and respect for their opponents.

One of the main reasons we did so poor last season (18th) was that we were too soft, meaning teams just bullied us all season.

I expect the same's happening to Chesterfield this season.

No surprise to see Arsenal up there, a team that prides itself on thuggery.

Here are some fair play tables in other top European leagues

La Liga
Barcelona 36 (0 red)
Malaga 46
Real Madrid 47
Real Sociedad 49
Osasuna 60
Sporting Gijon 60


Serie A
Internazionale 39
Juventus 42
Napoli 44
Parma 44
Cagliari 44 (0 red)

German Bundesliga
Borussia Dortmond 23
Borussia Monchengladbach 33
Bayern Munich 34
Mainz 36
SC Freiburg 38

Ligue 1
Sochaux 36
Lille 38
Bordeaux 39
Lorient 42
Caen 44
Valenciennes 44
PSG 44
AS Nancy Lorraine 44

It's quite strange to see how much Chelsea have changed since the appointment of Andre.

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