Quote Originally Posted by Coney View Post
If you plot that alongside the average of, say, the top 4 sides each season, it will take into account (partially) how good the opposition in the league was in that year. The 'points scored' on it's own means less than some think. If several of the lower clubs had a shit year and we scored more points, it does not mean we played better than a year where the lower clubs played well and we scored fewer points. Factoring in how the other top sides did helps to take that effect into account.
OFMG. Someone who understands something!

You're right, league points total is not an absolute figure but a relative one. However, I just can't be bothered to run those figures. Is it still a wavy line?

Of course the only figure that people really care about is league position, and that goes:

1
2
4
4
3
4
3
4