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After a loss at Chelsea on the opening weekend of the season, Hull City manager Steve Bruce gave a frank and intelligent response to the defeat. "It was always going to be difficult here. Our season will be defined by games like next week, no disrespect to Norwich of course." Hull went on to beat Norwich 1-0 and Bruce will have been able to mark a big three points in the column of season defining matches. Bruce hasnt spoken publicly about just how many of these matches his team faces, but if he did hed probably say 24. In the last four Premier League seasons, seven teams have always finished in the top eight. United and City from Manchester, Chelsea, Arsenal and Tottenham from London and Liverpool and Everton from Merseyside. Only two teams in the past four years (Aston Villa of 09-10 and Newcastle of 11-12) have cracked the top seven and even in those years, Liverpool or Everton still finished in the top eight. The fact that not all of the super seven can win the league is irrelevant to teams below them. All seven of them are seen on a different level to the others and it will not be surprising at all to see them fill the top seven spots in the Premier League when it ends on May 11th, 2014, just as they did last season. These seven teams are the elite and although the other teams will pick points off them on a regular basis they are not points that should be expected often and do not accurately define their success long-term. Teams like Hull know any points gained against the super seven are an important bonus and, subsequently, points against the other 12 teams, lets call them the decisive dozen, are essential. There are, of course, clear divisions of talent inside the group of teams outside the bottom seven but the gap in quality is not what it used to be. Football managers often drop cliches into their answers such as, fine lines and small margins, when it comes to separating success and failure, and it isnt difficult to see why. Last season just 13pts separated 8th place West Brom, who everyone described as having a great season, and relegated Wigan Athletic. West Brom finished with 49pts, 35 achieved against the decisive dozen and an impressive 14 against the super seven. Wigan finished with 36pts, 30 achieved against the decisive dozen and just 5 against the super seven. This means in 24 of the 38 matches (almost two thirds of the season-63%) West Brom gained just five more points versus the weaker teams in the league than a team now playing outside of the Premier League. From this we can draw a few conclusions. There will be some who feel Wigan got relegated because they didnt get enough points from the top seven but, in fact, the truth is they didnt get enough against the decisive dozen, and neither did West Brom. Let us take a closer look at the last four Premier League seasons. These tables are in the order of the non super seven teams and how they performed in decisive dozen games. Next to their point total in those games is their point totals against the super seven. 2009/10Aston Villa 48-16Birmingham 41-9Stoke 40-7Fulham 34-12Bolton 34-5Sunderland 32-12West Ham 31-4Wolves 29-9Wigan 26-10Hull 20-10*Burnley 19-11*Portsmouth 16-3* *- relegated It is no surprise to see the bottom three teams had the worst records in decisive dozen matches (these three teams were worse than the rest by some margin) but it is a surprise that two of them were better than many against super seven sides. 2010/11Fulham 44-5Sunderland 35-12Stoke 35-11Bolton 35-11Newcastle 34-12Blackburn 34-9Wigan 33-9WBA 31-16Birmingham 30-9*Aston Villa 29-19Blackpool 28-11*Wolves 26-14West Ham 24-9* Unlike 2009/10 when 31 points would have been enough to survive, the 2010/11 season was very competitive at the bottom with two teams being relegated on 39pts. Trends to notice here are how relegated teams fail to get more than 30pts in the first column and the substantial drop off Birmingham and West Ham had in those totals from the season previous. They were relegated because of their inability to get more decisive dozen points, not points against the super seven which are actually admirable. Another thing to look at is how a team like Aston Villa fared in decisive dozen games. Villa finished 9th that year with 48pts but were very average in games not against the super seven which pointed to an obvious regression coming if they didnt evaluate themselves properly while preparing for the 2011/12 season. 2011/12Newcastle 50-15WBA 40-7Fulham 39-13Norwich 39-8Swansea 35-12Sunderland 35-10Wigan 31-12Aston Villa 31-7Stoke 29-16Bolton 29-7*Blackburn 23-8*QPR 22-15Wolves 22-3* Like West Ham and Birmingham in 10/11, Bolton and Blackburn were relegated because a significant drop off in points gained in column one to the season previous, both slipping under 30. Villa didnt bolster their squad the way they needed to and were very fortunate to survive in 2011/12, gaining just two more points in decisive dozen games (12 less in column two) and avoiding relegation by that same margin. A look at the performances of Wigan, Stoke and QPR also pointed to some serious concerns heading forward as they gained far too many points against super seven teams than their results in decisive dozen matches suggested they should. 2012/13West Ham 40-6Swansea 38-8Fulham 37-6Aston Villa 36-5WBA 35-14Stoke 34-8Newcastle 33-8Sunderland 31-8Wigan 30-5*Norwich 29-15Southampton 29-12Reading 23-5*QPR 18-7* Such concerns for Wigan, Stoke and QPR did materialize. All three teams saw their point totals in super seven games drop by 50 per cent or more and two of them were relegated. Stoke survived after gaining more points in column one but they still had their worst season of their five in the Premier League. Sunderland, Norwich and Southampton ended last season in a similar spot to Wigan, Stoke and QPR. Norwich and Southampton, in particular, scored far too many points against super seven teams than their record in decisive dozen matches suggested. Southamptons imbalance comes from a change of manager in January. Under new boss Mauricio Pochettino they claimed 10pts from just six super seven games but in the summer he rightfully spoke about the teams poor performances against teams in the bottom half last season and then spent money on his squad to address such an issue. No team knows more about small margins than Norwich City. After a loss at home to Aston Villa last May they had just 38pts from 36 matches and the Carrow Rd faithful feared relegation. The Canaries would go on to win their last two matches and finished 11th in the table, albeit just eight points ahead of Wigan. Last season Chris Hughtons side beat Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and didnt lose at all to Tottenham, yet still flirted with relegation because they were a worse team for 63% of the season than Wigan. Like Pochettino, Hughton recognized his team needed strengthening, and spent over 25 million pounds this summer on new players. He will be aware that in the last four seasons any side that finishes with less than 30pts in column one and 10pts or more in column two goes on to score less in column two the next year, forcing the team to either improve in decisive dozen games or get relegated. Norwich fit this mold and, even with investment in the summer are not a side that should expect to get 15pts from super seven games this season. They simply must gain more than 29pts than their 24 other matches if they want to maintain survival and six points from four of those matches so far is a good start. cheap jerseys . 31, the CFL club announced Monday. The team also has yet to decide on the future of Doug Berry, who began the season as a consultant to the head coach but took over the offensive co-ordinators duties in July. wholesale jerseys . As many as 15 teams were in the mix for the 24-year-olds services. Miller played four seasons in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference, accumulating 42 goals and 114 assists in 141 games. http://www.cheapnfljerseyschinaplay.com/ .Y. -- Goalie Ryan Miller was perfect. wholesale nfl jerseys . The 20-year-old from Thornhill, Ont., ranked 31st in the world, has never lost to the 33rd-ranked Llodra and had dropped only one set previously. But Llodra pushed him in a match that lasted more than two hours 15 minutes. cheap jerseys from china .J. Watson to back up Deron Williams at point guard. SALT LAKE CITY -- The Golden State Warriors knew they had let one slip away days before Christmas against the Los Angeles Lakers. This time, Stephen Curry made sure history wouldnt repeat against another Western Conference opponent. He scored Golden States first 11 points, then hit 2 of 3 shots in the fourth quarter, including his fourth 3-pointer, to lead the Warriors over the Utah Jazz 94-83 on Wednesday night. "We were on a mission to come out and play well and keep our road (swagger) -- the way we (did) earlier this year," said Curry, who finished with 23 points, eight rebounds, seven assists, a steal and a blocked shot. "Everybody stepped up and played a physical game. We did what we had to get the job done tonight." The loss was only the third at home for the Jazz this season, while Golden State improved to 11-6 on the road. "They feed off their crowd and they play hard for 48 minutes. But we do the same thing. We wanted to start off well," Curry said. He set the tone by hitting consecutive 3-pointers and making three free throws after being fouled on another shot beyond the arc -- all in less than a minute early in the first quarter. "He had a good night," said Jazz point guard Jamaal Tinsley, who had his hands full trying to guard Curry while filling in for the injured Mo Williams. "Hes an aggressive point guard. You just got to try to get the ball out of his hands. But he made tough shots." Jarrett Jack and Klay Thompson had 15 points apiece for the Warriors, who held a 25-5 advantage on fastbreak points and hit 9 of 18 3-point attempts. The Jazz held a 40-32 advantage on points in the paint but the rebounding battle was virtually even as the Warriors held Utah to a season-low 83 points. "We just tried to make them into a jump-shooting team,," Curry said of the Jazz, who shot 38.6 per cent and hit only 4 of 17 3-pointers. "They have probably one of the best collaborative big-man rotations. . We played a lot more zone tonight to force them into long jump shots." Al Jefferson led Utah with 18 points and 10 rebounds. But he didnt get much help from the other Jazz starters. Tinsley was 0 for 3, Randy Foye 3 of 10, Paul Millsap 4 of 10 and Marvin Williams 1 of 6. Sixth man Gordon Hayward was 3 of 10 and Alec Burks 4 of 11. "Bad shooting," Jazz coach Tyrone Corbin said. "We bailed (Golden State) out by taking early shots instead of going inside." Corbin said the Jazz missed the pace usually provided by Williams, who is out indefinitely with a severely sprained right thumb. "He can attack the rim, take a shot, make a shot and we just didnt get that tonight. It was a sluggish effort all night," Corbin said. Millsap added 14 points for Utah and Enes Kanter added 10 off the bench on 4-of-4 shooting. The Warriors led by as many as 15 points in the first half, and took a 75-58 lead innto the fourth quarter.dddddddddddd On Saturday, they let a 14-point, fourth-quarter lead slip away in an 118-115 overtime loss to the Lakers. This time they kept piling it on. Curry showed how important it was to keep the pressure on, getting hit hard on a fastbreak layup and giving an emphatic fist pump as the ball dropped through the net and bumped Golden States lead to 79-60 with about 10 minutes remaining. He then drained another 3-pointer to make it 82-62 with 9:10 left. Game over. The Jazz, meanwhile, looked like a team that struggled to go 2-2 on a recent road trip that saw them outscored by 20 against Indiana and by 16 against Miami. They had to rally from 16 down Sunday to beat Orlando. Corbin spoke before the game about wanting to give Jazz fans a nice Christmas gift. Instead the game was a dud, except for brief fireworks in the second quarter when Kanter grabbed an offensive rebound and swung his elbows wide at Carl Landry. Derrick Favours went to defend teammate Kanter but ended up in a shoving match with Jack, a fellow Georgia Tech player. Favours and Jack were assessed double technicals and Kanter his own technical, with Jack making the free throw for a 32-23 lead with 9:19 left in the half. "Were friends in the summertime and off the court but on the court were enemies," Favors said of his relationship with Jack. "He went after one of my teammates so I got to help out." Jack wasnt about to back down either. "There were some comments made about our basketball team, basically calling us a soft team," Jack said. "Over the course of the week we showed thats not the case. That was kind of the old stigma with the Golden State Warriors, but I think this group is an ultimate bunch." He insisted he was referring not to the altercation but being tough on the road. "Tough is being able to go on the road, withstand runs, mentally execute your plays and tune out this noisy crowd," he said. The Jazz would make a second-quarter run, pulling within five after consecutive baskets by Millsap and a 3-pointer by Hayward. But the Warriors hit two more 3s -- by Jack and Thompson -- to take a 49-37 halftime lead. "The guy is an All-Star," Warriors coach Mark Jackson said of Curry. "Theres no question about it. Playing at an elite level. Defending. Being a maestro for us on the offensive end. Attacking. Its great to see him healthy and being a catalyst for this basketball team in all the success weve had." NOTES: Neither team shot particularly well in the first half, the Jazz hitting 15 of 41 shots and the Warriors 15 of 39. But Golden State made 7 of 9 from 3-point range, including 3 of 4 by Curry. The Jazz shot just 33.3 per cent in the first quarter and 29 per cent in the third. . The Jazz were outscored 16-0 on the break in the first half. . Wednesdays win was the Warriors first in Salt Lake City since Feb. 16, 2011. . Utah committed 15 turnovers. cheap nfl jerseys wholesale jerseys ' ' '
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