Here is that table I periodically post showing how each manager has done in the league each season. I simply take the averages and multiply them by 38 so that they can be compared directly however many or few games each manager had charge of. The final column shows the points gained or lost from the immediate predecessor. Bobby is definitely heading in the right direction:

Manager	Season	AvgG/F	AvgG/A	AvgPts	G/F	G/A	G/Dif	Pts	Progress
Keegan	1993-94	1.95	0.98	1.83	74	37	37	70	n/a
Keegan	1994-95	1.6	1.12	1.71	61	43	18	65	-5
Keegan	1995-96	1.74	0.97	2.05	66	37	29	78	13
Keegan	1996-97	1.81	1.05	1.76	69	40	29	67	-11
Dalglish	1996-97	2.06	1	1.88	78	38	40	71	4
Dalglish	1997-98	0.92	1.16	1.16	35	44	-9	44	-27
Dalglish	1998-99	0.5	0.5	1	19	19	0	38	-6
Gullit	1998-99	1.31	1.4	1.26	50	53	-3	48	10
Gullit	1999-00	1.4	2.6	0.2	53	99	-46	8	-40
Robson	1999-00	1.72	1.13	1.59	65	43	23	61	53
Robson	2000-01	1.16	1.32	1.34	44	50	-6	51	-10
Robson	2001-02	1.88	1.38	1.75	71	52	19	67	16

-- Anonymous, October 13, 2001

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A'hm Posessed

-- Anonymous, October 13, 2001

Ah'm P1ssed.

-- Anonymous, October 13, 2001

53 progress points, that's quite a total, and -40 for Gullit awful.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 2001

That was from 5 games though Paul, I only left it in because there would have been complaints otherwise. I excluded the caretaker manager games and could equally have left out Kenny's 2 games at the start of 1998-99. The real change was that Robson was up 13 on Gullit's season.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 2001

i dont get it, are u saying we only got 8 points in 1 year and didn't go down?

-- Anonymous, October 14, 2001

It's looking at the average points, G/F and G/A for each manager each season and multiplying the results by 38. this means that you can see how well Keegan would have done over the whole season in 1996-97 if he hadn't left in January, and likewise how we would have done had Dalglish managed us for the whole of that season. It also means that you can make direct comparisons with 19993-94 and 1994-95 when there were 2 extra teams in the league. Not perfect but better than a slap in the belly with a wet fish.

-- Anonymous, October 14, 2001

Softie - can you do a comparison of BR results with Wadsworth and without him on a toon vs team(venue) basis?

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001

softie, can you compile goals per game by striker against top six teams, bottom six and mid table versus the average for the entire club.

if that makes any sense....

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001

softie, can you tell me how to have more success with women?

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001

Softie, you are like God Almighty: Omniscient, omnipresent and omnipotent ;)

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001

George, I was working on that but got fouled up by the 22 teams in 1993-95 and by the fact that you lose a chance to do well when we are in the top six (unless you score some own goals!).

The best I could come up with was a sort of sliding scale where you take NUFC out and have top 6, middle 7 and bottom 6 but it was a total pain in the arse. I might try it again but am currently working on getting all the contract info on to work out the cost of each team selection and see how that corresponds with results.

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001

swifty, I've found that not talking about building football databases works much better for me...

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001

DOUGAL, I AM ALSO SUPPOSED TO BE INCOGNITO JUST NOW...

-- Anonymous, October 15, 2001

Fantastic Softie. If I give you a thousand pounds will you invest it for me!

-- Anonymous, October 16, 2001