Yo soy un perdedor...

I am about to reveal some pretty disturbing facts for Örebro SK fans.

First: this is not the post-season wrap up.  That would be premature.  We have a chance to save our faces and our dignity starting with the cup semifinal tomorrow.  All focus on that.

But I need to refer back to my August post 1-0 and we f* it up 0-1 and we f* it up.  It looked bad then. It looks worse now.  I took the liberty to recalculate Allsvenskan 2011 according to the golden goal rule: first goal wins; 0-0 draws are counted as draws.

The figures speak for themselves.

First, the real Allsvenskan final standings:

1	Helsingborg	63
2	AIK	58
3	Elfsborg	57
4	Malmö	54
5	Gais	51
5	Häcken	49
7	IFK Göteborg	45
8	Kalmar	44
9	Gefle	41
10	Mjällby	40
11	Djurgården	36
12	Örebro SK	36
13	IFK Norrköping	34
14	Syrianska	28
15	Trelleborg	25
16	Halmstad	14

Then, the Golden Goal league (golden goal rule points, allsvenskan points, difference):

Örebro SK	61	36	-25
Helsingborg	55	63	8
AIK	55	58	3
Häcken	55	49	-6
Gais	51	51	0
Elfsborg	46	57	11
Malmö	43	54	11
Kalmar	43	44	1
Djurgården	43	36	-7
IFK Göteborg	41	45	4
Mjällby	41	40	-1
IFK Norrköping	36	34	-2
Trelleborg	36	25	-11
Gefle	35	41	6
Syrianska	33	28	-5
Halmstad	30	14	-16

Not much happens in the table, except that Örebro jumps from 12th to 1st position! With a 6-point margin!

How can it be?

In number terms, it is because out of 30 games:

• In 9 games, we conceded the first goal.  We lost them all.
• one game ended 0-0.
• In 20 games, we scored the opening goal.  We won 11, drew 2 and lost 7.

25 points lost, 0 points won.  Those are loser team stats.  Top teams win points in comparison to the opening goal, as is clear from the table.

I raised the question to the Örebro coach during a chat this autumn.   His response was laconic and uninspired.  To me, this is serious.  I still feel that in terms of quality, we had a team that could have been contenders.  Instead of bums, which is what we are, let's face it.  Unless we win the cup.