Would have been damn close though,
It works out at 28.12 points after 37 games. So 28 points and going into the final day still at risk.
Instead we are 20 points clear and getting an additional £12m in the bank.
Edit: Not sure the stats are...
Turns out it's only 3 other players in the entire league. He'd be the 4th top scorer over the course of the season. I know he isn't the best player, but if we bought a player who ended up as 4th top scorer, we'd all be rightly delighted.
Here are the facts: if Beto had been given the job he deserved from the start of the season, he’d be a top five goal scorer right now.
In 13 starts, he's average about 81 minutes and scored 7 goals.
As a sub (minus an early substitution for...