Feb 2018, after 26 games table doesn't give better picture when Spurs are just 2 points off 3 but ManUtd are midtable club after 10 games when they are just 4 points behind Spurs and 5 behind 4th placed team.
Are you seriously talking about the first 7 games of this season (and even if you are we're above Chelsea in the current table)? If so, it's a joke to base anything much on that.
After 28 games, there are more twists and turns before season ends, and none of the teams are nailed on for top 4 when United were 7 points ahead of 5th placed Spurs but if ManUtd are 5 points behind 4th placed team and 4 points behind Spurs after just 10 games means we are midtable team.
Nor does it cut any ice to isolate a current snapshot of the league table, especially when the season still has a fair way to run and we are only 2 points off 3rd.
This thread is full of bullish statements about which teams will finish where in the table - statements that have looked shaky just a couple of weeks later.
There's plenty more twists and turns to go before the season ends ... and none of the current top 5 bar City are nailed on to finish in the top 4.
He never uses table midseason to imply something, unless it's to pat his back for predicting midtable for ManUtd.
I have sometimes used a table mid-season to evidence a points-gap at that moment in time. I have never used it as implied evidence that the table will stay that way until the season ends. There's a difference between the two things.
But the point is that it's the final league table that proves things ... and not where United are now or where they've been for much of the season.
Say what?
You don't seem to get the fact that the season is played over 38 games, during which time things can and do change. Being 2nd now - and being 2nd for most of the season so far - proves nothing yet.
Correction: the final league table never lies. Looking at a mid-season snapshot in time often does.
Wow ... a whole 4 points with 8 games to go (never mind the league table last season or the season before that). And United dumped out of the CL at the same stage as Spurs despite facing a far easier route through both the group stages and beyond.