The 'Couldn't think where to put this' thread part 2 or 'does my comment merit a NEW THREAD?'
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Gerrard playing the victim already:
https://bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45076686
Never liked him as a player, already don't like him as a manager.
#notboverd ;biggrin
Sarri's first competitive game in charge of Chelsea is at Huddersfield on Saturday
So, the Community Shield is not considered a competitive game.
This made me ;lol
The Xbox player secured a 4-0 aggregate victory over Belgium's Stefano 'StefanoPinna' Pinna to secure the top prize.
A study into 'luck' in the 2017/18 season. It's really interesting (I think), and actually shows that, based on the metric, we were 1 point better off than we should have been with neutral luck.
I saw that, and had grave doubts about its 'science'.
The BBC have got into reporting this kind of thing, without in any way bringing a critical mindset to it. (This isn't just a dig at the BBC; Ben Goldacre's book 'Bad Science' shows just how slack journalists have become in reporting 'scientific studies.') They happily published a bunch of nonsense from a 'super-computer' that claimed to determine what the final points would be for teams in the relegation zone, which was way out.
A research team collaborated with ex-Premier League referee Peter Walton, analysing footage from every game of the 2017-18 Premier League season and watching for:
Goals that should have been disallowed
Incorrectly disallowed goals
Incorrectly awarded penalties (that were scored)
Penalties that were not awarded but should have been
Incorrect red-card decisions
Red-card incidents that were missed
These can only subjective opinions. For me, the only way that would properly work would be to have the actual referee team that were at the game review the game. That way, at least there would be a consistency to the decisions.
Despite the claims that 'thousands of simulations were run' to determine how the game would have turned out taking these factors into account, there is simply no real way to know what might have happened.
Goals scored after injury time overran
This has nothing to do with luck whatsoever. Injury time as shown on the board is the minimum amount of time a referee is going to add, not a maximum.
Deflected goals
This is the biggest joke of the lot. Yes, deflected goals are lucky.
So are deflected shots that cannon off a defender's backside and clip the crossbar before dropping to safety. But they aren't included.
So are dozens and dozens of other interactions throughout a game.
And what is the startling result of this investigation?
Incorrect decisions benefit one team to the disadvantage of the other.
Think we probably knew that.
According to sky's computer we are going to finish 17th ! the program does not take into account any transfers so seems a bit pointless
On another note however I was just looking down the Championship at the weekend and it did not appear terribly strong in my view. There are usually those you expect to come straight back up or spend as Wolves did but it appears this year it's hard to pick out too many obvious contenders. Villa will of course be most peoples favourites but the failure last season may just have knocked a bit of momentum out of them and should Grielish leave they could lack a bit of star appeal for the division that they had last year,
;lol
Always a Hammer ;carew
Pochy saying that the spuds didn't sign anyone because of
wait for it
Brexit
But then again, the spuds would know everything about leaving Europe from previous experience
;lol ;lol ;lol
Their meant to play their in 3 weeks.....
Can you get relegated if you don't have a home ground.... ;tumbleweed
Great article although I am abit unsure about Nolan playing in midfield with him managing Notts County aswell ;lol