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Discussion in 'Norwich City' started by ThaiCanary, Jan 19, 2019.

  1. zogean_king

    zogean_king Well-Known Member

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    I was thinking exactly the same!
     
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  2. Walsh.i.am

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    Should of clung on to him for longer than we did.
    He's been really consistent ever since he returned to Brentford.
     
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    Dont think AN liked him.
     
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  4. RiverEndRick

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    He was 3rd choice behind the Murphy brothers at the time and struggled to get much game time when he went to Brentford, but has been a late developer. He's very much a winger though, and wouldn't fit in Farkeball and certainly wouldn't displace our options now.
     
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    Man U destroying Leeds
     
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  6. GozoCanary

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    Derby fans will be spitting venom. They just lost in the tenth minute of added-on time.
     
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  7. DUNCAN DONUTS

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    Buendia not having a good start at Villa
     
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    Armstrong scores on his debut for Saints , good signing that
     
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    That's a shame. Never mind
     
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    Srbeny is playing for Paderborn against Werder 3-0 up
     
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  11. RiverEndRick

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    Has he scored?
     
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    Skipp having a good game for Spuds
    No chance of him coming back
     
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    Good luck to him he's a brilliant player
     
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  15. Golden Eadie 2

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    Not sure about good game. All Spurs got a rating of 7 or 8 except Skipp who was 6 on Sky.

    Edit. Just checked BBC to be fair. He got 7.09 rating so I assume that is the average of several scores. Here he was 5th in the squad scores so better than Sky gave him.
     
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  16. RiverEndRick

    RiverEndRick Well-Known Member

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    Skipp scored 6.76 on WhoScored, 10th out of 11 Spurs players. His average score for us was similar.
     
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    Doesn't that say more about the WhoScored rating system than about Ollie Skipp?
     
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  18. RiverEndRick

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    No, I don't think it does Robbie. Skipp was very effective and competent at his DM role, but offered little more on top of that. He didn't score, other than that one breakaway goal, he had few assists and played few killer passes or through balls. That's about a 6.75 rating for me compared to a Yaya Toure, for example. B+ rather than an A in my report.

    His POTS vote was boosted by Spurs votes, IMO. That doesn't mean I wouldn't have him back on a loan, as that's all we can afford, but he wouldn't be my first choice if we had more money available.
     
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    That's true, but his value to the team was enormous precisely because of it. That's what the WhoScored ratings fail to capture. I wonder what Darren Huckerby's ratings looked like. Or Vidic's at Man United, who seldom made a tackle. A player's performance value often derives, not from what he does but what he doesn't do.
     
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  20. RiverEndRick

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    That last bit has a cryptic charm, Robbie, but sorry, I'm not convinced. My rating still coincides with WhoScored's.
     
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