With calling LR naive you certainly do. Sorry for having the temerity to apply some levity. Football discussions are very serious business.
LR has shown naivety though.
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With calling LR naive you certainly do. Sorry for having the temerity to apply some levity. Football discussions are very serious business.
LR has shown nativity though.
Did it have a crib, baby Jesus and the whole works?LR has shown nativity though.
Did it have a crib, baby Jesus and the whole works?
League games only.
Thanks to tigerbase.hullcity.com
Arveladze
1st season P19 PPG 1.16 GF 0.95 GA 1.21
2nd season P10 PPG 1.10 GF 1.10 GA 2.10
Total P29 PPG 1.14 GF 1.00 GA 1.52
Rosenior
1st season P28 PPG 1.36 GF 1.07 GA 0.93
2nd season P15 PPG 1.53 GF 1.40 GA 1.27
Total P43 PPG 1.42 GF 1.19 GA 1.05
So, the stats confirm definite progress. Of course there should be, given a) Shota's epoch was unfortunately a bit of a disaster, and ended with a bit of a capitulation (last 4 games = 1 goal scored, 11 against, nil points which suggests he'd lost it)., and b) Rosenior has been well supported during his 2 windows. Irrespective, the stats show the progress.
Maybe a tad alarming is that, although our GF stats have at least improved a little this season, our GA stats have worsened by a similar-ish proportion and are now worse than during Shota's 1st season. So, Rosenior had tightened things up, but this season we've gone backwards in that respect, with GF not improving significantly enough to offset it.
Sorry, I don't have the Xg analysis (coz I don't know wtf it actually is and equally couldn't care less as it's all about GF, GA and points.....and #process).
I like to see them as it adds to the drama of the game, but I'm way more interested in goals and points.Do you care about shots on target, out of interest?
I like to see them as it adds to the drama of the game, but I'm way more interested in goals and points.
Analysing shots on target can also be pretty meaningless. I could take a shot on target from the edge of the box for example and it would trickle into the keepers hands these days, but would still count as a shot on target. Bit like being obsessed with possession statz, which can often simply show how often a team has passed it around the back and to / from the keeper.
Yeah, if only eh. I'll let others over analyze stuff that in practice means next to nothing whilst I'll stick with Cloughie's take on the game (what did he know).It's almost like if you could rate the quality of the shot on target, it would be more meaningful in some way?
Yeah, if only eh. I'll let others over analyze stuff that in practice means next to nothing whilst I'll stick with Cloughie's take on the game (what did he know).
Btw, you did see that final sentence didn't you .... "Sorry, I don't have the Xg analysis (coz I don't know wtf it actually is and equally couldn't care less as it's all about GF, GA and points.....and #process)".
Not sure I agree that this team's better than the 07/08 version. That team certainly had a stronger defence with two experienced fullbacks and in Michael Turner probably one of our best ever cbs. Once Campbell arrived we had two strikers who knew where the back of the net was and, probably the most salient difference, we had old heads right through the team; Windass, Barmby, Brown, Ashbee, Dawson etc who were encouraged to call people out if they weren't doing their job. IMHO Liam desperately needs some of that nous both on and off the field - as you say, he probably needs a good Nobby.I'm happy with the team assembled and the progress made. I do really believe we have made progress and I think we are closer to clicking as a team rather than falling apart.
I draw comparisons with 2007/2008. 12 games in we sat 13th with 5 defeats. We only lost another 8 games all season and the rest as we say is history. This team is better than that one and I feel LR is a better coach than PB. Difference could have been having Nobby as the #2. Old head to provide advice. Maybe we need the same and that could be our biggest signing of the season.
If only...
And yes I saw your sentence where you acknowledged you have no clue how data analytics worked. That's why I asked you about shots on target, which you danced around answering straight.
All good, you could have just stuck with saying you have no idea what something means.
For one brief moment I thought you were wanting to engage in sensible discussion. I should have known better. Please just give it a rest now eh.
The game has moved on vast amounts since 07/08, pointless comparing on ability these days because of the level of coaching in the modern game. Character wise and how some of them played though, we are missing immensely in the current squadNot sure I agree that this team's better than the 07/08 version. That team certainly had a stronger defence with two experienced fullbacks and in Michael Turner probably one of our best ever cbs. Once Campbell arrived we had two strikers who knew where the back of the net was and, probably the most salient difference, we had old heads right through the team; Windass, Barmby, Brown, Ashbee, Dawson etc who were encouraged to call people out if they weren't doing their job. IMHO Liam desperately needs some of that nous both on and off the field - as you say, he probably needs a good Nobby.
The game has moved on vast amounts since 07/08, pointless comparing on ability these days because of the level of coaching in the modern game. Character wise and how some of them played though, we are missing immensely in the current squad
It's a pity Coyle is not a midfielder, he has the Ashbyesque enforcer attitude, which I feel we lack in midfield.
Says the person who doesn't understand or care about how stats work. All good.
It's a pity Coyle is not a midfielder, he has the Ashbyesque enforcer attitude, which I feel we lack in midfield.
Yeah, if only eh. I'll let others over analyze stuff that in practice means next to nothing whilst I'll stick with Cloughie's take on the game (what did he know).
Btw, you did see that final sentence didn't you .... "Sorry, I don't have the Xg analysis (coz I don't know wtf it actually is and equally couldn't care less as it's all about GF, GA and points.....and #process)".