I'm sorry - it was me, I just get so much fun out of pulling his ridiculous stat based statements apart I have a very stressful job right now, this is like some form of light comedy based relief
No worries mate. It was more directed at our pet Mackem, whose favourite pastime, as far as I can tell, is being a bellend to total strangers on the internet.
I just assumed we had more bookings for taking shirts off and diving into the crowd after goals...which would explain why Sunderland haven't had as many yellows.
Why subtract the worst game if we're looking at the "dirtiest" side? Why not base it on the single stat - in which case your team Sir, are a bunch of ruffians and bounders - cads of the highest order indeed. Or you could simply stop spouting spurious stats suiting your own agenda??
So when an opposing team retaliates to the number of fouls being committed, as they surely will do, we can rest assured the Newcastle supporters will point out there insignificance
Though Sunderland at present are riding along on the crest of a trough I am sure the same characteristics shown at the end of last season will eventually shine through , on the plus side next season Newcastle will have my full support in the local derby I never ever did support Hartlepool
We don't really need to do that, as absolutely no one from other teams has come on here and complained about the number of fouls we committed. Only you do that, it's some unique obsession you seem to have. I think you need to start flogging a different horse, like how we're disrespectful to opposing teams by scoring more goals in the second half than the first maybe?
Oh and fredor, we're actually near the bottom of the table for numbers of fouls in the league: http://www.footstats.co.uk/index.cfm?task=Leagues Coming up with irrelevant and stupid statistics is pointless enough, but please to try to make them factually correct.
Be fair to Ozzie Fred we, on average, have been committing just under ONE more foul per game than his beloved team which obviously makes us a "dirty" team and his not a "dirty" team. After all statistics don't lie.
"just under ONE more foul per game" - is that like giving an opposition player a nasty wedgie or something? The other interesting thing those stats show is that whilst N'cle have committed 12.55 fouls per game, they've been on the receiving end of 12.64 - so been more sinned against than sinners. Sunderland on the other hand? committed 11.71, received 11.43 so who actually is the "dirtier" team???
these figuers are for actual fouls given by the ref there is nothing to say how many fouls there would of been had the referee not played the 'advantage' law but watching this season I have noticed a lot of 'advatage' calls have been given to the Toon which could be classed as fouls if the law did not exist if you know what I mean
I do, but God knows where we'll end up if Fredor goes off into the realms of what might have been - it's hard enough for him to get actual, quantifiable stats right. never mind anything else ..............
"the crest of a trough" ? since when do troughs have crests ? If things are going well you can be riding the crest of a wave. When you're in the ****, though, you're just in the ****
I am astounded by your knowledge please accept my humble apologies, I do not belong alongside such genius
Oh Fredor, I'm not sure what this board would do without you during this international break. Don't ever change. If we were ever in a pub together I'd ruffle your hair (assuming you've got some) and give you a playful shoulder barge.
I like the way when people call you up on your nonsensical comments you immediately adopt this pompous holier-than-thou persona to attempt to take the focus away from the rubbish you previous spouted. Stage 1 is the world's worst statistician citing some bizarre, pointless and incorrect statistic about the amount of throw ins we've had or fouls we've committed, when people say you're talking bollocks, we then get Stage 2, the pompous old fart correcting us on our grammar and trying to come across as some pseudo-intellectual despite the horseshit he's previously come out with.
