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Match Day Thread General matchday thread.

Discussion in 'The Premier League' started by Libby, Aug 4, 2017.

  1. Libby

    Libby 9-0

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    I get finding them interesting and like the quirkier ones, I just won't read much into them and will trust my eyes over the majority if not all.
     
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  2. Saf

    Saf Not606 Godfather+NOT606 Poster of the year 2023

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    Do they work on that season or historical data?
     
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  3. Bwood_Ranger

    Bwood_Ranger 2023 Funniest Poster

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    You’ll go on recent form more than something more in the past so last season gets less significant as this season goes on. More so if there’s been a big turnover of players/managers.
     
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  4. Saf

    Saf Not606 Godfather+NOT606 Poster of the year 2023

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    Stats can be very deceiving and easily manipulated. It’s very rare they tell a full story without bringing more stats into it and then it never ends.
     
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  5. Schlem Boogerman

    Schlem Boogerman Well-Known Member

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    Over an infinite period of time this will be the outcome.
     
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  6. Saf

    Saf Not606 Godfather+NOT606 Poster of the year 2023

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    I just remember seeing a documentary on Japanese students who used historical data to predict results going back to when the first ball was kicked. They won quite a few quid for 3 years in a row.
     
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  7. Bwood_Ranger

    Bwood_Ranger 2023 Funniest Poster

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    A season isn’t infinite though.
     
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  8. Schlem Boogerman

    Schlem Boogerman Well-Known Member

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    Books offer the coin toss which is evens at 10/11. Thieving bastards. The thing is, people bet on this ****!
     
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  9. Schlem Boogerman

    Schlem Boogerman Well-Known Member

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    **** off.
     
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    Bwood_Ranger 2023 Funniest Poster

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    Well yeah if you’re going to do that you deserve to lose money.
     
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  11. Bwood_Ranger

    Bwood_Ranger 2023 Funniest Poster

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    You **** off.
     
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    Schlem Boogerman Well-Known Member

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    So you do understand maths. So why the **** do you believe in luck?
     
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    It’s not really a case of believing in it. It’s more that it’s illogical that it doesn’t exist. You can hit the same shot twice and a gust of wind will divert one half an inch onto the post and another into the top corner. A goalkeeper can have a worldie or throw one in. It’s just a factor out of your control that affects your results.
     
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  14. Schlem Boogerman

    Schlem Boogerman Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, right :emoticon-0148-yes:
     
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  15. Dr Nickilas Van Helsing

    Dr Nickilas Van Helsing Well-Known Member

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    yes go watch all our games weve won or drawn tbh ... unreal .. were dreadful.

    9 points to go ...
     
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  16. Schlem Boogerman

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    AdmirableHarshGadwall-small.gif
     
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    I made a thread on xG: https://www.not606.com/threads/xg-explained.381300/

    xG is based on the average performance of professional footballers

    If you consistently score fewer goals than your xG suggests that doesn't mean you're unlucky it means your players are ****

    Liverpool are way ahead of their xG which also doesn't mean we're lucky but that we have much better than average players
     
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  18. Stan

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    It’s ****s like you who have helped suck the soul out of the game.
     
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    XG was designed as click bait for total balloons <laugh>
     
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    Man Utd started it all, banging on about their 1.1 billion fans just to secure better bank loans

    Now you're suddenly whinging that the game is too much about plastics and finance?
     
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