Never lose a home game again
What if this was the music the players walked out to? And the lights went down and the hoardings flashed red….
Crazy Stats Are Crazy
Crazy stat alert: we out-passed Manchester City on Saturday. No, I’m not grasping at straws. And yes, one can easily nuance that point away (weather stunk so the passes were short and ‘easy’, we were chasing the game, City was more than willing to play 10 men behind the ball), but still, the stat remains: we out-passed City,...
City 3-0 Fulham
I imagine there will be people angry about this but City have won every single home game this year, right? So quite what we were supposed to do about that I’m not sure. People talk about our record at Eastlands but that was before City became CITY and, well, honestly… The shame was that the...
Schedules and Halves
Rich made a comment in my previous post that got me thinking, “just how hard was our first half?” Well, unfortunately, soccer is a bit behind on the sabermetrics such as SOS and RPI and Power Rankings or other crazy mathematic formulas/systems that determine, well, everything. What we can figure out is our points haul...
In Jol we should trust
This is veeeeeery interesting: This paper evaluates the extent to which the performance of English Premier League football club managers can be attributed to skill or luck when measured separately from the characteristics of the team. We first use a specification that models managerial skill as a fixed effect and we examine the relationship between...
In Jol we should trust
This is veeeeeery interesting: This paper evaluates the extent to which the performance of English Premier League football club managers can be attributed to skill or luck when measured separately from the characteristics of the team. We first use a specification that models managerial skill as a fixed effect and we examine the relationship between...
Good reading
David Preece on gay footballers.
Kevin Davies’ wife on the transfer window.
Zonal Marking on being good in the air.
Bryan Ruiz and the space-time continuum
Some players like lots of time and space, others can operate in crowds. To play in central midfield you need to be at one end of what we’ll call the space-time continuum; if you are not at the right end you may struggle in that role. In that case you need to find somewhere else...
Fulham 1-1 WBA
As London went Siberian (although not for me; watched at home while looking after the boy) Fulham were much as Fulham are. Yes, we lacked a true number 25, but individual players are always less important than we think they’ll be. In truth we looked more or less okay. Fulham lined up with what was...
Zamora’s goals
Hmm, lets get this over with. His first goal: My favorite: Best season: http://www.metacafe.com/fplayer/4678124/bobby_zamora_09_10_fulham.swf Bobby Zamora 09/10 Fulham. Watch more top selected videos about: Fulham F.C. His funniest (scroll to :45 second mark) http://www.fulhamfc.premiumtv.co.uk/articles/20090815/portsmouth-0-1-fulham_2269935_1811058 His finale:
Zamora done
So says Duncan Castles on Twitter. In which case: why have Fulham sold an important player to a rival? why is there no obvious replacement in place, even though we are not safe from relegation? why did we only receive £4-6m for a player who is in or around the England squad? how does Fulham...
