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Post by Andy K on Jan 7, 2022 9:32:52 GMT
33 years ago today, this happened
Even after all this time and all that's happened between then and now, watching this still makes me well up with emotion.
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pauld
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Post by pauld on Jan 7, 2022 12:30:55 GMT
Ha! Nice reminder Andy. Always a pleasure to see this again
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Post by banjo on Jan 7, 2022 16:59:35 GMT
I was there behind the gander green lane goal. Great memories seeing that film.⚽️⚽️
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Post by davethegrave on Jan 7, 2022 21:35:04 GMT
One thing I remember was it was an early kick off because of our floodlights and there were no pubs open in those days to celebrate.
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Post by oohaah on Jan 10, 2022 11:23:29 GMT
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Post by davef on Jan 10, 2022 12:25:11 GMT
I'd take that with a big pinch of salt, how was us beating Coventry more likely than Oxford Utd beating Swansea  ? |
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markf
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Post by markf on Jan 10, 2022 13:24:31 GMT
What do mathematicians know about football?
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Post by Andy K on Jan 10, 2022 13:38:49 GMT
What do mathematicians know about football? I wonder if Wing Commander Charles Reap would have disagreed with you if he were still alive! |
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Post by cheshire on Jan 10, 2022 14:00:00 GMT
Never mind a new centre back, lets sign up one of these maths bods to assist Matt. That should ensure that all upcoming results go our way!!
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markf
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Post by markf on Jan 10, 2022 16:09:15 GMT
What do mathematicians know about football? I wonder if Wing Commander Charles Reap would have disagreed with you if he were still alive! WTF is he? |
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Post by Andy K on Jan 10, 2022 16:20:15 GMT
I wonder if Wing Commander Charles Reap would have disagreed with you if he were still alive! WTF is he? Known as the founder of the long ball, Charles Reep analysed thousands of football matches from a mathematical point of view. He pretty much said that 80% of goals came from 3 or fewer passes. His work was firstly taken on by Stan Cullis at Wolves in the 50s, and was often quoted by Graham Taylor as the reason being Watford's success in the 80s. One of his fundamental principles of the game is that "possession means nothing", which oddly enough many have said on here about us this season. His work was obviously floored and lacked context at times, but he literally invented an entire style of play using mathematics! Here's a bit more about him if you fancy a read www.sportperformanceanalysis.com/article/history-of-performance-analysis-the-controversial-pioneer-charles-reep |
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markf
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Post by markf on Jan 10, 2022 16:44:00 GMT
Well, he was right about possession.
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Post by davef on Jan 10, 2022 16:56:15 GMT
An approach taken up by Charles Hughes, who I think I am right in saying would have been quite influential in the coaching of Ted Powell, Keith Blunt and Barrie Williams. Barrie certainly talked about POMO (positions of maximum opportunity) but that doesn't mean it was Route One. A bit like Matt, Barrie favoured wide-men and quick, direct forwards. It must have worked because we scored over 100 league goals in both title-winning seasons (84/5 & 85/6) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Hughes_(football_manager) |
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