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 Carox  Oxted 24 Feb 17 3.36pm |
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Oh dear, comments in the latest match programme do not inspire confidence. First, he's happy with a draw. Second, he thinks that if each player improves by 2%, that means the team as a whole will improve by 22% 🙄🙄😩
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 AshfordEagle94 Canterbury 24 Feb 17 3.51pm |
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Originally posted by Carox
Oh dear, comments in the latest match programme do not inspire confidence. First, he's happy with a draw. Second, he thinks that if each player improves by 2%, that means the team as a whole will improve by 22% 🙄🙄😩 I'm missing the issue here clearly... Although we all want a win, would I settle for a point with the possibilty that a few results could get us the confidence to get more result? yes I would. Also, the maths would suggest he's talking about the starting 11.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 24 Feb 17 3.54pm |
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Allardyce loves his stats !
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| Carox Oxted 24 Feb 17 3.59pm |
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If each player improves by 2%, then the team as a whole improves by 2%, not 22%!
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| AshfordEagle94 Canterbury 24 Feb 17 4.12pm |
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Originally posted by Carox
If each player improves by 2%, then the team as a whole improves by 2%, not 22%! Well then I apologise. My maths isn't my strong point either! Who would have thought I'd be learning on Holmesdale
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| Mapletree Croydon 24 Feb 17 4.17pm |
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Originally posted by Carox
If each player improves by 2%, then the team as a whole improves by 2%, not 22%! Unless it's a geometric rather than arithmetic progression. If you multiply each player together, ie 1.02 to the power of 14, you get a 32% improvement.
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 24 Feb 17 4.24pm |
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Originally posted by Mapletree
Unless it's a geometric rather than arithmetic progression. If you multiply each player together, ie 1.02 to the power of 14, you get a 32% improvement. Getting all very technical - I haven't the 'Bandwidth' mentally to take this all in at my age ! I'm afraid I am cerebrally challenged ! Point Allardyce was making is that if every player improves, the whole team improves - one can argue and debate the maths till those darned 'Cows come home' !
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| AshfordEagle94 Canterbury 24 Feb 17 4.27pm |
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To be honest who cares about the percentage as long as it adds up to a result tomorrow
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| Petereagle Brockley 24 Feb 17 5.05pm |
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Originally posted by Carox
Oh dear, comments in the latest match programme do not inspire confidence. First, he's happy with a draw. Second, he thinks that if each player improves by 2%, that means the team as a whole will improve by 22% 🙄🙄😩 My maths would say that if each player improves by 2%, that the team would improve by - 2%. I hope BFS is right!
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| paperhat croydon 24 Feb 17 5.30pm |
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my maths say that if we score more goals (in the correct end) than boro then we have a 100% chance of 3 points.
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chateauferret  24 Feb 17 5.33pm |
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Perhaps he means "if each player contributes a 2% improvement in the team's performance". But it's missing the point, which is that there are certain non-trovial issues to be fixed and if those were cleared up we would be a different outfit.
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| FairweatherEagle London 24 Feb 17 9.23pm |
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Originally posted by chateauferret
Perhaps he means "if each player contributes a 2% improvement in the team's performance". But it's missing the point, which is that there are certain non-trovial issues to be fixed and if those were cleared up we would be a different outfit. (Sorry to carry on with the percentages but) problem is if each player contributes 2% to the teams performance, that's a 22% improvement in their own performance i.e. more than a fifth, which is massive. You could be right but this means a real step up by each and every player. Improvements in things like fitness, skill, speed, sharpness and attitude could conceivably add up to 22% overall improvement in a player. But I agree there are specific things that need addressing (though we may disagree on what) rather than just some vague notion of "performance".
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