Saint Garrett Posted 22 August, 2011 Share Posted 22 August, 2011 Have noticed that we don't seem to be getting many yellow cards this season so far. In the 5 games we've played only Richardson (Ipswich), De Ridder (Barnsley) have been booked. Makes a change to last season where Fonte, Hammond, Schneiderlin, Chaplow, would quite regularly get booked in a game. (Yes I know Chaplow has been sent off but this was just his stupidity) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughieslastminutegoal Posted 23 August, 2011 Share Posted 23 August, 2011 Have noticed that we don't seem to be getting many yellow cards this season so far. In the 5 games we've played only Richardson (Ipswich), De Ridder (Barnsley) have been booked. Makes a change to last season where Fonte, Hammond, Schneiderlin, Chaplow, would quite regularly get booked in a game. (Yes I know Chaplow has been sent off but this was just his stupidity) Arsenal went through last season with none at all (they were all either the player's own stupidity, or the ref's stupidity, and of course none of them count). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelman Posted 23 August, 2011 Share Posted 23 August, 2011 Yup, bet lets not forget Chaplow's red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_John Posted 23 August, 2011 Share Posted 23 August, 2011 Here is a table http://www.statbunker.com/football/btb/index.php?PL=competition&CompID=370&statType=discipline 3rd from bottom for us; No one booked at Home or in the 1st half. Top and lots of bookings in the 2nd half for the Cheats, could that be old age or lack of fitness ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 23 August, 2011 Share Posted 23 August, 2011 Having the ball a lot of the time means you're a lot less likely to be making tackles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 23 August, 2011 Share Posted 23 August, 2011 Have noticed that we don't seem to be getting many yellow cards this season so far. In the 5 games we've played only Richardson (Ipswich), De Ridder (Barnsley) have been booked. Makes a change to last season where Fonte, Hammond, Schneiderlin, Chaplow, would quite regularly get booked in a game. (Yes I know Chaplow has been sent off but this was just his stupidity) Fouls usually occur when the other side has the ball, and you want to get it - legally or otherwise. Looking at the stats. for ball possession this season, I'm surprised that the opposition has had the ball as much as they have ! You don't need to foul when your own side has 60%+ of the action ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry the Badger Posted 23 August, 2011 Share Posted 23 August, 2011 Fouls usually occur when the other side has the ball, and you want to get it - legally or otherwise. Looking at the stats. for ball possession this season, I'm surprised that the opposition has had the ball as much as they have ! You don't need to foul when your own side has 60%+ of the action ..... That doesn't explain the improvement since last season, when we also dominated games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattio Posted 23 August, 2011 Share Posted 23 August, 2011 Having the ball a lot of the time means you're a lot less likely to be making tackles. Too right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheaf Saint Posted 23 August, 2011 Share Posted 23 August, 2011 That doesn't explain the improvement since last season, when we also dominated games. Then perhaps it's down to the better standard of refereeing in this division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 23 August, 2011 Share Posted 23 August, 2011 I've also noticed that we don't argue with the officials very often which is good to see. Harding has the odd blast at the linesman, but this could be down to the fact he has less need to rag off at ballboys now multi-ball has stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hypochondriac Posted 23 August, 2011 Share Posted 23 August, 2011 Here is a table http://www.statbunker.com/football/btb/index.php?PL=competition&CompID=370&statType=discipline 3rd from bottom for us; No one booked at Home or in the 1st half. Top and lots of bookings in the 2nd half for the Cheats, could that be old age or lack of fitness ? I see the dirty hoofers Brighton are also up there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 23 August, 2011 Share Posted 23 August, 2011 That doesn't explain the improvement since last season, when we also dominated games. We might assume there's more skill on the part of all teams in CCC than in L1 ...where " the cloggers " rule ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 24 August, 2011 Share Posted 24 August, 2011 Fouls usually occur when the other side has the ball, and you want to get it - legally or otherwise. Looking at the stats. for ball possession this season, I'm surprised that the opposition has had the ball as much as they have ! You don't need to foul when your own side has 60%+ of the action ..... I'm still convinced that "possession" stats are corrupted by marking the defensive side as "in possession" whilst their goalkeeper is taking goal kicks. I have no specific proof of this, but it would explain why some matches where attacking sides have utterly dominated possession and created lots of chances show them only having slightly better possession. At the VERY least the defensive team has the ball for the time the kick is taken before it lands, as it counts as a pass from the goalkeeper. If you're taking a lot of goal kicks you get a lot of that time, when actually long goal kicks are at best "neutral" posession. I'd also like to see what happens with possession stats when the ball is out of play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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