Minsk Thread resurrected

[redkeith]

I thought about doing this at the start of the season, but I didn't , mainly for superstitious reasons as last time I contributed, we got relegated.

Now that that ship has sailed, I would like to start it up.  The main only change to the format is that Ipswich will replace Leeds in the comparison, as all the other teams have changed.

August

                                               2024      2023            Points         GD 

Newcastle away             1.0           3.1                =              +2            Diaz's only contribution this year, the sending off. Stephens hospital pass and McCarthy shank for their goal.

 Forest  H                        0.1            0.1               =               +2            Defended too deep for a corner, and Aribo decided to dribble it out from his own box instead of clear it.

Brentford Away               3.1           3.0               =               +3            Kamaikaze defending/RussBall for first 2 goals. 

 

September

 

Man U Home                 0.3            0.1              =               +1            Great 20 minutes until the missed penalty, complete shitshow after that. 

Ipswich Home               1.1              2.2 ( Leeds)               +1             On the verge of a win until we defend a last minute corner too deep again, and Aribo bottles his block to deflect a shot                                                                                                                   into the top corner 

Bournemouth Away       3.1            0.1               -3             -2             Baffling team selection followed by and inept performance.

October

 

Arsenal Away                 3.1            3.3              -4             -4             Decent perfromance and good goal, but lack of concentration led to an immediate equaliser .  As for Var on the 2nd ...

Leics City Home            2.3            1.0              -7             -6             Good first half, shit subsitutions  and Var not giving us a penalty at 2.1 turned the game. Defending too deep at a                                                                                                                         corner,yet again, for the winner.

Man City Away              1.0             4.0             -7             -3              Looked like a battling performance at the time, but it was the start of a run of relegation form from City.

November 

Everton Home               1.0             1.2              -4             -1              Close offside and one of the bar from Everton,  Pickford blindsided  for Armstrong winner.

Wolves Away                2.0            1.0               -4             -2             Started Okish against then bottom side, but after a ridiculous Var disallowall of an equaliser, the Wolves goalie's                                                                                                                         gloves were untroubled for the rest of the game .

Lpool Home                  2.3            3.3              -5              -3             Good comeback to get ahead, but McCarthy and Sulemana presented them the win.

Brighton Away              1.1              3.1               -4             -1              Terrible first half better 2nd.  Could have been a win ,  until Var decided that Armstong could ever interfere with play.

December 

Chelsea Home             1.5              1.0               -7             -6               Got back into the game for a bit, but then our supposed captain decided to pull someones hair! 

Villa Away                    1.0              1.0              -7              -6               never troubled the keeper once against a villa team bang out of form ! 

Spurs Home                0.5              3.3             -8              -11              A total capitulation against a team with most of its defence and midfield missing. Finally the board noticed! 

Fulham  Away             0.0               2.1              -7              -10             kept the game quite, looked more organised and could have nicked it at the end.

West Ham Home        0.1                1.1               -8              -11             Created loads of chances but couldn't take them . Failed to clear a stupid corner for the winner.  

 Palace Away              1.0                2.1              -8              -11             Took the lead, Palace equalised by pushing Ramsdale out of the way, but they were well worth their win.

January

 Brentford Home        0.5                 0.2             -8             -14            Another shitshow against a team without an away win. We lost the Rasmus derby, so we have to keep him ! 

 

So after just over half a season, we are 8 points and 14 goals worse of than when we finished bottom last time. Not sure what Sports Republics Data Analysts can make of that! 

 

 

 

 

[ant]

We picked up 7 points from the 21st to 26th games of 2022-23, so the gap will surely only widen.

Takes some doing to make us THIS much worse than that horror-show. 🤦‍♂️

[Green]

Appreciate this, I enjoyed the previous thread and found it interesting.

What made you decide to use a decimal point for the scores though, rather than 1-0 etc? 

[redkeith]

No reason, just did it on the first line and copied it from then on.

[Holmes_and_Watson]

Great post @redkeith. Thanks for your work in doing this. Shame about the trajectory of the contents.