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Paul T - HKR wrote:. . .its the supercilious way he says it that pees me off. I know exactly where he should shove his statistics
I know what you mean. He analysed the stats from the Pies/Wire game and was genuinely afronted that Wire managed to win despite all the stats showing Wigan dominated. Guess what, that's sport for you, and the reason why his margin-meter should also be shoved up his 'arris.
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I very rarely watch B&A these days but did tune in this week, I say bring back Paul Cullen to give the match analysis. The more and more I hear of Phil Clarke the more I think he should give in!!!
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SirStan wrote:I know what you mean. He analysed the stats from the Pies/Wire game and was genuinely afronted that Wire managed to win despite all the stats showing Wigan dominated. Guess what, that's sport for you, and the reason why his margin-meter should also be shoved up his 'arris.
Enjoyed that.
Notice that they had Hudds down as scoring 0 tries in the last 50 minutes, which was a glaring error. Okay you might not be bang on for ptbs or tackles, but tries - surely not that hard.
I like stats, and I quite like Clarke (unless Wigan are playing, and even then I can empathise) - but in moderation.
'Thus I am tormented by my curiosity and humbled by my ignorance.' from History of an Old Bramin, The New York Mirror (A Weekly Journal Devoted to Literature and the Fine Arts), February 16th 1833.
I love his margin-o-meter or the No-Sheet-Sherlock-o-meter as I prefer to call it. It basically looks at whos on top and tells you they should win. The only time its right is 0.5 of a second before the final hooter. completely pointless.
I do quite like clarky tho', he's a biased idiot but aren't we all where the game is concerned.
Joined: Sep 18 2005 Posts: 8742 Location: 2017 City of Culture
Clarke has gone from being a decent ex-player with an insight into the game, to being a techno-geek. He's a dressing gown short of becoming Angus Loughran. I cringe every time he goes near the microphone.
The error on the tries stat makes me question all the stats used in the programme.
SirStan wrote:Clarke has gone from being a decent ex-player with an insight into the game, to being a techno-geek. He's a dressing gown short of becoming Angus Loughran. I cringe every time he goes near the microphone.
The error on the tries stat makes me question all the stats used in the programme.
The thing is he's not a techno geek, he's more like my dad trying to work out how to use his mobile phone. Got all the gear but no clue.
SirStan wrote:Not a cat in hells chance of us doing that. Tight game, Rovers get a backlash from Cas's thrashing last week.
IIRC, we're something like 6 from 27, the last time we won at home was in early July and we're still waiting for the backlash from every tonking since. Rovers with a fair bit to spare.
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