| The Curse of Awards 10:04 - Jan 29 with 3012 views | The_DJ |
Think the football gods have it in for us in January will a losing streak , loss of form , and injuries to key players.
Can wait for February to start and a New Manager / Player of the month to be awarded.
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| The Curse of Awards on 11:06 - Jan 29 with 2945 views | TVOS1907 |
Or it's just a coincidence. | |
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| The Curse of Awards on 12:11 - Jan 29 with 2882 views | Suggers |
I suspect more than a coincidence, psychology will probably play a subliminal part. | | | |
| The Curse of Awards on 12:17 - Jan 29 with 2867 views | TVOS1907 |
Not sure how you come to that conclusion.
Regardless of how the award was won, there is less chance (1/3) of winning the next game than not winning it (2/3). | |
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| The Curse of Awards on 12:46 - Jan 29 with 2825 views | judd |
Are those the scores in brackets? | |
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| The Curse of Awards on 12:53 - Jan 29 with 2815 views | TVOS1907 |
No | |
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| The Curse of Awards on 13:20 - Jan 29 with 2784 views | The_DJ |
A last minute defeat followed by 4 -0 and 4 -0 suggests the dark mystical powers of the football gods have been set upon us until the awards are won again.
Roll on February. .........  | | | |
| The Curse of Awards on 13:21 - Jan 29 with 2782 views | TVOS1907 |
... they were preceded by a 2-0 win at Barrow, the day after the award was announced. | |
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| The Curse of Awards on 13:24 - Jan 29 with 2765 views | Suggers |
Hence the psychology theory holds firm, not enough time for it to subliminally impact on players and managers | | | |
| The Curse of Awards on 13:27 - Jan 29 with 2759 views | The_DJ |
The curse kicks in 2 days after the awards are announced usually. | | | |
| The Curse of Awards on 13:28 - Jan 29 with 2754 views | TVOS1907 |
Right. | |
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| The Curse of Awards on 13:30 - Jan 29 with 2739 views | The_DJ |
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| The Curse of Awards on 15:47 - Jan 29 with 2642 views | SalwaDale |
Questionable probability teaching. | |
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| The Curse of Awards on 15:55 - Jan 29 with 2624 views | TVOS1907 |
Sshhh... | |
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| The Curse of Awards on 16:11 - Jan 29 with 2596 views | dawlishdale |
I pointed this out last week, but my musings were not well liked by TVOS.
Now that it's been brought up again, I've been looking into it a little deeper, in the hope of shedding light on what genuinely seems to be a curse on the winning team.
This season in L1 as a current example.
August: Parkinson at Bolton won it... next 3 games D D L
September Flitcroft at Bury won it... next 3 games L L L
October Parkinson at Bolton won it next 3 games W L L
November Alexander at Scunny won it...next 3 games D L W
December Hill at Dale won it..... next 3 games W W L
So... for the form teams in the division at the time, the totals are 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses.
I'd say that there may well be something in the "curse" theory... as normally, you'd expect form teams to have a better than even chance of continuing their form, but the opposite seems to happen, plus we, for instance have suffered a remarkable series of injuries.
There is certainly much more to it than mere mathematics. | | | |
| The Curse of Awards on 16:23 - Jan 29 with 2575 views | TVOS1907 |
It's a very small sample, though...  | |
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| The Curse of Awards on 16:27 - Jan 29 with 2568 views | roccydaleian |
What are the stats on the other divisional winners? | | | |
| The Curse of Awards on 17:39 - Jan 29 with 2495 views | The_DJ |
Think TVOS pointed out that the award was made after the Walsall game so our record may be
W L L L.
As the curse takes a couple of days to take effect L L L would be the sequence.
Think bury had a similar record that fortunately continued.
The curse is more mystic than mathematical. | | | |
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