The Curse of Awards 10:04 - Jan 29 with 2932 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. | ![](/images/avatars/1327.gif) | | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
The Curse of Awards on 11:06 - Jan 29 with 2865 views | TVOS1907 | Or it's just a coincidence. | ![](/images/avatars/1107.gif) |
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The Curse of Awards on 12:11 - Jan 29 with 2802 views | Suggers | I suspect more than a coincidence, psychology will probably play a subliminal part. | ![](/images/avatars/2369.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
The Curse of Awards on 12:17 - Jan 29 with 2787 views | TVOS1907 |
The Curse of Awards on 12:11 - Jan 29 by Suggers | I suspect more than a coincidence, psychology will probably play a subliminal part. |
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). | ![](/images/avatars/1107.gif) |
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The Curse of Awards on 12:46 - Jan 29 with 2745 views | judd |
The Curse of Awards on 12:17 - Jan 29 by 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). |
Are those the scores in brackets? | ![](/images/avatars/1067.gif) |
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The Curse of Awards on 12:53 - Jan 29 with 2735 views | TVOS1907 |
The Curse of Awards on 12:46 - Jan 29 by judd | Are those the scores in brackets? |
No | ![](/images/avatars/1107.gif) |
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The Curse of Awards on 13:20 - Jan 29 with 2704 views | The_DJ |
The Curse of Awards on 12:11 - Jan 29 by Suggers | I suspect more than a coincidence, psychology will probably play a subliminal part. |
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. ......... | ![](/images/avatars/1327.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
The Curse of Awards on 13:21 - Jan 29 with 2702 views | TVOS1907 |
The Curse of Awards on 13:20 - Jan 29 by 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. ......... |
... they were preceded by a 2-0 win at Barrow, the day after the award was announced. | ![](/images/avatars/1107.gif) |
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The Curse of Awards on 13:24 - Jan 29 with 2685 views | Suggers | Hence the psychology theory holds firm, not enough time for it to subliminally impact on players and managers | ![](/images/avatars/2369.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) | Login to get fewer ads
The Curse of Awards on 13:27 - Jan 29 with 2679 views | The_DJ |
The Curse of Awards on 13:21 - Jan 29 by TVOS1907 | ... they were preceded by a 2-0 win at Barrow, the day after the award was announced. |
The curse kicks in 2 days after the awards are announced usually. | ![](/images/avatars/1327.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
The Curse of Awards on 13:28 - Jan 29 with 2674 views | TVOS1907 |
The Curse of Awards on 13:27 - Jan 29 by The_DJ | The curse kicks in 2 days after the awards are announced usually. |
Right. | ![](/images/avatars/1107.gif) |
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The Curse of Awards on 13:30 - Jan 29 with 2659 views | The_DJ |
The Curse of Awards on 13:28 - Jan 29 by TVOS1907 | Right. |
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The Curse of Awards on 15:47 - Jan 29 with 2562 views | SalwaDale |
The Curse of Awards on 12:17 - Jan 29 by 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). |
Questionable probability teaching. | ![](/images/avatars/1155.gif) |
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The Curse of Awards on 15:55 - Jan 29 with 2544 views | TVOS1907 |
The Curse of Awards on 15:47 - Jan 29 by SalwaDale | Questionable probability teaching. |
Sshhh... | ![](/images/avatars/1107.gif) |
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The Curse of Awards on 16:11 - Jan 29 with 2516 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. | ![](/images/avatars/0.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
The Curse of Awards on 16:23 - Jan 29 with 2495 views | TVOS1907 |
The Curse of Awards on 16:11 - Jan 29 by 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. |
It's a very small sample, though... | ![](/images/avatars/1107.gif) |
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The Curse of Awards on 16:27 - Jan 29 with 2488 views | roccydaleian |
The Curse of Awards on 16:11 - Jan 29 by 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. |
What are the stats on the other divisional winners? | ![](/images/avatars/1172.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
The Curse of Awards on 17:39 - Jan 29 with 2415 views | The_DJ |
The Curse of Awards on 16:11 - Jan 29 by 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. |
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. | ![](/images/avatars/1327.gif) | | ![](/images/icons/ignore-user.png) |
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