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[Clarkey87]

I haven't seen this mentioned yet, apologies if it is elsewhere but I can't find it.

Anyway - if anyone needed yet another reason as to media (st*r) bias in this city, look no further than the latest bollocks being peddled by them.

Came across it via Facebook (some pig liked their "article") which basically stated "a supercomputer" - read no mark, 4th rate pig journo on football manager - has predicted the pigs will make the play offs but we will miss out on the title or the automatic places.

Yet more bollocks. I'm not linking it as I'm not going into their website

 

[Grappler]

To be fair, I can't see them not making the play offs, teams below 6th place are too inconsistent.

The pigs are jammy enough that a deflection off the ref's arse would go in at Wembley and see them promoted.

 

[SwissBlade]

I haven't seen this mentioned yet, apologies if it is elsewhere but I can't find it.

Anyway - if anyone needed yet another reason as to media (st*r) bias in this city, look no further than the latest bollocks being peddled by them.

Came across it via Facebook (some pig liked their "article") which basically stated "a supercomputer" - read no mark, 4th rate pig journo on football manager - has predicted the pigs will make the play offs but we will miss out on the title or the automatic places.

Yet more bollocks. I'm not linking it as I'm not going into their website

Say what? You got a link.....

 

[Balham]

Say what? You got a link.....

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/super...e-one-title-and-automatic-promotion-1-8357312

That "super computer" pulled together this set of predictions recently: it's got a worst strike rate than most players on this forum's Prediction league

Leeds 1-1 Derby (actual 1-0)
Bristol C 1-1 Cardiff (2-3)
Burton 1-0 Wigan (0-2)
Fulham 2-1 Barnsley (2-0 - correct)
Ipswich 1-1 Blackburn (3-2)
Preston 0-1 Brighton (2-0)
Rotherham 1-2 Norwich (2-1)
Them 1-0 Huddersfield (2-0 - correct)
Birmingham 1-1 Forest (0-0 - correct)
Brentford 1-1 Newcastle (1-2)
Wolves 1-1 Villa (1-0)

It basically predicts 1-1 draws. I'm not overly concerned.

 

[Plan B]

What exactly makes a computer 'super'?
Load of bollocks if you ask me

 

[SwissBlade]

What exactly makes a computer 'super'?
Load of bollocks if you ask me

Its name is 'Super' and its a computer

Plus, Daves PC just doesn't have the same ring

 

[JordoBlade]

To be fair, I can't see them not making the play offs, teams below 6th place are too inconsistent.

The pigs are jammy enough that a deflection off the ref's arse would go in at Wembley and see them promoted.

They were fortunate last season that the clubs just below them were just as inconsistent towards the end of the season. Don't know if it'll happen again this season as there's still plenty to play for.

 

[Jesus_was_a_Blade]

Anyone remember that football simulator that they ran for 1000 years? Can't remember if there was a thread on it... but things turn out quite nicely for us apparently.

Just need to find a cure for ageing then we'll be laughing

 

[Stretch]

I hope Wilder pins this bollocks up on the dressing room wall - the article that is, not the OP.

 

[Eastleighblade]

Does anyone ever buy this crap rag anymore and does anyone even care what someone predicted through a computer. If it's that accurate and correct could I please have next week's lottery and euromillions numbers. Ta

 

[8lade]

A 'super computer', the sort of thing that controls banking, stock markets and scientific experimentation. And yet The Stir use it for predicting football results, the sort of shit me and my mates did on our ZX Spectrums 30 years ago. Money to burn those idiots.

 

[Chief_Froley]

What exactly makes a computer 'super'?
Load of bollocks if you ask me

'Loadofbollockscomputer' doesn't quite have the same ring to it though, does it?

 

[Chief_Froley]

In other news I ran Sheffield United through 2 additional yet equally sophisticated super computers (read: I put both Football Manager and FIFA on sim for a season) and we went up both times!


#LoadOfBollocksComputer

 

[SwissBlade]

Does anyone ever buy this crap rag anymore and does anyone even care what someone predicted through a computer. If it's that accurate and correct could I please have next week's lottery and euromillions numbers. Ta

Don't need to buy it, i read it online

 

[Come from away]

It was not a bad prediction (coming third), at least before the JTW.

 

[Not_a_Cheat]

Its a typo. They meant massive computer

 

[itsinyerblood]

I think this nonsense that is meant to pass as serious journalism reminds me of the current 'discussion' that is sometimes heard around Liverpool FC and their player Daniel Sturridge. There appears to be a school of thought that suggests that Sturridge needs a specific form of service otherwise he's a redundant cog in an otherwise effective wheel. It seems that unless the ball is played just in front of Sturridge so that he doesn't have to exert too much effort then he might cause the opposition a problem, but if he doesn't receive this type of service - perfect delivery, no need to work outside of his preferred style of play etc - Liverpool have a player who simply isn't worth selecting.
I suspect the same can be said of McNulty, which probably means he fits the description of 'luxury' player. There's simply no benefit to including McNulty, he is the antithesis to the style of play that Wilder demands, so why he's still considered worth including is baffling.

Since Wilder was appointed we've developed into a slick passing, technically proficient team that is pleasing to the eye. Of late we've stumbled, no one is happy with what they're watching, but it's time for a little faith in what this current squad is capable of. McNulty may suit a manager with different ideas about the way football should be played, but he's incapable of maintaining the high level of work that Wilder demands. His appearance against Fleetwood was a cameo, a full 45 minutes was his to make his mark and tell everyone that here was a player who wanted to remain at United, but for whatever reason he played a poor second fiddle to Sharp, and that simply isn't what's required. We need energy, we need good technical ability, plus we need a type of player who is inventive where it matters. I know this accusation could be made against other creative players within our squad but we're talking about McNulty, a player who's inability to convince put him in the shop window, and unfortunately what we saw was a player who shouldn't be at this club. Unfair comment? Not really. All players are given time to convince, but McNulty has been at this club long enough to show exactly what he can do. Trouble is, he's flattered to deceive, and that's simply not good enough.

 

[Rodley]

It's clickbait. More clicks, more revenue.

 

[snootyfenooty]

I'm tired of repeating myself on this but relax folks, there's only one club capable of fucking up on a grander scale than us and its those tossers. We'll be in the prem before them, whenever that may be. Put your money on it.

 

[Deleted member 1486]

Anyone remember that football simulator that they ran for 1000 years? Can't remember if there was a thread on it... but things turn out quite nicely for us apparently.

Just need to find a cure for ageing then we'll be laughing

I was just about to post the same thing. No link as I'm on mobile, but I believe we practically turned into Barcelona? Pretty much sweeping up everything, every year.

 

[Deleted member 1486]

https://www.theguardian.com/footbal...r-1000-years-sheffield-united-burnley-chelsea

Sheffield United supporters approaching the new season with trepidation need worry no more. Nigel Adkins is about to begin his first season at the club and will set the wheels in motion for a 1,000 years of unprecedented success – that is if Football Manager is to be believed.

The results, published on Reddit by the forum user Lorf_Yimzo, were the product of 58 days of continuous simulation and over the millennium Sheffield United proved to be the most successful club in England, winning the Premier League title 167 times.

Burnley were the second most successful, picking up 138 titles, but the Clarets were the most consistent in the league, taking part in 982 seasons in the top flight and claiming no fewer than 42 Champions League titles, one more than Sheffield United.

 

[Davalon]

I don't buy it, I don't read it online.

They're sat laughing at the bites they get from us.

Love it when they come round trying to flog it cheap.

 

[Gimli]

167 league titles and 41 champions leagues...Not good enough, Wilder out!

 

[Jonboy60]

Apparently computers will one day rule the world, as a mate at work would say, "just unplug the fucking things"

 

[Pierre's PC]

Its name is 'Super' and its a computer

Plus, Daves PC just doesn't have the same ring

Mines called Sletvana

 

[blade too long]

its more or less FIFA 17 prediction level

bbc has its annual predictor and no ones come close yet
mind you how many had rochdale 0 oxford 4 for last weekend

the only thing predictable in football is nothings predictable

 

[SwissBlade]

Mines called Sletvana

Daves Sletvana?

 

[UnitedBlade]

I don't need a supercomputer or some dimwitted journo at the Stir to tell me SUFC may make a clusterfuck of getting promotion.

 

[Dkc]

Wonder if the supercomputer can predict which local rag will go tits up next

 

[Clarkey87]

It's clickbait. More clicks, more revenue.

Precisely why I didn't link it