Tufty as a Player

[Cheets]

Colin Hill was first choice right back for much of that time. When I was a student in Birmingham, me and a mate went to a Leyland DAF cup tie between Walsall and Shewsbury circa November 1989. Chris Wilder was on loan to Walsall and at one point tried a spectacular overhead kick. As part of the loan deal, Wilder agreed to lose every game against Walsall for the rest of his life.

 

[Cerberus Blade]

My Mrs is away and I started looking back at old records and videos. I can't swear to the precise accuracy of this as I am having trouble reading some of the old tables - but in our first season back in the top tier in 1990/91 - Vinnie Jones and all that - Tufty didn't play at the start of the season. Our record for that season was:-

Played 38 Won 13 Drew 7 Lost 18 Points 46 Average Points 1.2

Tufty played 16 games and in those games our record was:-
Played 16 Won 11 Drew 2 Lost 3 Points 35 Average Points 2.2

So without Tufty our record was:-
Played 22 Won 2 Drew 5 Lost 15 Points 11 Average Points 0.5

Has anybody ever done this analysis before - because an average of 0.5 to 2.2 points per game without him and with him is almost unbelievable?

He is a Blades God.

The Magic is Back

UTB

Your analysis doesn't mean anything - I'm sorry to tell you. It just doesn't have any statistical relevance.

I know football fans love these type of stats and they get quoted all the time. But they are just nonsense to anyone who has a vague understanding of statistics. You can't just single out one thing about a match involving 22 players and then take a series of other matches involving a different set of 22 players, in different circumstances, and draw conclusions on one factor out of that.

Anyhow, I wouldn't let that spoil anything. Having seen Wilder come through the ranks as a footballer I think I'd say he was popular with the fans as a full back. He wasn't the quickest but he would give 100%, just like he does as a manager and was a good tackler (something we don't have much of in our current squad). He wasn't considered quite good enough after we got promoted and Bassett left him out of the side quite a bit. I can't recall now who eventually replaced him, but it was a long time ago after all.

I don't think he's a God - but he's just made the first step to being a legend of a manager.

 

[I should coco]

But they are just nonsense to anyone who has a vague understanding of statistics. You can't just single out one thing about a match involving 22 players and then take a series of other matches involving a different set of 22 players, in different circumstances, and draw conclusions on one factor out of that.

Nice one.

Why not tell the OP that the milkman is shagging his wife while you are at it?

 

[grafikhaus]

Mrs is away and your watching old videos. Emmanuelle and Debbie does Dallas perhaps?

I took my very first girlfriend on a first date to Studio 7 to see Emmanuelle.

It didn't last...