Manager and player of the month

[Silver Sean]

I know they mean jack shit really, but is nice to see the club win manager and player of the month. Long may it continue. If they win manager and player of the year we'll have had a good season.
When was the last time we won both in the same month? Rafa and Torres? Woy and Poulsen?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24078761

 

[gkmacca]

Well done to Studge 'n' Fudge!

 

[doctor_mac]

We've been discussing this in the pre match thread and are interpreting it as apocalyptically bad news.

 

[the_khl]

I foresee a hug-a-thon at Melwood today.

 

[doctor_mac]

I foresee a hug-a-thon at Melwood today.

hahaha

 

[gkmacca]

Ayre's going to bring out the number 69 shirt.

 

[Leo]

Oh no that award is a goocher.
Sincerely.

 

[RolandG]

Well done BR and Sturridge! More of the same please.

 

[doctor_mac]

Some of you guys just don't get it, do you? IT MEANS WE'RE FUCKED!!!

 

[Mors]

I think Toure has been better for us so far this season than Sturridge, but fair play to him getting the award.

 

[gkmacca]

It's God. God loves the Studge. God has Studge on the back of his celestial shirt. So long as that pair stay bessie mates we're assured the title!

 

[King Binny]

[article=http://www.footballmythbusters.com/?p=66]The Data Set
League(s): English Premier League
Season(s): 2006/07-12/13
Total no. of fixtures: 59

In order to look at the myth, I was restricted to the seasons where specific dates are available, so that the next fixture can be looked at. Unfortunately, pre-06/07 doesn’t have the data we need, but 59 months is more than enough to take a look at this cliché and come to a conclusion. In the spreadsheet linked below, as always, we have the season, month, manager and next result available if you want to take a look.

Spreadsheet

As the table above shows, most winners of the Manager of the Month win their next game. It’s a predictable result for anyone that gives it more than a couple of seconds thought: if the team was so in-form that the manager picked up the award, then the chances of them winning their next game is going to be pretty high. The occasions where the team lost the next game were usually teams whose manager was awarded for overachieving that month (e.g. Mark Hughes at Blackburn, Gareth Southgate at Middlesborough) or they were simply playing a better team for their following fixture.

So, in conclusion, this myth is busted.[/article]

 

[ILD]

I think Toure has been better for us so far this season than Sturridge, but fair play to him getting the award.

Toure has done very well in the two games he's played but Sturridge has scored three winning goals in a row to put us top of the table. He deserves it more.

 

[iseered]

[article=http://www.footballmythbusters.com/?p=66]The Data Set
League(s): English Premier League
Season(s): 2006/07-12/13
Total no. of fixtures: 59

In order to look at the myth, I was restricted to the seasons where specific dates are available, so that the next fixture can be looked at. Unfortunately, pre-06/07 doesn’t have the data we need, but 59 months is more than enough to take a look at this cliché and come to a conclusion. In the spreadsheet linked below, as always, we have the season, month, manager and next result available if you want to take a look.

Spreadsheet

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As the table above shows, most winners of the Manager of the Month win their next game. It’s a predictable result for anyone that gives it more than a couple of seconds thought: if the team was so in-form that the manager picked up the award, then the chances of them winning their next game is going to be pretty high. The occasions where the team lost the next game were usually teams whose manager was awarded for overachieving that month (e.g. Mark Hughes at Blackburn, Gareth Southgate at Middlesborough) or they were simply playing a better team for their following fixture.

So, in conclusion, this myth is busted.[/article]

 

[doctor_mac]

[article=http://www.footballmythbusters.com/?p=66]The Data Set
League(s): English Premier League
Season(s): 2006/07-12/13
Total no. of fixtures: 59

In order to look at the myth, I was restricted to the seasons where specific dates are available, so that the next fixture can be looked at. Unfortunately, pre-06/07 doesn’t have the data we need, but 59 months is more than enough to take a look at this cliché and come to a conclusion. In the spreadsheet linked below, as always, we have the season, month, manager and next result available if you want to take a look.

Spreadsheet

View attachment 167

As the table above shows, most winners of the Manager of the Month win their next game. It’s a predictable result for anyone that gives it more than a couple of seconds thought: if the team was so in-form that the manager picked up the award, then the chances of them winning their next game is going to be pretty high. The occasions where the team lost the next game were usually teams whose manager was awarded for overachieving that month (e.g. Mark Hughes at Blackburn, Gareth Southgate at Middlesborough) or they were simply playing a better team for their following fixture.

So, in conclusion, this myth is busted.[/article]

[hl]

The occasions where the team lost the next game were usually teams whose manager was awarded for overachieving that month
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[kingjulian]

Precisely

 

[RolandG]

Doc, don't put so much stock in that. This team has a different feel and mentality. We're going to get those 3 points.

 

[Hansern]

Toure has done very well in the two games he's played but Sturridge has scored three winning goals in a row to put us top of the table. He deserves it more.

2 goals on the league cup aswell.

 

[Fox]

Love the gaffers teeth.

 

[Aidan O' Neill]

Delighted for Sturrdige. I think his all round play hasn't been amazing, but he's a striker and the most important thing for a striker to do is to score goals, and he's doing that in abundance. He got us completely out of the shit in the League Cup too with the third goal. What I've liked about his three goals in the league is they've all been different. A belter, a goal crafted by some really good skill and a real poacher's goal (which was headed too). The best goalscorer's like Fowler or Shearer could score all types of goals and it looks like Studge can do that too. If we can keep him and Suarez fit this season, we'll scare a lot of teams.

 

[doctor_mac]

In truth, I think this will be good for the group. I'm sure BR will let them know that his award was a reflection of the team's performances and such shit. Should help ingrain confidence.

 

[6TimesaRed]

Some of you guys just don't get it, do you? IT MEANS WE'RE FUCKED!!!

The Voice of Doom....


They do say receiving these awards are the kiss of Death..

I think Kenny got Manager of the Month and we went on our worse runs we had for years after that...

 

[gkmacca]

Bacon, Locke, Kant, Diderot, Hume, Voltaire - did you go through all that noble rationalising to have us getting scared about omens???? Flipping HECK!

 

[Judge Jules]

In truth, I think this will be good for the group. I'm sure BR will let them know that his award was a reflection of the team's performances and such shit. Should help ingrain confidence.

BR himself has to take a lot of credit IMO. Signing the right players involves looking at more than just their skill levels. Sturridge and Kolo, as well as being good enough footballers, clearly have a real team ethos about them, and that's vital for a club in our situation - we're not (yet) going to be able to bring galacticos in, so we have to create a unit which is greater than the sum of its parts.

Lookin' good.

 

[gkmacca]

This is just what Rodgers needs. He's firmly attached to the club and the fans now, he feels at home, and awards like this, as transient as they are, can only help to keep building his confidence up.

 

[Markeh]

In truth, I think this will be good for the group. I'm sure BR will let them know that his award was a reflection of the team's performances and such shit. Should help ingrain confidence.

The group loves it

 

[gkmacca]

Yuk! Stop that!

 

[doctor_mac]

The group loves it

The ghostly apparition of Kolo appearing in the background is a nice touch.

 

[gkmacca]

Another packet of crisps ruined, you pervy bastards!

 

[Markeh]

Another packet of crisps ruined, you pervy bastards!

I feel nothing but happiness looking at Brendans face, I imagine him saying "oh yes..." like the churchill adverts but with more Ballymena