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First thing’s first: it was a friendly, so let’s not take too much to heart. We can get an impression of a player or a style, but the intensity of friendlies is so much lower than that of a Premier League match, especially at altitude. It’s easy for players to stand out when there is […]
- WindyCOYS
- 9 minute read
- 30th July 2015 at 14:01
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Some people are turned off by statistics in football. Frequently I get responses when I tweet basic stats saying ‘I use my eyes’ – or words along those lines – disregarding any form of data or numbers. That’s fine – we all appreciate football in different ways. Well, I unashamedly like data. I don’t ‘do’ […]
- WindyCOYS
- 3 minute read
- 18th July 2015 at 13:24
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Prior to the past few seasons I have written about how our 25-man squad is shaping up in line with the ‘home grown’ rule. I have been asked to do the same again this year. To summarise the rule again, we are able to name a 25-man squad if eight of the players are ‘home […]
- WindyCOYS
- 3 minute read
- 18th July 2015 at 10:38
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Like many other Spurs fans, I know very little about our new signing, Kevin Wimmer. To fill us in, my good friend Paul King spoke to UK 1.FC Köln. Firstly, thank you for offering to share your thoughts and knowledge on Kevin Wimmer. What has been the general feeling from FC Köln fans during his […]
- WindyCOYS
- 3 minute read
- 31st May 2015 at 09:15
- 6 comments
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Disclaimer: within this article I use various stats. I am most definitely not a statistician, and I apologise in advance if any statisticians read this and cringe at their use within my piece. I hope that I balance their use with descriptive sections about the way that I see our play (rather than just stating […]
- WindyCOYS
- 10 minute read
- 14th May 2015 at 12:31
- 7 comments