Matt Dean

Quoted from DB

This week we had StevetheFish generously spend about £1,000 in support of Town. This year we sponsored a player's shirt and, I believe 2 shirts last year. Also quite a few donations to the youth set.

And dont forget about the hundreds of good-hearted Fishy members who raised thousands for Ollie when he lost his best friend to suicide. Yes it was pre-1878, but i bet nearly every single one of them is still active on the Fishy.

We aren't such a bad bunch, are we?

Quoted from WayneBurnettsJockstrap

And dont forget about the hundreds of good-hearted Fishy members who raised thousands for Ollie when he lost his best friend to suicide. Yes it was pre-1878, but i bet nearly every single one of them is still active on the Fishy.

We aren't such a bad bunch, are we?

No , you’re a bloody good bunch . Like I’ve said numerous times . I look at the fishy as a place to chat crap about Town , like going down the pub . The problem rises when some simpletons read it and think it’s a fact and go into a meltdown. If they were opposite you in a pub you’d tell them to stop being a fanny .

What data is being used to evaluate DA? How does DA performance compare to same data of PH?

Quoted from 141325

What data is being used to evaluate DA? How does DA performance compare to same data of PH?

It's selective, obviously which is yet another problem with it.

If you interrogate the data it can give you any answer you want, or whatever the phrase is.

Quoted from 141325

What data is being used to evaluate DA? How does DA performance compare to same data of PH?

I really can't take this data stuff seriously - at our level - at the end of the day (it goes dark!) if we can't attract players /management who are marginally better than those we are competing with.
Wrexham/Stockport etc have owners it seems with deeper pockets & a bigger fan base than ours - sadly in the long run we will be left behind.
What baffles me is that the likes of Harrogate, Sutton, Crawley, Accrirngton etc  - without the infrastructure/fan base that we have  are better than us?  

Quoted from Heswall Mariner

I really can't take this data stuff seriously - at our level - at the end of the day (it goes dark!) if we can't attract players /management who are marginally better than those we are competing with.
Wrexham/Stockport etc have owners it seems with deeper pockets & a bigger fan base than ours - sadly in the long run we will be left behind.
What baffles me is that the likes of Harrogate, Sutton, Crawley, Accrirngton etc  - without the infrastructure/fan base that we have  are better than us?  

They’re all near major conurbations.

Quoted from MuddyWaters

They’re all near major conurbations.

So are Sutton, Walsall, Doncaster, Salford,Swindon,Tranmere,Crawley and Bradford who are all in the bottom half of league 2.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

So are Sutton, Walsall, Doncaster, Salford,Swindon,Tranmere,Crawley and Bradford who are all in the bottom half of league 2.

But look at the players they attract....

Look, I'm a Grimsby boy living in Hull and absolutely have Grimsby in my blood and heart but I've said this before, the Town is on its bottom, it has very little to offer young aspiring footballers.
When we had Cleethorpes as a hub of activity and a lively night scene we attracted some great players, whom might I add loved the place and several settled and still live locally.
Its words none of us want to hear but its just facts, its not even about logistics, its about what we can offer as pastimes and I'm convinced part of the reason Conteh wanted out was due to this.

Quoted from Northbank Mariner

But look at the players they attract....

Look, I'm a Grimsby boy living in Hull and absolutely have Grimsby in my blood and heart but I've said this before, the Town is on its bottom, it has very little to offer young aspiring footballers.
When we had Cleethorpes as a hub of activity and a lively night scene we attracted some great players, whom might I add loved the place and several settled and still live locally.
Its words none of us want to hear but its just facts, its not even about logistics, its about what we can offer as pastimes and I'm convinced part of the reason Conteh wanted out was due to this.

Well if you are correct then we may as well pack up and disband. If we cannot attract a quality of player to get us above the relegation places in league 2 because we can't offer whatever it is young footballers do when they are not working.

Nobody said that in the summer though when we signed apparently good players from all over the country.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

If you interrogate the data it can give you any answer you want, or whatever the phrase is.

No, it can't.

You can't find a signal in data that isn't there. You simply can't.

If you disingenuously look at a subset of data, you can claim it shows something which it doesn't when looking at the whole body (politicians do this a lot), but that's not something that any analyst is going to do when looking for players to recommend, because they want to prove their worth.