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[Paul B]

FAN’S VIEW 2025/26 – PRESTON AWAY

 

[foghorn]

Great read, as ever, @Paul B .
Re. the Jamie Cumming stats, I wonder if it's fair to compare a goalkeeper's passing accuracy with that of an outfield player, given that a lot of their 'passes' are long balls, which stand less chance of reaching their intended destination than, say, a short pass executed by a midfielder. Better maybe to compare with other goalkeepers - but then again, stats would be skewed by that keeper's team's style of play - eg, the goalkeeper for a team that plays out from the back a lot would presumably be expected to have a higher % of successful passes because more of them are short passes, and easier to execute...

 

[Paul B]

Great read, as ever, @Paul B .
Re. the Jamie Cumming stats, I wonder if it's fair to compare a goalkeeper's passing accuracy with that of an outfield player, given that a lot of their 'passes' are long balls, which stand less chance of reaching their intended destination than, say, a short pass executed by a midfielder. Better maybe to compare with other goalkeepers - but then again, stats would be skewed by that keeper's team's style of play - eg, the goalkeeper for a team that plays out from the back a lot would presumably be expected to have a higher % of successful passes because more of them are short passes, and easier to execute...

Yes, very much agree with this.

 

[NottsYellow]

It would help if the passing & possession stats were broken down into own half and opposition half. They would be a lot more meaningful

 

[Jon-ioualways]

Paul, I admire your writing, but the following sentence made me seriously scratch my head. Poor Paul has seriously lost it!

"Secondly Ian for putting us up for the night, providing a fry up on Saturday morning and taking us to the match."

But then I realized you weren't writing chronologically.

As always, though, a great read...thanks so much for you (and now Boris) for writing these reviews.

 

[Paul B]

Paul, I admire your writing, but the following sentence made me seriously scratch my head. Poor Paul has seriously lost it!

"Secondly Ian for putting us up for the night, providing a fry up on Saturday morning and taking us to the match."

But then I realized you weren't writing chronologically.

As always, though, a great read...thanks so much for you (and now Boris) for writing these reviews.

Could well have lost it years ago. But yes I don't always write in chronological order.

 

[Paul B]

Yes, very much agree with this.

Yes, very much agree with this.

Preston's keeper was 75% accurate with 36 passes.
I've checked the other Championship keepers accuracy at the weekend. Cumming had the worst record. Two were in the 80%s and the Ipswich keeper was 96% accurate. Perhaps he never went long at all.

 

[Essexyellows]

Tis the cumulative impact of the statistics that matters............. 1-3 being the sum.

Great read as ever.

 

[Paul B]

Tis the cumulative impact of the statistics that matters............. 1-3 being the sum.

Great read as ever.

Absolutely correct there.

 

[m]

Preston's keeper was 75% accurate with 36 passes.
I've checked the other Championship keepers accuracy at the weekend. Cumming had the worst record. Two were in the 80%s and the Ipswich keeper was 96% accurate. Perhaps he never went long at all.

Call me old school but I wish the Ipswich keeper had been more accurate with his shot-stopping.

 

[DanC]

We review the Preston and WBA games here, and of course a whole lot more.

 

[Paul B]

Call me old school but I wish the Ipswich keeper had been more accurate with his shot-stopping.

That would have helped a bit I suppose.