Man Of The Match Player Of The Year 2024/25 (as voted by YF)

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I have a little database set up tracking the votes for man of the match on the Match Threads, so thought it might be interesting to see who we are voting for as Player of the Month/Season. I have applied a points value to the vote results, the winner getting 5, second place 4, third place 3, fourth place 2, and fifth place 1 point. Only League matches will be counted. I'll do an update at the end of the month. Click on the images to enlarge.

Season MOTM Awards
Nobody has won the MOTM award twice so far this season, four different winners in the four games...
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August POTM: Ciaron Brown
Despite not winning an individual MOTM award, Brown's consistency sees him top the list for August.
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SteMerritt said:
I have a little database set up tracking the votes for man of the match on the Match Threads, so thought it might be interesting to see who we are voting for as Player of the Month/Season. I have applied a points value to the vote results, the winner getting 5, second place 4, third place 3, fourth place 2, and fifth place 1 point. Only League matches will be counted. I'll do an update at the end of the month. Click on the images to enlarge.

Season MOTM Awards
Nobody has won the MOTM award twice so far this season, four different winners in the four games...
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August POTM: Ciaron Brown
Despite not winning an individual MOTM award, Brown's consistency sees him top the list for August.
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About time you did something
 
Golden Dr Otto said:
Interesting stuff and thanks for pulling together. Could you add a “total number of votes” graph too?

Sorry if I’m being greedy
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Possibly, I didn't do it in the first place as was unsure if it would add benefit. I'll update my database when I get some time.
 
Ste this is great I’ve wanted to see this!

What would be better if we could find a way to change the poll to be a player ratings /10 (or out of 20 if you allow 0.5). I have tried googling this recently - i’m assuming we still run a proboards-based forum. MOTM works itself out and would be a great “fan rating” metric.
Think it’s impossible but if not would be another way to make our forum stand above the rest 😉
 
BristolOx said:
Ste this is great I’ve wanted to see this!

What would be better if we could find a way to change the poll to be a player ratings /10 (or out of 20 if you allow 0.5). I have tried googling this recently - i’m assuming we still run a proboards-based forum. MOTM works itself out and would be a great “fan rating” metric.
Think it’s impossible but if not would be another way to make our forum stand above the rest 😉
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I tried finding something for this, nothing compatible currently

No longer proboards 😀
 
I love this idea but maybe the weighting needs looking at? Don't think it's representative to have 5 points for first, 4 points for 2nd etc... because that means a player winning MOTM with 90% of the vote gets the same points as a player winning MOTM with 30% of the vote. Likewise, the player who comes second could have anywhere between 1% and 49% of the vote in theory!

A better way might be to give a point for every 10% of each vote, which would give:

Cumming 7
Goodrham 6
McEachran 4
Brannagan 3
Brown 3
Harris 2

At the moment it looks a bit dodgy because Cumming got all his points in one game, but Tyler will catch him up after Saturday when Cumming will have nowt to do all game.
 
Carpy said:
I tried finding something for this, nothing compatible currently

No longer proboards 😀
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Oooh, does this forum allow embedding of html into posts???

Something like this 👀👀

HTML: 
<div data-tf-live="01J7E47BYVX6HED1YMAKW19VTG"></div><script src="//embed.typeform.com/next/embed.js"></script>

EDIT: didn't work, this was only linking here: https://3l4yltsw7hf.typeform.com/to/sqzPYJ7z - i'm not spamming
 
Lost Marbles said:
I love this idea but maybe the weighting needs looking at? Don't think it's representative to have 5 points for first, 4 points for 2nd etc... because that means a player winning MOTM with 90% of the vote gets the same points as a player winning MOTM with 30% of the vote. Likewise, the player who comes second could have anywhere between 1% and 49% of the vote in theory!

A better way might be to give a point for every 10% of each vote, which would give:

Cumming 7
Goodrham 6
McEachran 4
Brannagan 3
Brown 3
Harris 2

At the moment it looks a bit dodgy because Cumming got all his points in one game, but Tyler will catch him up after Saturday when Cumming will have nowt to do all game.
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Interesting idea, but of course the number of votes changes for each match. If I sum the percentage of the vote each player gained, you get the following...

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Golden Dr Otto said:
Interesting stuff and thanks for pulling together. Could you add a “total number of votes” graph too?

Sorry if I’m being greedy
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Total number of votes...
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Big movers being Jamie Cumming up the list, and Ciaron Brown down it. If I include cup games then Matt Ingram appears at #4 from his two games...
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SteMerritt said:
Total number of votes...
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Big movers being Jamie Cumming up the list, and Ciaron Brown down it. If I include cup games then Matt Ingram appears at #4 from his two games...
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Thats a much more interesting chart to me and wow what a change in the story it tells.

I think total number of votes is good for the purist. It tells more of a story about how players are doing even when they’re not banking a top five day they may still be getting votes. It also shows how some players really aren’t making the impact .

Plus if a game gets more votes it probably reflects the importance of the game a little more so it’s all relative

Ps we are such boring nerds
 
SteMerritt said:
Interesting idea, but of course the number of votes changes for each match. If I sum the percentage of the vote each player gained, you get the following...

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I like this and I feel it's fairest. When we play Leeds or Bristol City, more people might vote than when we play Plymouth or Hull. But that's irrelevant to a player's effort or performance. Each game we play has the same opportunity to earn three points, so the man of the match poll for each game should have the same opportunity to earn up to 100 points (1 for each percentage point).
 
Lost Marbles said:
I like this and I feel it's fairest. When we play Leeds or Bristol City, more people might vote than when we play Plymouth or Hull. But that's irrelevant to a player's effort or performance. Each game we play has the same opportunity to earn three points, so the man of the match poll for each game should have the same opportunity to earn up to 100 points (1 for each percentage point).
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I'm happy to run all 3 of the graphs (Score 1-5, total votes, sum of percentage), so we can see the variations as we go through the season.
 
Another visualisation I've been working on is locations for Goals and Assists. Current data has it looking like this...

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What immediately stands out is the lack of anything coming from our left. Of course Harris' goal v Norwich did come from a ball down the left channel, but I'm only storing where the shot was taken to, so that goal is the '1' just above and to the left of the penalty spot.
 
SteMerritt said:
Another visualisation I've been working on is locations for Goals and Assists. Current data has it looking like this...

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What immediately stands out is the lack of anything coming from our left. Of course Harris' goal v Norwich did come from a ball down the left channel, but I'm only storing where the shot was taken to, so that goal is the '1' just above and to the left of the penalty spot.
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Your graphic hasn't taken consideration of Brannagan's goal v Stoke, where he pings it from our own half to catch their keeper off his line.
 
Season To End September 2024

Ciaron Brown continues to lead the way in the overall player of the year stakes. In terms of votes received, Jamie Cumming is hot on his heels, but his vote quantity isn't being converted into points on the scoring system chart.

Scoring System
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Total Votes Received
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Sum of Vote Percentage
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Man of the Match Awards

The MotM awards from YF members is still being shared around the squad, with only Siriki Dembele picking up more than one award.
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Assists and Goals Scored by Zone

Still no assists registered from our left wing, which is really surprising.
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Assists and Goals Conceded by Zone
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Type of Goals Scored

Only one goal scored from headers this season so far, something to work on.
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October 2024 Breakdown

The 3 ranking systems have given a different player the PotM award for October.

Scoring System Player of the Month: Tyler Goodrham
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Total Votes Player of the Month: Ben Nelson
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Percentage Sum Player of the Month: Jamie Cumming
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2024/25 Season Totals:

Scoring System: Tyler Goodrham overtakes Ciaron Brown to lead the way
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Total Votes Received and Sum of Percentage Received: Jamie Cumming leads the way by a large margin from Tyler...
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YellowsForum Player of the Match Awards
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Goals and Assists

Oxford Goals and Assists by Position
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Opposition Goals and Assists
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Oxford goals by Type
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