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posted on 27/3/12

ITS POSSIBLY NOT

posted on 27/3/12

Here's the St Mirrens fans view
"By my reckoning the stats for St Mirren are almost bang on for the overall figure.

After the first 14 SPL games we have committed 134 fouls (an average of about 9.57 per game) and had 25 yellow cards and 1 red card (straight red). If you count the red as 1 booking rather than 2 yellows then that means that overall on average a St Mirren player gets booked every 5.1538461 fouls, and if you count Nigel's red as 2 yellows then our average is a booking every 4.9629629 fouls.

1. 25 July - Dunfermline away - 18 fouls, 2 yellows (O' Reilly)
2. 30 July - Aberdeen home - 10 fouls, 3 yellows (Norris)
3. 6 Aug - Dundee United away - 9 fouls, 3 yellows, 1 red (Allan)
4. 13 Aug - Motherwell home - 7 fouls, 2 yellows (Brines)
5. 20 Aug - Hibs away - 9 fouls, 1 yellow (Muir)
6. 28 Aug - c*ltic home - 12 fouls, 0 bookings (Collum)
7. 10 Sept - St Johnstone home, 10 fouls, 3 bookings (McLean)
8. 17 Sept - Hearts away, 10 fouls, 3 bookings (Richmond)
9. 24 Sept - Killie home, 11 fouls, 3 yellows (Finnie)
10. 1 Oct - ICT away, 12 fouls, 1 yellow (Salmond)
11. 15 Oct - r*ngers away, 8 fouls, 2 yellows (Allan)
12. 22 Oct - Hibs home, 5 fouls, 1 yellow (Madden)
13. 29 Oct - St Johnstone away, 6 fouls, 1 yellow (Norris)
14. 5 Nov - Hearts home, 7 fouls, 0 bookings (Conroy)

Stats for c*ltic in less detail!

played 13 games (1 less than St Mirren) committed 138 fouls (4 more than us despite playing less games than we have), 11 yellow cards (including 1 second yellow to make a red), 1 straight red card. Average number of c*ltic fouls per game 10.62 (higher than St Mirren's average). Average number of fouls per booking 10.6 (if you count a straight red as 2 bookings) or 11.5 (if you count a straight red as 1 booking).

c*ltic have had 6 games where they received no bookings and a further 4 where they only picked up 1 yellow card!"
http://www.blackandwhitearmy.com/forums/index.php/topic/32617-fouls-per-booking-tables/page__st__20

Ps I do not condone buddies calling celtic fans "famine farmers"

posted on 27/3/12

You've rumbled us huv ye? How does it feel to know your opposition cheated their way to success? Ahem...

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posted on 27/3/12

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posted on 27/3/12

Hearts fans view?
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Posted 28 February 2012 - 10:29 PM
rossthejambo, on 28 February 2012 - 08:31 PM, said:
After last season's whinging and crying it doesn't surprise me in the slightest that Celtic have that sort of foul/booking ratio.



Cheating pays, according to these stats!
http://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/index.php?/topic/107749-dirtiest-team-in-spl/

posted on 27/3/12

"Celtic players have been booked, on average, after every 10.1 fouls. Comparing this to the league average (which equates to a booking per 6.5 fouls) and Celtic’s disciplinary record for the season raises some serious questions, with many clubs in the league getting booked with almost twice the frequency of the Glasgow club. Indeed, comparing the fouls/card ratio of both Rangers and Celtic, the following question must be asked – despite having committed only 5 fouls more than their great rivals, why have Rangers received almost twice the amount of yellow cards as Celtic? Indeed, this is not exclusively an argument between Rangers and Celtic, with many clubs receiving yellow cards after an average of 5 fouls. Nearly double the frequency with which referees are taking action against the Parkhead side.

The record of Celtic this season is an obvious outlier in the league data, whereby 66 players have been booked whilst playing Celtic this season, though only 29 Celtic players have been booked to date. The data suggests a variant of success from the Celtic campaign against officials last season, where there is a quite clear reluctance to take action against the Parkhead side. Although this data remains incomplete for the season to date, there are obvious questions which must be asked about the impact of Celtic’s vocal pursuit of the SFA and their disciplinary body."
http://www.football.co.uk/the_impact_of_a_season-long_campaign_of_fear_and_intimidation_on_officiating_quality_in_the_spl_rss2130958.shtml

posted on 27/3/12

it's a big bad conspiracy,phone the vatican see if they have the answer.

posted on 27/3/12

Timinator
One phone recorded between John Reids son, Stewart Regan and Peter Lawell out to do it!

posted on 27/3/12

comment by 54isthenumberpreceding55 (U5312)
posted 47 seconds ago
Timinator
One phone recorded between John Reids son, Stewart Regan and Peter Lawell out to do it!

==

eh

explain please

posted on 27/3/12

54, are you going to ask for an inclusion on the following website?:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3483477/The-30-greatest-conspiracy-theories-part-1.html

posted on 27/3/12

54, you do know it is feasible to commit one serious foul and be booked for it and also to commit several minor fouls without further punishment. What your 'facts' highlight is in fact that celtic players, generally, commit less serious fouls than other teams, therefore celtic players aren't dirty players. Thanks for clearing that up for us all.

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posted on 27/3/12

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posted on 27/3/12

"and they call us cheats."


Yes.

posted on 27/3/12

well I think you will find we are not

posted on 27/3/12

ted

difference is we have evidence, you dont

posted on 27/3/12

Sweep, deflect, deny. No dossiers to Platini, no comments by Phil Mcfullashaite, no carpark demos...

"At's a conspirachy Declan"

posted on 27/3/12

"difference is we have evidence, you dont"


posted on 27/3/12

is that the phil mcfullashaite who has said for over two years that Rangers are in financial turmoil and Administration was inevitable,while you lot went lalalalalalalalala? That phil?

posted on 27/3/12

Tim, that didny happen. They're on course for the title after the weekend and the earth now revolves around the sun.

posted on 27/3/12

*or the other way about. FerFS.

posted on 27/3/12

...and they call us paranoid ?

comment by atheist (U2783)

posted on 27/3/12

Ted.

posted on 27/3/12

well, ted, if we claw back the 8 points as you collapse towards the title....the only way its yours is because of an *

posted on 27/3/12

and if we win the league by 11 points??

posted on 27/3/12

Ath, I've discovered that's exactly whit the "preview" button is for.

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