France v Ireland 4.45pm Sat 3rd February 2018

[dropkick]

Stats help in getting a clearer view of the big picture.


If you're looking at stats alone, they can be intentionally and unintentionally used to mislead people. Governments use carefully selected stats all the time to "prove" how well they're doing.

[Oldschool]

I asked a friend, who was responsible for implementing statistical research at Harvard law, what stats can tell...
He said ‘nothing, without a good question.’
Stats in my hands are pointless, I can find you a million meaningless correlations. But you don’t have to be Nate silver to be able to use them effectively.

More or less what I was getting at, when I said asking the right questions and JS' ability to do so in my earlier post.
Your mate knows what he's talking about he put it perfectly, a lot clearer than I did (in my defence I did admit to my ignorance regarding a good understanding of stats etc).
"Nothing" unless you know what you are talking about and ask the right questions.
In JS we trust - to ask the right questions.

[Fan with smartphone]

First lineout called to Ryan. Clean as a whistle. Then a steal.

[ronk]

Nigel is being very generous with them at the breakdown.

[FLIP]

Nigel is being very generous with them at the breakdown.

Ridiculously so. Giving players penalty turnovers when they've not released or are off their feet. The last ruck penalty should have been a card too.

[ronk]

He's starting to clamp down/they got greedy

[IanD]

Too many forwards taking the ball standing still.

Run on to it.

[FLIP]

He's starting to clamp down/they got greedy

Completely ignored the one on the French try line.

[ronk]

He's starting to clamp down/they got greedy

Completely ignored the one on the French try line.

Yeah that was a shocker. Should have been yellow

[ronk]

Tiring game

[ronk]

What is Nigel doing?

[FLIP]

What is Nigel doing?

Narrative

[FLIP]

That was miles backwards. You have got to be kidding me.

[Raydollard]

Can’t see for years now why Kearney is still on that team. He’s useless. Also we need to give Johnny a rest and try Carbery. Jonny’s added value is not what it was. He still tackles but has no pace and does not break anymore. With all the possession we had we are entitled to see a lot more results.

[FLIP]

Who's the match doctor? Are they French?

[ronk]

Dodgy HIA.

[FLIP]

The only scrum penalty all match and it is against us. Criminal

[ronk]

But its missed

[FLIP]

Justice

[Fan with smartphone]

Take that!