Apr. 5th, 2024

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Although I could have done without the cold turning into "cold from hell" with a sinusitis of stage "if I cough one more time I am legitimately worried my brain will explode". Three days of having a totally blocked nostril, was not fun.

It basically meant I was down for a week. Followed by a fencing comp where I was only organising not fencing (and allegedly 18 km of walking in one day).

I then slept for two days, only surfacing for delicious Persian food and theatre, then back in work. Now to catch up on everything I missed in March.
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L was slightly concerned that I hadn't stated that I was a Saints fan quite loudly enough in my previous posts. I think it may become obvious throughout this summary of the Saints vs Salford match.

All winning runs have to come to an end, and 44 years is a pretty long time to not be beaten at home (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/68501496 / https://www.saintsrlfc.com/matches/2024/first-team/saints-v-salford-red-devils-2024-03-08/) and they needed Percival to get sent off for goodness knows what to beat Saints.

That does explain why Percival is, once again, alone in the dendrogram.

Dendrogram )

It shows you that Sironen put one heck of a shift in to cover for Saints being a man down.

This does have an interesting effect on the "up to the end of game 4" charts.

When Saints score still hasn't really built up into an informative pile of data, but point-scorers (no division between tries and kicks) is starting to.

Bar chart )

Percival having the most moments makes sense, with him being the kicker (if only he could convert more often), and Dodd and Makinson who can also kick makes sense, Welsby up there highlights his wonderful poaching abilities. Whitley on 3 is an unexpected bonus. He's working out well so far, isn't he?

Point-scoring moments present for also highlights those players, and makes it clear Clark is definitely first choice hooker.

Point scoring moments present for bar chart )

I do like how high up some of the academy grads are. I mean the most recent crop, not some of the older heads (help, Lomax is now an older head).

The matrix is starting to look complicated:

Matrix diagram and network diagram )

The network diagram does give a nice matchday 17 - Sironen, Dodd, Clark, Lomax, Blake, Percival, Whitley, Makinson, Welsby, Matautia, Lees, Walmsley, Bell, Hurrell, Delaney, Wingfield and Bennison.

Because Salford scored several points, there's now enough data to have some solid numbers for "players present when Saints concede". The only problem is it won't include Percival as much as it may be should given his sending off was sort of responsible for some of the concessions.

Point-concession moments presnt for after 4 games )

Percival is also a darker colour than expected on the concession matrix.

The matrix in question )

The network diagram for players present when Saints concede only has 11 players on.

In the centre, like binary stars, are Welsby and Lomax, they are surrounded by (clockwise from the top) Sironen, Clark, Delaney, Blake, Bennison, Dodd, Makinson, Whitley and Bell.

The diagrams are mostly making me appreciate Sironen at lot more.

There's a reason why Saints fans rate him.

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