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I told you I was trying to catch up with everything that I'd missed. I am aware I am 3 rugby league games (about to be four) and 2 F1 races behind.
The Leeds Rhinos vs St Helens Saints league game (https://www.saintsrlfc.com/matches/2024/first-team/leeds-rhinos-v-saints-2024-03-15/) was the first of two back-to-back games vs Leeds. Despite Leeds's poor start to the season (by their standards), I was quite worried about this game.
Saints proceeded to not help matters by not turning up for the first quarter of the match.
( Bar chart )
This is also the first time the Saints live text has let me down. I know Mbye must have come on before he scored, but it didn't say when, so there's now going to be a slight * against him and Clark's data (because if he came on for anyone, it was Clark as they are our hookers). The advantage to getting data over a whole season is that one oops ought to be watered down.
( Who scored for Saints up to game 5? )
Okay, let's look at point-scoring moments players were present for:
( Another bar chart )
The dendrogram for when players are on the pitch together at Saints's point-scoring moments has become more complex, there's only really one true cluster left, of Lomax, Makinson, Dodd, Welsby and Whitley.
What is interesting is that there's now two clear "families" of players, Lees, Knowles, Walmsley, Davies and Mbye in one, and everyone else in the other.
I know Lees and Knowles haven't played as much as I would have expected, Davies barely at all, and Mbye only when they need to spell Clark, but I felt Walmsley had played more. So count one for stats telling you something you don't feel.
( On the other hand, the matrix diagram does have Walmsley in a darker colour than the others so maybe he is just very effective when he is on the pitch. )
The network graph is now an interesting shape, with a central cluster with Walmsley, Lees and Knowles hanging off.
( Looking at when Saints concede instead, )
The Leeds Rhinos vs St Helens Saints league game (https://www.saintsrlfc.com/matches/2024/first-team/leeds-rhinos-v-saints-2024-03-15/) was the first of two back-to-back games vs Leeds. Despite Leeds's poor start to the season (by their standards), I was quite worried about this game.
Saints proceeded to not help matters by not turning up for the first quarter of the match.
( Bar chart )
This is also the first time the Saints live text has let me down. I know Mbye must have come on before he scored, but it didn't say when, so there's now going to be a slight * against him and Clark's data (because if he came on for anyone, it was Clark as they are our hookers). The advantage to getting data over a whole season is that one oops ought to be watered down.
( Who scored for Saints up to game 5? )
Okay, let's look at point-scoring moments players were present for:
( Another bar chart )
The dendrogram for when players are on the pitch together at Saints's point-scoring moments has become more complex, there's only really one true cluster left, of Lomax, Makinson, Dodd, Welsby and Whitley.
What is interesting is that there's now two clear "families" of players, Lees, Knowles, Walmsley, Davies and Mbye in one, and everyone else in the other.
I know Lees and Knowles haven't played as much as I would have expected, Davies barely at all, and Mbye only when they need to spell Clark, but I felt Walmsley had played more. So count one for stats telling you something you don't feel.
( On the other hand, the matrix diagram does have Walmsley in a darker colour than the others so maybe he is just very effective when he is on the pitch. )
The network graph is now an interesting shape, with a central cluster with Walmsley, Lees and Knowles hanging off.
( Looking at when Saints concede instead, )
