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Title: In the Gossip Column
Post by: michael on Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 19:44:04
"Academic research for the book Myths and Facts About Football has found that teams who celebrate goals collectively achieve better results, while teams are no more likely to concede just after scoring than at any other time" (The Independent) (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/7658347.stm)

We generally celebrate our goals as a team don't we?

I also read another report once that said teams in RED are better.

So why are we towards the arse end of league 1?


Title: Re: In the Gossip Column
Post by: Simon Pieman on Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 19:45:27
The article failed to mention that teams managed by Maurice Malpas don't do well.


Title: Re: In the Gossip Column
Post by: michael on Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 19:47:04
Another case of the so-called experts getting it all wrong.


Title: Re: In the Gossip Column
Post by: Barry Scott on Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 20:42:56
Men whose index finger is shorter than their ring finger are 95% more likely to be a full blown bum shagger, than men with index fingers longer than their ring finger.

The percentage is wrong, but this was an actual statement i read some years ago, probably in The Sport to be fair, which found something stupid like 19 out of 20 gay men have index fingers shorter than their ring finger.


Title: Re: In the Gossip Column
Post by: wheretherealredsare on Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 20:46:28
Ok ... so how many of us checked? (including me)


Title: Re: In the Gossip Column
Post by: Dazzza on Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 23:19:24
Ok ... so how many of us checked? (including me)

Check, but it was covered with Roger's lunch when I pulled it out, which was a tad unpleasent.



Title: Re: In the Gossip Column
Post by: wheretherealredsare on Thursday, October 9, 2008, 10:07:30
Check, but it was covered with Roger's lunch when I pulled it out, which was a tad unpleasent.


Is that why it's called ring finger? :hmmm: