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FinchleyEagle

New member
Nov 19, 2012
232
Alright there chap,

I can see you have a lot of love for the Palace, fair enough I guess.

However, that gubbins you put at the bottom of each post, whats all that about ?? The difference in attendances for the last 2 seasons all added together - thats a completely meaningless stat, because isnt it (more or less) the same people going each time ? A far better way to make a point would be to just show the averages wouldnt it ? Or is that not a big enough number for you ? Im guessing you're the guy at the gym who doesnt care at all about doing the weights machines correctly as long as he gets to pile on a really big number that looks good.

Lets see, your average is about 25k isnt it ? Ours is about 15k I reckon. So thats 10k difference a game (they all leave with 10 minutes to go regardless of the score, but hey, their money is as good as anybody's) so why not cut to the chase and put an assumed end of season number of 230,000. Then you can say you have a quarter of a million more fans than Palace. How good is that ?? Thats a really really big number. Well done you.

However, seeing as you're doing this stats thing, any pollster worth their salt would tell you that 2 is way too small a sample. So why not go for say 10 or 20 ? Ah whats that you say, there's a gaping great hole in your point ? Ah dammit. Best keep quiet about those 5k a game years. Still, you did get shiny new stadium bounce and have maintained it this season so you go for your life. Of course if we got a shiny new stadium, we'd be at 30k+ but whos counting and anyway thats just speculation, no room for that in such well researched statistics.

And finally, your little moniker there 'Can you hear the palace sing' well yes I can, its very very loud. You'd have heard it if you were there last season at the 3-1 defeat, it would have been loud and clear all game, but especially in that wonderful last 10 minutes, as most of your lot had left after Zaha (you know, the over-rated one) waltzed past most of your defence with ease and tucked it into the bottom corner, and then especially when Murray scored the third and the loudest noise from your end was some lad squeaking 'oh for fvcks sake Murray' ah bless. Oh and thanks for him, most kind, he's quite tidy. But at least you've still got Mackail-Smith, he's not too bad and will probably keep you up until he moves to a bigger club with Poyet. Because lets face it this is your honeymoon 2 or 3 seasons in the champ until you go back down to where you belong and no amount of fan counting or having a manager who used to be quite a good footballer is going to change that.

See you on the 1st.
 






GNF on Tour

Registered Twunt
Jul 7, 2003
1,365
Auckland
Started off quite well, ended up on a probably unintended humourous note. 4/10.
 




c0lz

North East Stand.
Jan 26, 2010
2,203
Patcham/Brighton
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HawkTheSeagull

New member
Jan 31, 2012
9,122
Eastbourne
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Needed a background on Twitter so that should do - thanks !!

Rant wise - compared to some on NSC, very poor - 3/10 - and another blaaaaady Palace thread !!!
 




brightonrock

Dodgy Hamstrings
Jan 1, 2008
2,482
Alright there chap,

I can see you have a lot of love for the Palace, fair enough I guess.

However, that gubbins you put at the bottom of each post, whats all that about ?? The difference in attendances for the last 2 seasons all added together - thats a completely meaningless stat, because isnt it (more or less) the same people going each time ? A far better way to make a point would be to just show the averages wouldnt it ? Or is that not a big enough number for you ? Im guessing you're the guy at the gym who doesnt care at all about doing the weights machines correctly as long as he gets to pile on a really big number that looks good.

Lets see, your average is about 25k isnt it ? Ours is about 15k I reckon. So thats 10k difference a game (they all leave with 10 minutes to go regardless of the score, but hey, their money is as good as anybody's) so why not cut to the chase and put an assumed end of season number of 230,000. Then you can say you have a quarter of a million more fans than Palace. How good is that ?? Thats a really really big number. Well done you.

However, seeing as you're doing this stats thing, any pollster worth their salt would tell you that 2 is way too small a sample. So why not go for say 10 or 20 ? Ah whats that you say, there's a gaping great hole in your point ? Ah dammit. Best keep quiet about those 5k a game years. Still, you did get shiny new stadium bounce and have maintained it this season so you go for your life. Of course if we got a shiny new stadium, we'd be at 30k+ but whos counting and anyway thats just speculation, no room for that in such well researched statistics.

And finally, your little moniker there 'Can you hear the palace sing' well yes I can, its very very loud. You'd have heard it if you were there last season at the 3-1 defeat, it would have been loud and clear all game, but especially in that wonderful last 10 minutes, as most of your lot had left after Zaha (you know, the over-rated one) waltzed past most of your defence with ease and tucked it into the bottom corner, and then especially when Murray scored the third and the loudest noise from your end was some lad squeaking 'oh for fvcks sake Murray' ah bless. Oh and thanks for him, most kind, he's quite tidy. But at least you've still got Mackail-Smith, he's not too bad and will probably keep you up until he moves to a bigger club with Poyet. Because lets face it this is your honeymoon 2 or 3 seasons in the champ until you go back down to where you belong and no amount of fan counting or having a manager who used to be quite a good footballer is going to change that.

See you on the 1st.

Signed up just to post about one person? Dry your eyes princess.
 














Sussex Nomad

Well-known member
Aug 26, 2010
18,185
EP
:flounce:

Was that rant seriously about a quite simple fact of difference in attendances? How can you drivel on so long about that?

PS: Mods? Are you allowed to start a thread with another users name? Hmmmm
 


bluenitsuj

Listen to me!!!
Feb 26, 2011
4,737
Willingdon
It was up very late last night, hope it isn't late for school.
 






clippedgull

Hotdogs, extra onions
Aug 11, 2003
20,789
Near Ducks, Geese, and Seagulls
Hmm, the OP bangs on about attendances, even referring to Withdean. Well if we forget about attendances and just go on percentages of capacity filled then Palace are still trailing in our wake even including Withdean.
 


Thunder Bolt

Silly old bat
Hmm, the OP bangs on about attendances, even referring to Withdean. Well if we forget about attendances and just go on percentages of capacity filled then Palace are still trailing in our wake even including Withdean.

It's really getting to them isn't it, taking time to register and post? Good work Major.
 






Badger

NOT the Honey Badger
NSC Patron
May 8, 2007
13,107
Toronto
As much as a find TheMajor's obsession with Palace slightly tiresome, this thread really is a laughable reminder of how easy it can be to wind up Palace fans.
 


Seagull27

Well-known member
Feb 7, 2011
3,368
Bristol
Actually, TheMajor's point is quite a good one. Who cares about average attendaces, when at the end of the season we'll have sold 230,000 more tickets than Palace. Even if it is the same people going. And let's face it, in these days where money is so important in football, that's quite a large figure.
 


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