Woodwork

[saafend_seagull]

We've hit the woodwork twice more than anyone else in the division (11 times). Although it was 8 prior to Blackpool game when we have hit it five times since then.

Why is it called woodwork? From when posts were wooden?!

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[wallyback]

A miss is a miss, even if it hits the woodwork

 

[severnside gull]

Posts were always wooden until very recently as I am guessing anyone above the age of majority or so might know

 

[Diego Napier]

a miss is a miss, even if it hits the woodwork

yes - and - we - must - not - get - excited - about - this - or - anything - involving - any - form - of - emotional - response.

It - does - not - compute. It - is - illogical

 

[wallyback]

How about recording those just 1 inch past the post then

yes - and - we - must - not - get - excited - about - this - or - anything - involving - any - form - of - emotional - response.

It - does - not - compute. It - is - illogical

 

[Gullys Cats]

I thought so!, I said to my son at the Charlton game "I swear Brighton hit the wood more than any team.

 

[Machiavelli]

Does this mean that we've hit -- as opposed to got -- wood more times in the past three games, ie 7 (Charlton x2, Blackpool x2, Bournemouth x3) than we have in the rest of the season, ie 6?

 

[Eksman]

Just like fifa 14, have they made my WOOD bigger?

 

[stripeyshark]

What bugs me is on commentary, when they make "just skimmed the post" sound more dramatic than a normal hitting of the post bang on. Skimming the post is FURTHER from the target!

 

[The Andy Naylor Fan Club]

Best get Soccer am down to the training ground. At this rate we would smash all the opposition in The Crossbar Challenge.

 

[sydney]

since when does 8 + 5 = 11...

 

[saafend_seagull]

since when does 8 + 5 = 11...

It doesn't hence how stats are strange.

 

[SeagullSongs]

since when does 8 + 5 = 11...

Obviously you have to subtract 2 for the goals we've scored

 

[Ⓩ-Ⓐ-Ⓜ-Ⓞ-Ⓡ-Ⓐ]

Another 4 times so far today

 

[kevo]

Another 4 times so far today

Getting silly now - that's 15 more goals we could have had this season but for the bar or the post!

 

[Eksman]

Getting silly now - that's 15 more goals we could have had this season but for the bar or the post!

BAR BAR out

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Getting silly now - that's 15 more goals we could have had this season but for the bar or the post!

Well, not really, on the basis that if it hits the post, it's not on target.

A miss is, statistically, a miss, whether by two inches or twenty feet.

 

[The Birdman]

It's the weather the goal post have shrunk.

 

[TheJasperCo]

Conspiracy theorists would believe that there are magnets in the ball and goalposts that prevent goals being scored at certain points during the game.

 

[blueandwhitestripes]

BAR BAR out

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