Play Forte

[ReadWarbler]

From this thread it seems that more agree it's worth a go at this point - you, me, Irishpie, Swale, Crazyfists, RoyalBulwell, Slackpie

Actually at the time of your post it was 7 for and 7 against and now Notts78 is also negative to Forte that makes you in the minority. Good thing the team isn't picked on votes.

[The-Mac pie]

We just simply have to go all out win games from here on.
We have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
I still think we will get automatic promotion.
Gotta play all the gems around us yet.

[the_anticlough]

Actually at the time of your post it was 7 for and 7 against and now Notts78 is also negative to Forte that makes you in the minority. Good thing the team isn't picked on votes.

I demand a recount

[navypie]

We just simply have to go all out win games from here on.
We have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
I still think we will get automatic promotion.
Gotta play all the gems around us yet.

Wow, automatic !!

[DelroyFacey22]

Games where Shola started ........ P 17 W 10 D 5 L 2 F 32 A 18 Pts 35

Games where Shola didn’t start ... P 17 W 6 D 5 L 6 F 22 A 18 Pts 23

You seem to have glossed over this AntiClough... Wonder why?

We are very obviously a better side whether he scores a goal or not, the team performs better and so do the players around him. Having him on the pitch is like playing with 12 men with the amount of focus he takes from opposition defenders whereas Forte is like playing with 10.

[ReadWarbler]

I demand a recount

Ok recounted and it's now 7-9 you have got worse.
May i say a career in politics is probably not for you

[the_anticlough]

Games where Shola started ........ P 17 W 10 D 5 L 2 F 32 A 18 Pts 35

Games where Shola didn’t start ... P 17 W 6 D 5 L 6 F 22 A 18 Pts 23

You seem to have glossed over this AntiClough... Wonder why?

We are very obviously a better side whether he scores a goal or not, the team performs better and so do the players around him. Having him on the pitch is like playing with 12 men with the amount of focus he takes from opposition defenders whereas Forte is like playing with 10.

I worked out plus/minus stats for how well Notts do when each player is on the pitch. In early Jan it was Ameobi 0.81 goals for per 90 mins, Forte 0.80 for (Stead's was 0.61). Don't know what they are now. Ameobi had the run in the team when we were getting the absolute best out of Yates and Grant. These stats say more about individual player's productivity. No goals in the last 10 games is bad news for any striker.

https://www.scoreboard.com/en/player...hola/SSPl1I13/
http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/te...ty/top-scorers

But everyone knows you can throw stats around and it doesn't necessarily prove anything. It's strange, I didn't start this thread saying Ameobi should be benched and I'm still not saying that. Just that playing Stead and Ameobi together probably isn't going to get us the goals we need to go up and that we need to find a place for a Forte-type of striker who can get in behind defences. And the list of this type of player that we have at the moment reads....

[the_anticlough]

Ok recounted and it's now 7-9 you have got worse.
May i say a career in politics is probably not for you

You may not.
Trump won the presidency on a similar vote share

[Bohinen]

Games where Shola started ........ P 17 W 10 D 5 L 2 F 32 A 18 Pts 35

Games where Shola didn’t start ... P 17 W 6 D 5 L 6 F 22 A 18 Pts 23

You seem to have glossed over this AntiClough... Wonder why?

We are very obviously a better side whether he scores a goal or not, the team performs better and so do the players around him. Having him on the pitch is like playing with 12 men with the amount of focus he takes from opposition defenders whereas Forte is like playing with 10.

That was the stat I wanted but couldn't be arsed to work out. It's a massive difference, but you have to allow for the fact that Shola starting generally means 4-4-2. So the answer is 4-4-2 and Shola, then both bases are covered.

[Elite_Pie]

ps Elite.....you are a complete knob and a shyte tipster.....but you already knew that, no surprises there then?

It's probably best if you stay out of things you don't understand and leave it to the grown-ups.