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Tactical preview and POTM November

Jul 19, 2018
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Two new articles this morning:

First, Tom Sleeman's Tactical Preivew ahead of this weekend's trip to Rochdale. He explains their style of play, picks out Ian Henderson as their key player - as if it could be anyone else - and discusses the weaknesses that will increase the chances of Argyle recording their second victory away from home this season:
This season, Rochdale have been poor defensively, conceding 39 goals from 21 league matches, with Argyle and Scunthorpe the only sides to ship more.

Second, we have announced our Player of the Month for November! We collect player ratings from a range of sources who have seen every match this season. The ratings are aggregated and weighted against the number of appearances, before the man of the match bonus is added. In this way, we can produce an reliable way of ranking players that neglects recency bias.
 

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Canavan was part of a defence that conceded 10 goals in 5 matches in November.
As a comparison, the Pasoti Man of the Match awards for November - Sarcevic, Songo'o, Ladapo, Macey, Carey.
 
Jul 19, 2018
211
6
London
argyle.life
We have a way of doing it that is consistent and avoids recency bias, which, from my observations, is the biggest and most influential factor in POTM nominations. Someone put in a good performance at the end of the month and that performance, plus snippets remembered from other matches, form the core of an opinion based around 5-8 games in a month. They're based off the ratings of multiple individuals who have seen every game in the past two seasons. I'm very happy with the results.