Statistically speaking Aston Villa have had a bad month, but we are still only two points off fourth
Written by Damian Thursday, 04 February 2010 15:41
Every now and then I like to look at the statistics. I like to look at them because we have a benchmark in how we are doing; the League table, but this sort of can, sometimes, back up that position. You can get quite a lot from statistics, if you dig deep enough.
The thing is, with statistics you can also pretty much make them mean exactly what you want them to mean, so while when things are going great, the statistics are great, when things are not going so great, the statistics tend to not be so great.
It is also worth noting that these statistics are only for football played in the League - they do not factor in performances or results in either of the cup competitions we are still in.
So, looking at the numbers today, what have we learnt? Well, if you look at last months statistics, things were going great. We had the best two defenders in the League, the third and fourth best midfielders and the third best striker.
This month, Carlos Cuellar has gone from the best defender in the League to the fifth best and we now only have seven players in the top 100 instead of nine last time we looked; James Collins has dropped out as well as Stephen Warnock.
Aston Villa Players in Actim Top 100
- 4th: Gabby Agbonlahor - 419 points
- 13th: Richard Dunne - 339 points
- 15th: Ashley Young - 339 points
- 19th: Carlos Cuellar - 323 points
- 21st: James Milner - 321 points
- 32nd: Brad Friedel - 294 points
- 67th: Stiliyan Petrov - 240 points
Top 10 Keepers
- 2nd: Brad Friedel
Top 10 Defenders
- 3rd: Richard Dunne
- 5th: Carlos Cuellar
Top 10 Midfielders
- 4th: Ashley Young
- 8th: James Milner
Top 10 Strikers
- 3rd: Gabby Agbonlahor
So, we have the numbers. They are not as good as they were, but at the same time, we have only played three League games since we looked at these last.
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Juan Pablo Angel
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... What are the stats for this robbing little t**t? Just let him stay there ffs! He's useless.  Meanwhile, Boro have confirmed that their efforts to extend Isaiah Osbourne's loan spell at the Riverside Stadium have been dashed by the midfielder's parent club Aston Villa. |
Badger
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...this robbing little t**t? Harsh JPA. The charges got dropped as it appears he was an innocent party. He is useless though  |
Badger
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...what have we learnt? That the only statistics that matter are league placings at the end of the season and silverware winners? That even though a lot of us moan about him, Gabby is a top 4 striker? There is some interesting stuff on that site though. Webcam makes the team of the season, along with the Dunnie monster. And Zat knight makes the team of the week  |
Aero-4-Villa
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... HaHa! Lads, look whos bebo i found... He gives the impression hes a quiet, innocent young man. These pics say different. HaHa! Quality bloke... |
runtingz
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... i think whatever happens this season it has to be said that the team has made progress and some of the younger players martin has stuck with like gabby and milner for example are showing signs of becoming consistant performers and top for though very difficult to achive with the Competition it is still very realistic for us |
Damian
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... Aero-4-Villa he is a very good player - has something special about him despite his height .. hope he comes back soon and gets his chance |
Badger
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... Did you catch it chiefy? Summary here; http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/Foo...67,00.html But he also thanked the Villa fans for singing his name  |
Chiefy
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... Carlos Cuellar is supporting down syndrome and has asked that on facebook everyone posts this message as their status on tuesday. El síndrome de Down no es una enfermedad. Las personas con síndrome de Down no buscan medicinas, solamente quieren ser aceptadas y tratadas como los demás! El 93% de mis contactos no copiará este mensaje. Espero que tú que estás leyendo ahora, quieras formar parte de ese 7% restante y que pondrás este mensaje en tu mur... As his status is in spanish i just no on tuesday he would like people to support him by doing this any chance the blog could do something Damo ????? its good our players are raising awareness of these issues |
andy5759
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...A clearly emotional Salifou said: "Since I've come back, when I sleep now I know I'll wake up at three or four o'clock in the morning and dream that somebody is shooting at me. Not JT with a gun by any chance? Sorry - I just couldn't resist.  |
Badger
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...Down syndrome is not a disease. People with Down syndrome do not seek drugs, only want to be accepted and treated like the rest! 93% of my contacts will not copy this message. I hope that you're reading now, want to be part of the remaining 7% which will put this message in a mur ... The wonders of Google translate. Link for his Facebook jobby might help Chiefy? its good our players are raising awareness of these issues Agreed. |
claret and blue armycaus
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... This is totally random, but what is the song they use before the villa match at Villa Park? It is some sort of instrumental song that I have heard in a film before.. Very dramatic song.. Anyone have any ideas? Would really appreciate it! TA! UTV |
fastbackace
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... so real aston villa question if we do make top 4... do we buy a 12-15 mil striker? or give delf a chance... and if we dont make top 4... do we buy a striker to help us get there... or just use delf... those who say give delf a better run... when?? |
the pensioner
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... Statistics!....Big yawn! A Times reporter talking about John Terry.... He can wear 6" crocodile high heels,and calls himself Wendy.."BUT IF HE PLAYS GOOD FOOTBALL",I have no problem with that.. |
SuperBox
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... It's time to stop waffling and get stuck into the Spuds. I think we'll give their half baked team a roasting. We need plenty of chips into the box for Nathan Dauphinoise to get his head onto. Using his pace he can peel off their last defender, he just needs to keep his eyes open for the offside flag. When we beat them, the Spuds can drown their sorrows by getting well 'b'oiled and ending up mashed in a club somewhere. Harry's face will get even redder as the press grill him after the game. "I hadn't got my jacket off before we went 1-0 down" he said. "Their pace sliced us open and the second goal was a real hash up for our defence. Overall we've been done up like a kipper" he finished...missing the point. Harry was also quick to dismiss reports they have made an offer for Maris Piper who currently plays for Vivaldi FC.... MON said afterwards "Three points wedges us firmly in 4th....anybody else hungry?" My job at the potato marketing board is safe, now who do we play on Saturday???.... |
Daniel Osborne
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... Hear Salifou talking about his terrible experiences - pretty harrowing: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/africa/8499350.stm Also, you can join in supporting Salifou and Togo in their fight for justice against the CAF ban by joining Football Fans Unite for Togo on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=280330157258&ref=mf |
ak_27
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... Interesting read here about the state of the club before Learner bought it. http://astonvilla-views.com/20...ythmakers/ |
SuperBox
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... ak_27 Any article which openly contains the words "I have no proof of this" makes me question it's validity. I'm not an Ellis hater or lover for that matter, just someone who thinks opinion dressed up as fact is dangerous! It doesn't surprise me Ellis was a cantankerous sod in negotiations, he was like during his whole time at Villa and probably in his other business interests. |
Damian
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... ak_27 anyone that came in to the club after ellis, was going to do better but apart from the mosaic and the free flags, scarf and bus travel - what has he done? yes - a nike kit deal. woop woop. like fulham. we also pay £5 more for our nike kit than man utd fans pay and chelsea fans pay for their kit and arsneal fans pay for thier kit - it isn't exactly a great deal with nike and doug could have got it. you could have got it the pub - good business for randy - not costing him anything more money on players - for sure and the club is in more debt than it ever has been in its history - now is the time that you want the owner to start lending money - when he wont be getting it back if the club is sold - doing it because he believes it will work as it stands now - borrowed to the hilt - the business can afford to pay him back his annual interest and the business is solvent - this summer is the summer we will see how much he wants it to happen and if he is anything else other than a modern day doug with excellent PR skills we are basically in the same position that we were with doug but instead of putting the club into this level of debt - doug didn't so things like new mosaics and free bus travel didn't happen with him we are solvent but borrowed to the hilt - was that what we wanted when we wanted ellis out? someone to keep us solvent but get the club at the limit of it's borrowing power? |
ak_27
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... I think i'll just stay on this page today as the other one will be nothing but fighting with Spurs fans and no proper discussion of the game on Sat. Right now i can't call it. Im probably more inclined to think we are going to lose. But thats normally a good thing as this is when we get our good results. If i was confident that we would win we would be in trouble. |
ak_27
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... Regarding Learner Damien i think he has done a great job to be honest. He has put in £140m into the club even though you say its all been put on the club as debt. But surely if he ownes the club then the clubs debt is his debt and if he sells up this is coming out of his pocket as this will be taken into account in the price he recieves for the club? This summer will tell a lot. We need to start paying the big wages to be able to attract the top players we need to get to the next level. I know you think Learner might not be willing to do this but i have my own hunch that MON could be a part of this as he seems to have an issue with how much players are earning today. I hope not. Because we will struggle to get top players to move to Birmingham without the big wage incentive. |
Damian
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... ak_27 i also think he has done a great job, but it would be remiss to just accept that he has done a great job and not factor in the position the club is in. re. the money, yes, it is his ultimately his money but all he has done is transfer it from one company to another - it isn't as if it came out of his 'savings account' and he is getting a very nice return - we are paying him interest on the loan - so in essence all that has happened is he has transferred it from one account to another and rather than get very little at a bank - he pays himself exactly what he wants you are right about this summer - it is about paying the wages. there is going to come a time where if we want to be a top four club we have to start acting like it and if a player is good enough for the top four and we are not going to pay his wages - he will go to one of six other clubs that will pay it as for who is responsible - we can only guess because we will never be told but o'neill did say something about having to sell before buying recently. also if it is o'neill not doing it and refusing to do it, then he will never get into the top four - and if that is the case and lerner really wants it - he will get someone that will pay it - if he really wants it because lerner will have people around him telling him what the score is re. tomorrow - i think we can win and i think i will stay here today too |
ak_27
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...there is going to come a time where if we want to be a top four club we have to start acting like it and if a player is good enough for the top four and we are not going to pay his wages - he will go to one of six other clubs that will pay it Totally agree. Hopefully this summer is when it really starts to take off. So have you sorted a pub in London yet? Im flying over on the Sat but won't be in until 6 in the evening. What time you all meeting up at? Haven't got tickets but don't care. Will watch it somewhere near the ground. Anyone else doing this? Ireland are playing Brazil on the tues after in London so staying on for that as well. Can't wait for this trip. |
Damian
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... ak_27 i'm thinking sports cafe in haymarket/picadilly basically, i'll be in a hotel round the corner so it is handy but also, if we are there on the saturday - we will have some football on too but i've got no issues about going anywhere as long as it is fairly central london .. will just be nice to sit around and have a few jars and then anyone that wants it, maybe getting some food or something later |
ak_27
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... Just checked my flights and im actually getting in to London at 1. I think my Hotel isn't too far from Picadilly so might pop along for a few drinks. |
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