Thanks Russ and Stanley for the questions so here are the answers:
In the last 15 minutes of a match we conceded a goal on 15 occassions (not 15 goals in one match as I said yesterday - thanks 80sCasual) and we scored on 7 occassions during this period last season. So basically for every goal we scored late in matches we conceded twice as many.
Last season we profited from just a single own goal (Jonas Olsson in the 2-2 draw at the Hawthorns), which was another match in which we conceded a late late goal. For a comparison Newcastle profited from three own goals.
I don't remember us missing a penalty but Buzsaky scored 4 and Taraabt scored 2 of them meaning we were awarded 6 - please correct me if I'm wrong. For comparison Whittingham scored 7 and Chopra scored 1 for Cardiff so they we awarded at least 8 penalties.
As for the average squad age this has certainly gone up as we have yet to release any player and of course they are all a year older than this time last year. If Kenny starts over Cerny than keepers age has gone down by 4 years. With the likes of Rowlands and Mahon returning from injury and the likes of Hill and Derry signing the average age according to transfermarkt.co.uk is 26: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/ch...ewerb_GB2.html making us the 7th oldest team in the division an average only brought down because of the likes of Putnins, Brown, Alberti etc who won't (or shouldn't) feature next season. The average is also made up because Taraabt and Simpson still appear in the website's squad list. If we assume that neither will be here and the likes of Helguson, Hall (Ramage suspended for opening two matches so might start), Hill and Derry will all feature than the average age will be remarkably different from our opening match last season. I'll writet a proper summary once the season starts.
In the last 15 minutes of a match we conceded a goal on 15 occassions (not 15 goals in one match as I said yesterday - thanks 80sCasual) and we scored on 7 occassions during this period last season. So basically for every goal we scored late in matches we conceded twice as many.
Last season we profited from just a single own goal (Jonas Olsson in the 2-2 draw at the Hawthorns), which was another match in which we conceded a late late goal. For a comparison Newcastle profited from three own goals.
I don't remember us missing a penalty but Buzsaky scored 4 and Taraabt scored 2 of them meaning we were awarded 6 - please correct me if I'm wrong. For comparison Whittingham scored 7 and Chopra scored 1 for Cardiff so they we awarded at least 8 penalties.
As for the average squad age this has certainly gone up as we have yet to release any player and of course they are all a year older than this time last year. If Kenny starts over Cerny than keepers age has gone down by 4 years. With the likes of Rowlands and Mahon returning from injury and the likes of Hill and Derry signing the average age according to transfermarkt.co.uk is 26: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/ch...ewerb_GB2.html making us the 7th oldest team in the division an average only brought down because of the likes of Putnins, Brown, Alberti etc who won't (or shouldn't) feature next season. The average is also made up because Taraabt and Simpson still appear in the website's squad list. If we assume that neither will be here and the likes of Helguson, Hall (Ramage suspended for opening two matches so might start), Hill and Derry will all feature than the average age will be remarkably different from our opening match last season. I'll writet a proper summary once the season starts.
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