Media Serial Stats: S31 List Assessment and Posting Stats - End of Season Report

[PMBangers]

Very noticable this season .....never seen "team" threads at the top of "untagged" threads, as was the case this season

Tony Lynn 15 can be the savior .....I'd suggest the SFA pay him to generate media threads, out of the competition Marketing Funds Pot .....to grow the competition & be the public face of SFA Media

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Hunt is the best comparison indeed

 

[serial_thrilla]

Would like to see greater commentary on individual clubs strengths & weakness's .....departures, rookies and trends by club ......however I know the amount of work involved already to present this, so hats off to you

That happens today. Patience young grasshopper!

 

[Tony Lynn 15]

Very noticable this season .....never seen "team" threads at the top of "untagged" threads, as was the case this season

Tony Lynn 15 can be the savior .....I'd suggest the SFA pay him to generate media threads, out of the competition Marketing Funds Pot .....to grow the competition & be the public face of SFA Media

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If you only knew the amount of times I have been called an absolute Karmichael Hunt!

 

[GremioPower]

Rats playing the opposition. It felt like it the whole season. Now, it’s confirmed.

philreich jackster83 ant555 Ant Bear MannumPower

 

[jackster83]

Fair to say the Royals had more than just a premiership hangover. Either that or they've been kidnapped and are waiting for someone to pay the ransom.

 

[The Filth Wizard]

Fair to say the Royals had more than just a premiership hangover. Either that or they've been kidnapped and are waiting for someone to pay the ransom.

Premiership hangovers combined with real life adult stuff. It's why I'm only exclusively recruiting kids now.

 

[Broken]

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So, in a game where only 20 posters per team can play each week we, theoretically, have a surplus of 25 active posters across the league.

The league is ripe to expand. The league not being active enough to sustain expansion is surely disproven here. Curse you anti expansion flat earther decision makers.

 

[PMBangers]

Premiership hangovers combined with real life adult stuff. It's why I'm only exclusively recruiting kids now.



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SarahSmiles you and your other underaged friends looking for a good time?

 

[PMBangers]

SarahSmiles you and your other underaged friends looking for a good time?

 

[serial_thrilla]

So, in a game where only 20 posters per team can play each week we, theoretically, have a surplus of 25 active posters across the league.

The league is ripe to expand. The league not being active enough to sustain expansion is surely disproven here. Curse you anti expansion flat earther decision makers.

I wouldn't classify those 25 as active posters - many of those only posted in 1-2 match threads all season.

I prefer to look at the active posters graph (>5 posts per week across the season), which shows 161 active posters. Or if you're less harsh: the average number of posters in match threads each week: 182. There's plenty of room above those numbers to the 240 mark.

 

[The Half Back]

Based on post #2 the majority of the league is staying steady, but the prolific spammers died off a lot this season. Love to see that.

 

[Barrybran]

So, in a game where only 20 posters per team can play each week we, theoretically, have a surplus of 25 active posters across the league.

The league is ripe to expand. The league not being active enough to sustain expansion is surely disproven here. Curse you anti expansion flat earther decision makers.

I wouldn't classify those 25 as active posters - many of those only posted in 1-2 match threads all season.

I prefer to look at the active posters graph (>5 posts per week across the season), which shows 161 active posters. Or if you're less harsh: the average number of posters in match threads each week: 182. There's plenty of room above those numbers to the 240 mark.

Yep. This. Expansion is dead in the water when you have teams like the Royals and Wonders relying heavily on one poster with good contributions from 2-3 others but not really enough to carry a match thread for an entire week.

Expansion should expand the board, not simply shuffle the deck.

 

[The Filth Wizard]

Yep. This. Expansion is dead in the water when you have teams like the Royals and Wonders relying heavily on one poster with good contributions from 2-3 others but not really enough to carry a match thread for an entire week.

Expansion should expand the board, not simply shuffle the deck.

I'm happy to come clean that this was a factor in why I was against expansion, I knew I was part of a solid posting outfit for a few seasons but you've got to forecast how long the interest will stick or for what extent people can keep doing the same thing week in and out and the fact is eventually that S15-S20 group the modern league is based upon was going to fade out. I knew, watching their lives change and involvement shift that guys like Blacky, brahj, Noobz0r for example would prioritise the place less and less, I will say I didn't expect to lose guys altogether so quickly but I guess that's where the premiership hangover comes into play as well. We also lost one or two I would say specifically because of covid. I hope they come back for next season, there will at least be a position for it.

 

[serial_thrilla]

I'm happy to come clean that this was a factor in why I was against expansion, I knew I was part of a solid posting outfit for a few seasons but you've got to forecast how long the interest will stick or for what extent people can keep doing the same thing week in and out and the fact is eventually that S15-S20 group the modern league is based upon was going to fade out. I knew, watching their lives change and involvement shift that guys like Blacky, brahj, Noobz0r for example would prioritise the place less and less, I will say I didn't expect to lose guys altogether so quickly but I guess that's where the premiership hangover comes into play as well. We also lost one or two I would say specifically because of covid. I hope they come back for next season, there will at least be a position for it.

The more active sides seem to have more players from the S25-S30 rookie classes, which makes sense. I'd do an analysis of that, but I think I've wasted enough time on the SFA this week already.

 

[Bovo]

Fair to say the Royals had more than just a premiership hangover. Either that or they've been kidnapped and are waiting for someone to pay the ransom.

Yeah but who in their right mind would pay a ransom to have em back?

 

[Broken]

I wouldn't classify those 25 as active posters - many of those only posted in 1-2 match threads all season.

I prefer to look at the active posters graph (>5 posts per week across the season), which shows 161 active posters. Or if you're less harsh: the average number of posters in match threads each week: 182. There's plenty of room above those numbers to the 240 mark.

Yeah I get that some of that surplus is 1 or 2 posts in a season which is why it was a theoretical presumption.
That being said, even using the 161 you mentioned, that'd give 14 evenly spread teams 11 solid contributors each with lesser contributors padding out the rest.
The numbers are there to expand.

Yep. This. Expansion is dead in the water when you have teams like the Royals and Wonders relying heavily on one poster with good contributions from 2-3 others but not really enough to carry a match thread for an entire week.

Expansion should expand the board, not simply shuffle the deck.

Whereas, this is why expansion won't happen. Too much focus on how people/teams are participating, rather than how many want to.
While the figures show there's room to expand, the 12 different committee ideals of how people participate puts expansion dead in the water.

 

[TJASTA]

lol is this waste of time thread still going

 

[The Filth Wizard]

The more active sides seem to have more players from the S25-S30 rookie classes, which makes sense. I'd do an analysis of that, but I think I've wasted enough time on the SFA this week already.

This season, sure. I think the Royals were in the top the last couple of seasons and we had barely any of them. I've always thought this thread is a fantastic tool to compare achievements for the season gone but the fact always remains we have no idea where we'll be Rd 1 next season.

 

[Barrybran]

Whereas, this is why expansion won't happen. Too much focus on how people/teams are participating, rather than how many want to.
While the figures show there's room to expand, the 12 different ideals of how people participate puts expansion dead in the water.

All forums are based on activity. The more there is to talk about, the more people come in. If people don't have something to talk about they'll go to another forum.

 

[Marlowe]

but I think I've wasted enough time on the SFA this week already.

Another poster burned out, I see.

RIP 'Thrilla.

 

[serial_thrilla]

Another poster burned out, I see.

RIP 'Thrilla.

So long, and thanks for all the fish.

 

[Broken]

All forums are based on activity. The more there is to talk about, the more people come in. If people don't have something to talk about they'll go to another forum.

And increasing teams/people increases the opportunity to increase activity. Growth is good.

It just makes sense to me. Pre covid, the bordello I own faced a similar crux. We had 25 workers, but were constantly turning clients away.
Me and my managers sat down and decided to hire more workers, they didn't fret that some workers were under utilised, that some were over utilised, or that some of their friends might stop coming, we had more demand than we could manage, we just crunched the numbers and hired more workers.

Yes, the risk was huge, we had to find workers, the red tape took forever and a crackdown on international visas hurt us, but it was a calculated risk based on solid numbers. Business picked up soon after, before covid set us back.

The SFA numbers are there, the risk is super minimal. The league will find a way.

I know expansion wouldn't happen and I know it won't, not in this current climate. We could have 125 surplus posters and there'd still be excuses not to grow.

Just, as a pro expansionist, it was exciting to see the data show the league is overflowing.

 

[Mobbs]

And increasing teams/people increases the opportunity to increase activity. Growth is good.

It just makes sense to me. Pre covid, the bordello I own faced a similar crux. We had 25 workers, but were constantly turning clients away.
Me and my managers sat down and decided to hire more workers, they didn't fret that some workers were under utilised, that some were over utilised, or that some of their friends might stop coming, we had more demand than we could manage, we just crunched the numbers and hired more workers.

Yes, the risk was huge, we had to find workers, the red tape took forever and a crackdown on international visas hurt us, but it was a calculated risk based on solid numbers. Business picked up soon after, before covid set us back.

The SFA numbers are there, the risk is super minimal. The league will find a way.

I know expansion wouldn't happen and I know it won't, not in this current climate.

Just, as a pro expansionist, it was exciting to see the data show the league is overflowing.

It's unlikely expansion can ever happen in this era, from within the confines of the Sweet FA.

 

[Broken]

It's unlikely expansion can ever happen in this era, from within the confines of the Sweet FA.

Oh yeah, thanks for the reminder.

 

[Barrybran]

And increasing teams/people increases the opportunity to increase activity. Growth is good.

It just makes sense to me. Pre covid, the bordello I own faced a similar crux. We had 25 workers, but were constantly turning clients away.
Me and my managers sat down and decided to hire more workers, they didn't fret that some workers were under utilised, that some were over utilised, or that some of their friends might stop coming, we had more demand than we could manage, we just crunched the numbers and hired more workers.

Yes, the risk was huge, we had to find workers, the red tape took forever and a crackdown on international visas hurt us, but it was a calculated risk based on solid numbers. Business picked up soon after, before covid set us back.

The SFA numbers are there, the risk is super minimal. The league will find a way.

I know expansion wouldn't happen and I know it won't, not in this current climate. We could have 125 surplus posters and there'd still be excuses not to grow.

Just, as a pro expansionist, it was exciting to see the data show the league is overflowing.

Except the league isn't overflowing. Two of 12 teams aren't generating enough interest to keep people coming back each week.