Saints Ahoy - Visualisations from game 10 and the season to date
This is why Saints are so frustrating, they can lose to Warrington (https://fulltimesportsfan.wordpress.com/2024/08/13/saints-ahoy-visualisations-from-game-9-challenge-cup-quarterfinal/) then a week later they nil Hull FC. Now, admittedly, Hull FC have been wretched this year (that noise you can hear is L bemoaning that Danny Houghton is too good for them), but still.
There were enough point-scoring moments that there are game-specific diagrams that are worth sharing.
10 out of the 17 man squad scored points, with Percival and Bennison on kicking duties and Waqa Blake scoring two tries.
Because this only covers one game, it's a very clear picture of who plays together.
It's even clearer on the network graph.
The players who stick out are the ones who were subbed at any point.
That Saints are still wrapping Percival up in cotton wool at minute 50, a pattern they've maintained through out.
I'm presuming they're trying to make sure he stays in one piece as he's signed up till 2026 - https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/st-helens-stalwart-mark-percival-opens-up-on-why-hes-committed-his-long-term-future-to-club
There is starting to be a shape to when Saints score.
While it's nice to see consistent storing at minutes 51, 52, 60 and 70, I am also very happy with the cluster between minutes 34-40 where Saints have already had two point-scoring moments.
That's Purple for Percival, dominating the graph even if he does only play 50 out of 80 minutes.
Things have happened to the season-long matrix graph, I think because there were many point-scoring moments but several of the more fringe players were playing.
Welsby, Lomax and Whitley are still the darkest purple because they're still together most often.
Hurrell, Percival, Clark and Knowles play together less often than you'd expect.
Same for Blake, Mata'utia and Knowles.
Makinson and Knowles
and
Whitley and Knowles
I think the Knowles thing is because he's been injured but when he's fit he plays lots of minutes.
Sironen plays more often than you'd expect with Welsby and Lomax
Clark plays more often than you'd expect with Sironen and Dodd.
Mbye plays more often than you'd expect with Welsby, Lomax, Whitley, Hurrell and Bennison, but I think that's all from this game because he played all of it instead of Daryl Clark and there were so many point-scoring moments (19 out of a total of 71 for the season).
As the season developed, I was a little disappointed in how the matrix didn't seem to develop into an interesting pattern, but it really has developed after this.
The network graph has also developed with the lines in the centre becoming really thick.
The network diagram has become a large central blob with players hanging off if they play less often. I know Wingfield, Knowles and Walmsley have been injured, I think Davies was too, and Mbye is the spare hooker after Darryl Clark.
There were enough point-scoring moments that there are game-specific diagrams that are worth sharing.
10 out of the 17 man squad scored points, with Percival and Bennison on kicking duties and Waqa Blake scoring two tries.
Because this only covers one game, it's a very clear picture of who plays together.
It's even clearer on the network graph.
The players who stick out are the ones who were subbed at any point.
That Saints are still wrapping Percival up in cotton wool at minute 50, a pattern they've maintained through out.
I'm presuming they're trying to make sure he stays in one piece as he's signed up till 2026 - https://www.loverugbyleague.com/post/st-helens-stalwart-mark-percival-opens-up-on-why-hes-committed-his-long-term-future-to-club
There is starting to be a shape to when Saints score.
While it's nice to see consistent storing at minutes 51, 52, 60 and 70, I am also very happy with the cluster between minutes 34-40 where Saints have already had two point-scoring moments.
That's Purple for Percival, dominating the graph even if he does only play 50 out of 80 minutes.
Things have happened to the season-long matrix graph, I think because there were many point-scoring moments but several of the more fringe players were playing.
Welsby, Lomax and Whitley are still the darkest purple because they're still together most often.
Hurrell, Percival, Clark and Knowles play together less often than you'd expect.
Same for Blake, Mata'utia and Knowles.
Makinson and Knowles
and
Whitley and Knowles
I think the Knowles thing is because he's been injured but when he's fit he plays lots of minutes.
Sironen plays more often than you'd expect with Welsby and Lomax
Clark plays more often than you'd expect with Sironen and Dodd.
Mbye plays more often than you'd expect with Welsby, Lomax, Whitley, Hurrell and Bennison, but I think that's all from this game because he played all of it instead of Daryl Clark and there were so many point-scoring moments (19 out of a total of 71 for the season).
As the season developed, I was a little disappointed in how the matrix didn't seem to develop into an interesting pattern, but it really has developed after this.
The network graph has also developed with the lines in the centre becoming really thick.
The network diagram has become a large central blob with players hanging off if they play less often. I know Wingfield, Knowles and Walmsley have been injured, I think Davies was too, and Mbye is the spare hooker after Darryl Clark.