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I liked the look of Rak-Sakyi the other day. Raw, but promising.

Yeah, I just never took that to mean he is among the fastest players in Europe.

Ha, this is true. I wouldn't blink an eye at Mbappe or Rashford hitting these speeds. Tonali does not jump off the screen as fast - it's pretty wild.

Found an article from a couple years ago where he hit a similar speed with Milan. Now I'm just going to be more annoyed the next time I see him jogging back.

Damn, that is fast. To the point that it almost seems hard to believe. That's a faster speed than anyone has hit in the NFL so far this season, which is topped by two guys who have run sub-10.20 100 meters.

The new Anfield stand is approaching year four since they went through local approvals. They've had various delays (Covid, contractor issues) but there was also five years before that where they had initial plans and then switched them. It's certainly possible, but given the complexity of the various elements it seems really unlikely to me.

Unless things accelerate very quickly to shovels in the ground I assume this means no expansion until after 2028, right?

This is so dull.

Just looked it up. Since 1988 a 10 has only been handed out 14 times. Seems to mostly be when a player scores 3+. 8 for Bruno and Eddie is very high praise.

We've just played 6 in 19 and will be 7 in 23 after Sunday. Crucial international break. If we win this one we are absolutely flying.

The stats back you up pretty much across the board. He played 19 passes to Bruno's 35 and Longstaff's 28. Only 58% accuracy compared to 71% and 86%. He had 0 shots compared to 3 combined by the other two. He had less touches and 0 tackles (compared to 2 each for Bruno and Longstaff). He did have two interceptions. WhoScored ratings: Bruno: 7.5 Longstaff: 7.85 Tonali: 6.48 (the lowest of the starting outfield players) That said, I do think it was an improvement and another positive step since halftime of the City game.

There are different models out there, so it may depend and this is an area that has been evolving. Isak's and Almiron's shots can be evaluated in isolation in terms of the opportunity for each, but as a team Newcastle could only score one goal from that sequence which is accounted for in adjusted xG. From FBref, which uses Opta: So if that was Nurnberg's only attack the whole game they would end with a team xG of 0.93, but they'd have a player with an xG of 0.79 and a player with an xG of 0.69.

"I think here at home we don't have a choice really in how we best need to play." Dortmund better be ready.

9 was the lowest 2nd place finisher last year (Dortmund). Three teams went through with 10 points. The average was 11.375 as there were a few groups dominated by two teams. Two years ago the average was 9.75 and at a glance most looked more competitive. You'd expect our group to be a lower number at this point (unless we run away with it with PSG).

I think it's because of the positioning of the defender and the goalkeeper. xG does not account for the fact that the attacker is 6'7" and also a local boy staring at a chance to score a Champions League goal. If it knew that the xG would be 1.0.

Just watched the highlights (again). Schar's goal is instantly iconic, but in 20 years the first one will provide a great snapshot of this team. It starts with a half-hearted press, but then PSG play the ball back to a CB again and at that moment Gordon, who had been all the way on the right because of the FK before, pushes in. Tonali has the RB covered, Isak is blocking a path to the other CB, and Longstaff and Bruno are on the CMs. In a split second it went from an innocuous situation to danger, forcing a turnover. And then I love a good rebound goal and this one is complete with Miggy's one-footedness in all its glory.

Top of the group after Matchday 2. Incredible. That's another £2.4m in the coffers.

Does not compute

THIS FUCKING TEAM

Bruno

That was exhausting. Can't believe we have to do it again.

So hard to press players this technically good. Making a couple mistakes but I also don't think we can do this for 90 minutes.

Pope's kicking on full display so far.

And Andres Cordero. Ugh.

The Paramount crew seems genuinely blown away by the atmosphere.