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Can only assume people thinking Man Utd are a shoe in for 6th haven't watched them play this season. They're not a good team.

Like any stat it's not perfect and it's power comes from knowing how and when to use it. The thing I like about xG is there's no meaningful way to manipulate it. You get a higher xG by creating a larger number of good quality chances which is how you win games of football. And for the most part xG passes the eye test. There's flaws of course. Own goals as was mentioned above. The wood chance. Fernandes' chance on understat shows as 0.01 which as good a finish as it was isn't right. And whilst xPts can simulate based on chances created after the fact it can't take into account the effect of momentum on a game. But I overall like it. How can you not like the stats that understat currently have Man Utd as 15th in the table?

Understat have fractional xPts so whatever they do isn't as simple as higher xG = 3pts. 4th again for us on there. https://understat.com/league/EPL

That's an awful challenge.

Fuck off

Of course.

Watching the replay of the goal I can't help but wonder what would have happened had Longstaff been the one getting that chance.

Liverpool doing their best to keep man Utd in this.

How the fuck wasn't that a goal

This football just looks like someone has spilt loads of ink on it.

Against anyone other than man Utd that's a free kick for Liverpool there.

Man Utd turned up for a game of basketball again.

Lineker was suggesting something similar on MOTD yesterday. I'm not sure how a challenge system would work in practice though in terms of relaying that you wish to challenge in the right timeframes. The other issue is the subjective mess (that's an autocorrect for subjectiveness but I think it works) of the calls. Say a team rightly thinks they should have a penalty but VAR is like nah, you have a case but stick with on field decision. You've now lost your challenge and don't get to go for the stone wallers. Just bin the whole thing. I don't see how they can keep going like this. I'm still not sure what problem it was designed to solve.

The fundamental issue with VAR and ruling goals out is that it approaches the issue with the mindset of "I need to find a reason to disallow this goal". See us and Wolves today. Instead they should be looking for reasons why the goal should be allowed to stand and give the benefit of the doubt to the attacking team and should only interject when there has been an obvious error. For a good example of this approach see our goal Vs Arsenal earlier in the season.

Their player jumps back into Burn. If anything he's the one that was fouled. Burn just pushes him away so he doesn't go over himself.

Pahahahah

This is the best result for us isn't it? Keeps man Utd in check and Chelsea (who have a game over us) a bit further back.

lols

This is just basketball

Thought that should have been a clear yellow for Antony.

They really need to give Palmer his how not to be a twat training.

Nice to know we don't have the worst keeper in the league.

Fuck this guy. Get him out of the club asap.

We're now 4th in Expected Points on Understat: https://understat.com/league/EPL CL confirmed! Man Utd 14th. The one thing they've got going for them in finishing 6th is they've somehow already got points on the board. But this current incarnation are a solidly mid-table team. They're by no means a shoe in for 6th.

Almost like it's his position.