triggs Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Don't see the problem with it. It's basically just a way of showing which team created the better chances Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Fantastic goal Liverpool's 3rd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Mignolet is a clown. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Shearer slating Gini. Marvellous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I'm liking how Chelsea and Huddersfield have put their players names in a straight line on the back of their shirts instead of being arched. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Another good goal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 That Ozil handball is ages before the goal and gives him no advantage. Who cares? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Generally, the defending from set plays has been atrocious this week. Hopefully we can capitalise on that if it continues. I noticed last season every week we had new corner routines. Practiced and well drilled. Think this could be where we capitalise this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Shearer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Good goal from Rooney. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Great goal by Rooney like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Woah, Rooney looks really good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Shearer slating Gini. Marvellous. Spineless defending. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Woah, Rooney looks really good. He looked poor in recent years but one thing I noticed in the highlights is that there was much more space for him to pass the ball into/move into for his goal that he'd be used to at Man Utd where teams sit deep and defend. Could be a very good move Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Clubs like Stoke and West Brom just make you sick. Spending every season aspiring to be 17th. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Clubs like Stoke and West Brom just make you sick. Spending every season aspiring to be 17th. At least Stoke have brought in a few genuine flair players in the last couple of seasons. West Brom are such a non-entity it's a joke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 49% of their goals last season from set pieces, fucking hell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Mental isn't it. Like how do they even stay up so comfortably? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 By having absolutely no ambition to achieve anything in any cups or really win any scalps in the league, just set up defensively practise the set pieces and know incompetent teams will probably screw up more than you. Relegation rules should be changed two bottom two teams then whatever shithead team was the dullest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 49% of their goals last season from set pieces, f***ing hell. Seriously ? How far are we stretching how long a set piece lasts like ? Then again it's Pulis ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Why did Fletcher move from WBA to Stoke? 'Money ? Would've been a good signing for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 I think they just slip under the radar because they've worked out how to play percentages and not to take risks in all of their games. So when other teams are either failing or succeeding with risks, they're playing in a manner that'll pick up points enough of the time to keep them relatively safe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 It's a sane business model etc, but I do find sometimes pundits wank themselves over them while the best fans have to hope for is grinding out a 1-0 win against a top 10 team once in a while. I mean we have even less ambition in a way (well without Rafa in the equation) as we don't even seem to want to stay stably in the premier league but anyway, wish someone would call pulis out on being boring twat and not fawn over his continued success at stinking up the league Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
henke Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Wtf is expected goals? Can honestly say I've never seen that stat before. I'd love to know how they work out Palace 1.06 - 0.49 Huddersfield. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2017/07/25/expected-goals-xg-does-show-man-city-should-win-premier-league/ What are “expected goals” (xG)? To work out a team's “expected goals” (xG) for a match, every shot must be analysed and given an "Expected goal value" (EGV). EGV is the probability that any given shot will end up as a goal. As Patrick Lucey, director of data science at STATS, explains, EGV is based on a number of factors, such as where the shot was taken from, the proximity of defenders, the nature of the attack (i.e a direct free-kick or a penalty). The EGV of a shot assumes it is being taken by someone of average ability in the league, so it expects for instance that a shot from 10 yards out plum in front of goal with no defenders nearby has a high chance of ending up as a goal. From an analysis of every shot's EGV in a match, an "expected goals" (xG) figure can be placed on each team from that match. If a team has a higher xG figure than actual goals scored, it will broadly be because of wasteful finishing or good goalkeeping, or both. Likewise if a team is scoring more than its xG then it could be down to moments of individual brilliance from an attacker or say a goalkeeping error. What an absolute pile of wank. Cheers Dave. It's a load of shite but at least when we lose sometimes we'll be able to say that we should have won. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted August 12, 2017 Share Posted August 12, 2017 Not really sure how its a pile of shite. It's just a way of seeing who created the better chances Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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