ToonArmy1892 Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 I'm not sure number of shots taken is indicative of very much at all tbh. Yea, if you score early in games you are likely to have less shots as you try and defend the lead etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Robbie Fowler has been appointed head coach of Australia’s official basket case club, Brisbane Roar. Proper weird. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 The Spanish FA is in talks to hold the Spanish Supercopa in fucking Saudi Arabia, for the next 6 years. Fuck this shit, fuck it with fire. Disgusting. No fucking morals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Thing is with stats, some of them are interesting so you hire a statistician, then realise that there isn't really a lot for them to do, so they waste their time collating statistics that actually mean fuck all. Estimated goals? FFS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 I'm not sure number of shots taken is indicative of very much at all tbh. Yea, if you score early in games you are likely to have less shots as you try and defend the lead etc. Biggest issue is the quality of chances. This stat would suggest City are over achieving in terms of goals scored. Man City create quality chances. A lot of their goals are ultimately tap-ins. Shots from within the 6 yard box. They don’t take that many speculative shots from distance. Expected goals is a better indication of fret. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6952189/FA-scrap-tradition-awarding-case-champagne-FA-Cup-winners.html?ito=social-facebook&fbclid=IwAR0m2DIK5lkbFhT2Zy_K83ULv1Kh9_J04v5nEiFP8wkSMKRzdSnqgex4nPU An FA spokesman said: 'Winning teams will be awarded with non-alcoholic 'champagne' for their celebrations in all FA competitions, starting from this year's Emirates FA Cup Final. 'This is to ensure that we are as inclusive as possible to players and communities who may be prohibited from alcohol, as well as any players who are under 18.' Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6952189/FA-scrap-tradition-awarding-case-champagne-FA-Cup-winners.html?ito=social-facebook&fbclid=IwAR0m2DIK5lkbFhT2Zy_K83ULv1Kh9_J04v5nEiFP8wkSMKRzdSnqgex4nPU An FA spokesman said: 'Winning teams will be awarded with non-alcoholic 'champagne' for their celebrations in all FA competitions, starting from this year's Emirates FA Cup Final. 'This is to ensure that we are as inclusive as possible to players and communities who may be prohibited from alcohol, as well as any players who are under 18.' I don’t see the problem with it. Alcohol is a major problem in society, and it’s being replaced with an non-alcoholic version. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Yep, good idea. Also for people from different cultures. Stricter in the USA, I did social media for the Brazil World Cup and you couldn't post a photo of the MOTM if he was under 21 because Budweiser was the sponsor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Thing is with stats, some of them are interesting so you hire a statistician, then realise that there isn't really a lot for them to do, so they waste their time collating statistics that actually mean fuck all. Estimated goals? FFS. Agreed. Too much emphasis on stats nowadays. Becoming far too Americanised in the sense that their popular sports rely heavily on stats for analysis. How do you quantify heart, passion, flair etc? You don’t. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 "Heart" and "passion" doesn't need to be quantified as it's just bullshit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Average shots per a game table this season 1st Chelsea 15.6 2nd Liverpool 15.1 3nd Spurs 13.9 4th Man City 13.6 5th Leicester 13.6 6th Man Utd 13.5 7th Crystal Palace 12.8 8th Southamton 12.7 9th Everton 12.6 10th Wolves 12.6 11th Arsenal 12.1 12th Fulham 12.1 13th Newcastle 11.7 14th Bournemouth 11.5 15th West Ham 11.2 16th Watford 11.1 17th Huddersfield 10.8 18th Cardiff 10.7 19th Brighton 10 20th Burnley 9.7 Who surprises you most? Palace, Newcastle, Bournemouth, West Ham, Watford seem to be the ones most opposite to what the pundits like to make out. Is there an xG version of this? That'd be interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 https://footballtown.com/collections/vintage-clubs-collection/products/the-seahorse Looks canny Almost all of these look amazing, by the way. Hard to pick a favourite, although anything Boca has a great shout. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6952189/FA-scrap-tradition-awarding-case-champagne-FA-Cup-winners.html?ito=social-facebook&fbclid=IwAR0m2DIK5lkbFhT2Zy_K83ULv1Kh9_J04v5nEiFP8wkSMKRzdSnqgex4nPU An FA spokesman said: 'Winning teams will be awarded with non-alcoholic 'champagne' for their celebrations in all FA competitions, starting from this year's Emirates FA Cup Final. 'This is to ensure that we are as inclusive as possible to players and communities who may be prohibited from alcohol, as well as any players who are under 18.' I don’t see the problem with it. Alcohol is a major problem in society, and it’s being replaced with an non-alcoholic version. It's a problem because it is ingrained in our culture.. Having a non-alcoholic substitutwe doesn't change that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Looking forward to next seasons winners being handed a bottle of Coke (which has to face the camera, and be carried by the player at all times) with their winners medal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 "Heart" and "passion" doesn't need to be quantified as it's just bullshit Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Former Barça prez Sandro Rosell absolved from money laundering during his dealings with the Brazilian FA (that was before he became our president). This was one of the legs FIFAgate, and reading the sentence it sounds like "dude was probably dirty, but it's not proven beyond reasonable doubt". He's spent two years in jail awaiting trial... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate End Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Average shots per a game table this season 1st Chelsea 15.6 2nd Liverpool 15.1 3nd Spurs 13.9 4th Man City 13.6 5th Leicester 13.6 6th Man Utd 13.5 7th Crystal Palace 12.8 8th Southamton 12.7 9th Everton 12.6 10th Wolves 12.6 11th Arsenal 12.1 12th Fulham 12.1 13th Newcastle 11.7 14th Bournemouth 11.5 15th West Ham 11.2 16th Watford 11.1 17th Huddersfield 10.8 18th Cardiff 10.7 19th Brighton 10 20th Burnley 9.7 Who surprises you most? Palace, Newcastle, Bournemouth, West Ham, Watford seem to be the ones most opposite to what the pundits like to make out. Is there an xG version of this? That'd be interesting. I never take xG stats serious since they viewed the Moussa Sissoko chance at Liverpool as a 11% chance of a goal type chance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 "Heart" and "passion" doesn't need to be quantified as it's just bullshit So atmosphere IE. passion doesn't play a part in a game of football? I'll add a few more key elements of football which cannot be quantified... Leadership, determination, spirit, tenacity, drive... I've seen football matches won by those qualities many times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-6952189/FA-scrap-tradition-awarding-case-champagne-FA-Cup-winners.html?ito=social-facebook&fbclid=IwAR0m2DIK5lkbFhT2Zy_K83ULv1Kh9_J04v5nEiFP8wkSMKRzdSnqgex4nPU An FA spokesman said: 'Winning teams will be awarded with non-alcoholic 'champagne' for their celebrations in all FA competitions, starting from this year's Emirates FA Cup Final. 'This is to ensure that we are as inclusive as possible to players and communities who may be prohibited from alcohol, as well as any players who are under 18.' Nothing wrong with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate End Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Apparently Norwich have set a limit of just £20million spending money if they come up Definitely going to be next seasons whipping boys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Flip side, Fulham spending 100m totally destroyed the team that got them promoted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 https://www.football365.com/news/dirty-city-solskjaer-was-right-to-call-man-city-on-tactical-fouls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate End Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Flip side, Fulham spending 100m totally destroyed the team that got them promoted I don’t agree. If they played the team they came up with for a full season with Jokanovic as manager I honestly think they would have conceded over 100 goals and ended up on like 9 points. Their board were the ones that actually gave them a chance of staying by giving Jokanovic over £100million problem was he setup his team in a way that gave them absolutely no chance of staying up. Rafa would have kept up that £100million Fulham squad easily. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 most succesful promoted teams don't do what fulham did. Sure add to the squad but for the first season at least most sides keep the core of the promotion team and replace that team over time. Tbh I don't think its ever a great idea to make wholesale changes to a team in one window Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie_b Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 A few key quality additions and squad strengthening is what promoted teams need. Fulham destroyed their pattern of play (which was probably the best in the Championship for 2 years) and any team understanding, they will now destroy their squad and morale when the majority of players leave. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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