Expected Goals (xG)

[Robin127]

So Leicester are still above Utd, I like that.

 

[Miles Away]

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I've found our games quite entertaining thus far.

 

[popillius]

I've found our games quite entertaining thus far.

No you haven't. The stats tell you that you haven't. ****ing idiot.

 

[popillius]

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Nurse, Nurse! He's out of bed again....

 

[Robin127]

No you haven't. The stats tell you that you haven't. ****ing idiot.

Maybe the entertainment comes from watching if the game matches the (projected) stats.

 

[bocadillo]

Maybe the entertainment comes from watching if the game matches the (projected) stats.

But they're not projected; you haven't been listening. Even an xG is not known about until after event. MisnomersRthem!

 

[Robin127]

Maybe he has got a crystal ball.

 

[popillius]

Maybe he is talking ball.

Give that man a biscuit.

 

[Brown Nose]

Vaguely interesting that the top four (real not xG) are the top four sides for passing.

Man City 6,493
Liverpool 5,875
Chelsea 5,707
Leicester 5,431

We've always been very sniffy about these stats but the way we worked Southampton around suggested that there is a method to it.

Next best is Spurs with 5,275.

 

[pork pie fox]

Vaguely interesting that the top four (real not xG) are the top four sides for passing.

Man City 6,493
Liverpool 5,875
Chelsea 5,707
Leicester 5,431

We've always been very sniffy about these stats but the way we worked Southampton around suggested that there is a method to it.

Next best is Spurs with 5,275.

So long as it's doing something constructive with the ball, it's a good thing. It's when it's passing for passing's sake, that it's pointless.

 

[Lako42]

So long as it's doing something constructive with the ball, it's a good thing. It's when it's passing for passing's sake, that it's pointless.

Puelball

 

[pork pie fox]

Puelball

Quite

 

[glyn]

So long as it's doing something constructive with the ball, it's a good thing. It's when it's passing for passing's sake, that it's pointless.

yes that’s spot on. I watched Wales play this month and thought our possession play was very Puel-like, with no attacking intent and wasting our world class talent up front.

 

[tedfoxxx]

yes that’s spot on. I watched Wales play this month and thought our possession play was very Puel-like, with no attacking intent and wasting our world class talent up front.

What do you make of Giggs?

 

[fitz]

What do you make of Giggs?

There's a manager who can lead by example. Pretending to be injured for friendlies and such like. Smashing bunch of lads.

 

[fitz]

I still like the points system. Get more for a win than a draw, more for a draw than a defeat. I'll admit I'm a bit of a dinosaur.

 

[Robin127]

There's a manager who can lead by example....

A man with exemplary morals.

 

[fitz]

A man with exemplary morals.

A smashing bunch of back doors in

 

[Brown Nose]

The xG top six (with difference to actual points in brackets):

Man City - 28 points (+3)
Liverpool - 24 points (-10)
Chelsea - 23 points (-3)
Man Utd - 23 points (+7)
Everton - 20 points (+6)
Leicester - 18 points (-8)

 

[Brown Nose]

Man City, Chelsea and Liverpool are the top three in xG this season.

Leicester are 14th. Southampton have a higher xG than we do.

Meanwhile, we have the 4th best defence after Man Utd, Liverpool and Everton.