Match Thread Rotherham United FC - Coventry City Match Thread - Wednesday 25th Oct (2 Viewers)
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They only started playing when they realised we posed as much threat as a basket of newly born kittens.
If we’d have backed off immediately from KO such as Bristol and Rotherham, we’d have been annihilated. But good old Coventry City, gift them all you like, they’ll do nothing about it.
If we’d have backed off immediately from KO such as Bristol and Rotherham, we’d have been annihilated. But good old Coventry City, gift them all you like, they’ll do nothing about it.
‘I tell you if Rathbone don’t win player of the season there’s no justice’
That's my big gripe, he hasn't brought in players to dominate the ball, yet changes style.MR has always wanted us to dominate the ball but has been pragmatic enough to change it up as needed.
His argument, probably rightly, is that style of football is more sustainable long-term but we're clearly struggling massively with it at the moment.
I was fully behind the Hadji Wright signing because, stylistically, he wasn't massively dissimilar to Gyokeres. We have then completely pivoted away from the style of play that would suit him...
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It usually comes when theres an injury that forces him into a decision to be fair.
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He had xA of 5.93 last season which put him in the 70th percentile 0.15 per 90 mins. He got 4 assists and a goal last season.
For context
Palmer 0.17 per 90 mins
Allen 0.12 per 90 mins
Sheaf 0.15 per 90 mins
Last season Dasilva had xA of 0.12, the season before that 0.16. It is higher his season currently at 0.20 but we are playing different style of football, with 2 strikers with more options in the box.
He isn't massively more attacking than Bidwell. And the difference in quality between the two is negligible, they just have different playing styles and strengths.
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Not sure where you're getting your stats from, I have Dasilva's numbers the same as yours but Bidwell's are way off that where I'm looking (fbref.com).
It shows Bidwell as xA of 2.5 for last season.
Yes he has and point well made if I was mocking him, I was offering an opinion that Grenada are probably not Championship level (or better!) as you claimed
for reference, Jamaica's last 10 opponents...
| Jordan |
| United States |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
| Guatemala |
| Mexico |
| Honduras |
| Haiti |
| Grenada |
| Haiti |
I got them from here
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Using the Rotherham game as an example, Dasilva delivered 4 crosses into dangerous areas that we won first contact on:
54: Simms’ headed chance
85: Sakamoto glanced wide
95: O’Hare glanced wide
96: Thomas put header wide
I don’t think his delivery has been particularly lacking in many games.
Once you realise ‘possession’ is just number of passes completed it makes more sense.
If you go through the current squads for those teams on Wikipedia, you realise how dumb slowpoke's comment was.
One of them is a team even Haji Wright can’t get into
Wright can't get into this team at the moment.
He has the same number of assists as Bidwell had at this stage last season. A lot of the complaints seem overblown to me.
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Rotherham were shit.
It is worrying me a bit that MR keeps talking about missed chances and not how poor our performance was generally.
100%. Dasilva was on the half way line. Here's Fadz crossing the ball.
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Strange place for McFadzean to be100%. Dasilva was on the half way line. Here's Fadz crossing the ball.
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