Match Thread Coventry City - Queens Park Rangers Match Thread - Saturday 23rd Aug (1 Viewer)

Jamesimus

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Really don’t get the animosity towards xG. Sometimes it tells the story of the game, sometimes it doesn’t. Same as pretty much all stats in isolation.

Ah no, I think it’s generally pretty useful tbh. Just didn’t particularly understand yesterday’s figure / how it was so little. Felt like I knew the ball was going to hit the back of the net before it did for at least 3 of them!
 

shmmeee

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Ah no, I think it’s generally pretty useful tbh. Just didn’t particularly understand yesterday’s figure / how it was so little.

I think “everything we hit went in” is a pretty accurate story of the game tbh.
 

SBT

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Ah no, I think it’s generally pretty useful tbh. Just didn’t particularly understand yesterday’s figure / how it was so little. Felt like I knew the ball was going to hit the back of the net before it did for at least 3 of them!
I also don’t understand how QPR supposedly had 47% possession but there we are! (I imagine most of it was their CB passing back to their keeper at goal kicks)
 

Houchens Head

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If you’ve ever said “that was an easy chance” then you too indulge in this crap.
I don't get the connection??? If I thought to myself, "That was an easy chance", I wouldn't make up a stupid meaningless statistic about it.
 

procdoc

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No thanks. Coke in particular is a horrible drug, and I've seen it ruin people's lives.
So what makes you rant to a forum at 3am when everyone else is asleep about Ben Sheaf, when no one has even mentioned him 😂
 

Chicken Mcgraw

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Ah no, I think it’s generally pretty useful tbh. Just didn’t particularly understand yesterday’s figure / how it was so little. Felt like I knew the ball was going to hit the back of the net before it did for at least 3 of them!

XG is a great stat in my opinion. Far more useful than most
 

torchomatic

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Not many people at the Rushden & Diamonds game at HR then… actually we only had about 10,000 fans in those days.

Took my then girlfriend to that. Was that the game Richie Partridge played a blinder? What a player he was.
 

torchomatic

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Warwickhunt

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If we can reproduce Saturdays attacking form then yes I would expect a win, but let's give Oxford credit they will not roll over like QPR ! So don't get upset if the game is a pile of shite!
 

shmmeee

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I don't get the connection??? If I thought to myself, "That was an easy chance", I wouldn't make up a stupid meaningless statistic about it.

What does “easy” mean?

Means most people would score it? You just did statistics. XG is just a numeric version of “most” or “some” or “my nan an she’s been dead for years”
 

Houchens Head

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What does “easy” mean?

Means most people would score it? You just did statistics. XG is just a numeric version of “most” or “some” or “my nan an she’s been dead for years”
You said it first. Don't you know?
Dictionary definition to help you....
Achieved without great effort; presenting few difficulties.
 

shmmeee

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You said it first. Don't you know?

I do if you keep reading. All statistics is is putting definite point on what “easy” “hard” “likely” “unlikely” means. If you’ve used those words then you’ve used statistics just in a more imprecise way.
 

Houchens Head

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I do if you keep reading. All statistics is is putting definite point on what “easy” “hard” “likely” “unlikely” means. If you’ve used those words then you’ve used statistics just in a more imprecise way.
I give up. You stick to your xg crap. I'll just keep ignoring it. 🤣
 

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