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He's very much an 8. Needs to get on the ball deeper & carry it or pick passes from there. You're right though, he's clearly not trusted to play there which makes it look like a bit of a panic signing. I said this at the time of his signing:

Totally agree, I don't think we're using him correctly & despite flashes he's not doing enough. Not as simple as him just being "shit" though.

Android (Google Pixel) running Chrome.

Have done, still happening:

I'm still getting the massive banner in the middle of threads too.

I'm getting shedloads now too (on mobile). There's a permanent banner at bottom (I wouldn't call it small, it's very obtrusive) plus a pop up that reappears even after you close it. Then some threads seem to have an ad in-between the posts.

This is interesting. Basically, despite obvious flaws & underperformance, he's doing well with his goals per 90 already but what it demonstrates is that he's incredible at getting himself in scoring opportunities. Now, if only he can convert a few more...

Either way, brings us back to the point of why single shot xG is not reliable.

Vidigal is 3 yards out & unmarked with keeper out of position. He could have just headed it into a pretty empty net tbf but, for some reason, decided to turn his back & go for the spectacular. Couldn't believe what I was seeing. Surprised his manager didn't hook him there & then.

I always find this interesting & a good explanation from Rasmus Ankersen (then DoF at Brentford) for those new to data analytics:

Which is why it's calculated by xPts from each game.

Yeah, that's basically it. The whole point of xG is to be utilised over a period of time, the longer the better really to analyse. Single game xG & single chance xG will be massively flawed for the reasons everyone is pointing out in this thread. Over a long enough dataset though they are proven...

Meanwhile Jordan Henderson is earning approx. £375k per week to play in front of 600 people.

Awful defending that.

Great to see Sterling getting back to his best this season, really should have been recalled to the England squad.

Let down by his VAR again imo.

For once I agree with Carragher. Yes it's a foul by Cucurella which is understandably what Anthony Taylor has seen but it's a foul by Haaland first to get himself into that situation.

As expected with the lineup, zero creativity. 😴 Need to be more direct down the channels to cause them any sort of problems.