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Most unreliable stats going to judge a goalkeeper on, or probably in the whole of football tbh. Doesn't take into account quantity or quality of shots faced.

The defence has done well. He faces fewer difficult shots than almost anyone else in the league.

If it's last year then the only player they paid a fee for (or didn't pay as it turns out) is Ahmedhodzic, one of the best players in the league.

Amazing the disrespect he still gets tbh. Couple of incredible facts from his tenure:

Looked too high up on his arm to me.

Turned down lots of other Championship clubs to go there & work with Rosenior again.

He didn't.

Unbelievable... Only an 18 month ban too. Sickening. https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12789094/fa-concludes-john-yems-is-not-a-conscious-racist-despite-outlining-a-string-of-offensive-racial-remarks

Yeah, that is true too. Sometimes you can be too close to an incident though I suppose. I do sometimes think the point I made before about them being instructed not to get too involved backfires as then they are reluctant to assist at all even when better placed.

They're often told not to tbf as agreed with the referee (except throw ins, offsides etc.) "Assist not insist" is the usual instruction. They will be in constant contact with the ref via headset though.

Our average shot distance is 19.2 yards . Doesn't have to be a good shot!

Given the way Everton are ran, I'd be very surprised if it wasn't true.

If you just want to know how many "Big Chances" we have had then yeah that's pretty easy. We rank joint 13th for this with 30, same as Sunderland, Blackburn & Huddersfield. Opta Definition of a "Big Chance" "A situation where a player should reasonably be expected to score usually in a...

Yeah, I don't disagree on the whole, just adding more context. We have also been awarded 5 penalties (2nd most) which will massively bump up the xG too.

As last season, we take a lot of shots from poor situations. We have more long shots than any other team in the league.

This is the argument I don't get whenever you hear "ex players should be referees etc." A) 90% of them don't know/understand the Laws of the Game. B) Why would they want to for the (relatively) small salary given what they earn/earned elsewhere. C) If they are all some footballing geniuses...

I don't know, just my cynical view. Bans etc. are all incredibly lenient though don't you think? If they were serious about it then assaulting an official should be a lifetime ban from all forms of the game not a small amount of months ban from a certain league/competition.

Good god...