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Some of those graphs do, because they use actual not expected data. The last one using expected goals for and expected goals against has us performing much better than we actually are. It only has any worth if you then compare it against actual goals for/against. 1.19 actual goals against per...

No idea why he brought it up at all. Does seem like quite an extreme reaction, especially for the length of time, to just go out looking for revenge on anyone and that shouldn't be tolerated. Anger I can understand. Revenge against the perpetrator I can understand. Revenge against anyone at all...

If they're scoring off every drive, yes. That Rams-Chiefs game was an exception though because both teams were doing it. You were expecting them to score but it was incredible to watch. I prefer a more even game where they'll score a TD, next drive have to punt, then get a FG, then get...

But it took quite a few things going 'wrong' in the way he wanted to play before he did actually change it. It didn't come across as a willingness to try something different it was more an absolute lack of choice with what was available. Start of this season when he'd done some recruitment and...

I sort of agree with you, but part of the problem is that the players know that the manager will get the heave rather than them (who will at a minimum get to run their contract down) and so can cause problems for a manager they don't like by causing unrest until he's fired. That for me is one...

I agree with Nick. I can understand how before a game xG could be useful in a bookies type situation but after a game it's irrelvant - the expected number of goals in that game after the match is how many you ended up scoring. For me, xG is only useful if you plot it against actual goals -...

Yeah. As much I enjoy a points fest (Rams-Chiefs etc) these games can be enthralling in their own right. You wonder how long can a team keep that level up for. And I'd prefer either of those to a one-sided blowout - often fall asleep during those because they're so boring and predicatable.

For myself, the biggest reason would be tiredness. I'm not a natural athlete and that fatigue can just get you to skew a shot. But in shooting drills in training I'd expect to get everything on target, with either foot, even if the keeper saved it. Even stuff like volleys I'd be expecting the...

____________Burge Sterling___ Willis___ Hyam___Mason ______Meyler_________ Kelly ___Thomas__ Bright___ Bayliss ____________Chaplin Subs: Addai, Grimmer, Davies, Westbrooke, Wakefield, Hiwula, Baka At the moment fully expecting a defeat. Chances are MR will set us up more defensively away from...

He did seem to show far more strength at the back than up front, where in a lot of those challenges he'd have just fallen on his backside. I can't help but think his skillset is better suited to a CB, but his ego and personality unfortunately isn't.

Has Eli done himself and the Giants a favour and retired yet? He really ought to - it's becoming a bit embarrassing now.

Undoubtedly best team won - totally outclassed the Rams and should feel lucky it didn't end up a rout. Got their defence to thank for that and how they kept that level up despite spending so much time on the pitch is a massive achievement. Think I'm right in saying only one redzone possession...

Quite a few of the games recently have been against teams towards the bottom of the league, albeit some had gone on a decent run of results just prior to playing us. When we get back to playing the top 6 we'll somehow manage to get three points, I'm sure of it.

I'm all for looking at transfers with one eye on the future (even though at this level it's a hiding to nothing as any that do come good are off sharpish and you're out looking again) but if you're going to spend decent money (for this league) on strikers as a manager you'd have to make sure at...

That's a huge H&S violation! How did they all fit in - people standing on the concourse with people on their shoulders and people on their shoulders like an acrobatic troupe?

If that's true then either they should stop looking at messageboards (though I feel it might be more social media which can be aimed more directly at an individual, in which case they shouldn't bother with those platforms either). If you're that affected by fans opinion then maybe professional...

You'd have thought someone by now would've taken Thomas aside and just told him that wherever it is he aims at the goal, just aim it 2 yards further inwards. Like that old Simpson's episode where Marge is taught how to bowl by the French guy.

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. All that flurry of transfer activity, and we still go out and do exactly the same as before. Dominate possession, look good and in control, miss chances and look toothless at set pieces, defensive fuck up and we don't win. We should've won that by 3 or...

Going for squatter's rights then?

Because I was looking for a pacy wide player, which Wakefield supposedly is. Westbrooke isn't. Or would you prefer yet another player playing out wide who isn't comfortable there, putting a weakness into the team and negating most of Westbrooke's qualities? I couldn't put him in Bright's...