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  1. Mucca Mad Boys

    New number one needed

    That’s a stat for shot difficulty which measures how easy/difficult the shots have been for the GK and Collins and Allsopp have faced the ‘easiest’ chances. It’s why you measure xG as well. The premise of this stat that of all the shots a GK has had to face, how goals should they have conceded...
  2. Mucca Mad Boys

    Player stats 23/24

    How do you get that from those stats? 😂 That is textbook, reading whatever you want from a statistic. MR has mentioned it enough times that our defending hasn’t been good enough, giving up 9 shots in the box against Ipswich is not all Collins fault. Our defending last season was so much better...
  3. Mucca Mad Boys

    New number one needed

    How would you measure performance, if not statistics? Performance athletes need objective markers of good performance. What does physical presence even mean to you and specifically, how do you measure it?
  4. Mucca Mad Boys

    New number one needed

    That’s why save % is also covered as well as PSxG. His April stats l would almost definitely be a lot worse and the pertinent point here is that he really hasn’t been as bad as some have claimed this season. ‘Command of box’ gets mentioned a lot, the best keeper for this category will stop...
  5. Mucca Mad Boys

    Hamer deal details

    £2m in the kitty? Get in.
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    Sheaf

    The club has a 5 year plan and in the next 5 seasons, the expectation is to make the playoffs 3 of those seasons. We were in the playoff race more or less till the end. Objectively, it was a success because we met expectations. There’s a worrying trend of how teams who lose the playoff final...
  7. Mucca Mad Boys

    New number one needed

    That’s not what the stats are saying at all and you know it. Shows how much you read because it’s out of 31 GKs, not 20 and Ramsdale is ranked 19/31 and Raya is ranked 21st. The GKs playing for mid table / lower table teams are always over represented partly because they face more shots than...
  8. Mucca Mad Boys

    New number one needed

    Well, what does the data analytics community know that Grendel doesn’t? It does show that Collins has had the ‘easiest’ difficulty of shots faced alongside Allsop so really Collins should be performing better. Equally, the argument he’s one of the worst GKs we’ve had for years just doesn’t make...
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    Sheaf

    What’s your expectation on our budget? The phrase “I’d have bought a ‘quality’ Championship striker” as if these players are readily available at a good price. Generally, they’re not. We’ve signed players from around 7 or 8 different leagues this season and we’ve finished 9th in the...
  10. Mucca Mad Boys

    New number one needed

    Enjoy. Bradley Collins has the highest shot saved % on 76.5% and second highest shot stops per 90m (Fotmob). @clint van damme for good measure. https://fbref.com/en/comps/10/keepers/Championship-Stats https://fbref.com/en/comps/10/keepersadv/Championship-Stats...
  11. Mucca Mad Boys

    New number one needed

    Have a look at the stats from the link I posted, a lot of GKs have conceded more goals than they should have. There’s a glossary of what each field means. I’ll use Cov as an example: As a team, our xG ‘post-shot’ for goals conceded is 52.1 goals, and the goals we’ve conceded (non-FK and...
  12. Mucca Mad Boys

    New number one needed

    For what it’s worth, I agree. Especially if we want to progress and it probably isn’t the number 1 priority as this season shown we had too thin a squad. I just don’t like the toxic narrative a lot of people have towards Collins. It’s the same with Burge, apparently not good enough for L2 yet...
  13. Mucca Mad Boys

    New number one needed

    If you really believe that and have looked into the stats, you wouldn’t hold the opinions you do on Collins. He’s saved more goals than he’s let in and one of the highest match ratings in the league. What you’re saying doesn’t hold up against the numbers. Specifically, relating to him starting...
  14. Mucca Mad Boys

    New number one needed

    That’s completely the wrong way around… This season has ended on a whimper because we have a thin squad and it got too much for them. Again, if you can win the golden glove with Ben Wilson in goal, GK really isn’t as important as you think. The Mourinho and SAF maxims about GKs being worth...
  15. Mucca Mad Boys

    New number one needed

    I agree, the amount of gift wrap goals we’ve conceded in April is a joke. Correct me if I’m wrong here @Saddlebrains, something has probably changed from MR’s perspective too. The early prospective targets you listed did not include a GK and now we’re looking at a new Number 1. Was this always...
  16. Mucca Mad Boys

    Solid, regular, back 5.

    Without knowing DL’s specific coaching responsibilities, it’s hard to tell. I’d imagine it would impact some of the teams cohesion, for sure. Defensively, the picture wasn’t amazing before DL left, we’d still only kept 3 CS against Stoke, Maidstone and Rotherham. Our xG for and against was...
  17. Mucca Mad Boys

    New number one needed

    Which applies to more than just Collins. Even past the individual mistakes we make as a team, we concede far too many shots at goal and in dangerous areas. The defensive structure is higher priority and there will be both tactical and coaching changes to be made to improve that area. MR in his...
  18. Mucca Mad Boys

    New number one needed

    Why do the stats indicate otherwise?
  19. Mucca Mad Boys

    What did Ipswich get right?

    Would FFP have prevented our manoeuvrability? We’ve committed almost all of the Hamer & Vik revenue on signings. We signing Torp and then EMC which we believed wouldn’t involve the loan back deal until the last minute. Hull went all out in the loan market and that got them nowhere really, if we...
  20. Mucca Mad Boys

    Solid, regular, back 5.

    Stats don’t lie whereas our subjective opinions on anything do because they are impacted by our emotions. So we get bedwetting all the time. The stats also indicate our defending has not been good all season, even during the purple patch. Every position needs to be improved if we want to get...
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