Match Thread Stoke City - Coventry City Match Thread - Saturday 8th Nov (26 Viewers)

[long way home]

Massive player for us and to see him back in squads would be another threat opposition teams would need to worry about. The only positive of him being out is knowing we do have other qualities within the squad, Jack definitely adds to that and does give something different which is a great thing for FL. Lets hope he gets on grass this week, has 2 weeks more and is ready to be named in the squad after international return.

 

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[Johhny Blue]

Wish I understood all these stats

It’s simple. When they’re posted a lot we’re doing well.

 

[Johhny Blue]

Hope Rudoni makes a 15-20 min cameo appearance and gives everyone a lift.

WTF does he drive?

 

[Johhny Blue]

The Braille is probably to let them know its a lift and not a traffic light

Or a portable toilet

 

[blunted]

Fingers crossed, no injuries or illness for us.

 

[Johhny Blue]

I forgot, a pandemic that closes the league at this point. Team currently on top declared champions.

If it happens again this year I’m going to block everyone in Sunderland

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

See this is the root cause of your skepticism, you don’t understand how they are generated but briefly no, they are not arbitrary.

xG is based on the statistical likelihood of scoring based on the position on the pitch the shot was taken. A shot within a few yards of goal has a high xG, 0.7 maybe, you could still blaze it over but on average you’re more than likely to score than not.

Stoke won a game 1-0 with a shot with an xG of 0.01. It was from far out and wide, presumably a cross that drifted in. So yeah, in an individual games it just tells you how good the chances you created were but over the course of a season things will revert to the mean.

But surely you have to take into account other factors. For example a player might be 6 yards out but have four or five players between him and the goal wheras another time be one on one with the keeper or have an open goal.

I guess the idea is that over millions of shots it averages out, but I still don't think it would properly represent the actual chance a player has.

Also on a side note I've always hated the shape of the penalty area. Get fouled right on the byline on the edge of the box - pen even though the chance of scoring are quite low. Inside the D, just a free kick even though it's almost certainly go a higher likelihood of going in. Maybe we could use xG to reform the shape of the penalty area, say anything over 0.5xg is inside the penalty area?

 

[procdoc]

Smash the inbred cunts

 

[ccfcno9]

Football a game of 90 minutes but I think the 1st 25 will decide this. Score 1st and I think we will smash it. Respond well quickly if we concede 1st and we'll still have a chance. But after 30 minutes I think the team with the strongest mindset will win.

 

[Corrado]

What are the chances of finding a bar in Phuket to watch this?

 

[Great_Expectations]

Haven’t been able to get to many away games since my children were born, only a handful a season these days, so I’m massively excited for Saturday!!

The game itself will be tense, but with the game expected to be tight and the MR factor I’m expecting a great atmosphere.

I think it’ll be a cagey 0-1.

 

[Great_Expectations]

Also, other than the jubilation of that Thomas goal, my other memory of the home game last year was their RB (Tchamadeu) absolutely having EMC’s number.

When against a physical and pacey FB EMC can struggle, so I really hope he’s up for it on Saturday as we saw how important his role is to the effectiveness of our system on Tuesday.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Tough fixture, Stoke’s home form has been impressive.

1-1. If we win at the weekend, it feels like we’ll be unstoppable this year.

 

[wingy]

He must have a big car

It's only a Peugeot 5008!

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

Tough fixture, Stoke’s home form has been impressive.

1-1. If we win at the weekend, it feels like we’ll be unstoppable this year.

Winning would perhaps be more impressive than a win at Deepdale

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Winning would perhaps be more impressive than a win at Deepdale

We do have a good record there
Wonder if they’ll sell any tickets

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

We do have a good record there
Wonder if they’ll sell any tickets

We could have snuck into the Stoke end for this one courtesy of the in-laws...

 

[COVKIDSNEVERQUIT]

Kitching to score the winner and then celebrate in front of Mark Robins. 🩵

 

[Sky Blue Pete]

Kitching to score the winner and then celebrate in front of Mark Robins. 🩵

And get a yellow

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Winning would perhaps be more impressive than a win at Deepdale

PNE’s home record is second only to us! Our games this side of Christmas is a bit gauntlet.

If we’re top of the table come 5th Jan, it would take some capitulation to not go up automatically.

 

[Brighton Sky Blue]

PNE’s home record is second only to us! Our games this side of Christmas is a bit gauntlet.

If we’re top of the table come 5th Jan, it would take some capitulation to not go up automatically.

It won't stop us going up there next month. Every year, until we win...

 

[Kneeza]

What are the chances of finding a bar in Phuket to watch this?

Phuk all.
Probably.

 

[kg82]

What are the chances of finding a bar in Phuket to watch this?

You in Patong? I went to the Aussie bar down Bangla earlier this year and they put our game on when I asked.