Weston Super Saint

Why? Why aren't you inferring that the goalkeepers they have played against are absolute dog shit (aka Scottish)?

You're a weirdo! If a team has zero shots on target, the probability of scoring is zero. If a team has zero shots on target, the outcome will be zero goals. There is no confusion when the answer is zero both times.

Once upon a time, spotty teenagers had porn mags to get their rocks off over. Now it's whether or not a chance was high enough on the xG scale. Different times I guess.

City had ZERO shots on target. On another day, they still would not have scored if they don't hit the target.

Especially with our current ministers. Wouldn't trust them to mow the back garden without fucking it up.

Don't know why they didn't write it like that in the first place. Far catchier.

You've only listed one type... I'm assuming you've deliberately left out the second in a hilarious way of saying all others are stupid, yet you neglect to factor in a third group that can extrapolate information from data and still think it's shit. Lies, damned lies and statistics .....

Because they complained that shit football was shit?

Seems completely redundant for us then...

Or score?

I think you may be muddling them up with 'the Grand old Duke of York'

W.C. and Gracie would have to be just that - although W.C. not to be confused with w.c. Churchill will have to be changed to "Never in the 'large grassy area where cattle can sometimes graze and crops can sometimes grow' of human (is that still allowed or is it too binary?) conflict".....

You seem to have forgotten the 'Saints way' (well certainly the 'Saintsweb way'), that directs that each and every player that is sold by us, even if it is for millions more than we paid, was definitely 'past his prime' and a complete 'bag of wank, now'. Thus it can easily be justified that the squad will be much stronger after each window having gotten rid of these players draining cash from the club and stealing a living and replacing them with young, hungry, unpolished diamonds, that are guaranteed to improve.

Thank you, Nathan. One swallow doth not a summer make, but from Wednesday's performance the 'some sort of coherent football' bit seems to be in the making, as does the 'at least look like they are going to win games' bit, so credit where it's due. Whilst it's been mentioned dozens of times that the 2 cup games were 'free hits', let's hope the last performance continues as we still have ZERO points won in the league, which is still a very worrying fact - but at least there is a chink of hope that this can be rectified. I still think the 'wind his fucking neck in and concentrate on being a manager' bit is relevant, but I get that he has fighting spirit and wants to push back against the critics. Sometimes, though, actions really do speak louder than words....

I think that highlights everything you need to know about the bullshit that is xG / xX . There is a published stat for expected assists which seems highly unfair to hold somone accountable for the actions of others, yet you wank yourself off over it time and time again. Made up bollocks to keep spotty teenagers and adult nerds happy. Just watch a match, enjoy the spectacle or not, then moan or rejoice about it afterwards. Not everything needs to be measured.

Astonishing. I notice the article doesn't say what they replace the word 'field' with in this context. Perhaps it will be something along the lines of "we shall be going into the large expanse of land where crops and or grass can sometimes be grown, to carry out some work". Catchy! Rolls off the tongue.

Hint, hint, Nathan 😉

Mate, with what's on offer, I know I'm gonna clean up!

Nope. Bolton did though

Seems legit to me - who do I give all my money to?

Crouch got booed for being a Skate - pretty much like every other skate has until they win the fans over....

Ali Dia?

2 MONTHS in charge. ZERO points. Accurate enough?

Another 3 weeks means he will have had just short of 3 MONTHS in charge of the club. What on earth has he been doing for the past two MONTHS if he hasn't been focussing on the 'balance'? That quote also doesn't mention anything about improved performances, just that the work will be well balanced. You can be well balanced and still shit.

How do you know that frighteningly, this isn't our new manager bounce?