Whitey Grandad

She says the same thing to me.

Is that the 'Dead Wood'?

As an intellectual study i can understand why you might. I also need a good laugh.

'Most stats' from how many sources?

No but so what? We are talking about a so-called statistical analysis here.

Let's hope not 🫣

That's one thing that it isn't. Any statistical analysis will at least publish a confidence interval.

I think 5 at the back makes things worse. They leave the ball to someone else thinking they're going to deal with it.

"The worst" by what measure? By results? We got promoted despite him? Presumably he played a large part in that much-vaunted unbeaten run.

Always? No random system is truly random and depending on the methodology they will all have inherent biases. As far as I know there is only the one source for these fact-fodders. What I am saying is use your own eyes and experience to judge. Don't try to back up your judgment with numbers that seem to agree with your own prejudiced views.

We have been over this many, many times. xGC is generated by a computer program that converts a video of a game by converting it into the equivalent of a PlayStation football simulation and then decides whether or not a goalkeeper should have saved a goal by comparing such simulation with previous examples. As a scientific exercise it is beyond contempt. Only a mug would be fooled by it. It doesn't take into account small deflections caused by an attempted intervention, for example, because it can't. So it doesn't. This is a butterfly flapping its wings scenario where a small tweak to the algorithm leads to extreme fluctuations in outcomes. 11.1 goals 😆😆😆 Leaving aside the fact that a quantity of goals can only be a discrete number, so far this season we have played 3 games and conceded 4 goals.

For that second Stoke goal all ten outfield players were way upfield massing around their goal leaving only Stephens anywhere near the halfway line. We were ripe for a counter attack.

Saveable, sure, but 'easily'? I blame Stephens more than Bazunu. He was stretching across with the wrong leg and prevented a clear view of the striker contacting the ball. Essential for any predictive save.

Add that to the cost of the review.

Nicely said.

She can vault my pole anytime.

With every four gallons. One for us oldies.

Is that Ivan Dildos and who does he play for?

So it is a fix.

Same here. I'll give him five minutes of playing before I start writing him off.

Insane? No, that was Mads.

Troo dat. I once met an American at a conference for TV studio equipment. He offered us jobs but we said that we were indispensable. He replied, "Nobody's indispensable. Kennedy gets shot; we've got a new President in 5 minutes" This same gentleman collapsed and died in his forties on a tennis court a year or so later.

There's something of the Svengali about him. "Look into my eyes, look into my eyes, the eyes, the eyes, not around the eyes, don't look around my eyes, look into my eyes, you're under."

Nah, that's Tommy Twoshoes

The way I see it, if promising young players can see us as a stepping stone to a higher level that should make it easier to attract such talent.