Whitey Grandad

When trees are waving their branches the wind is blowing. QED (Not that I like using that abbreviation but in this case it is justified and appropriate)

There are a lot more variables than just the placement. This is the problem with simplistic analysis. It is too simple.

To a large extent, yes.

Every shot is different.

Good grief does anybody take any of this tosh seriously? This is soccerball at its most extreme. There are far too many variables in any one game of football to try to make any serious analysis of it. One of the very first lessons about any sort of data analysis is that if you start with garbage you’ll end up with garbage. Statistically you can prove that wind is caused by trees waving their branches.

Shots in the Premier League are not the same as shots in the Championship. In short, they’re in a different league. It’s one of the reasons that players like Che Adams and Adam Armstrong can do so well at one level yet struggle at another.

I never go anywhere near such sorts of statistics but yes, a well-placed shot placed into the corner is different from a gentle back pass. In the top levels of football you tend to find that forwards will try to place their shots somewhere that the goalkeeper is not going to save them. That’s why they’re playing at a higher level. Distance from goal is also an important factor. Not many defenders allow the opposition to waltz into their penalty areas before having a pop at goal. Having Bednarek standing on your toes doesn’t help either. In short, our defence was porous and ineffective no matter who was playing in goal.

This may come as a surprise but… …not all shots are the same.

Or… He did very well to even get a hand on it.

Not a chance. Once an attacker gets within a few feet of a goalkeeper he is most probably going to score. You have a very unrealistic of what a goalkeeper can do. If you expect a save in such situations you’re going to be disappointed most of the time.

Not really a gaff though, is it?

I was hoping to see him playing but to be honest I had forgotten that he was our player.

Two? I only saw The near post one.

Our tickets arrived today. I don't know why they printed them upside down.

Yes indeed. That was a big part of the problem. Nobody ever got a consistent run. It was a different team every game.

We’d only be getting back somewhere near where we started. Who was the last youngster that we made a suitable profit on? And more importantly, how much have we spunked away on the ones that didn’t make it “

That hasn’t worked very well lately.

But if (!) he has a great season why would you want to sell him?

If you have to spell it out the its meaning is not generally clear.

Yes oh WiseOne. There are some people out there in the cyber sphere who weren’t even born then and perhaps, just perhaps, one or two of them were unaware. Nobody likes a smartarse.

I’ve just found out that the transfer window doesn’t slam shut until 1st September. That is ridiculous.

They left it late.

Injured?

That’s a very low bar.

Not missing him already.