Agreed about the chances created part, though expected assists is even better (imo). Also agreed on the first part about goal scoring. Not sure...
xA (expected assists) partially solves this problem, but even then you rely on your team-mates, as, for example, when three different players are...
Yeah I agree, Europe should be easily ready to host Euros in 2021. As for teams and players, it's another matter, and depends on other...
I don't think the presidents (in France) challenge the written rule as much as they try to seek their own good in a situation the rules don't...
I agree it's not possible to plan and control everything always, but a simple rule of "if league is stopped for more than 4 weeks but less than 8...
It's weird how leagues nowhere seem to have a rule about what should happen in a case like this. I mean, sure, Covid19 is this year's thing, but...
Agreed that they could squeeze more money out of it, like you said, for example, by making it a 7-match-series. I suppose it's a little bit of...
I don't get why they don't give more of a try to that old idea of making extra times such that: both teams are forced to lose a player every five...
It's also football they too can only dream of as they can't actually play in the competition anymore cuz they lost to a 6th placed Liga team
In the R16, that's not the case, as you can make a case that a group winner deserves something (more than group runner-ups, besides a...
My two cents is in the camp of going directly to penalties after normal time. You remove the 30min extra support/away goal chance. Alternatively,...
Yeah, I already said so. The first half, Napoli had better. About 0,2 in total, their goal coming from a 5% chance shot. Second half, Napoli...
Both can lie. xG is not a definitive fact, there is human interpretation involved in the process of producing the stat. But with visuals, people...
Agree to disagree
Expected goals is a stat that shows how often a situation ends up as a finished goal. Location, the type of pass, opponents between goal and...
xG was about 0.7 - 1.6 for us. Not bad.
We lead Liga, and Napoli is not a side that one should expect to be brushed aside without suffering. Your dreamy Liverpool, for example, lost...
Expecting a very tough 180, the opponent is class. A score draw wouldn't be a bad result considering the match beforehand, obviously any win...
too bad the fanbase and the club can't meet your standards. maybe someday they both will, then you can return to watch football and support the...
I don't think Haaland has that high of a buy-out clause even now. Would come with the Mino Raiola package, though. Either way, a good player.
That Haaland is not bad for a 19 year player. Or for a player who cost about 20M. Not that we could've been smart enough to sign him, but you know.
For my part, I never put him between Neymar and Hazard. We paid that much for two reasons: firstly, the situation (Neymar deal re-calibrated...
I agree his story is not over, and he definitely has his strengths. Let's see. Fully agreed on injuries. Hoping for the best for him.
I don't think it's that black and white, but I agree that multiple players we have signed haven't turned out great. But my point was not whether a...
Considering the kind of player Dembele was when we decided to sign, it's not like the deal was the worst. Players can develop according to many...