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Will this be the week where “Don” Kai finally gets a shot on target that’s not a penalty?
Just googled can Alex Iwobi dance
Turns out he is no Tony Adams, take it as you will
I was all ok with seeing Spurs getting investigated for dodgy transfers before I remembered Raul Sanllehi exists…
He possibly enriched himself and his own buddies, on Arsenal’s dime, and was sacked by the club as a result.
Slightly different.
Just imagine a reality where we convinced Gundogan to give us a year or two
I’m dying for some PL action, thank God we’re going to have some interesting fixtures this weekend
Ozil was a one man deep block siege weapon. Knew when to keep it ticking over and when to take the risk
https://twitter.com/_23Football/status/1727328685118886289?t=hkD7glnxT3u83BGbG_qwOQ&s=19
Goals win titles. Please see full article before responding.
https://www.cannonstats.com/p/does-defense-really-win-championships
Think it’s easier to optimize for a great defense. Scoring is so hard and dependent upon secondary variables that you can’t build a strategy around it. The best way is just to have great attackers and let them loose. Even Pep has admitted to how much his success has been built around having great forwards.
Defending is easier than attacking, I agree there.
Goals win games and allow to be a top 4 team.
Defense wins titles.
I have read the full article by the way… I think it’s a very good idea but you need to run more numbers imo, and integrate more variables.
Taking the total of goals scored and total of goals conceded and then generate the expected points on average doesnt seem to predict much. According to that model, Chelsea in 04/05 should have had 74 points. But they didnt, they reached 95 points, breaking the record at the time. Best-ever attack is ManCity (but it’s 106, not 108 like in the article), they were supposed to reach 89 points according to the model, but they reached 100.
I think what that demonstrates is that there is more than just total of goals to consider if you want to know if attack or defense is more important to win a title.
Imo the hypothesis that needs to be tested is two-fold (and we would have to define the metrics to test it, but it has to go further than goals scored vs goals conceded):
- The first condition is that good teams need to play possession football and a certain degree of attacking football, in order to compete at the top of the table.
- Once the first condition is fulfilled, defense (in a broader sense than just goals conceded: solidity off the ball, pressing, control, etc.) is the difference to win titles.
United will be banned from the CL if Nice qualify for it.
The only scenario where Nice qualify and instead get banned is if man utd finish higher in the prem than Nice do in ligue 1
Nice are currently 2nd whilst man u are 6th.
What about Man City and Girona? And isn’t Liverpool and AC Milan have the same owners to some level?
Wont happen, you have both Red Bull clubs in Salzburg and Leipzig playing in the UCL every season. I think UEFA will buckle and allow stuff like this to happen.
I struggle to understand Mason Mount as a player. He’s not a winger and he’s not a pure 10 either. He doesn’t have a big enough engine to be a good 8.
We got shat on for getting Havertz - ok he hasn’t delivered in goals and assists but at least he’s tall and wins aerial duels and makes off the ball runs.
How does Mount get a pass?
I don’t understand ETH over Mount, why would he bring in a player and bench him, he barely even uses him.
What’s up with all the Vlahovic chat, have I missed something
Tomi is in the form his life for club and country. I absolutely love to see it.
Kalvin Phillips rumors for the January window are concerning, its gonna take even more than 1 season to “fix” him. We are already dealing with reprogramming Kai Havertz for this season, cant have another one now.
If this was a last min summer signing type of scenario, then maybe would have a think about it.
Maybe it’s best to just ignore rumour-level stories.
I didn’t believe we wanted Havertz until it became all too true.
I am looking for some opinions. I’m taking my dad to the Champions League game against Lens on Wednesday. We’re looking for something to do during the day before the match.
Which do you think is the better option? A Match day tour of Emirates or going to Meadow Park to see the U-19 game against Lens?
Yo someone said Gabi plays better for the NT than Vini isn’t that too premature and didn’t he only play like 3 games? But will I take it to heart absolutely
