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You mean because the ball sneaked past Waghorn's armpit the tactics and players were a small triumph, but had it not they would have been a mild letdown. Makes perfect sense.

You are underestimating the impact of luck and how slowly it evens out. Remember these events are independent, once one gets lucky they are not more likely to get unlucky in the future (gambler's fallacy). Last year we were hard done by in the region of 17 points, should have been third or fourth and didn't even make the playoffs.
 
All I see is Wildsmith's hand 30cm to half a metre away from the bar with the ball virtually on the by-line, so unless his reflexes are something approaching the speed of light he ain't getting there.
 
Have I read this right, the guy with the perfect view of Waghorn's lee arm was the one whose angle was blocked by not just every player in between but...Waghorn himself?

Of course you have to offset it but there have been only 3 of these. 8 to 9 points net, and bear in mind top sides like us are usually unlucky.
 
That wasn't me although it would have been closer without man advantage for a third of the game - my gripe was with those who cry we are hard done by refs when we're in the plus last few years and we've benefited from 9 big calls recently.

Net chances per game against the league's average opponent on neutral ground. By xG, demonstrably the best metric to evaluate past performance in the public domain once you haven't followed a team's games.
 
Ignore the result mate, Wilson heading it in is just one moment of the performance, it doesn't "cancel" the remaining 95'.
 
This is simply not true, he was nowhere near it.

Which bit do you find hard to believe? 3 attacks of note at home all game is extraordinary in itself for an autos contender.
Bolton are by all accounts a +1.5 side, maybe a +2. They created 2 chances aggregate more than us, making us a 0. That's mid-table, if you then take away home advantage -questionable for us this year- it's almost a relegation candidate type of performance.

My sincere apologies for not being precise enough, it registers it as a 0.0something.
 
It should count as good as a goal for analysis purposes, it was a matter of inches and the kepper was beat.
 
No unbalanced inaccurate assessments especially after unjust results.

xG is quite unreliable for one-off matches. For instance it doesn't register at all them hitting the bar from a corner (as close as you can get to a goal), or Wildsmith flapping at an earlier corner with the goal gaping.

Sounds like you only saw the stats, I'll sum it up for you but if you watched the game or the extended ignore it. We had one chance in the entire second half -you read that right- plus two half-chances in the first, nothing else of note; the other way keeper pulled two worldies, they hit the bar and came close at least a couple more times (50'-64'). Now I would agree the above against a tough opponent is "solid" if we were mid-table or lower, for an aspiring top 2/3 side at home I would call it "a stinker".
So be humble, accept we got the rub of the green (as has been the case numerous times this season, I make it win #9 where we haven't been the better side - 18 points right there for those who like their points and ppgs), be grateful for the result and move on, no need to get all snidey. Spare the gloating and glorifying for when we are actually decent and worthy winners, not after smash-and-grabs on our own turf. My tuppence anyway.

Which bit do you find hard to believe? 3 attacks of note at home all game is extraordinary in itself for an autos contender.
Bolton are by all accounts a +1.5 side, maybe a +2. They created 2 chances aggregate more than us, making us a 0. That's mid-table, if you then take away home advantage -questionable for us this year- it's almost a relegation candidate type of performance.

Which bit do you find hard to believe? 3 attacks of note at home all game is extraordinary in itself for an autos contender.
Bolton are by all accounts a +1.5 side, maybe a +2. They created 2 chances aggregate more than us, making us a 0. That's mid-table, if you then take away home advantage -questionable for us this year- it's almost a relegation candidate type of performance.

My sincere apologies for not being precise enough, it registers it as a 0.0something.
 
It should count as good as a goal for analysis purposes, it was a matter of inches and the kepper was beat.
 
No unbalanced inaccurate assessments especially after unjust results.

Sounds like you only saw the stats, I'll sum it up for you but if you watched the game or the extended ignore it. We had one chance in the entire second half -you read that right- plus two half-chances in the first, nothing else of note; the other way keeper pulled two worldies, they hit the bar and came close at least a couple more times (50'-64'). Now I would agree the above against a tough opponent is "solid" if we were mid-table or lower, for an aspiring top 2/3 side at home I would call it "a stinker".
So be humble, accept we got the rub of the green (as has been the case numerous times this season, I make it win #9 where we haven't been the better side - 18 points right there for those who like their points and ppgs), be grateful for the result and move on, no need to get all snidey. Spare the gloating and glorifying for when we are actually decent and worthy winners, not after smash-and-grabs on our own turf. My tuppence anyway.

Which bit do you find hard to believe? 3 attacks of note at home all game is extraordinary in itself for an autos contender.
Bolton are by all accounts a +1.5 side, maybe a +2. They created 2 chances aggregate more than us, making us a 0. That's mid-table, if you then take away home advantage -questionable for us this year- it's almost a relegation candidate type of performance.

Which bit do you find hard to believe? 3 attacks of note at home all game is extraordinary in itself for an autos contender.
Bolton are by all accounts a +1.5 side, maybe a +2. They created 2 chances aggregate more than us, making us a 0. That's mid-table, if you then take away home advantage -questionable for us this year- it's almost a relegation candidate type of performance.

Sounds like you only saw the stats, I'll sum it up for you but if you watched the game or the extended ignore it. We had one chance in the entire second half -you read that right- plus two half-chances in the first, nothing else of note; the other way keeper pulled two worldies, they hit the bar and came close at least a couple more times (50'-64'). Now I would agree the above against a tough opponent is "solid" if we were mid-table or lower, for an aspiring top 2/3 side at home I would call it "a stinker".
So be humble, accept we got the rub of the green (as has been the case numerous times this season, I make it win #9 where we haven't been the better side - 18 points right there for those who like their points and ppgs), be grateful for the result and move on, no need to get all snidey. Spare the gloating and glorifying for when we are actually decent and worthy winners, not after smash-and-grabs on our own turf. My tuppence anyway.

Which bit do you find hard to believe? 3 attacks of note at home all game is extraordinary in itself for an autos contender.
Bolton are by all accounts a +1.5 side, maybe a +2. They created 2 chances aggregate more than us, making us a 0. That's mid-table, if you then take away home advantage -questionable for us this year- it's almost a relegation candidate type of performance.

Which bit do you find hard to believe? 3 attacks of note at home all game is extraordinary in itself for an autos contender.
Bolton are by all accounts a +1.5 side, maybe a +2. They created 2 chances aggregate more than us, making us a 0. That's mid-table, if you then take away home advantage -questionable for us this year- it's almost a relegation candidate type of performance.

Sounds like you only saw the stats, I'll sum it up for you but if you watched the game or the extended ignore it. We had one chance in the entire second half -you read that right- plus two half-chances in the first, nothing else of note; the other way keeper pulled two worldies, they hit the bar and came close at least a couple more times (50'-64'). Now I would agree the above against a tough opponent is "solid" if we were mid-table or lower, for an aspiring top 2/3 side at home I would call it "a stinker".
So be humble, accept we got the rub of the green (as has been the case numerous times this season, I make it win #9 where we haven't been the better side - 18 points right there for those who like their points and ppgs), be grateful for the result and move on, no need to get all snidey. Spare the gloating and glorifying for when we are actually decent and worthy winners, not after smash-and-grabs on our own turf. My tuppence anyway.

My sincere apologies for not being precise enough, it registers it as a 0.0something.
 
It should count as good as a goal for analysis purposes, it was a matter of inches and the kepper was beat.
 
No unbalanced inaccurate assessments especially after unjust results.

Which bit do you find hard to believe? 3 attacks of note at home all game is extraordinary in itself for an autos contender.
Bolton are by all accounts a +1.5 side, maybe a +2. They created 2 chances aggregate more than us, making us a 0. That's mid-table, if you then take away home advantage -questionable for us this year- it's almost a relegation candidate type of performance.

You are Mark Clattenburg and I claim my £5.

Which bit do you find hard to believe? 3 attacks of note at home all game is extraordinary in itself for an autos contender.
Bolton are by all accounts a +1.5 side, maybe a +2. They created 2 chances aggregate more than us, making us a 0. That's mid-table, if you then take away home advantage -questionable for us this year- it's almost a relegation candidate type of performance.

Which bit do you find hard to believe? 3 attacks of note at home all game is extraordinary in itself for an autos contender.
Bolton are by all accounts a +1.5 side, maybe a +2. They created 2 chances aggregate more than us, making us a 0. That's mid-table, if you then take away home advantage -questionable for us this year- it's almost a relegation candidate type of performance.

Which bit do you find hard to believe? 3 attacks of note at home all game is extraordinary in itself for an autos contender.
Bolton are by all accounts a +1.5 side, maybe a +2. They created 2 chances aggregate more than us, making us a 0. That's mid-table, if you then take away home advantage -questionable for us this year- it's almost a relegation candidate type of performance.

This is brilliant!