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  1. Would have much preferred to see Smith or Thompson over Hourihane, especially after his performance in the Barnsley game. Still quietly confident today as we've beaten these already at home and we're much better away this season.
  2. Points on the board when you're not playing your best is never a bad thing. My only worry about today would be I thought a few players looked exhausted and we'll need them sharp for Reading, NML and Wilson in particular. Getting Blackett-Taylor through the door in time would help massively.
  3. Late subs and the 'hold what we have' mentality we have late in games are my only complaints against Warne at the moment. He's totally turned my opinion around in the past month or so and in all honesty he's done a great job. Some of the football we played in the first half was lovely to watch. Get something out of the next two games and we'll be the team everyone else is worried about. Roll on Friday!
  4. It reminded me of when Roos was here and some of our 'fans' used to sarcastically cheer whenever he caught a cross. Truly weird behaviour and I've never understood it.
  5. 1Wildsmith - 7 - Great save in the first half. Quiet game aside from that. 24Nyambe - 7 - Solid as usual, never stops running. Looks the fittest player in the squad by a mile. 35Nelson - 7 - Hardly put a foot wrong. 6Cashin - 7 - Same as Nelson. 17Sibley - 7 - Had a good game, unlucky to not score. Somehow was our best attacking player in the first half while play left back. 4Hourihane - 5 - Anonymous. Part of a midfield that was thoroughly beaten once again. 7Barkhuizen - 5 - Linked up well with Nyambe but was overall poor. Seemed scared to take his man on. 2Wilson - 6 - Did alright when he came on. 12Smith - 4 - Had a dreadful game. Misplaced passes, dispossessed easily. Worst player on the pitch. 22Fornah - 7 - Looked great when he came on. Big part in the 2nd goal. 8Bird - 6 - Quiet game. Only gets a 6 because he was marginally better than Hourihane. 5Bradley - 5 - Beaten for the goal. 11Méndez-Laing - 8 - Quiet first half but a brilliant 2nd half. Looked a threat everytime he had the ball. Carried us on his back. 9Collins - 5 - Invisible for most of the game but had zero service. His only notable contribution was ruining a counter in the first half by blasting a cross 30 yards over everyones heads. 10Waghorn - 6 - Similar to Bradley in that he had little time but he had a few moments where he looked calm and composed which we badly needed. ATG.
  6. I semi expected a half-arsed performance tonight based on the fact that we've really struggled against the poorer sides this season. What I didn't expect is to see absolutely no youth whatsoever in the starting line-up. On Saturday the game was over after around 65 minutes. Barnsley had given up, we were in complete control and carving them open at every opportunity. Perfect opportunity to give Weston or Robinson some minutes who would be on a high after the midweek game. We see neither. Okay, perhaps he's saving them for the FA cup game midweek I naively think to myself. We see neither again and instead only see Fapetu for 7 minutes in a desperate, panicked double substitution with Bradley as a last roll of the dice. No Brown who is on fire in the academy, no Weston who scored for the senior team last week, no Robinson who has Prem clubs sniffing after him, instead we go for a 6'5 CB who we can rifle in diagonal crosses too. It's such a negative, backwards decision that genuinely makes me fear for the academy under Warne. Why would you choose to come here as a youngster when the manager won't even give a couple a chance in a game against league two opposition? Losing tonight with half a team of kids would have meant nothing tonight. We would have dusted ourselves off and said oh well our focus is on the league. Instead our first team gets comprehensively beaten, the knives are out for Warne again, the fans are annoyed and our youngsters miss out on vital experience. A masterclass in mismanagement.
  7. Disagree, I thought he was brilliant last night particularly in the first half. Played exactly like the sort of player I thought he'd be when he signed. Came deep to collect the ball from the defenders and moved it on quickly to find an opening. Although we took our foot off the pedal slightly last night towards the end of the game, I felt when he was taken off the midfield was much less effective in both keeping the ball and breaking through their lines. Whether he can maintain that standard remains to be seen but last night was a top quality playmaking performance, for this level at least. I think if he leaves in January we'll really miss him. His set pieces alone contribute massively to the team last season and if we're potentially losing Bird too our midfield will have taken a nosedive in terms of quality. It'll be very difficult to find players with their attributes willing to play at this level.
  8. I've missed two home games in the league this season, Exeter and Fleetwood. I regret to inform everyone that I will be going tonight which means we won't be winning. Apologies in advance.
  9. You're on the wind up surely.
  10. If we had those 21 points that were knocked off then we would have stayed up. Bizarre criticism considering the restrictions Rooney and Rosenior were managing under, especially when you also consider our home form has completely collapsed under Warne and good home form is the basis for any successful team.
  11. Perhaps take into account the style of play and the peak that a manager has reached in the past through either playing or managing I'd say. I don't know though because I think the decision to go with Warne wasn't a bad one because of Warne, I've always felt it was a bad one purely because we were replacing Rosenior with him. On the surface level it was a smart hire with a proven track record at this level but dometimes managers just don't work out for whatever reason. Paul Cook at Ipswich seemed a superb appointment a few years ago and he only lasted 9 months. If we do move on from Warne soon then at the very least I hope it's someone with a more progressive style.
  12. Have you watched much of them this season? Their strikers have been awful which is exactly what those stats convey. If DCL stays fit they should climb up the table but that's a huge if.
  13. You are actually but nevermind. If you don't care about someone elses view then why are you on a place of discussion ie a forum? Just write a blog if you're not interested in what others have to say.
  14. xG is a way to measure the probability that a shot will result in a goal. So in your example the run wouldn't really be relevant to the result but the type of attempt (ie header vs shot) and location of the attempt on the pitch (ie 25 yards from the center of the pitch or near the throw-in line) would be. Other things are taken into account but those are the big ones. It's meant to be used in conjunction with other stats to give you a better picture of the game. Look at Exeter vs Wigan at the weekend as an example. Exeter had 30 shots, 4 on target and 72% possession. Wigan had 6 shots, 2 on target and 27% possession. The xG according to the Athletic was 1.28 for Exeter and 0.72 for Wigan. The regular stats show us Exeter absolutely battered Wigan and looking at them in isolation it would suggest it could have been a cricket score. When you factor in xG it shows that while they were having a lot of shots, a good chunk of them were low percentage efforts that had little chance of going in. A quick glimpse at the highlights and you see Wigan's first goal was the best chance of the match while Exeter's attempts were all from tight angles, from distance or with a mass of defenders in the way. Yes, which is why it's not infalliable as a stat when it comes to getting a full picture of the game and why it needs to be used in conjunction with everything else. Statsbomb is used by Opta I believe and they take into account the position of goalkeepers and defenders which gives a more reliable figure. Other models will only use the type of chance, angle, distance, pattern of play and type of assist. It's not the ultimate stat that you simply must to pay attention to by any means but it does give a better picture of the game, how a team is performing, and is used in some capacity by club data anaylsts.
  15. Ah yes, the statistical metric xG is subjective yet your 'eyes' and opinion on football are not. That makes perfect sense.
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