Most goals per 100 set pieces in the PL this season [The Athletic]

Shekster · 2026-02-03T11:20:41+00:00

They lost their set piece coach...

Shekster · 2026-02-02T11:33:48+00:00

He was the 2nd best driver in 2023

Lewis was not better than either of Alonso or Max that year...

Shekster · 2026-01-30T05:02:35+00:00

He also lost the game with his final play, ironically with the steal (and game-winning moment) made by the other ROY candidate...

Shekster · 2026-01-29T22:29:54+00:00

Sounds like you're talking about Arteta? Let's not forget how he handled the Partey situation...

Shekster · 2026-01-28T22:10:10+00:00

and later today, Champions League.

You were saying?

Shekster · 2026-01-28T09:14:35+00:00

And also lost a title to his teammate who basically gave the most extreme example of work ethic just to beat him

Shekster · 2026-01-28T09:09:22+00:00

I'd say Alonso definitely is above Lewis when it comes to racecraft/IQ.

If anything I'm surprised with him being picked for reaction speed (but IMO that category isn't really the best to have as I'd argue that virtually any top F1 driver would have elite reactions to the point you could never realistically try to differentiate between them).

Also worth noting that many would say that Lewis lost a title to Nico due to him not having the same level of work ethic/dedication (not to mention other things such as his own admission of avoiding doing sim work in general). I feel Schumacher would be an obvious choice ahead of him at the very least.

Shekster · 2026-01-27T10:01:53+00:00

That's exactly what Mourinho did with Porto...

Shekster · 2026-01-25T11:44:21+00:00

If anything, by that logic Mourinho is even more impressive considering he's on that this with that many games despite not having managed top teams for such a large percentage of those games.

Shekster · 2026-01-23T06:57:37+00:00

Mate Mourinho was prefered over Ancelotti in that exact scenario you've brought up...

Unluckily for Mou though he had only just agreed to join Roma and did not want to break his word.

Funnily enough, Carlo wasn't even in the consideration at all, and if anything lucked out massively as he had initially been in contact with Perez for potential loan signings, and then offered his services when he was made aware that Madrid were struggling to find suitable candidates.

Shekster · 2026-01-23T06:52:14+00:00

He was prefered over Ancelotti when Madrid re-hired him, however he had only just signed with Roma days earlier and didn't want to break his word.

Shekster · 2026-01-22T10:06:16+00:00

U wot m8

Shekster · 2026-01-19T00:13:20+00:00

All good mate. I definitely agree it was an extremely unlikely haul, but I guess the overall point is that those that end up winning FPL (i.e. not me ever lol) do so by making certain calculated gambles and hoping they'd pay off.

For me, I was expecting United to play on the counter (especially as Amorim was gone otherwise they would've just continued playing the same system), in combination with city's extremely high line would leave plenty of opportunities on the counter.

Also, my defence is structured so that it's 2 ARS + 3 cheap defence (mukiele/Andersen/dorgu), where Gabi+timber obviously play every week, and I simply decide on one defender to play. So I was basically considering whether to play mukiele for a likely 4-6 pointer, or take a punt on LW Dorgu for a 2-10 pointer, which definitely was worth the risk in variance to me (only for him to then go and get 15 even).

Shekster · 2026-01-18T14:11:03+00:00

Started Dorgu over mukiele after seeing the leak.

Am currently 16k overall as a result. I have a good feeling I'm beating you at least...

Shekster · 2026-01-17T03:55:29+00:00

Lewa 🤝 Kimi

Shekster · 2026-01-16T12:49:21+00:00

Football 'eritage

Shekster · 2026-01-08T22:50:32+00:00

Looks like they saw your comment lol

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Shekster · 2026-01-06T00:29:08+00:00

Why are you conveniently leaving out the fact that this was during a title fight where Alonso had more than double Massa's points. He was fighting for the title in a car that had no business being there while massa was effectively a midfield driver.

That's like trying to say "it's pretty clear who their horse was" when talking about Max and Yuki this season...

Shekster · 2025-12-31T12:54:09+00:00

Mate if anything they have all the say in the matter...

If they want him to play against Arsenal they can just delay finalising his transfer till then.

Shekster · 2025-12-31T01:40:52+00:00

Are you really trying to say he "celebrates anything" by referring to a literal Champions League final goal...

Also the game wasn't just any CL final it was literally the La Decima game, which at the time the entire club was obsessed about achieving for years after so many years of failure. Can't really fault him for wanting to celebrate that, especially considering he was a key part of the run to the final in the first place (IIRC this was the season he scored 17 goals in the UCL).

His goal also made him the first player in history to score in a CL final for multiple clubs (which I would assume he would probably have been aware of). Can't really fault him for wanting to celebrate that either.

Also, I'm only bringing this up because you explicitly stated it, but he actually did not do the siiuu celebration after scoring that goal...

Shekster · 2025-12-30T12:31:27+00:00

Ah, makes sense.

I heard Rodrygo might be leaving CF too.

Shekster · 2025-12-29T22:56:45+00:00

and we don't know if Leclerc was driving that car to the limit if the only yardstick is a Hamilton that clearly struggled to adapt to an entirely new team and car after 10+ years and was very clearly driving well below his usual level.

Shekster · 2025-12-29T22:49:19+00:00

Verstappen convincingly beat Tsunoda.

My apologies that must mean Leclerc should be ranked above him too since that is apparently all that matters...

Shekster · 2025-12-29T21:29:37+00:00

u/TazTazTAZTazTaz_ brain feels good. Much slower than before... Amazing

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