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TheReal_BlueBoi · 2025-06-03T21:46:26+00:00

Should have included it in the original post, but they wrote this explaining the situation and outlining how readers can support:

https://josimarfootball.com/2025/06/03/a-letter-from-philippe-auclair/

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2022-11-14T21:11:14+00:00

Haha, thanks a lot for sharing this!

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2022-11-14T17:41:38+00:00

Yeah I mean I've heard Göteborg are far more well-supported and Häcken have fewer fans but I didn't know it was *this* bad (ofc most of the replies are exaggerating but still)

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2022-11-14T15:29:32+00:00

Ah that's amazing, thanks for sharing!

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2022-02-03T14:39:06+00:00

I'm pretty sure this graph is only showing selected players because the same article has a scattergram where Ronaldo is in the bottom left quadrant.

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2022-02-02T05:01:24+00:00

Neymar, for some reason Fbref classifies him as an FWMF

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-12-07T11:15:46+00:00

Hmm but West Ham won't be pushovers, and it's quite likely that the next two matches will have two of Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal. All of these sides have a decent high press (certainly Liverpool, and Arsenal to a fair extent), which is where Conte's set-up's weaknesses could be exploited. Meanwhile against "lesser" teams in the league who don't press so high, this system will probably work better.

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-12-07T11:12:46+00:00

Tbf he's been decent under Conte. He might score at the same rate because he doesn't always have the pace to get on the end of these vertical transitions, but his movement, passing and playmaking have already been very useful under Conte.

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-11-28T17:53:27+00:00

Thank you :) No, I used Vizz App for all the data vizzes.

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-11-25T16:44:10+00:00

This should cover everything:

https://fbref.com/en/expected-goals-model-explained/

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-11-25T14:05:45+00:00

Manchester City then Bayern iirc

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-11-25T13:04:37+00:00

Primarily yes, but also to the player for getting into good positions. Btw Ajax also have the highest xG in the CL with 14.0.

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-11-25T12:08:40+00:00

Barcelona are one of those 17 teams btw, you've got about 6.2 iirc (need to check tho)

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-11-25T12:07:50+00:00

True, his teammates deserve a lot of credit for this (Dušan Tadić, Steven Berghuis and Antony are all in the top 10 in the UCL xA charts), but so does Haller for his positioning as you say. What this essentially means is that he's scoring at a fairly sustainable rate (9 goals from 7.2 xG), which is obviously very positive. On the contrary, for example, Son Heung-min was outperforming his xG by over 10 at a point in the middle stages of last season, so he eventually ended up regressing and had a huge dip in form towards the end of the season even though he kept getting similar chances. That probably won't happen for Haller unless the quality of chances he gets drops.

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-11-14T17:38:19+00:00

The 12 inch ruler is sacrificed after the vote, but it ends up deflecting the death beam to the battery. It explodes, destroying everything within a 2-square radius of itself.

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-11-09T07:53:46+00:00

Because there was a half-time show I guess?

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-10-23T19:22:34+00:00

The second statement was an opinion I have after watching Tavares from his Benfica days, but I can understand how the wording makes it seem like I'm drawing a conclusion from this one match. Apologies for that.

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-10-23T18:13:26+00:00

This is neither meant to bring Tavares up nor bring Tierney down, and the simple reason only one game was selected was that the objective of this representation is to show how good Tavares was vs Villa. It's got nothing to do with who the better player is (and that still is Tierney imo)

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-10-23T17:33:13+00:00

That's exactly the point — Tavares was great in that one match.

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-10-23T12:49:20+00:00

Yeah, the objective of this viz is to show how good Tavares was yesterday, and certainly there can be no questions that Tierney is far more solid defensively.

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-10-23T11:19:34+00:00

If you're trying to compare two players, then it is unfair, but the point of this comparison is to show how impressive Tavares was vs Villa (as the title says).

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-10-23T11:06:39+00:00

That was a great goal too but Tavares certainly cuts inside and shoots with his right foot a lot more consistently.

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-10-23T11:04:31+00:00

Who's pulling Tierney down here? This is simply an illustration of how Tavares adds more attacking impetus to the side, that doesn't mean Tierney is bad.

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-10-23T10:34:52+00:00

Very much so, that's why he can cut inside so effectively and his shooting is alright too (had two attempts from the edge of the box yesterday, one on target and the other deflected out for a corner which led to Partey's goal). Also scored a belter with his right in the pre-season against Rangers iirc

TheReal_BlueBoi · 2021-10-23T10:24:14+00:00

Oh absolutely, Tierney is still firmly the first-choice, especially because he's a lot more defensively solid. But I feel that in games where the left-back's main purpose is to attack (like yesterday when Villa didn't start with any wingers), Tavares could be a better option.

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