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• You make very good points, except comparing body shape to Robbo. Gazza and Maradonna were more rotund than ESR He is different body type to Robbo. (NT) -- ASPT, Wednesday, January 15, 11:00:24am (114-129-187-208.ip4.superloop.au/114.129.187.208)

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• Don’t get this fawning over mitro, we hand on a plate 2 goals to West Ham the primary conclusion is we need another CF. Raul is on pace for 15, mitro’s best ever was 14, that’s discarding a couple of other poor prem campaigns he had. B.mouths top scorer has 6, Evanilson has 5. We need to be better in moments, not conceding 2 so quickly, making better decisions at times ie point 4, but Raul isn’t someone who lacks composure, he’s been quite clinical, others around him need to be better. (NT) -- Henry1879, Wednesday, January 15, 11:10:55am (croy-26-b2-v4wan-167127-cust1611.vm24.cable.virginm.net/82.38.22.76)
  • 3 of those are pens which I know Mitro was poor at. We need more than 1 striker for a season and a different type of Forward. ESR … he is not fit and can last beyond 60 mins . Why? (NT) -- View from the Riverside, Wednesday, January 15, 11:26:51am (NoHost/2.218.9.12)
    • That’s my point, silva said re; january, CF isn’t priority until the earliest the summer, Raul, with some vital goals by Muniz has been a relative strength, not a desperate need to add to, others in the team need to make better decisions and up their game. ESR low in confidence, like sess, being shy means he goes into his shell when things aren’t going well. Strange to bring up the pens point when wanting someone more clinical by bringing up someone who regularly wasn’t clinical at pens. (NT) -- Henry1879, Wednesday, January 15, 11:32:29am (croy-26-b2-v4wan-167127-cust1611.vm24.cable.virginm.net/82.38.22.76)
  • Not sure I agree Raul is clinical. He is doing well with the goals this year but clinical? Does anyone know his shot to goal ratio as he seems to miss a lot chances. The header yesterday and was it him who missed the chance similar to Muniz winner against Chelsea in the second half. (NT) -- Hg, Wednesday, January 15, 11:29:14am (NoHost/31.94.34.15)
    • I don't know either, but suspect strongly that if we watched other teams regularly we'd in most cases see them miss plenty too. And this is a team that has 'expected goals' in line with actual goals, overall, unlike many others. Last night was overwhelmingly about goals against. (NT) -- b+w g., Wednesday, January 15, 12:02:09pm (68.52.159.143.dyn.plus.net/143.159.52.68)
    • The header that hit the bar seemed like a decent effort, hardly missing a sitter, and I'd need to see the chance at the end again (it's not on the sky highlights) but in real time from behind the goal it seemed like a fairly acute angle, he hit it low across the keeper as he should and it was a decent save. No? I have to say I also think Jimenez is far from our biggest problem at the moment, in fact he's been great (NT) -- JamieR, Wednesday, January 15, 12:06:06pm (NoHost/171.33.195.182)
    • His individual XG is 9, scored 8, so decent, not a big issue and for context better than haaland and solanke, the ones who tend to really outdo their XG are the likes of Cunha who score long shots or create out of nothing. Header yesterday was a good effort and the first goal, his run made that goal from a fairly average cross. Our XG team is similar to what we score, believe what silva means is clinical, as in win big moments, clinical can mean defending and managing a game, not just scoring. (NT) -- Henry1879, Wednesday, January 15, 12:22:25pm (croy-26-b2-v4wan-167127-cust1611.vm24.cable.virginm.net/82.38.22.76)
      • Not really a fan of xg, in fact I think it’s a nonsense. But surely if you are below you xg then that does in fact mean you aren’t clinical. (NT) -- Hg, Wednesday, January 15, 12:32:22pm (NoHost/31.94.34.15)
        • The virtue of xG is that it is systematic and relentless, not patchy (remembering, forgetting and overerestimating incidents on a part-time basis as involved spectators do). And yes, ideally you overperform. But both for Raul and the team as a whole, it's just marginal in the season so far. There are loads of players and teams more blatantly out of kilter on the goalscoring front. (NT) -- b+w g., Wednesday, January 15, 12:49:49pm (68.52.159.143.dyn.plus.net/143.159.52.68)
        • So you ask what his shots to goals ratio is, then when prevented with a more nuanced and relevant stat it’s considered nonsense. Like all stats it has its limits and doesn’t tell the full picture, but there’s plenty of evidence that shows over a medium time period teams and players regress to their XG. As I said last week, we are stats wise middle, kick on from jan and we can finish 7-8th, at worst finish 14-15th, but probably 9-11th, as we are now. (NT) -- Henry1879, Wednesday, January 15, 01:00:43pm (croy-26-b2-v4wan-167127-cust1611.vm24.cable.virginm.net/82.38.22.76)
          • Xg isn’t a more relevant stat at all. It’s based on what every player does, and not relevant to the player you are looking at. If you buy a striker who’s main attribute is scoring with his head, for example, he could still have a good xg even with f he couldn’t hit a cows arse, because the majority of other players who had a similar chance, who wernt expected to score it, and don’t, lower the xg for that situation. (NT) -- Hg, Wednesday, January 15, 01:10:32pm (NoHost/31.94.64.84)

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• We've gone backwards. Last season we beat Arsenal, West Ham, Spurs comfortably at home. This season we labour for draws and narrow wins. Silva can't get us to beat the low blocking teams. None of the new recruits have bedded down and established themselves as first picks. Only Berge has shown the potential to do that. I don't want to give up on ESR, but what needs to change for him to perform to his best on a regular basis? As for Anderson, I can't help thinking he's in decline. (NT) -- Juana Aorta, Wednesday, January 15, 12:21:47pm (217-155-46-35.dsl.in-addr.zen.co.uk/217.155.46.35)

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• Diop? Please no. Accident waiting to happen. He's an Alamo defender. Great when we are under pressure and balls bombing into the box. Bobby Moore he isn't. (NT) -- old codger, Wednesday, January 15, 12:38:52pm (0543ba4b.skybroadband.com/5.67.186.75)
  • Surely accident waiting to happen, is better than accident constantly happening. Plus and this is the big one we concede a lot less goals per game when diop starts over Anderson. (NT) -- Hg, Wednesday, January 15, 01:38:47pm (NoHost/31.94.64.40)