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Wasn't taking shots at you specifically, sorry.
I was like when have I ever talked shit about Peps antics? Lol
Mou on the other hand...
Wasn't taking shots at you specifically, sorry.
A Mourinho team not scoring a goal? How original...
Post meant for Champion League's thread.
That's solid. On Sunday we're going to allow 7 so I feel ya.It’s fine. Just pretend you were pre-posting it for Sunday when the same thing happens.
Isn't this basically what I was saying in the transfer thread when people were torching me for saying we didn't need him?Blatantly stolen from somewhere else.
20 Games With Coutinho: W: 8 D: 10 L: 2, 1.70 points per game
20 Games Without: W: 15 D: 2 L: 3, 2.35 points per game
Biggest issue with a winter break is the extra games the league cup adds. For the biggest of teams, that's not as big a deal since most of those games until the last couple rounds are done by rotation players, but for smaller squads that just means extra load on first team players elsewhere in the season.
Honestly I wouldn't complain if the league cup went away.
Blatantly stolen from somewhere else.
20 Games With Coutinho: W: 8 D: 10 L: 2, 1.70 points per game
20 Games Without: W: 15 D: 2 L: 3, 2.35 points per game
STAT | WITH TOBY | WITHOUT |
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Games Played | 17 | 26 |
Win % | 53% | 62% |
Lose % | 17% | 7% |
Avg Goals Scored | 1.9 | 2.1 |
Avg Goals Conceded | 1.0 | 0.8 |
Possession | 58% | 64% |
Shots Conceded per game | 9.6 | 7.8 |
Shots on Target Conceded per game | 3.2 | 3.1 |
Corners Conceded | 4.8 | 3.9 |
I'm not entirely surprised with those stats, because as you said, the back four has been pretty good firstly and I think Sanchez has slotted in quite well. But back three is probably not a great long term tactic even though Conte made it work for a full season. I do think those stats are quite meaningful in fact, same as the Coutinho ones. Sometimes a team finds they don't need a player as much as they thought they did, or that having a certain player cause their tactics to be less effective.
If Alderweireld leaves I expect a similar profile signing to Sanchez, although it does appear there will be no young CB quite as costly as him this summer. Tah would be a great target obviously.
Karius has been fantastic. He's also statistically the best sweeper in the league. Hope he can kick on from here.