hatterson
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The Haaland penalty was a complete joke.
GWT: EPL - Matchweek 12
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Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
Sterling easy MOTM for me. Played with an enormous chip on his shoulder and it worked.
Gallagher keeps being amazing.
Caicedo solid, Enzo looked pretty good in the first and vanished in the second. Games pass him by when he's not on the ball.
Cucurenaissance continues apace, thought he was good.
James is James.
Dias, Gvardiol, and Rodri I thought were all extremely extremely poor. Like, not good at all.
Extremely funny that Haaland finally scored against us but it was a penalty and whatever the f*** the second one was.
Gallagher keeps being amazing.
Caicedo solid, Enzo looked pretty good in the first and vanished in the second. Games pass him by when he's not on the ball.
Cucurenaissance continues apace, thought he was good.
James is James.
Dias, Gvardiol, and Rodri I thought were all extremely extremely poor. Like, not good at all.
Extremely funny that Haaland finally scored against us but it was a penalty and whatever the f*** the second one was.
Eh, I don't know. Maybe I'd need to see it again, but I thought Cucurella was all over him, even if Haaland had a fist full of shirt too.
hatterson
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They were both grabbing each other a bit the entire time and then Haaland absolutely threw himself to the ground once he saw he wasn't going to be able to win the header.
Rob
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Probably the blatant handball by Kyle Walker that everyone in the stadium saw.
hatterson
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When I saw him on City I was never super impressed. But since he's been on Chelsea, he's looked significantly better. At City it always seemed like he was a practice hero. The dude who looks great in drills but never actually puts anything together in the game. At Chelsea he looks the real deal and clearly has his mojo going.
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He looks like what you would expect Havertz to be.
Blender
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He's what everyone wants from Joao Felix but what you never really get. He kind of drifts all over the field and always seems to get involved, and can pull off some incredible individual magic. The difference is when he's off the ball he's also working hard and will track back and defend pretty well, will make great runs to relieve pressure on others, etc. that you don't get from Felix.
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Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
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Soccer reference has him as a mix between Maddison and Sane, from active players only.
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Wee Baby Seamus
Yo, Goober, where's the meat?
Spring in Fialta
A malign star kept him
I fully expect this to be a complete mirage for Chelsea. I don't think they would have come close to a result against Spurs if it wasn't for them going down to 9 men and playing with a high-line (!). I didn't get to watch today's match but I don't know what to make of a 4-4 match against City that isn't just ?!?!?.
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Underlaying numbers really like Chelsea. They've been underachieving all season. Will see if they are about to go on a run. Metrics support that they could.
Underlaying numbers really like Chelsea. They've been underachieving all season. Will see if they are about to go on a run. Metrics support that they could.
Underlaying numbers really like Chelsea. They've been underachieving all season. Will see if they are about to go on a run. Metrics support that they could.
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Actually fourth in expected points right now despite being 10th in actual points. They have started actually scoring which has helped immensely, but I still think they will struggle overall to keep their goals up with their xGs.
They still have plenty of problems defending set pieces, seems like that has been the case for like 4 or 5 years now.
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Wow! Looking at this chart, it's so obvious that Alisson is still so under appreciated. Even today, without his save 1on1 vs Mbeumo, I have a hard time seeing LFC with the points. Alisson, VVD and Salah are carying LFC right now.
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I'm not worried about going up against big teams, we are back as far as I'm concerned when it comes to those games. It's the bad teams that I want to make sure we have consistent finishing on, especially early in matches. I could easily see us go back to struggling in those games if we don't convert early and then they just drop everyone back and make it even harder to score.
There is way more positives than negatives though, so I'm happy with our future.
There is way more positives than negatives though, so I'm happy with our future.
What has helped is them is being able to play all the big clubs so far at home. I fully expect their xG is going to drop when they have to go to Emirates, Etihad, St. James', Anfield, Old Trafford, Falmer, and Villa Park. Seven matches in really tough arenas, the only one where they should be the favourite is at Old Trafford, but that stadium always has shady refereeing in big matchups.
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