GWT: EPL - Matchweek 18

[hatterson]

TBH that's kind of impressive

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

TBH that's kind of impressive

Plymouth Argyle won't do this to me

 

[Spring in Fialta]

TBH that's kind of impressive

It has its use but football fans make themselves sick with xG.

In this case, it's obviously time to stop referencing it when talking about 2 years of terrible Chelsea football.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

It has its use but football fans make themselves sick with xG.

In this case, it's obviously time to stop referencing it when talking about 2 years of terrible Chelsea football.

Chelsea definitely underscores its limitations as a predictive stat, lol

But it remains useful for assessing Chelsea, to an extent, because it shows how our problem isn’t chance creation

And it's useful because it underscores how dysfunctional we are hahaha

 

[cgf]

As if we needed further proof that EPL #s need to be taken with a grain of salt because of how easy it is to score in that league:

Nkunku's BuLi g/90 - 0.5
Nkunku's EPL g/90 - 2.8

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

As if we needed further proof that EPL #s need to be taken with a grain of salt because of how easy it is to score in that league:

Nkunku's BuLi g/90 - 0.5
Nkunku's EPL g/90 - 2.8

give us back Timo

 

[phisherman]

 

[Bringer of Jollity]

It has its use but football fans make themselves sick with xG.

In this case, it's obviously time to stop referencing it when talking about 2 years of terrible Chelsea football.

It's like the seasons where Brighton were consistently xG darlings, at a certain point you just have really poor finishers. I don't see a massive correction for Chelsea on this (e.g. like Union Berlin's regression) because they really only have one quality finisher.

 

[Peen]

I hate to say it but Silva might be cooked

Severe drop off in the past year

 

[cgf]

give us back Timo

Sounds like you're gunna have to beat Villa to him.

 

[Brunkmeister]

As if we needed further proof that EPL #s need to be taken with a grain of salt because of how easy it is to score in that league:

Nkunku's BuLi g/90 - 0.5
Nkunku's EPL g/90 - 2.8

Harry Kane will end up on like 50 goals in your precious league…

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Sounds like you're gunna have to beat Villa to him.

He didn't seem to look back on his time at Chelsea fondly either.

 

[maclean]

If Nkunku can stay healthy (big IF) they should be better in the new year, he's the only great finisher they have.

also if they dont manage to ruin him

 

[Blender]

He didn't seem to look back on his time at Chelsea fondly either.

I don't think he did. A lot of fans would get on him for bottling big chances.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

He didn't seem to look back on his time at Chelsea fondly either.

I loved him so f***ing much, he was a total favourite of mine

To @Blender's point, there was a huge difference between fans online and fans at Stamford Bridge in that regard. The matchgoers never turned on him.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Harry Kane will end up on like 50 goals in your precious league…

Who cares lol

Also funny to see that loyalty to The Premier League(tm) supersedes club loyalty

Arsenal fans will hype up Harry Kane if it means ‘owning the farmers’ or whatever the shit

 

[Jersey Fresh]

Could be worse, he could make it a running gag or something…

 

[cgf]

Harry Kane will end up on like 50 goals in your precious league…

Just because they play no defense in the EPL doesn't mean there aren't some competent goal scorers that come from the EPL