Premier League 2019-20 part II

[S E P H]

Guendouzi more than Xhaka. Xhaka has the most passes because of his position, not his talent.

Yet he plays the match like he's some sort of BXB Aaron Ramsey...

Guendouzi is so freaking terrible it boggles the mind he is starting for Arsenal.

You must be joking?

 

[KJS14]

Since I can't post in the gameweek topic I thought this was interesting:

https://imgur.com/a/bX8xMfq

Xhaka low key carrying Arsenal.

Not surprising, because Xhaka played quite a few amazing passes in the game. Its actually amazing how he could probably be the best passer on 95% of teams in the world, but outside of that his football IQ drops to semi-pro level when he's defending or pressured on the ball.

 

[The Abusement Park]

Not surprising, because Xhaka played quite a few amazing passes in the game. Its actually amazing how he could probably be the best passer on 95% of teams in the world, but outside of that his football IQ drops to semi-pro level when he's defending or pressured on the ball.

Xhaka's ability to shoot from distance and pick out a pass are honestly really really good. It's just that he's literally useless at every other aspect of the game.

 

[koyvoo]

 

[robertmac43]

Xhaka's ability to shoot from distance and pick out a pass are honestly really really good. It's just that he's literally useless at every other aspect of the game.

If he could just control the aggressive tackling he would be great. He is such a great facilitator of the game! He strikes the ball so clean on such a consistent basis.

 

[koyvoo]

 

[Blender]

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I think this would be more interesting if it only included players who have made appearances this season. Teams that carry older guys that sit on the bench and don't play, or a bunch of younger guys that sit on the bench and don't play, can really skew the results without reflecting the actual makeup of their typical squad.

 

[hatterson]

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I'd be interested to see minutes weighted average age of squads

 

[booyakasha]

Not surprising, because Xhaka played quite a few amazing passes in the game. Its actually amazing how he could probably be the best passer on 95% of teams in the world, but outside of that his football IQ drops to semi-pro level when he's defending or pressured on the ball.

oh captain, my captain.


throw your strikers under the bus.
it's no wonder that Arsenals fall from the top 4 coincides with the purchase of this goof.

 

[bleedblue1223]

I'd be interested to see minutes weighted average age of squads

Yeah, Chelsea for example have 9 players with 200+ minutes that are 25 or under, that's out of 11 players. Add in Loftus-Cheek and Hudson-Odoi once they get healthy.

 

[JeffreyLFC]

I think this would be more interesting if it only included players who have made appearances this season. Teams that carry older guys that sit on the bench and don't play, or a bunch of younger guys that sit on the bench and don't play, can really skew the results without reflecting the actual makeup of their typical squad.

Yes.. I would rather see a starting eleven average age stats.

 

[hatterson]

I think this would be more interesting if it only included players who have made appearances this season. Teams that carry older guys that sit on the bench and don't play, or a bunch of younger guys that sit on the bench and don't play, can really skew the results without reflecting the actual makeup of their typical squad.

Yeah, Chelsea for example have 9 players with 200+ minutes that are 25 or under, that's out of 11 players. Add in Loftus-Cheek and Hudson-Odoi once they get healthy.

Yes.. I would rather see a starting eleven average age stats.

I scraped some data from whoscored and dumped it in excel.

Calculations are:
Minutes Weighted Average Age: SUM( Age * Percentage of overall minutes played ) for all players
Average Starting XI age: SUM( Age * Percentage of starting appearances) for all players. Doesn't account for how long they played in the game or if they were subbed off
Average Sub age (unweighted): SUM( Age * Percentage of sub appearances made) for all players. Doesn't account for how long they were on (ie, subbed on due to injury at 10' is the same as subbed on at 95')

Team	Minutes Weighted Average Age	Average Starting XI Age	Average Sub Age (Unweighted)
ManchesterUnited	24.4	24.3	24.7
Norwich	24.6	24.6	27.4
Southampton	24.7	24.7	25.5
Chelsea	24.8	24.7	26.8
Bournemouth	25	25.1	24.2
Everton	25.5	25.6	23.1
AstonVilla	25.7	25.7	25.9
Newcastle	25.8	25.7	26.1
Leicester	25.9	25.9	26.4
Arsenal	26.1	26	24.7
Wolves	26.2	26.3	22.9
Sheffield	26.6	26.6	27.6
Liverpool	26.7	26.7	28.1
ManchesterCity	26.9	26.8	27
Tottenham	26.9	26.9	23.5
WestHam	26.9	26.8	29
Brighton	27.1	27.1	26.7
Burnley	27.9	27.8	30.4
CrystalPalace	28.9	28.8	27.4
Watford	29.2	29.2	25.2

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[robertmac43]

Trossard picked up an injury and will likely be out for 3ish weeks. Big hit for Brighton.

 

[Blender]

Emerson has been tremendous to start the season so far.

 

[les Habs]

Quite entertaining. Keane can spin a good yarn.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Watford sack Javi Gracia. Unsurprising, given their rough start to the season and their record of trigger-happiness with managers, but I think they're really gonna regret this one.

 

[Cassano]

Watford sack Javi Gracia. Unsurprising, given their rough start to the season and their record of trigger-happiness with managers, but I think they're really gonna regret this one.

Yup, some of their top players will probably leave too. Utd should be all over Doucoure.

 

[Wee Baby Seamus]

Yup, some of their top players will probably leave too. Utd should be all over Doucoure.

Troy Deeney was interviewed in Sky yesterday saying he had faith in Gracia to pull them out of the rough start and that he didn't think he'd get the sack, and now today this happens. I wouldn't be surprised if there ends up being a lot of discontent in the locker room over this, and chaos ensues and spirals.

If things really get unsettled, I could see some exoduses. More than just United should be all over Doucoure - I think he'd be an upgrade in the midfield for pretty much everyone except for City, Liverpool, and Chelsea. If United don't have the good sense to go for him, Everton would be a great fit. Deulofeu and Hughes would also be smart pickups for a lot of sides. There's a lot of talent in that squad - I think they would've recovered just fine if they had kept Gracia, but I'm not sure right now.

Timing is also weird, IMO. Their next five fixtures are really tough - Arsenal, City, Wolves, Sheffield, and Spurs. Seems like a bad time to give the sack and introduce some instability.

 

[S E P H]

I had such high hopes for Watford, they were building something great along with Wolves, but it seems they're falling to become Everton/Soton 2.0 than taking the next step. Don't think Garcia deserved to be fired though, but I also understand the move.

Also it is a complete pain that Expressions is a Spurs fan, the lad is hilarious AF.

 

[Savant]

Virgil Van Dijk contract extension

£246k a week until 2025

 

[Live in the Now]

Legend status incoming.

 

[hatterson]

Tbh that’s not a bad salary given how much he means to team success.

 

[robertmac43]

I would easily pay VVD that much. He is worth every penny.

 

[Cassano]

What will happen to these free agents:

Man U:
David de Gea
Eric Bailly
Timothy Fosu-Mensah
Nemanja Matic

Chelsea:
Willian
Pedro
Olivier Giroud
Calum Hudson-Odoi

LFC:
James Milner
Adam Lallana

Tottenham:
Christian Eriksen
Jan Vertonghen
Toby Alderwiereld

 

[Live in the Now]

Milner will sign for two more seasons or play for Leeds.

Lallana will simply leave and play for a team that hung on to being in the PL.