daventry_fox

1995 v West brom at Filbert Street lost 2-1 Mark Robbins scored for us

Congratulations mate, hop you have many happy years of married life. Im massively socially awkward and was petrified of having to do a speech, sometimes I find it really hard just to talk to my parents or brother. But I just wrote down words from the heart and once I got going I was absolutely fine.

Absurdity? Or the fact its just isn't their problem?

I'm laughing a lot harder at the betting thread being directly below the gambling addiction thread than I should be

I had every home and away shirt plus some keepers shirts throughout my entire childhood how did I not notice it

Really I never noticed it before.

It's when we won the premier league title and players still wanted to leave, I realised clubs like us will always have a glass ceiling holding us back. I always knew deep down there was a glass ceiling but the confirmation of it was like a gut punch. That's when I lost a lot of love for the game.

Anybody else notice the cross eyed fox on our retro shirts 😂

I know what you was saying "that money was spent on a pointless court case, when it could have been used paying for heating or food in needy homes" That money was never ever going to be used for heating or food for millions of needy homes. So I think even bringing it up is a bit strange tbf And even if they did spend it on heating and eating? What then? The broken system is still going to be broken when that money runs out.

In all fairness if this petty squabble had never have happened millions of people in the winter would still have had to choose between heating and eating. Its not like those people would have magically had the heating bills paid if this never happened.

Anthony Joshua - I can't believe he had the nerve to say what he said, after he went over to Saudi Arabia and took their oppression money. I always thought he was pretty level headed and down to earth. I don't tend to really care about celebrities and their views and opinions, because they're entitled to them and it takes all sorts to make a world and all that jazz, sometimes i think, wow you're goning to get pelters for that but fair play for having the balls to say it. but that absolutely stunk of hypocrisy for me and people just let it slide. He might aswell have said oppression is ok as long as you're paying me

5-0 away from home at half time not bad for a team ranked 17th on xG eh 😂😂

Really? The most useful thing the stat told me, is people go to a game watch the game and have to wait until they see a bunch of data before they can work out who has or hasn't had a good game. I'm not saying they're useless as they play a pivotal role in those that decide teamsheets, training, systems/formations, player roles and the like. Nutrition plays a pivotal role to yet none of us are discussing the players eating/drinking routines. Fans that rely on stats are basically admitting they don't really understand what they were watching on a Saturday

I agree, Its just a fad. You don't need statistical data to know whether player X should have scored a certain chance or not And I don't know about anybody else but I certainly don't need statistical data to tell me not to scream shooooot at Johnny Evans when he's 30 yards out with the ball

It can, but it's doesn't really matter at after the final whistle. As the result can no longer change. I always use Spain as the example their passing stats were through the roof both passes made and completed. Then when you actually watched them play you realise just how missleading those stats were. As most of them were 2 yard passes that actually lead to absolutely nothing or even lead to them making any progress up the pitch.

Why are penalties the same? Say for example you have been awarded a penalty. On the pitch you have (prime) Matt le tissier with a record of 48/49 And Michael Owen (prime) with a record of 2/8 who do you want taking the penalty? XG is all about historics so surely le tissier should have higher xG from the spot than Owen. And surely you would pick your penalty taker based on this

Saturday's game him and Chris wood were both chasing a ball that was going directly in front of where I was sitting. Seeing them both run reminded me of that scene in Jurassic park where the T-Rex is chasing the jeep 😂😂 I love the guy though and hes an important presence around the club I would love to see him involved in some capacity when he finishes playing

This 👏👏 but as of the start of this season its just a new fad for people to jump on

Great but of selective quoting going on there. Ignored the part where I explained why I thought it was shit, based on the expected save stat that weirdly nobody bangs on about. I agree performance based stats are hugely beneficial to managers, coaches and the like. But none of us are selecting the team week in week out are we. As If you can't tell a good player from a bad player without having a spread sheet in front of you

Someone's opinion differs from yours they must be bitter and weird right? Great input to the discussion there buddy

Yeah the difference being they all have input into match day squads etc etc etc. We don't so yeah it's pointless information to be debating

All stats are pointless...except the goals scored stat.

It's something for the football hipsters with their top knots and borussia Dortmund shirts on to feel smug about while they're sniffing they're own farts. the sort of rubbish a "But he's good on FIFA" idiot would spout. It's just a pointless stat. At the end of the game player X either took the chance or he didn't. Does it really matter if he had a 30% chance of scoring while a pigeon is flying within a 100 mile radius. Yeah vardy for example may have a 75% chance of scoring a certain chance, based on similar chances, but de gea could have an 80% chance of making a save because he's saved 80% of similar chances. But nobody goes on about xS (expected saves) Or expected defensive recoveries etc etc

Where's this xG crap all of a sudden sprung up from? In 20+ years of living breathing football this season is the first I've heard it. Surely "expected" goals is more speculation than statistical. I mean part of the beauty of football is you never know what to expect

I get the feeling because he came in for a for a lot he's being shoe horned into the squad. I think he prefers to play centrally