Mike1983

I'm really surprised we've scored as many goals as we have. That's got to be the biggest surprise here.

Thought Winks was a bit poor today.

When Fatawu is in his element, he’s absolutely brilliant.

Faes when he can't be arsed is a dangerous player to have.

Cooper's clearly a top-level manager and, of course, a real looker too.

Spot on.

Always converted a goal from that horrible corner taken.

We've got the better squad, they've got the better manager.

Fawanews or footybite, google it.

From what I’ve seen on their match thread, they also think Cooper’s a terrible manager - same goes for Russell Martin. Two dogshit managers going head-to-head.

**** no. Look at their stats: high possession, hardly any chances created, and a ton of goals conceded. So, what are they doing with all that possession? Watch them play, it’s just endless back and sideways passes between the back four and midfield.

Now that's a line-up!

Kasper looking quite good against Spain. Some signature 1v1 saves.

He’s a bit shit too, but you’re right, would have saved us money and time.

xG doesn’t perfectly predict outcomes, it still highlights areas where teams are underperforming or getting bailed out. In our case, it’s clear we're underperforming, and without Mads saving our skins, we’d be far worse off. Here’s something to consider: in our last Premier League season, the three relegated teams had the goalkeepers with the worst -PSxG. Currently, we have the keeper with the highest PSxG in the league - Mads at +4.4.

Excellent analysis as always. I really look forward to reading these. As for Vestergaard, I thought he was still injured? I think he's our smartest CB, and one of the most accurate progressive passers in the team.

Everyone’s talking about Spurs being Spurs, but we should also recognise that Brighton is a very good team.

The season before, we had an even stronger squad and couldn't score. I don't think we even had a shot on goal against them in the last game of 22/23.

Everton's premier league status seems to be protected by Satan himself, I just cannot see them getting relegated.

How the **** is that not looked at???

Was just going to say. What a goal!

The only reason we have three points, rather than one or none, is because we have one of the best keepers in the league. Our scoring is purely luck or muscle memory. Apart from a bit of fight, I see nothing Cooper has contributed positively.

Those were the days, have a look at that.

Emery is a really underrated manager.

Rodgers deliberately sets your team up to get battered, while Cooper is such a donkey that he does it by accident.