Crazy Stat Time!

[KrefelderFox666]

Just now, StanSP said:

Did our xG improve significantly against Newcastle? 

 

Surprised it's higher than everyone else in that group. 

 

Not all bad... 

We were always decent up front, our defense has cost us numerous point. Relegation material in defense, European calibre up front. It is that simple.

[KingsX]

We may be eighth best in xG

 

 

 

but we are sixth worst in xG against.

 

 

In 16 matches, we have exceeded opponents' xG only four times (and equaled Brighton).

 

The scary bit: five mediocre-to-poor opponents we beat exceeded our xGs in those matches: Watford, Brentford, Palace, Norwich and Wolves.

 

We're doing a decent job of creating good chances (and have quality up front to finish some low-percentage chances) ... but we're giving up a ghastly number of them.

 

(Opta figures as reported by fivethirtyeight)

[ajthefox]

From an article about Salah on the beeb, but I didn't even realise this was a record Vardy had.

 

[Facecloth]

1 hour ago, ajthefox said:

From an article about Salah on the beeb, but I didn't even realise this was a record Vardy had.

 

I'm pretty sure it runs along with his scoring 11 games in a row record. Scored for 11 games, assist for Mahrez against Swansea in game 12, scored v Chelsea in game 13 and assist for Okazaki against Everton in game 14.

[HoChiMinhFOX]

Not sure if posted before, but no surprise Vardy mixing it up with the big boys!

[foxile5]

Has salah equalled Vardys scoring record? 

[foxile5]

1 minute ago, foxile5 said:

Has salah equalled Vardys scoring record? 

Why am I seeing so much about him breaking Vardys record when he didn't score against wolves? What's the ****ing deal? 

[MarriedaLeicesterGirl]

56 minutes ago, foxile5 said:

Why am I seeing so much about him breaking Vardys record when he didn't score against wolves? What's the ****ing deal? 

Consecutive games with a goal or assist. You know, the record you didn't know Vardy had until Salah broke it.

 

[Guest ttfn]

Another totally made up record to placate Liverpool fans, just like when James Milner broke the record for assists in a Champions League season and Thiago broke the record for pointless sideways passes in one half.

[Bert]

5 hours ago, MarriedaLeicesterGirl said:

Consecutive games with a goal or assist. You know, the record you didn't know Vardy had until Salah broke it.

 

Literally didn’t even know this until yesterday, media certainly didn’t report it. But when Salah eclipses it we’ll be hearing about it for weeks on end. 

[st albans fox]

2 hours ago, Bert said:

Literally didn’t even know this until yesterday, media certainly didn’t report it. But when Salah eclipses it we’ll be hearing about it for weeks on end. 

So predictable ……if he doesn’t make it then I expect he will have managed to do his shoelaces up the most times in sixteen games which will earn him an award ……

I expect liverpool fans are preparing for the news that VVD has the largest viral load of any player with covid ……another award on its way …..

[davieG]

Well according to the Liverpool Echo it's.................... Astonishing*

 

Mohamed Salah equals astonishing Premier League record after Liverpool goal

 

Mohamed Salah has now equalled Jamie Vardy's record of consecutive goals/assists

 

 

 

Quote

 

astonishing

adjective

extremely surprising or impressive; amazing.

 

 

 

Well it certainly surprised Leicester City and most other football fans

[Corky]

It's a nothing record that Vardy probably had no idea about himself nor cares about.

 

Goals in so many games in a row yes; adding in a stat where you could play a two yard pass for someone to run 50 yards to score (like Beckham to Owen in the 98 World Cup) or kneeing it unintentionally into the path of a team mate to slot home doesn't count for anything.

[The Quick Brown Fox]

So Salah didn't break this record that nobody knew about until Salah matched Vardy? 

[Cincinnati Fox]

On 17/12/2021 at 19:12, Corky said:

It's a nothing record that Vardy probably had no idea about himself nor cares about.

 

Goals in so many games in a row yes; adding in a stat where you could play a two yard pass for someone to run 50 yards to score (like Beckham to Owen in the 98 World Cup) or kneeing it unintentionally into the path of a team mate to slot home doesn't count for anything.

See mahrez Assist for cancelo goal today as an example of assist being pretty pointless without context to actually doing something that made the goal/chance possible 

[davieG]

273 – Arthur Chandler

265 – Arthur Rowley

158 – 𝙅𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙚 𝙑𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙮

156 – Ernie Hine

After Wednesday's match, Jamie Vardy has now moved clear as our third highest goalscorer of all time.

[Les-TA-Jon]

Game week 17. Norwich are currently bottom with only 2 wins and 10 points.

 

They’re going to finish mid table and win the league next season. 

 

Sound impossible? 

 

That’s exactly what Leicester did! 

Crazy!

[davieG]

[Spudulike]

3 minutes ago, davieG said:

I think that we perhaps shouldn't draw attention to this. Nothing to see here, move along 

[StanSP]

Just did the quiz on the PL site... 

 

Jamie Vardy is one of just three players who have scored over 100 PL goals but never on Boxing Day. Who are the other two?

 

Who can name the other two? 

 

(time for him to break that curse anyway...) 

[Facecloth]

1 hour ago, StanSP said:

Just did the quiz on the PL site... 

 

Jamie Vardy is one of just three players who have scored over 100 PL goals but never on Boxing Day. Who are the other two?

 

Who can name the other two? 

 

(time for him to break that curse anyway...) 

I did the quiz too so won't answer, but was surprised by which two it was.

[tom27111]

27 minutes ago, Facecloth said:

I did the quiz too so won't answer, but was surprised by which two it was.

Pure guess, if its surprising...

 

Alan Shearer and Didier Drogba? 

[Facecloth]

2 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Pure guess, if its surprising...

 

Alan Shearer and Didier Drogba? 

Nope.

 

There were choices on the quiz, but they give away the answer if you know you're premier league 100 club trivia.

[tom27111]

Ian Wright and Michael 'natural finisher' Owen?

[Facecloth]

9 minutes ago, tom27111 said:

Ian Wright and Michael 'natural finisher' Owen?

Nope