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Crazy Ted posted:
Don't doxxx AAC
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TheBigAristotle posted:So salty
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Is Smalling the best defender in the league?quote:I really wouldn't swap him with anyone. He's an absolute beast. His reputation with neutrals is poor but he really is drat good. quote:If you were to say that Messi is running at the defence and there's 40 yards to goal I'm not sure there's any defender in the world I'd rather have against him than Smalling, except maybe Thiago Silva. etc
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pik_d posted:This belongs here: Best part of the article though: Azpilicueta then looped a cross on to the top of Hart's net. On the other side of the pitch, Mangala resorted to WWE-style tactics to stop the ever-dangerous Diego Costa getting free down the right.
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Yep, that's also the way I'd do things. Which is part of why I want Rodgers gone. City never hired a douchey manager, Mancini and Pellegrini both have maintained their dignity. City is my second favorite team these days.
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quote:We're just over halfway through August, let alone close to the end of the month. There are 36 games still left to play, 273 days until the 2015/16 Premier League champions are crowned.
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I hate ESPN so much god drat
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What the gently caress is this? Jesus christ
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My thoughts are that against team that have deep-lying defense, the front three have to be rapidly interchanging. Mkhitaryan had a brilliant game (#10), playing the #11 role, along with Reus and Aubameyang. I believe other teams have a similar #10 type player playing in the #11 spot that could help us break down d's that lie-back notably Messi/Barca and Robben/Bayren. My thinking is that we'll have more spots for midfielders to interchange with each others, but also that we could get more of them on the pitch at the same time (Ramsey and Santi/Wilshere!). Against teams that sit back it's important to have players that can pass and move quirky (neither Giroud or Theo's strengths) and therefore would select Alexis and Oxlade-Chamberlin as a front two along with Ramsey…Behind them we could have a Kagawa type player in Cazorla and a more attacking Güdongan (Özil), and Coq. We would have to drop Özil further back, but he never scores. But could play behind Ramsey, Alexis and Ox. We'd need way more production out of Ramsey and Chambo, but I think we could see it. Might be a thing for another season, it could really open up tighter defenses, like it did against a team like Gladbach. Finally for teams that play a higher line we could use two (maybe) of Theo, Giroud or Welbeck. Just a thought. Edit: I can't write for poo poo, and I live in America and don't have a football brain.
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Best media production values in the world
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If ever there was a Look Inside you should click on Amazon, it's this one: The Wit and Wisdom of Brendan Rodgers: Unplugged and unauthorised
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Wep Cum explain yourself.
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http://www.skysports.com/football/news/21476/9956715/how-football-manager-is-helping-sky-sports-analyse-the-worlds-top-footballers
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Jose posted:http://www.skysports.com/football/news/21476/9956715/how-football-manager-is-helping-sky-sports-analyse-the-worlds-top-footballers "Speed" isn't an attribute, idiots!
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Shrapnig posted:Wep Cum explain yourself. you would never understand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1QEwIeS998
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Finally, ALL of you so called "experts" who keep bringing up Sunderland,,,,,,………..DON’T ! IT just exposes how little you actually know about this game, and how much you COVET the Premier League (secretly), and just how much more you view that league as 50yrs. ahead of MLS! All of the comments say the same thing about Jozy…….."well, if you take out AZ, he did poorly everywhere else". But you can’t "take out" AZ ! You all think that WINNING A LEAGUE CUP in ANY LEAGUE, isn’t worth a hoot, because of his time at Sunderland and Hull, where he was berated, shafted, insulted by bigots and racists at Sunderland and Hull…..the coach Di Canio who brought him in, didn’t even get to coach him at that "dumpster fire" of a club, which BTW, wouldn’t make the playoffs in MLS, imo . But go on drinking that Sky Sports Eurosnob kool-aid. I would ask for anyone who even watched his games at Sunderland, didn’t you think it strange how the older Scottish commentator on NBCET would nearly, every other time, say, "It has to be better from Altidore" in every game he called ? While at the same time, he almost NEVER called out the poor play of the rest of the team with frequency…………Don’t be like the "eurosnob" football armchair no-wit-alls, whom all they know is "spend-spend-spend". That league is becoming a real boring joke, where no one but the top 4-5 even have a 1/billion chance of winning the league, so they can’t be all that smart, can they, to allow that to happen!
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Jermaine Dildoe posted:Finally, ALL of you so called "experts" who keep bringing up Sunderland,,,,,,………..DON’T ! IT just exposes how little you actually know about this game, and how much you COVET the Premier League (secretly), and just how much more you view that league as 50yrs. ahead of MLS! All of the comments say the same thing about Jozy…….."well, if you take out AZ, he did poorly everywhere else". But you can’t "take out" AZ ! You all think that WINNING A LEAGUE CUP in ANY LEAGUE, isn’t worth a hoot, because of his time at Sunderland and Hull, where he was berated, shafted, insulted by bigots and racists at Sunderland and Hull…..the coach Di Canio who brought him in, didn’t even get to coach him at that "dumpster fire" of a club, which BTW, wouldn’t make the playoffs in MLS, imo .
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Jermaine Dildoe posted:Finally, ALL of you so called "experts" who keep bringing up Sunderland,,,,,,………..DON’T ! IT just exposes how little you actually know about this game, and how much you COVET the Premier League (secretly), and just how much more you view that league as 50yrs. ahead of MLS! All of the comments say the same thing about Jozy…….."well, if you take out AZ, he did poorly everywhere else". But you can’t "take out" AZ ! You all think that WINNING A LEAGUE CUP in ANY LEAGUE, isn’t worth a hoot, because of his time at Sunderland and Hull, where he was berated, shafted, insulted by bigots and racists at Sunderland and Hull…..the coach Di Canio who brought him in, didn’t even get to coach him at that "dumpster fire" of a club, which BTW, wouldn’t make the playoffs in MLS, imo .
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He starts out quite insane but his conclusion is spot on. I don't know what to believe.
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Jermaine Dildoe posted:Finally, ALL of you so called "experts" who keep bringing up Sunderland,,,,,,………..DON’T ! IT just exposes how little you actually know about this game, and how much you COVET the Premier League (secretly), and just how much more you view that league as 50yrs. ahead of MLS! All of the comments say the same thing about Jozy…….."well, if you take out AZ, he did poorly everywhere else". But you can’t "take out" AZ ! You all think that WINNING A LEAGUE CUP in ANY LEAGUE, isn’t worth a hoot, because of his time at Sunderland and Hull, where he was berated, shafted, insulted by bigots and racists at Sunderland and Hull…..the coach Di Canio who brought him in, didn’t even get to coach him at that "dumpster fire" of a club, which BTW, wouldn’t make the playoffs in MLS, imo . drat son where'd you find this
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Jermaine Dildoe posted:Finally, ALL of you so called "experts" who keep bringing up Sunderland,,,,,,………..DON’T ! IT just exposes how little you actually know about this game, and how much you COVET the Premier League (secretly), and just how much more you view that league as 50yrs. ahead of MLS! All of the comments say the same thing about Jozy…….."well, if you take out AZ, he did poorly everywhere else". But you can’t "take out" AZ ! You all think that WINNING A LEAGUE CUP in ANY LEAGUE, isn’t worth a hoot, because of his time at Sunderland and Hull, where he was berated, shafted, insulted by bigots and racists at Sunderland and Hull…..the coach Di Canio who brought him in, didn’t even get to coach him at that "dumpster fire" of a club, which BTW, wouldn’t make the playoffs in MLS, imo . Good I miss the Jozy thread.
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Jermaine Dildoe posted:Finally, ALL of you so called "experts" who keep bringing up Sunderland,,,,,,………..DON’T ! IT just exposes how little you actually know about this game, and how much you COVET the Premier League (secretly), and just how much more you view that league as 50yrs. ahead of MLS! All of the comments say the same thing about Jozy…….."well, if you take out AZ, he did poorly everywhere else". But you can’t "take out" AZ ! You all think that WINNING A LEAGUE CUP in ANY LEAGUE, isn’t worth a hoot, because of his time at Sunderland and Hull, where he was berated, shafted, insulted by bigots and racists at Sunderland and Hull…..the coach Di Canio who brought him in, didn’t even get to coach him at that "dumpster fire" of a club, which BTW, wouldn’t make the playoffs in MLS, imo . Sky Sports Eurosnob What's the max username length again ?
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Destroy My Sweater posted:drat son where'd you find this http://www.wakingthered.com/2015/8/18/9169879/calling-out-jozy-altidore-might-be-ill-advised-greg-vanney-statements-toronto-fc Big Joze is not impressing and the natives are getting restless
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggt4j9zYwI8
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Jermaine Dildoe posted:http://www.wakingthered.com/2015/8/18/9169879/calling-out-jozy-altidore-might-be-ill-advised-greg-vanney-statements-toronto-fc Giovinco is playing in MLS? lol
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As for Gilberto, he always looked like he was working hard on the pitch. But he scored 7 goals last year in 1955 minutes (0.32 per 90). Altidore has 7 in 1222 (0.52 per 90, which is 1.6x higher). Considering Jozy’s salary is roughly 4x, how many goals would he need to have by now for you to regard him as equivalent value for money?
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Parity warning posted:As for Gilberto, he always looked like he was working hard on the pitch. But he scored 7 goals last year in 1955 minutes (0.32 per 90). Altidore has 7 in 1222 (0.52 per 90, which is 1.6x higher). Considering Jozy’s salary is roughly 4x, how many goals would he need to have by now for you to regard him as equivalent value for money? We can easily slant those numbers in favor of Gilberto. You could remove Altidore’s 2 PK goals (Gilberto didn’t take any PKs), and you could also add in Gilberto’s 5 assists (Altidore has 0). So with those numbers Gilberto was in on 12 goals to Altidore’s 5. Let’s call it Points per 90. Altidore’s would be 0.37 and Gilberto’s would be 0.55. Heck, Moore’s from last season would be 0.46, and shockingly this season is 0.77 (who knew he had 3 assists!).
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quote:And while we're at it Martin Samuel tries and fails to not accuse Montero of doping. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3202733/Bring-Alan-Pardew-help-Gareth-Southgate-run-England-21s.html
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And? More journalists ahould be like that. The sport is a loving farce when it comes to doping
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African AIDS cum posted:And? More journalists ahould be like that. The sport is a loving farce when it comes to doping Montero hasn't done anything this season that he didn't do last. It's insulting to imply Montero wasn't doping before.
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 First, we need to define where the midfield is. This is how I defined it, between 38 and 79 yards away from the goal in my advanced soccer graphics representation program. This was just my decision based on what looked right and there are probably other ways of defining it that might be more correct.  Next we want to determine what stats to use to determine whether a team is dominating the midfield. Number of completions for and against shows possession but we need more, completion percentage is nice but rewards simple, short passes back and forth just inside the area equally with incisive balls through the middle. In the end, I came up with 4 factors to measure a team’s midfield control. The first three are simple. One: completions per game. Two: the share of passes that are going backwards, mainly for context. Three: how far the average pass travels. The fourth is a little more complicated. It is basically adjusted completion % on forward passes. To measure which teams were actually best as moving the ball through the midfield, I created a rough model for how an average team passes. It takes into account how far from goal the origin of the pass is and how much closer to goal the ball goes. I did this separately for La Liga, the Bundesliga, and the EPL. For example, in the EPL a pass that originates 63 yards from goal and is targeted at a player 4 yards closer to goal (59 yards from goal)*, is expected to be completed 86% of the time. If a passer is 40 yards from goal and tries to play a ball 26 yards closer to goal (in the box 14 yards from goal) it is expected to be completed 20% of the time. Obviously there are big changes depending on pressure and number of options available: a striker playing a ball forward will have a lower % than a midfielder or a defender simply due to how the team is laid out. This is ok, especially at the team level, as we are simply using this to measure which teams are actually passing well and which teams might be inflating their completion percentage through short passes far from goal. We add up each passes expected completion percentage then compare how many passes were actually completed to see if a team is above or below what you would expect.
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