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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Sports Argument Stadium > The Ray Parlour > En Garde: the November Prem Thread
 
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fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
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sebzilla posted:

Without wanting to enter the world of Advanced Stats, there's not necessarily a problem with creating a low number of chances, as long as those few chances are relatively of higher quality and more likely to result in a goal than the higher numbers of chances created by other teams. Particularly for a team like United who tend to face packed defences, there's arguably some merit to the plan of creating two or three excellent chances and dominating possession rather than trying for more speculative chances, losing the ball and potentially being done on the counter.

In Hernandez' first season his goals/shots ratio was insanely good, partly because his finishing was great but also because he seemed to only ever shoot if he was all but certain of scoring. No half-chances, no long shots, etc. Contrast with someone like Ronaldo who shoots wherever possible and scores a pile of goals but also loses possession a whole bunch. Madrid are good enough defensively to deal with this, but recent history suggests United currently aren't.

The side is currently taking this to an extreme in our run of 0-0s, but a sample size of three games is not all that meaningful. Over the course of the season so far we've picked up the fourth most points and that is the only stat that really counts. The high possession, low-scoring approach is not going to win LVG any awards for style, but he won't mind too much if it keeps picking up points. And with a team that has struggled defensively in recent seasons, it's a pretty understandable strategy, at least in the short term. Build a team from the back, etc. Not conceding is great (pizza-worthy, even) so it's just a matter of getting that attacking fluidity back. Rooney has been loving garbage for a long time and actively harmful to a lot of our play going forward, so unless he personally improves (or is dropped) it's going to be tough for the team.

Yeah I agree with this. United couldn't deal with getting Ronald back, it would make them immediately worse.

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fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
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 Have they changed it so five teams are getting relegated this season?

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fart simpson
Jul 2, 2005

DEATH TO AMERICA
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hadji murad posted:

Mourinho's appeals to sign players was rejected by Roman so Mou can point to that. Maybe Roman wanted the youth played or something. Expect big money in January.

I hope the big January money is spent on Torres Jr.

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