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JamDav1982

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Temptation said:
Ofcourse it's a combination of several meteics.

There's the subjective side of things. You have scouts.

The objective running, stamina, scoring, assisting, game involvement, build up involvement, presses per 90 and tons of others are used to assess which players will suit your club.
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xG isnt held in high regard as a stat to base anything off.

I know of EPL clubs banning it being discussed as folk can hang on it too much.
 
FC B

FC B

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serghei said:
City were kind of done when they conceded the 2nd goal that early after the 1-1 goal. Really an unreliable team in defense, full of errors, with questionable defenders and a shitshow keeper on the night.

They must be tired, fighting on both fronts, otherwise, it's unexplainable why they didn't keep the same tactics from the first leg.
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It's because Ancelotti changed tactics and sat way deeper in the return leg, Carlo stated that publicly after the first leg loss.
 
Jadentheman

Jadentheman

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Barca fans are at a conundrum. Obviously, have Liverpool beat Madrid. If not for Thiago to get another CL. But that means they have the chance to get quadtuple then go for the sextuple. This would mean tying with Barca 2009 and having Klopp dethrone Pep as the world's best manager.

But on the other hand, if Madrid get their double. The Madrid circle jerk will be never ending
 
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Temptation

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JamDav1982 said:
xG isnt held in high regard as a stat to base anything off.

I know of EPL clubs banning it being discussed as folk can hang on it too much.
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Yeah I mentioned that we must treat it for what it is.

People whp dislike these metrics just hype it up to a point it's not meant to be at and then diss it. That's a strawman......

xG does not even show the full picture at times. We should take it for what it is.
 
FC B

FC B

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mc_lovin said:
One of those goals was a freak accident to be fair with a weird deflection from Asensio.

The two penalties City conceded over both legs though :lol: Looked like Laporte and Dias got possessed by Lenglet.
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Sheer pure Madrid luck, which some of the users here disagree to.
 
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JamDav1982

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It is just a stats that can often show the balance of a game but nothing to hang hat on either way.

Example used to be Burnley who often had once of worst xGs but one of better defences as rather that trying to stop chances against them Dyche would try and stop clear chances. Simeone used to do the same.

Used to make Burnley keepers class in Fantasy Football as they got saves and clean sheets!
 
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Morten

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Temptation said:
Yeah I mentioned that we must treat it for what it is.

People whp dislike these metrics just hype it up to a point it's not meant to be at and then diss it. That's a strawman......

xG does not even show the full picture at times. We should take it for what it is.
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Oh no, i never took it as that tbh.

I see the value in it, but at the same time, a single goal can change momentum, or how a team react, which has an affect on the outcome on these kind of things as well.
I also do think the xG flatters us, because if xG was was what happened in the first leg, we are at least 2 goals behind from the start in this one, or maybe 3.
That happens and we certainly have a very different game for the 2nd leg, which again, affects the xG in this one.
 
FC B

FC B

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Temptation said:
Klopp could unironically go to Barca next.

It's the kinda club he loves. Lesser media attention than Real, huge loyal fanbase, etc. Only thing missing is the underdog feeling there was at Dortmund and Liverpool.

But if I had to predict his next job, I'd predict Barca.

Pep will coach Brazil NT after this.
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That would be fantastic for Barca but totally doubt it will ever happen let alone his next job to be this, one can hope though.
 
soul24rage

soul24rage

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Birdy said:
By the way, Barca locker-room talk today:

- "It begins to be something paranormal."

- "It seems to be black magic."

- "This is no longer luck, it's something else."

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@fansjavimiguel
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Now I'm certain some Barca players visit this forum :p
 
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