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Well that’s the opposite of what I think! Preston did not deserve to be as high as they were at the start of last season and the xG table showed that. They had a run of luck!

A predictor of the league table is there to “predict” how sustainable the current league table is likely to be. Like how likely it is for Sunderland to stay top (unlikely unless they improve a fair amount in the next run of games). Time will tell, but you have to understand, time has already...

Based on the current data, it would be extremely unlikely if we were to continue on our current trend for us to finish 19th.

It might convince you to see how often teams manage to massively outperform their xG for the duration of a season and how often teams get promoted doing so. Obviously there are outliers, there always are, the point being the outliers are rare.

Why would anyone argue that is the only one that counts? It absolutely does matter because it can give you an indication of where our issues are and whether we have been slightly unlucky so far and whether people are in a false league position - Preston after 10 games last season for example.

I don’t want to take this away from you though if that’s what you believe. I definitely agree that Jack Rudoni googles his own name at least three times per day so he’s defo seen a few posts on here.

If this was the case we’d have ended up playing Dabo at centre mid, we’d have done away with all the data analysis stuff and Doug King will have now employed armed security to patrol his house.

After many of their fans reaction to the racism directed at Palmer last season I do feel somewhat the same. Unfortunately I have now been radicalised by @TomRad85 to hate Sheffield United also.

Hope he’s a flexible fella! Im guesstimating 2 months if it’s ligament damage, based on me doing similar in my 20s minus any kind of physio or aftercare!

Often played direct into the middle of the park and then a Hamer ball into one of the channels. Was always a very quick transition from defence to attack.

Not massively actually. Our xG is 1.44 and Goals for is 1.33 - not a massive difference. It’s more what @Perryccfc said. xGA 1.17 but we’re conceding 1.40. It is obviously a combination of both but the difference in the xGA and and actual goals conceded is larger.

I’d encourage them to look at how many teams get promoted that aren’t near the top of the xG table. Obviously it’s not the be all and end all, but it paints a picture. We’re creating decent quality chances and I think our forward line is capable of taking most decent chances. Defensively the...

We are 4th, (5th in the xGd table). Some over achievers in there (Sunderland, West Brom, Millwall, Blackburn) and under achievers (Luton, Middlesbrough, Hull, Cardiff). This is why whoever comes in, I expect us and some of those underachieving teams with decent forwards to start climbing the...

That’s where it started, it continued well into the area.

Oh I don’t live south of the Tyne mate. I’ve worked there before quite a few times though.

Haven’t seen Gimoc for ages on here actually

Also I had a message saying we were “lucky”. Lucky to be denied a penalty when O’Nien jumped on Haji Wrights back?!

As someone else who lives in the north east, a lot of my colleagues have been Sunderland fans. Most were decent enough, but absolutely NONE of them had reasonable takes on football. Not one.

I was giving him pelters first half because he was shite. Made me eat my words second half. Was much better. If he sticks to what he knows he can do, he is fine.

A strong aversion to the EU, a stadium that smells of manure if the winds blowing in the wrong direction and a city (that more than resembles a town), barely changed by the sands of time and devoid of all culture and interest. Blast Beach is nice though (not technically Sunderland), some of...