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New manager would have to do quite the horrendous job for that to happen. Which is possible of course. I just think we could get Mark Hughes in and the quality of our forwards would just about keep us up.

This part is one of my fears going forward. Being the next Watford etc. Having a long serving manager and a relatively patient fan base was something that set us apart from the rest.

Questions can be asked about how deeply he’s looked at the stats then. I actually think he has just considered results tbh.

That’s very honest. Time will tell if it is the right or wrong call. Heart says wrong and I was against it, but I’ll back any new manager (apart from Joey Barton or Troy Deeney).

Yeah this is what I don’t particularly understand. If I was Lampard I’d be living out the rest of my days permanently on holiday.

@Grendel in Doug Kings ear from day one 😂

Also, the Leeds game was poor but they look on another level so far this season and the stats back that up.

*As opposed to defending properly But I hear ya. The Norwich first half and that Eccles chance against Watford I think back to as times where we should have picked up more points.

Almost as if expected goals for and expected goals against is a good indicator to these things eh?

As much as King is potentially stupid for doing what he did, I’m sure he’s not stupid enough to know that a new manager will want some kind of backing in January. He’ll be aware that anyone will come in and make some changes to the playing side of things that they are not happy with. I imagine...

Go on then Cam, give it to us!

Isodor scored a great goal the other week on the volley. It actually had a high xG (can’t remember what), but likely because it was a ball over the top of the defence and he had time to take a touch and finish. He chose to hit it first time. Surprised the goalkeeper no doubt and could be a...

What’s also interesting there is that both teams had the same xG and both teams drew. Almost as if there is a direct correlation between xG and how teams perform 😂

This does not surprise me. He’d not long come on as well.

I’m not sure of the cumulative outcome of it, it may adjust for this? But I hear what you’re saying. Yesterday though Sunderland had two far better chances to score than the ones they did, meaning it obviously isn’t an exact science. So yes it was true yesterday, but also true for Derbys second...

New manager will come in and say the kind of players he wants in and who is surplus I imagine.

Was this in the distant past, or this weekend at Tescos arena while Frank was getting his meal deal?

I guess because there’s some stats with some meaning behind them (that has been proven), we should just simulate the whole season - that would be way more enjoyable!

Well according to the xG table the strikers are actually not doing too badly, slightly underperforming. I guess really really good strikers would outperform the xG though… However, the xGA and the GA are the biggest difference (no shit, we’re conceding silly goals from positions where the...

It’s quite interesting. If you have a Thierry Henry up front for you, you’re potentially going to be able to outperform your xG for a duration of time long enough to see success.