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Granite wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 5:13 pm How many times do people have to tell you we’re between ownership and he’s not getting sacked? We could lose 10-nil tonight and he’s not going anywhere.

Its not beyond the realms of possibility that TFG start pulling the strings early, I just doubt it'll happen with the derby 2 and a half days later to prep for.

The Doc wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 5:17 pm Its not beyond the realms of possibility that TFG start pulling the strings early, I just doubt it'll happen with the derby 2 and a half days later to prep for.

Friedkin wouldn’t be so reckless as to try to circumvent the Premier League, he still awaits the approval of the PL and needs to pass the fit and proper test, nothing more certain to piss the PL off and cause them to drag their feet on approval than showing contempt/arrogance by assuming it’s a done deal.

I'm gonna go out on one here and say I really hope we win tonight and he walks away (gets sacked) straight after

Ideal scenario

Granite wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 5:11 pm And yet we’re the lowest spenders in the PL over the last 5 years and during that time we have a net spend of a bottom half Championship team.

If this squad really should be top 10/12 like most on here think, then someone must’ve been doing something right?

I don’t share that optimism but more than happy to be both wrong and pleasantly surprised when we get a new manager

Sexy samba football, give that man a new deal!



At least we’ve spent all week practicing set pieces

Good result, but all 4 goals from set-pieces, and Wolves are shite.

Enjoy tonight, but get Dyche out before he turns Broja into a channel runner.

We pressed high. We put set pieces into dangerous places.

It's not that fucking hard. Better teams tear us a new arsehole tonight - but there's more than enough shit in the league for us to be comfortable by Easter playing like that.

Got to wonder where that type of performance has been against other poor teams, felt like that's the first time we've seen the Everton of last season since probably the Bournemouth game.

Unfortunately it's come as we head in to 4 games where any momentum we could have built will ultimately disappear within about 10 mins of the next one.

The Doc wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2024 9:37 pm Good result, but all 4 goals from set-pieces, and Wolves are shite.

From the BBC article on Arsenal's set piece goals:

- Everton (50%) have the highest ratio of set-piece goals as a proportion of all goals in that same period (27/54)

- For the ultimate comparison, Stoke's Premier League ratio under former manager Tony Pulis was 43.1% - 81 set-piece goals from a total of 188 goals.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/ar ... 084ejn1lxo

Doesn't say a lot of good about our open play exploits!

Premier League set piece kings
Club /Goals /Set Piece (no pens) /% Set Piece
EVE 54 27 50.0%
LUT 52 16 30.8%
ARS 119 30 25.2%
WHU 78 18 23.1%
WOL 72 16 22.2%
LEI 19 4 21.1%
AST 98 20 20.4%
BOU 74 15 20.3%
NEW 102 20 19.6%
MNU 74 14 18.9%
Premier League data from start of 2023-24 to 4 October 2024
Source: Opta

Shogun wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 12:32 pm Doesn't say a lot of good about our open play exploits!

Premier League set piece kings
Club /Goals /Set Piece (no pens) /% Set Piece
EVE 54 27 50.0%
LUT 52 16 30.8%
ARS 119 30 25.2%
WHU 78 18 23.1%
WOL 72 16 22.2%
LEI 19 4 21.1%
AST 98 20 20.4%
BOU 74 15 20.3%
NEW 102 20 19.6%
MNU 74 14 18.9%
Premier League data from start of 2023-24 to 4 October 2024
Source: Opta

If only Dom could beat a keeper 1 on 1.

Blueomar wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 3:18 pm If only Dom could beat a keeper 1 on 1.

We'd have 57 goals!

Early goal helps. We've started plenty of games well but petered out when a goal hasn't come.

MayorFarnham wrote: ↑Thu Dec 05, 2024 4:55 pm Early goal helps. We've started plenty of games well but petered out when a goal hasn't come.

Very much this.

Which suggests we're set up ok, have chances, but are just too relaxed and casual, not clinical, fail to take advantage of good starts, and our morale drops.

We look like we actually have more desire once we concede, but we're more running on fear, rather than trying to take the initiative in the first place.

It's such a strange thing to watch most weeks.

We just don't control or create at the level we should do.

8th for xga.

18th for xg.