[Albion] Premier League 18-20/1/25

[WhingForPresident]

Doubt that would have been correctly given without goal-line tech. We should've had GLT in football years before we actually got it.

Really nice play from Trossard unfortunately.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Maybe the senile ones remember it that way, but no that wasn't what the moans used to be about.

Can't remember the shot on target to off target ratio but we did have loads of shots, presumably why our xg was incredibly good for a couple of seasons. The problem we had was actually scoring.

 

[Justice]

Can't remember the shot on target to off target ratio but we did have loads of shots, presumably why our xg was incredibly good for a couple of seasons. The problem we had was actually scoring.

Xg is absolute crap and should be ignored. The almost scored stat.

 

[Justice]

Arteta is such a drama queen.
Hope he is sacked when they don't win the Premier league again.

Why? They may get someone competent

 

[Han Solo]

Can't remember the shot on target to off target ratio but we did have loads of shots, presumably why our xg was incredibly good for a couple of seasons. The problem we had was actually scoring.

Indeed. Creating chances was rarely a problem.

Xg is absolute crap and should be ignored. The almost scored stat.

To those who don't understand statistics, it will obviously seem that way.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Xg is absolute crap and should be ignored. The almost scored stat.

It is useful though as a rough metric of the finishing ability of a team. We all saw the evidence of this when we seemed to frequently have over 20 shots but yet 1 or no goals was the result.

 

[maltaseagull]

Hilarious!
Arsenal fans booing Villa for time-wasting.

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Hilarious!
Arsenal fans booing Villa for time-wasting.

It is odd if Villa are timewasting.

 

[Weststander]

Xg is absolute crap and should be ignored.

There’s some truth in that. I like the PL stat “Big Chances Created”. We were/are:
2017/18 14th
2018/19 18th!
2019/20 13th
2020/21 11th
2021/22 9th
2022/23 5th
2023/24 9th
2024/25 13th

A great barometer of creative play.

 

[Justice]

There’s some truth in that. I like the PL stat “Big Chances Created”. We were/are:
2017/18 14th
2018/19 18th!
2019/20 13th
2020/21 11th
2021/22 9th
2022/23 5th
2023/24 9th
2024/25 13th

A great barometer of creative play.

The trouble with Xg is it doesn’t register how the chance was created only the value of the shot. So it’s basically flawed.
I agree big chances created is better.

 

[tstanbur]

There’s some truth in that. I like the PL stat “Big Chances Created”. We were/are:
2017/18 14th
2018/19 18th!
2019/20 13th
2020/21 11th
2021/22 9th
2022/23 5th
2023/24 9th
2024/25 13th

A great barometer of creative play.

Big chances created is just a simplification of xG

 

[Flounce]

f*** the Potter discussion the results today were all absolute shite for us imo, except the Brentford one. An Arsenal win will improve them

 

[Han Solo]

There’s some truth in that. I like the PL stat “Big Chances Created”. We were/are:
2017/18 14th
2018/19 18th!
2019/20 13th
2020/21 11th
2021/22 9th
2022/23 5th
2023/24 9th
2024/25 13th

A great barometer of creative play.

The trouble with Xg is it doesn’t register how the chance was created only the value of the shot. So it’s basically flawed.
I agree big chances created is better.

Our xG positions and "big chances created" positions are very similar. Funny coincidence when one metric is apparently "shit" and the other "great".

 

[SkirlieWirlie]

It is odd if Villa are timewasting.

 

[zefarelly]

It is perfectly normal if Villa are time wasting.

Corrected for you

 

[Justice]

f*** the Potter discussion the results today were all absolute shite for us imo, except the Brentford one. An Arsenal win will improve them

Depends what you are expecting this season. Personally think it’s to late to be serious about Europe although nothing wrong with dreaming.

 

[Weststander]

Big chances created is just an extension of xG

They don’t nearly correlate. The 3 seasons 2019/20 to 2021/22 our xG was always 7th or 8th, giving the laughed at tag the xG champions and a false narrative that we were just a decent finisher away from glory. The reality watching at games was cringey daisy-cutters, silly weak shots from at best half chances.

 

[Justice]

Our xG positions and "big chances created" positions are very similar. Funny coincidence when one metric is apparently "shit" and the other "great".

I didn’t say it was great, better doesn’t mean ‘great’.

 

[zefarelly]

Hilarious!
Arsenal fans booing Villa for time-wasting.

The most shithouse game possible in the PL . . . . Probably trumps the worst possible in Spain

not that I watch any of it so it's mere specualtion

 

[Green Cross Code Man]

Corrected for you

I suppose they've had it drummed in so much that they didn't notice they were behind.