Whitey Grandad

Man-marking is not a team game. It's a bunch of individuals playing in the same shirts.

This is what happens when you put a businessman in charge of a government. They are supposed to work for the people and not the other way around. This is politics. You can’t hire and fire the electorate.

61 conceded so far with 12 games to go. That would require slightly over 3 goals conceded per game. At the current rate, sure, no problem.

I’m not even sure that we have a formation.

I could agree with you but then we’d both be wrong. It all depends on what the respective players’ aims are.

Putin’s Poodle innit

More likely shell shock.

87 goals is the only figure that matters. Chances created and certainly xG are figments of somebody’s imagination.

But he wasn’t ’bested’, was he? Of all his teammates JWP was the first there by a long way.

I don’t bet. It’s bad enough running a small business anyway.

“Papieren bitte!”

He sounds ideal.

Then I suggest that you look at the criteria regarding ‘shots on goal’. You might even be surprised. “Furthermore, blocked shots by other players also do not register as shots on target, unless that person is the last man in the defence.”

He’s been out too long for any sort of sparkling return. It’s usually reckoned that you need at least ten games to get match fit.

You’re not the only one. The players have too.

Indeed. All we needed was Mike Bassett.

TNT Sports kickoff 20:15. I refuse to pay their exorbitant subscription prices.

“Attacking quickly after a transition - when possession changes hands - is arguably overtaking Guardiola's philosophy at elite level, with emphasis increasingly placed on direct football that runs deliberately in contrast to possession and territory.” It’s also more entertaining to watch. It’s like the triumph of Blitzkrieg over static defences.

Yesterday’s shots were mostly blocked early and so don’t feature in the published figures.

This is the fundamental problem with the possession-based approach. The intention is to dominate and not to conquer. Martin had more than a fair chance to see if he could manage in the Premier League and he failed. More than miserably. The fact that his replacement is also struggling and appears to be making things up as he goes along doesn’t mean that getting rid of Martin was the wrong thing to do.

I wouldn't work for you. I've had my own business for 43 years and I shall never work for anyone else ever again.

“Never criticise your customers” At least they turn up.

That’s stretching things too far. Leeds hit the bar if I recall correctly.

So what’s your point? If you have one.

You don’t really believe all this xG crap do you?