Match Thread | Young Boys vs Man City (25/10/23)

[carlosthejackal]

Does Kovacic know the game has started ?

 

[Bluemoonie92]

Should be winning but we need to sort out our away form

 

[heslops barnet]

Missed the first half. How's it going?

Don’t ask…..

 

[Beanhead]

Think we are playing well… it wIll come.

 

[Franknorgrovesnephew]

Frustrating half that

 

[TrentGrisham]

Awful and we are becoming dire to watch away
We have nobody who can feed Haaland
Kovocic and Nunes Rank
Aki offers nothing down the left
Pitch awful

The only thing I agree with you about is Ake offering little down the left and to a lesser extent players not playing Haaland in at times.

Calling that half 'Awful' is ridiculous.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Please Jack, beat your man and get a shot or a pass off.

 

[blueinsa]

Awful and we are becoming dire to watch away
We have nobody who can feed Haaland
Kovocic and Nunes Rank
Aki offers nothing down the left
Pitch awful

Dire you say?

Whose next for you?

Arsenal can be exciting now and then?

Wrexham are Hollywood I’m told?

 

[youngbob]

Awful and we are becoming dire to watch away
We have nobody who can feed Haaland
Kovocic and Nunes Rank
Aki offers nothing down the left
Pitch awful

Lol.

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

What is XG?? And how is it measured??

It's an accumulation of the probabilities of each chance at goal a team has during a match.

Shot from the half-way line - low probability of scoring (say 0.05)
Shot from the penalty spot with no defenders around - high probability of scoring (say 0.75)

If these are the only chances you create during a game your xG = 0.8

 

[Haaland94]

Imo Nunes is having a bit of a mare

Good forward passing, making a lot of progressive runs with the ball, making some good runs without the ball as well. We just need to utilise him better. He did lose the ball a couple of times, but so did others. Playing OK, IMO.

 

[mcfcpride]

We actually played very well

 

[BerkshireBlue]

Bizarre man management by Pep, that. Grealish has his best half of football in a long time, creating 3 massive chances which should result in goals, and you decide to take him off the left and stick him out wide on the right where he's never played?

It's called really good management. You have to try different things when you have new players. Pep is working things out and the only place to do that is in competitive games

 

[Blue2202]

Only Doku and Haaland for city who's first thought is to go forward when they get the ball. Others too content with pass, pass, pass and no incision. Having said that we should be at least a couple in front.

 

[WestGorton]

The only thing I agree with you about is Ake offering little down the left and to a lesser extent players not playing Haaland in at times.

Calling that half 'Awful' is ridiculous.

We've played well. It's not going in is the issue.

 

[willipp]

Awful and we are becoming dire to watch away
We have nobody who can feed Haaland
Kovocic and Nunes Rank
Aki offers nothing down the left
Pitch awful

Haaland has had two great chances and not connected with either of them.

 

[Tourist since 1971]

Darke and Hoddle are insufferable cunts

Luckily, on my tele the crowd noise seems to be drowning out most of their drivel. Hope the director doesn’t notice in the second half.

 

[applecentral]

Awful and we are becoming dire to watch away
We have nobody who can feed Haaland
Kovocic and Nunes Rank
Aki offers nothing down the left
Pitch awful

Otherwise ok?

 

[bluemoon32]

Missed the first half. How's it going?

Ok but nothing special.
Quite drab really

 

[Phoenix900000]

Good forward passing, making a lot of progressive runs with the ball forward, making some good runs without the ball as well. We just need to utilise him better. He did lose the ball a couple of times, but so did others. Playing OK, IMO.

I think losing the ball a bit too much will annoy Pep