Petetheblu
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I'm that hard, I dont have knees...
I have knuckles.
Anyone fancy ago.....
I have knuckles.
Anyone fancy ago.....
Ha ha, or it could be that most City fans are so knowledgable because they've actually played the game and sustained those knee injuries. My own promising Sunday League career was terminated by a ruptured ACL at the tender age of 37.
I suspect that unless you work in media very few people will understand the ABC reference. That said I agree re the Guardian but there are still over 1 million buying The Sun!!
Bit premature to say losing eric long term doesn't affect out title odds,of course it will as he is our best defender who starts many attacks,it has to get through to kev somehow,throw in sane's goals and assists and as an option off the bench and it will affect us very much indeedKDB is the only injury to the squad that legitimately makes a noticeable impact from a data and expected goals POV.
Of course losing anyone in our first 11 is a big deal but what Kevin does for us causes ripples to everyone. Those pundits were definitely correct from my records. Bernardo + Raz stepped up in a big way and definitely improved but many might be surprised to find out that once Kevin went down the nearly entire attack force had a significant drop of in production barring Sane in terms of goals+assists / minutes. Even Dave and Gundogan.
Kevin is so valuable to us from an expected goals POV that we can lose Sane + Laporte long term and it doesn’t affect our title odds in the slightest because of how much he improves this seasons squad. I reckon some of that is Mendys impact too but mostly Kev.
Bit premature to say losing eric long term doesn't affect out title odds,of course it will as he is our best defender who starts many attacks,it has to get through to kev somehow,throw in sane's goals and assists and as an option off the bench and it will affect us very much indeed
That’s fair to say. Watching the matches and smaller details is obviously the purpose but throwing in the data aspect adds a fun layer on top. His injury will hurt our attack and loads of other things on top of just defending.
I guess the point I was putting out there is that on a single individual game losing Sane and Laporte doesn’t necessarily cause us as much harm as it sounds. If Nico or Raz get hurt then it’s a problem but having Kevin around unlocks everyone’s best game so not only do we have him but everyone gets a boost this season and I think that’s why the books are so bullish despite the injuries.
It will matter in the big games - particularly away to the scousers.
Do you sleep on a bag of machetes???
You should never send your wife for karate lesson .
I suspect that unless you work in media very few people will understand the ABC reference. That said I agree re the Guardian but there are still over 1 million buying The Sun!!