Media thread 2022/23

[Rory Bluelow]

Even a broken clock is correct twice a day

Unless it’s a digital 24hr one !

 

[remember arthur mann]

Thank god for the Stalin supporting guardian.

Nowt wrong with Uncle Joe.

 

[The Lone Whalley Ranger]

I used to listen to loads of football podcasts, but I’ve stopped most of them due to the constant bitching about our ownership and also because they are mostly made up of upper middle class twats who look down their noses at City fans, so I really just listen to the excellent 93:20. I thought I’d give the ESPNFC one a go, pleasantly surprised over the last week or so, especially today when Craig Burley went on a top class rant about Bayern’s fans. Though, I see Mark Ogden works for them so I’m sure he’ll spout shire sooner rather than later.

Pious, morally virtuous Oxbridge types sneering at our fans for having the temerity to question their bullshit.

 

[remember arthur mann]

MOTD Danny Murphy. Bless him he’s not sure about The Viking’s penalty taking.
He has a point though in seasons past we’ve missed the fuckers.
Oh and DMIAFC.

As you were Blues.
CTID.

At least Danny put his face on the line, the railway one.

 

[mexico1970]

I used to listen to loads of football podcasts, but I’ve stopped most of them due to the constant bitching about our ownership and also because they are mostly made up of upper middle class twats who look down their noses at City fans, so I really just listen to the excellent 93:20. I thought I’d give the ESPNFC one a go, pleasantly surprised over the last week or so, especially today when Craig Burley went on a top class rant about Bayern’s fans. Though, I see Mark Ogden works for them so I’m sure he’ll spout shire sooner rather than later.

Craig Burley isn't a bad pundit, one of the better ones IMO, it helps that Nedum gets an outing on that channel too.

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

xg, load of old bollocks more like.

Now has any of the usual suspects in the press said anything about City today, revealing that their piss is boiling ?

I'm not stooping lower than a snake's belly to read any of them!!

 

[Maly]

Is XG the stupidest stat ever. How can a team score three goals and the other score one and then the team who score one have a better XG. what a load of nonsense.

Most football stats are useless in isolation. It’s when all the different stats & data is seen together, that you can have an analytical view of football, then make more rational decisions as you have the information available

Massively important part of the game at the top level

 

[Spanishbob]

What a boring thread this is today. So remind me how does XG work? Just asking for a friend.

 

[KPXBLN]

If Nunez has a high xG and low goals that proves he's a shit finisher so quite the opposite

‘he gets in the right positions, hence the chances as represented by the xG numbers - it just isn’t breaking right for him yet’ would be the (wrong) argument that people make in that case. As you say, that’s a misrepresentation of what xG actually is, but because xG is more subjective than actual goals, it leaves room for this subterfuge motivated by wishful thinking.

 

[eastmanc]

Most football stats are useless in isolation. It’s when all the different stats & data is seen together, that you can have an analytical view of football, then make more rational decisions as you have the information available

Massively important part of the game at the top level

Fair enough. But the only stat that counts is that we win 3-1.