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• Moyes on Arsenal at the pre-con: “We’ve got a bit of confidence, we’ve been playing well in the last few games, so we can only go and try against who are probably the best team in the country at the moment,” Moyes said. In spite of that praise, it was put to Moyes that Arsenal have only been successful because of their set-pieces and physicality, and he had a strong response to that claim. “Well, what’s up with any of those things?” Moyes responded. “You’re making it sound as if that’s a problem, because they’re good at set-pieces, and they’re a strong, physical side. I don’t see any problem with any of that, it’s part of the game. “I would hate to be going to football matches all the time and seeing football played the one way. I want teams to play different styles, I want them to play different ways. “We’ve got some unbelievable managers, Mikel is one of them, who have come into this country and shown us what they can do, but maybe th...
  Michael Kenrick in Arsenal vs Everton: Preview, Predicted Lineups and Where to Watch
• Stu @11, You've hit on something there we don't really talk about very much. Supporting the team means inherently believing we have the best coaching professionals at Finch Farm and that they are doing the best job possible -- not just in traditional coaching but also in the application of data analytics and all these stats to enhance the individual training programmes for the players. But I can see a flaw in this line of thought already... I suppose it means that, as requested by many of his devoted acolytes on here, we must also believe, trust in, and swear undying allegiance to our Supreme Leader, the Moyesiah.Oh, bugger....
  Michael Kenrick in The Beto Conundrum
• Unfortunately, until -- if -- we get a decent centre-forward, I think Beto is our best option....
  John Keating in The Beto Conundrum
• Paul,Spot on. Who actually cares about xG? Just another irrelevance which means nothing. ...
  Brian Harrison in So who decides the xG values anyway?
• xG. The biggest load of nonsense I've ever seen....
  Paul Hewitt in So who decides the xG values anyway?
• David @3, That does seem to be something missing from the model -- some sort of reputational profile or prior record factor. Although it's probably right there already in this ratio of Actual Goals to Expected Goals in previous games, or over the season. There's a table of Premier League strikers somewhere that has Beto in 20th place out of 20. ...
  Michael Kenrick in So who decides the xG values anyway?