Feels like the only time Gabriel Jesus touches the ball for City is when he's missing tap-ins. It's been fun to get to see him flex a little bit for Brazil.
Feels like the only time Gabriel Jesus touches the ball for City is when he's missing tap-ins. It's been fun to get to see him flex a little bit for Brazil.
It would be nice to see so many of the players on City actually play a full season as the best players for other squads. I once thought I understood the UEFA FFP but clearly I have no clue.
it's interesting to see who works out and who doesn't when they leave. Iheanacho? Everyone thought he was just unlucky. I mean, given all the underlying numbers, he still profiles as "unlucky" but at a certain point there's something you're not measuring that seems to be systematic and causal
I was thinking the higher end players. Iehnacho playing like the $25m player he is. More thinking of guys like Sane - would love to see him on almost any team.
Gundogan is the guy for me. Doesn't quite do it for Pep (I guess? He played a lot more as the season went on), but probably would be one of the best players on the pitch for just about any other top team in any other league
what was their xg diff that year? And how much of that was due to underperformance on the offensive side (versus Aguero's systematic, ridiculous cheating of xG year to year, IIRC)
86 G, 70.07 xG. 26 GA, 33.78 xGA. We don't talk about this enough, imo. Spurs scored the most goals and allowed the fewest and didn't win the league. They had a better goal differential AND xG differential than the team that won it!
Nothing tops my british family talking to american friends who are spurs fans. The sort of horror and "but why would you do that to yourself?" look on their faces.
Feels like the only time Gabriel Jesus touches the ball for City is when he's missing tap-ins. It's been fun to get to see him flex a little bit for Brazil.
So, this, uh, er, um, I, well, yeah ...
Didn't think he had it in him TBQH
Oy
It would be nice to see so many of the players on City actually play a full season as the best players for other squads. I once thought I understood the UEFA FFP but clearly I have no clue.
it's interesting to see who works out and who doesn't when they leave. Iheanacho? Everyone thought he was just unlucky. I mean, given all the underlying numbers, he still profiles as "unlucky" but at a certain point there's something you're not measuring that seems to be systematic and causal
I was thinking the higher end players. Iehnacho playing like the $25m player he is. More thinking of guys like Sane - would love to see him on almost any team.
Gundogan is the guy for me. Doesn't quite do it for Pep (I guess? He played a lot more as the season went on), but probably would be one of the best players on the pitch for just about any other top team in any other league
remember when Pep lost a title because he played Jesus for nearly a full season over Aguero? Pepperidge farm remembers
Claudio Bravo would like to have a word with you as to why City didn't win a title that year.
what was their xg diff that year? And how much of that was due to underperformance on the offensive side (versus Aguero's systematic, ridiculous cheating of xG year to year, IIRC)
City:
-80 G, 79.5 xG (both Aguero and GJ were about even on G and xG)
-39 GA, 29.61 xGA
Chelsea:
-85 G, 61.80 xG (lmao)
-33 GA, 28.62 xGA
Curious what were Spurs that season?
86 G, 70.07 xG. 26 GA, 33.78 xGA. We don't talk about this enough, imo. Spurs scored the most goals and allowed the fewest and didn't win the league. They had a better goal differential AND xG differential than the team that won it!
I talk about it plenty. Chelsea stole our CL spot in 2012 and stole our title that season. Horrible!!
Nothing tops my british family talking to american friends who are spurs fans. The sort of horror and "but why would you do that to yourself?" look on their faces.
LMAO