Match Day Thread Southampton vs QPR

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bobmid said:
It's hard to get too disheartened despite the result. We tried to do the right things but it just wasn't to be. Certainly a lot closer game than I expected.
Without Armstrong then that set up doesn't work at all. He has the ability to hold and the ability to turn and out run a defence as generally the other 9 players are defending. It was all about responding today, which was both good and bad. When there 2nd went in and Armstrong is tiring, there's no options at all to get back in to the game. When Adomah comes on, you know it's game over.
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I thought the duel between Armstrong and Bednarak finished about 50/50 in the end. They both had one job to do in the game. Armstrong was decent at holding up, but there wasn’t a quick enough teammate to then layoff to. Whether a fit and interested Willock could be that player remains to be seen, but we could do with someone that’ll charge in through the middle from the layoff, not afraid to take people on and carve an opportunity.

I agree with other posters that we looked good when on the front foot and taking the initiative; not sure why it was only the case for around 15 minutes.

I thought Field again looked quality and the experience of Cook, Fox and Colback very important.

If the substitution answer is Uncle Albert then I’m not sure what the question was.
 
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Uber_Hoop said:
I thought the duel between Armstrong and Bednarak finished about 50/50 in the end. They both had one job to do in the game. Armstrong was decent at holding up, but there wasn’t a quick enough teammate to then layoff to. Whether a fit and interested Willock could be that player remains to be seen, but we could do with someone that’ll charge in through the middle from the layoff, not afraid to take people on and carve an opportunity.

I agree with other posters that we looked good when on the front foot and taking the initiative; not sure why it was only the case for around 15 minutes.

I thought Field again looked quality and the experience of Cook, Fox and Colback very important.

If the substitution answer is Uncle Albert then I’m not sure what the question was.
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He’s just painful to watch now. Bad enough as a right midfielder but at wing-back it’s like watching your beloved 15-year-old dog stumbling around blind and incontinent. Not many options off the bench but he’s genuinely the worst one.
 
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Uber_Hoop said:
I thought the duel between Armstrong and Bednarak finished about 50/50 in the end. They both had one job to do in the game. Armstrong was decent at holding up, but there wasn’t a quick enough teammate to then layoff to. Whether a fit and interested Willock could be that player remains to be seen, but we could do with someone that’ll charge in through the middle from the layoff, not afraid to take people on and carve an opportunity.

I agree with other posters that we looked good when on the front foot and taking the initiative; not sure why it was only the case for around 15 minutes.

I thought Field again looked quality and the experience of Cook, Fox and Colback very important.

If the substitution answer is Uncle Albert then I’m not sure what the question was.
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I like it when you go to games Ubes. You get all engaged and stuff.

Field has now been booked 4 times in 5 games. Not sure if they were all deserved (the one I saw against Ipswich certainly was) but clearly we are going to have to find a way to do without him.
 
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sb_73 said:
I like it when you go to games Ubes. You get all engaged and stuff.

Field has now been booked 4 times in 5 games. Not sure if they were all deserved (the one I saw against Ipswich certainly was) but clearly we are going to have to find a way to do without him.
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mainly “and stuff”
 
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qprbeth said:
I get it...and almost 70....

It told us that under Beale, we were lucky.


At moment, we are a bit unlucky.

Usually it just tells you what you know from the score line
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Brighton had 26 attempts on goal yesterday, 10 of which were on target and producing 4 or 5 worldie saves from Areola, yet their 'expected goals' stat is 1.42.

It's nonsense, Beth.
 
qprbeth said:
I get it...and almost 70....

It told us that under Beale, we were lucky.


At moment, we are a bit unlucky.

Usually it just tells you what you know from the score line
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And now can you explain it to someone who doesn’t believe in ‘luck’?
 
Stroller said:
Enlighten this 69 year-old then - explain Brighton's stats from yesterday.
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You’re given a % of a goal based on the likelihood of scoring from that position based on research covering endless thousands of similar shots/positions on the pitch. So a penalty is something like 0.8 because that’s the % of penalties that go in. A Kakay howler at home to Ipswich is 0.9 or whatever it is. Sinclair hitting both posts is 0.05 or whatever.

Yesterday our goal would have been a miniscule xG. Something like 0.03 I’d guess. The Smyth one that hit the bar, Chair’s that the keeper saved well from before the disallowed goal and a couple of others would have given us around 1.5 in total (I’m guessing, can’t be arsed to look it up).

Brighton create a lot of chances and until last season generally didn’t put enough away. That’s all it’s really saying but if you do that enough you’ll get the rewards.
 
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Bwood_Ranger said:
You’re given a % of a goal based on the likelihood of scoring from that position based on research covering endless thousands of similar shots/positions on the pitch. So a penalty is something like 0.8 because that’s the % of penalties that go in. A Kakay howler at home to Ipswich is 0.9 or whatever it is. Sinclair hitting both posts is 0.05 or whatever.

Yesterday our goal would have been a miniscule xG. Something like 0.03 I’d guess. The Smyth one that hit the bar, Chair’s that the keeper saved well from before the disallowed goal and a couple of others would have given us around 1.5 in total (I’m guessing, can’t be arsed to look it up).

Brighton create a lot of chances and until last season generally didn’t put enough away. That’s all it’s really saying but if you do that enough you’ll get the rewards.
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Our xG was 0.81 to Southampton's 0.45, so we won.

I didn't see our game, but I did see Brighton and their xG is ridiculous.
 
Uber_Hoop said:
Ah, that was the Rack & Manger, which sadly served its last pint about 10 years ago.

Yeah, I turn 57 very soon, so a little behind you.

Symonds was (and remains) a mixed sixth-form college, albeit one with a good academic reputation thankfully untarnished by my mediocre stint there. Not sure if it did any CCF or other military stuff; certainly not at the forefront of things during my time.
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Yes, the Rack & Manager on the corner by the Kings Somborne turnoff, spent quite a bit of time there, including 6th form "graduation" booze-up. Dad let me take his Ford Escort Mexico on that occasion, with instructions, as always,not to drink more than 2½ pints of beer, the 100mg alcohol/100ml blood limit. Not too far away, near IBM Hurley there was also a nice little pub we often visited too.
 
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Kilburn said:
Yes, the Rack & Manager on the corner by the Kings Somborne turnoff, spent quite a bit of time there, including 6th form "graduation" booze-up. Dad let me take his Ford Escort Mexico on that occasion, with instructions, as always,not to drink more than 2½ pints of beer, the 100mg alcohol/100ml blood limit. Not too far away, near IBM Hurley there was also a nice little pub we often visited too.
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The Dolphin or Kings Head?
 
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