Match Day Thread Premier League, Cups & Euro Watch

Cheers Astro

 

Is he out of his mind?

 

Any team which manages to make Scott McTominay look like a footballer has major issues

 

Maguire man of the match? That's the icing on the cake of the Sky coverage today

 

Yep, because the transfer ban and losing other players as well as appointing a novice manager had no effect. It's all about the sale of Eden '**** helping the team' Hazard

 

https://www.premierleague.com/players/9566/Harry-Maguire/stats?co=1&se=274

Tackle success 0%
Successful 50/50s 0

 

If Chelsea actually had a striker and not Championship Abraham, he might have been tested today. Ultimately he didn't need to do anything.

Wonder if Chelsea after the ban will actually look to solve their striker issues, which have been on-going since Drogba left.

 

Pretty sure he has already been "tested" by all current PL strikers.

 

Not with OGS tactics and ManU's new back line.

And not when a huge transfer fee is hanging over him.

 

That's true, he even did well under Brendan

 

You're up early this evening.

 

It's well past 8.00 mate

 

Sunday night is dogging night.

 

See this kick it to the fast lads works

 

Sure does mate. I have never knocked it, just called it like it is

 

Just watched the VAR decision in the wolves game and i have to say to me its totally correct and the law is right on that one, will be interesting what pundits say

 

Yep, it was a correct decision.
Lets be honest, before VAR most of us would have been screaming handball if that goal was scored against us.

 

apart from the fact it wasn't handball

 

Not that I want to defend a Manc but I'm more interested in your selective stat use, which backs up my long-held contention that it's not stats which can tell you anything, it's people interpreting them. (Ah, those happy days of defending Lucas, who "always passed backwards and sideways.")

Interceptions 4
Clearances 7
Headed Clearances 5

Anybody would rather have a defender do these before he has to tackle and risk a foul in front of goal. I believe some pundits refer to it by the vague measurement of "reading the game."

To contrast and compare, the same VVD stats:

Tackles 3
Successful 50/50s 0
Interceptions 5
Clearances 3
Headed Clearances 0

VDV also slightly wins on aerial battles, though of course these are all very small sample sets and any decent statistics interpreter knows the folly of drawing conclusions from small sample sets. And it would seem likely that Maguire would have more to do against Chelsea than VVD against Norwich.