Match Day Thread General matchday thread.

What would football be without percentages?

 

More fun?

 

Or the Geo political rammifications of Bio Engineering? or perhaps you have an insight into the market economies of the Southern colonies?

 

Indeed!

 

No PL games on boxing day? Game's gone.

 

Will they just move a game closer to the time? That does seem odd.

 

I don't like going into the season as favourites but I think we are? Lots could happen if City click though.

 

Whichever of Arsenal, City and Liverpool has fewer total games missed through injury will win the league. Happens every year. Whether a team clicks has never been relevant.

 

You don't hammer-blows to the nuts anymore. Shame as it always was funny. Game's gone.

 

Presumably they'll move a bunch there for TV but not the same imo.

Always think there should be a full program on boxing day. Hopefully the championship doesn't have with this nonsense.

 

Spurs away last game of season

You best hope you got survival sorted by then

we’ve got quite the record in beating teams to send them down in last decade or so

 

Think if last season is any measure, it will be Frank worrying.

 

You'll be lucky to get 4th injuries or not.

 

I agree everyone wants to watch their team play Boxing Day.

 

every fan wants a home Boxing Day game. First game, the Derby game and last game along with Boxing Day are the ones I look out for.

 

You famously had next to no injuries season before last and finished second

 

Sure - lots of teams that haven't clicked have gone on to win trophies ... think it was 0.00000000000001 last time I checked ....

 

Oh no!!!! Recalculate, Recalculate...

 

I can give you objective data that shows that in 22-23, we had 92% more games missed to injury than the team who finished top and then in 23-24 we had 50% more games missed than the team who finished top. And this season we had 85% more games missed than the team who finished top. So for whichever season you're talking about by 'season before last' the premier league injury report data suggests you're wrong. However, it sounds you're sure of your own conclusions and that it's well known and 'famous' that we had no injuries so if you could provide your sources that show we had fewer games missed due to injury than City in 22/23 or 23/24 or Liverpool in 24/25 I'm up for reading them.

 

Who missed those games though?
Is that taken into account. If it was a couple of 20 year olds who were never getting anywhere near your starting XI anyway then what difference does it make?
This season, of course, you had Saka missing for large periods, and Odegaard etc, important players.
But do these "stats" you quote take into acccount WHO is missing and not just how many?
Like if Quansah is out for a season, then Liverpool probably wont give a ****, but if Salah misses a season thats a huge hit. They are both in the senior squad but one means a heck of a lot more than the other.