Match Day Thread 2016/17 Premier League, Cups & Euro Watch

Yeah, lets run more, **** converting the chances we create

 

I think its fair enough to say utd could win the europa. its also fair to say weak is relative no? I mean would utd beat some of these teams voer two legs? hmmmmm... not sure.

we will see

 

half chances sure...

if you put a ee bit more intensity in you'd do a lot better.

 

Oops

Team Big chance created (PL rank) Big chance conversion % (PL rank)
Man City 25 (1st) 60.61% (2nd)
Liverpool 23 (2nd) 58.06% (3rd)
Man Utd 20 (3rd) 30.77% (20th)
Chelsea 19 (4th) 48.15% (9th)
Arsenal 18 (5th) 51.72% (5th)
Tottenham 9 (T14th) 47.62% (11th)

 

True. I think they'd struggle to beat Spurs over two legs if they do drop into it. Mourinho is an European expert though you've got to respect the fact that he has been used over the last 10-15 years to getting consistent results in European competitions.

 

whats this... astro stats.... for shame.

"big chance" is that when like anything falls to ibrahimovic or is it a real chance

you've been ****ing up admit it... just not creating enough this control bullshit is bollox.

 

TBF "Big Chance" is an #official PL stat

 

Not Astro, real stuff, OPTA

Chances needed to score
Team Chances created Goals Chances per goal
Arsenal 139 28 5 (1st)
Chelsea 164 29 5.7 (2nd)
Leicester 97 16 6.1 (3rd)
- - - -
Man Utd 164 18 9.1 (18th)
West Ham 137 14 9.8 (19th)
Southampton 152 13 11.7 (20th)

 

i dunno.. spurs are over rated cos they don't have pace. their best recent side was with bale who had the pace and modric in midfield. kane and erikson are very good but theres no pace there

I think if mourinho was really at his best defensively utd would be better by now. but ok we will see who they buy to solve it. they will be cup ties this year though...

the best teams left in europa are zenit, fenerbache, anderlecht, roma, bilbao, ajax, shaktar, schalke, fiorentina, sparta, villareal.

theres plenty there the give utd a game and on the other hand not too many that would make utd quake.

dunno who drops in yet theres lots of possibiltiies, basel, the munchers, spurs, lisbon,

 

ooooh OPTA (in captials)

so the quality of chances are excellent but zlatan is **** or rashford is **** or rooney is **** of whatever.

 

That's more or less it
We may not run around like headless chickens but we do create a lot of chances, It doesn't help when in 3 of the last 4 league games we played the opposition keeper got man of the match (great keeping or **** finishing?)

 

Diego should be worried now... astro is on his side

 

Pretty sure OPTA is supposed to be in capitals?

 

So basically you have too many players who can't score goals in your team. How is this a positive?

 

Who said it was a positive

 

You're going on about it like its a small thing that can be resolved easily. It can't, you either have players who can score goals or players who can't. The majority of your attacking players seem to fit into the latter group.

 

OPTA definition of big chance:

"A situation where a player should reasonably be expected to score usually in a one-on-one scenario or from very close range"

So clearly very subjective, has zlatan (who tops the list BTW) really had nine of these in the league?

 

Very true, we have a player who has scored over 400 goals in his career, another who holds the clubs Eyropean goals record and his Country's record and a couple of young lads that have decent records for the games they have played.
We have players who are failing to score at the moment, far different from players who can't score

 

Unfortunately yes.

 

Both of them are the wrong side of 30.