Pre Match Interview

Quoted from BrMarin

Did he say anything about Thompson?

Said he had an injury/ niggle

Quoted from arryarryarry

Erm...........the crowd did get behind the team at the start of the Donny game but before we could get up a chant of Mariners Mariners Mariners we were 2-0 down.

It's now time for the manager and team to really give us something to shout about.

Oh absolutely agree. I'm not disputing that.

Quoted from Mariner_501

Bloody hell that’s depressing. I must have lost count. Cheers for the reminder!

They said in the old Navy that after the fourth Cat O Nine Tails lash, the pain couldn't get worse. Maybe its the same thing with you.

Quoted from Maringer

Well, not exactly.

A better xG should certainly lead to a team scoring more goals (and both Clifton and Green missed sitters in the first half last week), but it's not guaranteed.

Scoring the goals isn't really so much of an issue at present. The problem is the Keystone Kops defending which we're seeing most weeks. I'd bet that the xG for teams who have been playing us this year has been quite high and it's not much to do with how they have been playing.

Artell mentioned something about the two sitters but they came in the same passage of play, if Clifton had scored Green wouldn't have had the chance.

Quoted from Maringer

Well, not exactly.

A better xG should certainly lead to a team scoring more goals (and both Clifton and Green missed sitters in the first half last week), but it's not guaranteed.

Scoring the goals isn't really so much of an issue at present. The problem is the Keystone Kops defending which we're seeing most weeks. I'd bet that the xG for teams who have been playing us this year has been quite high and it's not much to do with how they have been playing.

Should, could and maybes. You do realise it has no effect on the actual score? The next game  will be totally different so it won't have any effect on that either.

Quoted from BrMarin

Did he say anything about Thompson?

Injured

He answered the Alex Hunt question well I thought and explained the rationale behind his decision to let him leave on loan , seems he's a big part of Artell's plans next season .....

Is the “underlying performance” good?

Club interviews are never going to be a challenge are they?

Quoted from HertsGTFC

Is the “underlying performance” good?

Club interviews are never going to be a challenge are they?

The BBC one is better  mate 20 minutes long, I thought he came over the best he has tbf at least gave some explanation on decision making with regards Hunt.

Quoted from lew chaterleys lover

Should, could and maybes. You do realise it has no effect on the actual score? The next game  will be totally different so it won't have any effect on that either.

But, in general, the number of good chances you create (xG), indicates how likely it is that you will score a goal. If you create more good chances, you are likely to score more goals. You surely can't deny that?

It's obviously not the be-all and end-all, but it is important. We've spent years bemoaning the fact that Hurst's teams didn't score enough goals and this would obviously have shown through in xG calculations (if we were looking at them back then).

On the other hand, a capable and well-drilled defence should be able to reduce the xG of the opposing team. If you can accept that it is possible to defend well enough to stop the opposition team having a sniff, surely you can accept that a team can attack well enough to create more goalscoring chances? All that xG does is give an indication that a team is creating good chances and a low xG doesn't mean that the opposition isn't able to whack in a 40-yarder to win a game with their only shot on goal.

I certainly wouldn't be basing all training around increasing xG as Artell has indicated he might actually be doing (!), but it certainly has its uses.

Quoted from arryarryarry

Artell mentioned something about the two sitters but they came in the same passage of play, if Clifton had scored Green wouldn't have had the chance.

I don't think that's true, is it? Didn't Green hit the ball straight at their keeper who caught it? Clifton's chance was close to that one, but I don't think it was the same passage of play. Can't remember too clearly these days due to memory problems caused by a medical issue, but that's my impression! I don't want to look back at the highlights as it was too depressing the first time around...