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GrimRob	September 9, 2018, 1:07pm
Moderator Posts: 12,700 Posts Per Day: 2.11 Reputation: 69.92% Rep Score: +76 / -34 Approval: +13,460 Gold Stars: 115	We have only reached double figures with Shots on Target (according to the BBC) in the opening game against FGR. We'd have to have had a brilliant defence (which we don't) to have got much from the opening games with these stats. Bury 2 Yeovil 5 Newport 0 MKD 3 Lincoln 3 Macc 4 FGR 10 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.   ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Rodley Mariner	September 9, 2018, 1:12pm
Special Brew Drinker Posts: 7,809 Posts Per Day: 1.36 Reputation: 78.86% Rep Score: +63 / -17 Location: Farsley, Leeds Approval: +13,258 Gold Stars: 180	I can't remember many of those from the FGR game!
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diehardmariner	September 10, 2018, 9:54am
Vodka Drinker Posts: 6,001 Posts Per Day: 1.00 Reputation: 84.65% Rep Score: +36 / -6 Approval: +17,717 Gold Stars: 543	You could have 20 shots that go agonisngly wide of the goal in a goal and yet have 0 shots classed as on target. Equally so you could have 20 pea-rollers that the 'keeper can laugh at before stopping, these would be classed as on target. We definitely need to tighten up our defence but we had two glorious chances in the first half against Bury (Cook and Clifton) which could have completely changed the makeup of the game.  Whilst I think we need to create more chances, it's the lack of someone taking them that worries me more.
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golfer	September 10, 2018, 10:16am
Vodka Drinker Posts: 6,932 Posts Per Day: 2.29 Reputation: 67.55% Rep Score: +34 / -18 Approval: +3,450 Gold Stars: 118	8 of those were by Macca and that one by Collins
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GrimRob	September 10, 2018, 12:53pm
Moderator Posts: 12,700 Posts Per Day: 2.11 Reputation: 69.92% Rep Score: +76 / -34 Approval: +13,460 Gold Stars: 115	Lincoln had 2 shots on target in the 3-0 win over Exeter, there was also an own goal. That's awesome finishing (or terrible goalkeeping). 'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.   ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson
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grimsby pete	September 10, 2018, 1:05pm
Exile Posts: 55,771 Posts Per Day: 9.79 Reputation: 81.7% Rep Score: +126 / -28 Location: Suffolk Approval: +17,836 Gold Stars: 222	You can hit the post 3 times and the bar twice and they all count as off target.                              Over 36 years living in Suffolk but always a mariner.                              68 Years following the Town                               Life member of Trust                                First game   April 1955
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mike502	September 10, 2018, 1:05pm
Snakebite drinker Posts: 399 Posts Per Day: 0.07 Reputation: 90.32% Rep Score: +10 / 0 Approval: +328 Gold Stars: 4	Quoted from diehardmariner You could have 20 shots that go agonisngly wide of the goal in a goal and yet have 0 shots classed as on target. Equally so you could have 20 pea-rollers that the 'keeper can laugh at before stopping, these would be classed as on target. I guess this is why "expected goals" was created, to try to quantify how good the chances are, as well as how many.  Of course, the fact that it's completely non-intuitive (i.e. you need someone to tell you what the number is, you can't just tot it up yourself) makes it a rather less user-friendly stat. But for what it's worth, here are the xG for us and our opponents in the games so far (from experimental361.com): Grimsby 1.8, Forest Green 2.2 Grimsby 1.8, Macclesfield 1.6 Grimsby 1.4, Lincoln 1.3 Grimsby 0.6, MK Dons 1.6 Grimsby 0.3, Newport 1.4 Grimsby 0.9, Yeovil 1.3 Grimsby 0.6, Bury 1.6
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Maringer	September 10, 2018, 4:33pm
Barley Wine Drinker Posts: 11,233 Posts Per Day: 1.87 Reputation: 82.93% Rep Score: +60 / -12 Approval: +16,680 Gold Stars: 189	Quoted from grimsby pete You can hit the post 3 times and the bar twice and they all count as off target. Well, yes. The target isn't the posts, it's the bit between them.   It's amusing when people say a team is unlucky because they've hit the woodwork a few times during a game but failed to score - it's not luck - the shots just weren't on target.
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