New Everton Manager

[evertony]

What's the point of this thread? We don't choose the manager.

I think the point is to clearly identify the goons who think xG or whatever it is has any relevance whatsoever to Football.

xG is the asswipe pandemic variant in the viral assault on football. That and VAR need eradicating with a big F-Off vaccine.

 

[Exeter_Gently]

What's the point of this thread? We don't choose the manager.

Don't know if this will come as a shock but this is where football fans talk about things.

 

[zukai12_]

What's the point of this thread? We don't choose the manager.

why else would there be a Poll?

 

[Norwegian Cow]

Dont pick the side, decide how they play, nor who we buy or sell neither.

Lets all go the pub and sit in silence.

I agree

 

[Tim's tourettes]

Dont pick the side, decide how they play, nor who we buy or sell neither.

Lets all go the pub and sit in silence.

And 2 metres apart

 

[preposterousvelios]

This is the manager I would be most happiest about maybe because he’s relatively unknown. It’s a risk but one I would take a punt on. Sick of these same names pop up everytime we’re looking for a manager. Do something different this time.

Exactly how I feel, I think what we have suffered from in our search for a manager is a lack of daring and unwillingness to use any kind of intuition or nous.

Right now it would be very easy to appoint someone like Nuno and say it’s a safe pair of hands to make sure we don’t finish in the bottom half, but is this really the sort of ambition we want to have or want brands to have?

I want someone I can buy into and believe in even if it proves to be misguided, not someone who we will all be assuming will be on the chopping block after a year yet again.

Just want to actually be able to watch next season TBH

 

[evertony]

I prefer xE........what I see with my Eyes.

 

[TheBigIguana]

He literally said “big chances created” lol lol lol

And in the next breath talked about xG...

They're both useful. I'm not really sure why you think I'm arguing against that.

So this video is why Greame Potter should be the new Everton manager?

Bit embarrassing

Coz Jack Grealish said XG is sound.

Surely you're putting on an act here and aren't actually this dense?

 

[Egil Olsen]

I don’t cling to any stats. Football is not a stats game, it never has been and thankfully never will be. There are an endless amount of variables which cannot ever be fully quantified in the stats and therefore render most of them meaningless.

I'm not going to try to convince you, even though I disagree.

 

[Zezti]

Can we move on from the pointless discussion of whether some random fans on a forum think xG is valid or not? None of us need to know football data analysis methods so just don't bother.
Going back to Potter, the base of it is his teams play well, good football that is also good to watch, but at Brighton lacks players who can finish. There's a lot of potential with how his teams play and if we want to get moving in the right direction again its the kind of gamble we should go for imo.

 

[MikeH72]

I prefer xE........what I see with my Eyes.

This is a useful metric, I agree.

 

[nsno-chris]

XG whoppers

 

[Goat]

JUsT ThRoW 12million a YeAr at CoNte.

Thats Antonio Conte, a man who had a long career at Juve as a player and a manager, a man who has earned 76m in the last 2 years alone.

Yeah, cos he is quite short of money.

 

[evertony]

Where is the Potter chat coming from?

Virgins.

 

[nsno-chris]

I can understand that some people think Xg can be boring, but it is a fairly useful analysis tool. After a match, most supporters talk about who had the most shots on goal, and who had the biggest chances. What Xg does is quantify just that on the basis of a large amount of data.

Furthermore, you adjust for distance, angle, which body part you use to finish with on the goal, etc. The latest model also takes into account the player's skills. There are a number of variables you adjust for in the model. Then it's just about probabilities, which in itself can be difficult enough.

Still, the Xg models are far more reliable than variables such as shots, shots on target, etc. No models are perfect, but it is an upgrade from previous models. I think all clubs use the model in one form or another, but there are many different Xg models. So if you cling to older stats like shots on goal, and make fun of Xg, you should update your knowledge.

However, I think, if I remember correctly, shots on target outperformed an Xg model in Scotland a couple of years ago, but in general the Xg model is far more reliable.

Got any XG on Gylfi mate??