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Clearly you've forgotten how we do things here. Btw in case you want to disuss Tonali, obviously head on over to the Harvey Barnes thread.

No statistical forecasting model is perfect, that's not the point. The point is to provide an objective, consistent metric that can be used to evaluate performance. Also I thought we'd been over the fact that it doesnt take into account player quality. Isak may have scored 4 out of 10 from that chance for example but your AVERAGE player wouldnt be anywhere near as close and that's what the models would consider. Clearly not enough accountants on this board.

Nope, because xG is the probablity of a goal from the opportunity based on the circumstances around that opportunity like angle, distance etc. Not external factors like player quality, weather, quality of shite the night before etc. You can evaluate Isak and Hojlund based on their xG to goals conversion or something like that, not the other way around.

Wilson man.......just put him out of his misery. How bad can Osula be

That's how to get your goal Alex!!

Noone's told Mateta yet he's got his eye patch on wrong

Add half a dozen games to the season and we win the league

Brilliant

Wow. We are mint. What a goal. Who needs Isak anyway

Take that you cunts sitting there in VAR, show their silly faces now

What a stupid arsehole prick of a run up, deserved that the little tit

Oooooof

Pope doesnt do penalty saves does he

Clear and obvious error again eh? Clowns

Clowns man

That's ridiculous like, no intention from Pope. But what the fuck was he doing there the jackass?

Unchanged line-up.

Also cant be easy seeing Tonali come in and absolutely take the piss

Roatation in the starting line up today given we play Villa on Saturday? Not like we have a ton of options; Gordon and Willock maybe. Krafth for Trips? Might stick with the same eleven I guess and make changes around the hour mark.

I think there was a point when Longstaff looked good as a midfield destroyer. He was reading the game well, breaking up play and covering a lot of ground for us when the team was doing well. That was only going to last for a while though, because like Almiron, the technical and physical attributes just aren't there to be a regular start for a CL/cup winning side (😎) Hopefully the likes of Everton, West Ham will stump up 20M or so and he goes onto have a decent career with them.

Aye I noticed Sky and the like have done more segments on 'can they keep their best players?' since yesterday. Entitled deluded wankers. Also I think it was Wright who was saying 'can they consistently challenge the big six now'? Didn't have time to notice we're odds on to finish top 4 two times in the last three years and the in the year between that finished 7th having dealth with an injury crisis a semblance of which has crippled your beloved Manyoo and Spurs. But yeah aye I suppose we haven't really 'challenged' yet.

FYP

For Fergie, for Mike Riley, for the countless insufferable UNITED fans who are oh so quiet these days. HAVE IT YOU TWATS

I love this team man, what a bunch of lads. Of the countless wonderful things that have happened in the last 3 years making a habit of embarrassing Manyoooo is one of the top things on the list for me. Just another thing I never thought I'd see, as regular as this sort of result has become, I think Gemmill mentioned our record against the likes of these and other big games recently, I'm still pinching meself half the time and I hope that feeling never goes away because whats the point if you can't truly enjoy these days. It's the manner of these results as well, we've absolutley blown them away and we play the kind of football people love to see especially when the talk of the town is the boring sideways football lacking character prevalent these days. Even mainstream pundits are (begrdugingly I'm sure) openly admitting it now. Barnes sensational, what a weapon to have. The cup final performance seems to have just lifted him. Tino so impressive again, so happy to see his slight downturn in form was very temporary. And Tonali where do you even start? The goal, the energy and physicality, his movement to link play and cover the full pitch, the understanding of the game coupled with technical brilliance; it feels strange to say in a team with Isak, Bruno but he might really be our best overall player. Mental. There have been a number of outstanding performers this season; Isak, Hall, Burn probably the top for me alongside Tonali but he's been the gamechanger this season in terms of what's different in the squad from last year. Just another month of keeping this up, the final stretch to what already is our best season in 70 years but could get even better. Another day of spending an unholy amount of time on Youtube awaits.