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Plus it only has them as 1.2 expected goals.

I didn't watch the game or seen any highlights but I've been playing around with some stats and it looks like it's been a case of plop just needlessly holding onto the ball in the middle of the park - much like us under lvg.

Hardly great tbh

They were very hard to break down. The reason there was a lot of sideways passing is because they were content with 10 just outside their own box for a lot of the match.

08-20-2016 , 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by heh

They were very hard to break down. The reason there was a lot of sideways passing is because they were content with 10 just outside their own box for a lot of the match.

Probably because we were 2-0 up for a lot of the match.

08-20-2016 , 03:09 PM

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Probably because we were 2-0 up for a lot of the match.

Wasn't knocking your team, just explaining since KW said he hadn't seen the match.

08-20-2016 , 03:11 PM

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Just goes to show how flawed the model is. We absolutely deserved to win that game.

Yep

LOL xG

08-20-2016 , 03:19 PM

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Wasn't knocking your team, just explaining since KW said he hadn't seen the match.

Fair enough.

08-20-2016 , 03:20 PM

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Cinarocket

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Legit lol'd at this quote

08-20-2016 , 03:23 PM

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It's getting to the stage now where Arsenal are legit facing the threat of not being in the top 4 due to the board/club who ever not spending money.

I'm kind of thinking it's the same thing that happened with us, Fergie refusing to pay agents fees etc think Wenger might be the same. Once he's gone it's open cheque book time in north london too.

I love Wenger to death, but his post-match explanation was that he has to make sure all of the club's 600 employees are able to be paid before spending money on transfers. I think he might actually be losing it.

08-20-2016 , 03:24 PM

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looooooooool

08-20-2016 , 03:25 PM

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Eltbus

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Rofl this is the best

08-20-2016 , 03:27 PM

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Wenger is the greatest

08-20-2016 , 03:28 PM

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rainbowsinthesky

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lol

08-20-2016 , 03:28 PM

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PoseidonCubed

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He sounds like the manager of an indie record store ffs.

08-20-2016 , 03:29 PM

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He sounds like the manager of an indie record store ffs.

I lol'd

08-20-2016 , 03:30 PM

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thedeezy

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Wenger lolololol

08-20-2016 , 03:46 PM

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Cinarocket

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Must be talking about the 600 employees working on the owner's latest yacht

08-20-2016 , 03:50 PM

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Noze

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God dammit Wenger, what a troll

08-20-2016 , 03:54 PM

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you just know that the next time Mourinho is asked about transfer activity he's going to reply along the lines of "idk, we need to make sure we have enough to pay the tea lady before we can commit to any more players"

08-20-2016 , 03:57 PM

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Noze

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One of the Glazers lives fairly close by, might go burn his house down.

08-20-2016 , 03:58 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by heh

They were very hard to break down. The reason there was a lot of sideways passing is because they were content with 10 just outside their own box for a lot of the match.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tall Paul

Probably because we were 2-0 up for a lot of the match.

Quote:

Originally Posted by heh

Wasn't knocking your team, just explaining since KW said he hadn't seen the match.

That's pretty obvious though, might have been different if it was 0-0 for longer but Burnley scored in the opening few minutes. As the weaker side they have every right to sit back and defend. Plop just weren't good enough to break them down.

This isn't a new thing, Burnley would be idiotic to continue to attack and try to dominate the ball. When going into the lead.

Even the heat map is pathetic (from a plop pov)

Got to try something different when plan A doesn't work.

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wow

08-20-2016 , 04:00 PM

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This is glorious.

08-20-2016 , 04:06 PM

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KW,
Like I said, I wasn't trying to take anything away from Burnley.
But there's a difference between sideways passing when there are equal player distribution across the pitch and side ways passing when you're trying to break through 10 man behind the ball all clustered around the penalty box.