This is exceptional. And I expected it to be shit.
Michael Owen just did this one! ‘Harry hit it too well. Better to just mishit it…’That one is particularly ridiculous.
I've always been confused as to why people say this. There's only one of those players in the context of top level professional football.The Gerard’s, the Scholesy’s, the Lampards etc, just say players like FFS, just grinds my gears massively.
It’s when a player connects beautifully with a shot and goes stright at the keeper / wide when a scuffed shot would drag it either side and score.
it’s basically saying the ball going exactly where the striker intended is somehow unlucky.
Michael Owen often talks about purposefully scuffing shots slightly to fool the keeper.Michael Owen just did this one! ‘Harry hit it too well. Better to just mishit it…’
Owen talks some nonsense to be fairMichael Owen often talks about purposefully scuffing shots slightly to fool the keeper.
Believe what you like but it's a technique he says he used to practice, especially from close range.Owen talks some nonsense to be fair
Ok didn’t know that. Still talks platitudinous nonsense most the time in my view, but maybe he gets a pass on that one…Believe what you like but it's a technique he says he used to practice, especially from close range.
Yeah, no denying that.And yeah I agree with you and @cyberman in general. He does talk a lot of bollocks but he knows about scoring goals.
Yeah, just say their names. I’ve heard another one like “the Bayerns, Barcas and Madrids”. How many Bayern Munich or Real Madrid sides are there. Just say “top clubs” or name them properly.The Gerard’s, the Scholesy’s, the Lampards etc, just say players like FFS, just grinds my gears massively.
Oh it's one of the funniest things I've ever read. There are multiple articles and I'm crease up everytime.This is exceptional. And I expected it to be shit.
Without the Arsenal, we would have never gotten this gem, so I'll have to disagree‘The’ Arsenal
Without the Arsenal, we would have never gotten this gem, so I'll have to disagree
Without the Arsenal, we would have never gotten this gem, so I'll have to disagree
What? I like that one. It makes perfect sense and is a perfectly good way to describe a player's potential. Obviously it's always pure guesswork so there's almost never any real meaning behind it apart from the person who saying it's gut feeling, but it's still a good descriptor of potential. Vague, but good.'he has a high ceiling'
He's a football player, not a Georgian townhouse.
It's a stupid phrase that means bugger all and makes no sense.
People need to Stop using it.
What do you have against xG?Currently it's got to be 'xG', but typically it's anytime a new word/name is introduced for a system that has existed for ages and was described without any problem for years. Often feels like those using the new term think it's a recently conceived breakthrough in football analytics or strategy. E.g. 'low block'.
Spelling. Should be eG.What do you have against xG?
Magnus Carlsen has really let himself goWithout the Arsenal, we would have never gotten this gem, so I'll have to disagree
No one has a ceiling.What? I like that one. It makes perfect sense and is a perfectly good way to describe a player's potential. Obviously it's always pure guesswork so there's almost never any real meaning behind it apart from the person who saying it's gut feeling, but it's still a good descriptor of potential. Vague, but good.
I think football is better evaluated with lexicon rather than mathematics. Statistical modelling may provide some insight but it requires human thought and an articulated evaluation in order to have any real value, if any value at all.What do you have against xG?
Hahaha, yeah, also this!Spelling. Should be eG.
Most humans have ceilings regardless of their profession.No one has a ceiling.
Saying, we could have scored 5 or 6 does sound way better than we had a +3xg.Currently it's got to be 'xG', but typically it's anytime a new word/name is introduced for a system that has existed for ages and was described without any problem for years. Often feels like those using the new term think it's a recently conceived breakthrough in football analytics or strategy. E.g. 'low block'.
Players don’t have ceilings. They have potential. They realise it, or they don’t. ‘Ceiling’ is a fantasy.What? I like that one. It makes perfect sense and is a perfectly good way to describe a player's potential. Obviously it's always pure guesswork so there's almost never any real meaning behind it apart from the person who saying it's gut feeling, but it's still a good descriptor of potential. Vague, but good.
Most humans have ceilings regardless of their profession.
I have a ceiling. I have 11 ceilings in my house to be precise.
My sentiments exactly.Players don’t have ceilings. They have potential. They realise it, or they don’t. ‘Ceiling’ is a fantasy.