Day 10: Ecuador vs Senegal | Netherlands vs Qatar | Iran vs USA | Wales vs England

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England fans and getting carried away with the ability of their national team :lol:.

Yep lads, ye're going to absolute batter Wales. They have nothing to play for sure. It's coming home!
Ability wise they should batter Wales, anything less would be poor form.
 

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Other nations fans getting rattled by something seen as so jovial and self deprecating in England as 'it's coming home' does not cease to amuse me.
 

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This Netherland team is so pedestrian.
 

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Other nations fans getting rattled by something seen as so jovial and self deprecating in England as 'it's coming home' does not cease to amuse me.
It’s only funny if England fans didn’t have a meltdown over the pushback to the perceived jovial entitlement during the last Euros.
Almost as if it’s only jokingly when called out
 

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That's a great run and pass. Has to hit the target (Senegal)
 

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Wow! I need to do some reading up on xG.
A chance is never as big as you think it is. Based on frequency of similar chances being scored historically essentially. So pens are like 0.76 (or around that) as that's the percentage of pens that are scored. A 0.2 xG chance is a big chance, but big chances aren't necessarily scored often. Headers, first time shots, height of shot, defence pressure etc all things that reduce xG.
 

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Ability wise they should batter Wales, anything less would be poor form.
Fair comment but Wales do have a fairly realistic scenario where they can qualify by beating England 1-0 so they will obviously be trying, but leaving that aside it is also the international equivalent of a derby game so the form book goes out of the window. To put it in PL terms it will be like all those delightful United games against Burnley where they turned into game raising cnuts. Obviously the difference here is I am supporting the game raising cnuts.
 

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Do wish Mane was fit for Senegal. Would have made them more of a threat.
 

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Wish I had the picture in picture function on my TV. Could watch these games side by side.
 

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Other nations fans getting rattled by something seen as so jovial and self deprecating in England as 'it's coming home' does not cease to amuse me.
So jovial and self deprecating that England "fans" immediately start booing their players after a draw that essentially qualified them from their group :)
 

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Fair comment but Wales do have a fairly realistic scenario where they can qualify by beating England 1-0 so they will obviously be trying, but leaving that aside it is also the international equivalent of a derby game so the form book goes out of the window. To put it in PL terms it will be like all those delightful United games against Burnley where they turned into game raising cnuts. Obviously the difference here is I am supporting the game raising cnuts.
Of course, its like the US and Scotland games. England should comfortably beat them all.
 

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A chance is never as big as you think it is. Based on frequency of similar chances being scored historically essentially. So pens are like 0.76 (or around that) as that's the percentage of pens that are scored. A 0.2 xG chance is a big chance, but big chances aren't necessarily scored often. Headers, first time shots, height of shot, defence pressure etc all things that reduce xG.
Appreciate the information.