Cutch
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Good times. Wasn't it only a couple of seasons ago when we never used to get any. Usually a good sign of quick skillful attacking football
Same reason why big teams score more goals than smaller teams, they attack more and have better players.That is probably true and generally I do feel it evens out over the course of a season but there is no doubt the 'big' teams get more penalties than 'smaller' teams. The debate to be had is why that might be.
ProbablySame reason why big teams score more goals than smaller teams, they attack more and have better players.
It's this completely.I would say that in most leagues in the world, the team with the most penalties are usually the teams with the quickest attackers with the fastest feet.
It all happens so quickly in real time. Even the example from today, it’s a split second and suddenly two defenders are behind and stretching.
Neville also put down that City prick Micah Richards, who was smirking in support of Tyler's comments. Something along the lines of "The better players win penalties when brought down by inferior defenders, like you were".We win em' cos we are in the right place doing the right things and the oppo feck up. Simples.
What Tyler said was stupid and got answered by Neville, the top teams get more pens cos they are more often in the opposition's box.
Yes, stats can be twisted every which way. The only thing to do is look at each one, case by case; and, when doing that, we have only had a couple of marginal penalties. I have no time for claims that referees are for or against us; they do their best and now have VAR to double check. Their is no conspiracy for or against any club.Clearly we are getting penalties because we are getting in the box more, and that we have players difficult to handle by opposition defenders.
I was like 'av that ya prick'Neville also put down that City prick Micah Richards, who was smirking in support of Tyler's comments. Something along the lines of "The better players win penalties when brought down by inferior defenders, like you were".
Yeah was a pathetic comment from a dinosaur of a commentator.We win em' cos we are in the right place doing the right things and the oppo feck up. Simples.
What Tyler said was stupid and got answered by Neville, the top teams get more pens cos they are more often in the opposition's box.
Tried to measure only teams who were in EPL in all 5 seasons (might have forgotten some team):I'd like to see the stats of that over the last 5 years or so - I suspect this would be confirmed.
Dan James' penalty against Norwich was a mistake - I still don't know why VAR overturned that one - otherwise...they were all fineA new record and quite a bit of attention given this is the first season with VAR. From memory, I don't recall us getting a penalty that shouldn't have been given (aside from Bruno v Villa). Is there anywhere we can see them all?
Amazing, thanks for doing that.Tried to measure only teams who were in EPL in all 5 seasons (might have forgotten some team):
1. City: 40 (average position 2.2, ranked position 1)
2. Leicester: 39 (average position 7.2, ranked position 7)
3. Crystal Palace: 36 (average position 13.2, ranked position 11)
4. United: 36 (average position 4.4, ranked position 4)
5. Bournemouth: 30 (average position 13.8, ranked position 12)
6. Liverpool: 25 (average position 3.8, ranked position 3)
7. Spurs: 25 (average position 3.6, ranked position 2)
8. Watford: 25 (average position 14.8, ranked position 13)
9. Chelsea: 24 (average position 4.6, ranked position 5)
10. Everton: 23 (average position 9.2, ranked position 8)
11. Southampton: 23 (average position 11.6, ranked position 10)
12. Arsenal: 22 (average position 5.2, ranked position 6)
13. West Ham: 20 (average position 11.4, ranked position 9)
Chelsea, Arsenal and Spurs are getting fewer penalties than you would expect; Leicester, Crystal Palace, Watford and Bournemouth more than you would expect; Liverpool slightly less than you would expect. United actually were getting less than the should until this season. It could be that we were playing more defensive football, or it could have been some anti-United bias (created by 'referees are in United's pockets narrative' that has been going on for decades) that got fixed with VAR introduction.