The more he talks the more deluded he sounds
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And that’s exactly my point. If you can’t explain it in simple terms with an efficient word count for a simpleton like me to stay interested, chances are you are waffling a load of bollox.
Which brings us full circle to my first reply to you on this: WALOB,
Which I think covers it in very simple terms and an even more efficient word count.
Have Spurs improved over this season?published at 15:00
Joe Bradshaw
15:00
BBC Sport journalist
IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES
Ange Postecoglou says Tottenham are a better side now than when they lost 4-1 at home to Chelsea with nine men on a chaotic Monday night in November.
But are they?
That was Spurs’ first defeat of an outstanding opening to the season, winning eight and drawing two of their first 10 games and riding an extraordinary crest of positivity under their new boss.
Now, seven points off the top four with five games to go, it is not immediately apparent they have improved.
Indeed, given Spurs’ limited involvement in cup competitions including Europe, and rivals Aston Villa storming clear of them despite Europa Conference League commitments, it could be argued they have underperformed this season.
Two caveats before diving into the data.
The first. Pre-Chelsea numbers are based on a 10-game sample size, smaller than the 23 that have come in the period since.
Secondly, one would expect the data to be more positive for the first 10 games given their results.
That being said, the stats do offer some illuminating findings.
Image caption,
Numbers show average per game and courtesy of Opta
The average number of shots per game is down but that is perhaps not a surprise given the absence for significant periods of Son Heung-min and Richarlison. It has been hard for Postecoglou to name a settled frontline.
However, both the shooting accuracy (50.2% to 52.5%) and shot conversion rate are up, suggesting that Spurs have been more clinical in the intervening period.
Expected goals also remains essentially the same, indicating Spurs continue to create at the same level even if shots are down.
In fact, the problems have not been in attack – rather, the numbers show defensively Spurs have dropped off since 6 November.
They are conceding a similar number of shots each game (almost 13) but their expected goals against has been significantly higher. The save percentage from summer arrival Guglielmo Vicario has also dropped massively from keeping out nearly 82% of shots to just over half.
This implies the chances Spurs are conceding are of higher quality than previously. And if you cannot stop the opposition scoring, winning football matches becomes infinitely more difficult.
Last time Spurs faced Chelsea they were flying high and ticking all the boxes. The decline has not been as steep as their league position suggests, but they need to tighten up or Cole Palmer and company will have a feast.
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Have Spurs improved over this season?published at 15:00
Joe Bradshaw
15:00
BBC Sport journalist
IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES
Ange Postecoglou says Tottenham are a better side now than when they lost 4-1 at home to Chelsea with nine men on a chaotic Monday night in November.
But are they?
That was Spurs’ first defeat of an outstanding opening to the season, winning eight and drawing two of their first 10 games and riding an extraordinary crest of positivity under their new boss.
Now, seven points off the top four with five games to go, it is not immediately apparent they have improved.
Indeed, given Spurs’ limited involvement in cup competitions including Europe, and rivals Aston Villa storming clear of them despite Europa Conference League commitments, it could be argued they have underperformed this season.
Two caveats before diving into the data.
The first. Pre-Chelsea numbers are based on a 10-game sample size, smaller than the 23 that have come in the period since.
Secondly, one would expect the data to be more positive for the first 10 games given their results.
That being said, the stats do offer some illuminating findings.
Image caption,
Numbers show average per game and courtesy of Opta
The average number of shots per game is down but that is perhaps not a surprise given the absence for significant periods of Son Heung-min and Richarlison. It has been hard for Postecoglou to name a settled frontline.
However, both the shooting accuracy (50.2% to 52.5%) and shot conversion rate are up, suggesting that Spurs have been more clinical in the intervening period.
Expected goals also remains essentially the same, indicating Spurs continue to create at the same level even if shots are down.
In fact, the problems have not been in attack – rather, the numbers show defensively Spurs have dropped off since 6 November.
They are conceding a similar number of shots each game (almost 13) but their expected goals against has been significantly higher. The save percentage from summer arrival Guglielmo Vicario has also dropped massively from keeping out nearly 82% of shots to just over half.
This implies the chances Spurs are conceding are of higher quality than previously. And if you cannot stop the opposition scoring, winning football matches becomes infinitely more difficult.
Last time Spurs faced Chelsea they were flying high and ticking all the boxes. The decline has not been as steep as their league position suggests, but they need to tighten up or Cole Palmer and company will have a feast.
Just work as a team to kick Palmer off the pitch before halftime which is EXACTLY what Chelsea did to Maddison in that very fixture.
Not that difficult is it.
you do understand that it is actually a forum? giving out abbreviations that look like should be something to do with london transport.
it was pretty simple stuff, you didnt like it because there was negativity towards johnson who you have a soft spot for lol. the irony of having a soft spot for someone who is the epitome of SOFT
Being Spurs, it'll probably lead to 3 red cards...
Yeah he’s been productive.
Long way to go. Not the star player forward we need now but a very promising signing
And if that’s the case then what can we do?
We aren’t playing by the same rules as the teams we play against.
At least we’ve put the pressure on the officials to bring it into clear view of everyone. Then do what Ange just did and say that Romero gets worse calls than other players, especially players like Dunk and the other one that have been against us,
This whole “just wait for second season, Celtic did this and that in their second season” is kind of the same talk I heard when we started the season and were playing better. “Just wait 6 months in, it’ll get even better”. And it didn’t.
Say second season is not as good as you big it up to be, what’ll be the excuse? In fact, what would be a “good” second season anyway? Title challenge? Top 4? Stat metrics improvement?
Say second season is not as good as you big it up to be, what’ll be the excuse? In fact, what would be a “good” second season anyway? Title challenge? Top 4? Stat metrics improvement?
Blatant " I can afford to go shopping" post.
Not the word I’d have used!
We will all be proud
Fucking hell
I don't disagree with you, he made that dipper frontline tick.
But, you know, Spurs fans...
I saw that post and inititally decided to ignore it as I assumed drugs were involved.