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If you beat up stats , they will tell you anything.There are three kind of statistics. Statistics, damn statitics and lies.
Well, all those teams had less than 20 points (what we got now) in those games last season, so they would all be behind us on that start.
The stat that really matter is the one that says that we are 3 points off 1st place in the table.
And it's no reflection on Wanyama because I think he's brought the goods this season, but I'd really like to see Dier back in his "natural" role playing alongside Dembele and Alli.This, I think, has been the root of our issues this season. How many times has that spine been intact? You can rotate around the spine of the team & cover an injury/suspension short term, but I don't think that spine has played together at all since the start of the season. Even with the size of the squad, it has looked like square pegs in round holes too often.
Absolutely. Give me one game of our finest 4-2-3-1 featuring angry midfield Dier and possibly feral Lamela, that's all I ask at this point.And it's no reflection on Wanyama because I think he's brought the goods this season, but I'd really like to see Dier back in his "natural" role playing alongside Dembele and Alli.
Love the Gini coefficients for the xGChain - what a beautiful way of showing how balanced a team is. (Also love the fact that it suggests that only Bayern, Dortmund and Fiorentina are more 'balanced' than us)So, the guys at Statsbomb cooked up a new way to measure the contribution of non-strikers/attacking midfielders. It's really neat, and also highlights the variety of our attack:
Introducing xGChain
Someone took a look at the PL's goalkeepers, and who's good and who isn't:
Chelsea, Tottenham, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd & Woolwich 'keepers ranked
And James Yorke took a look at Wenger mis-using Ozil:
Is there a hole in Mesut Özil?