| Egeli 21:38 - Nov 28 with 2306 views | MrPotatoHead |
He’s done fk all again |  | | |  |
| Egeli on 10:06 - Nov 29 with 317 views | HighgateBlue |
I do really like Egeli. Maybe it's the stuff he did for his previous club, even after we were strongly linked with him. Maybe it's the youth. Maybe it's the fact that he seems like a well spoken lad with a good attitude. Maybe it's the only-slightly-serious Haaland comparisons.
But he is by some distance the worst culprit in our shooting malaise. Here are the stats.
There are 78 players in the Championship who have taken 20 shots or more this season. He is one of them (21 shots). He is the only one to have got a shot on target on only 2 occasions. That is a crazily bad statistic. It's miles behind anyone else. If you consider those with 15 shots or more, there are 119 such players, and the only ones in single figures for percentage shots on target are him and Chappers (Chappers is 1 from 19 and bizarrely seems to be shooting from further out: average 22 yards).
Clearly he's not the only culprit. We have one of the worst records for xG minus actual goals. But he is by some distance the worst. And it's not because he shoots from miles out. His average shot distance is slightly greater than Clarke and slightly less than Philogene. Quite a lot less than Taylor and Nunez.
He hits the target on 9.5% of occasions. Of Town players to have taken 10 or more shots, the next worst is Nunez with 17.2%, and then there are a whole bunch on 23 to 27%. Philogene is top (out of Town players shooting over 10 times) with 44%.
Part of it is poor shooting. Part of it is poor decision-making: Egeli's xG is only 1.6, from 21 shots. Actual goals zero of course.
McAteer is much maligned. Rightly. But he's 3 on target from 12 shots, as a comparator in a similar position. His shots go on target 2.6 times more often.
It's not Egeli's fault that he cost more than any other player bought by a Championship club. But these numbers need improving. Or else January is loan time. |  | | |
| Egeli on 10:07 - Nov 29 with 316 views | NedPlimpton |
| Egeli on 22:21 - Nov 28 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
It’s fine.
He’s going to be really good in 5 years or something like that. |
This is bizarre
Think how quickly Omari developed here. Egeli is not going to be the same player come the end of the season. Let alone 5 years
It's fine to allow a bit of flex to a 19year old developing his game in a squad that's also finding it's feet
And as others have said, singling Egeli out when Philogene had a much poorer game is odd behaviour. If Egeli had the ball as often as Philogene I feel certain he would have done more with it [Post edited 29 Nov 10:07]
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| Egeli on 10:08 - Nov 29 with 303 views | HighgateBlue |
| Egeli on 22:30 - Nov 28 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
His whole thing is finishing and shot placement. That’s where his data is it’s best. He’s an accurate clinical finisher. Squandering way too many chances. Teenager or not |
I presume you're talking about data at previous clubs? See my other post on this thread for the stats that show that his shots on target percentage is worse than all of the other 77 players in the division who have taken 20 shots or more... | | | |
| Egeli on 10:36 - Nov 29 with 255 views | RichOBlue |
He looks the part and I’m sure he’ll be decent but I agree his form doesn’t warrant the amount of starts he’s had, especially surprised as McKenna was really cautious in starting Omari when he first arrived, think some have been manipulating by his occasional flick over a defenders head !!! |  |
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| Egeli on 10:51 - Nov 29 with 237 views | blueislander |
| Egeli on 22:23 - Nov 28 by southnorfolkblue |
I thought Hirst had a decent game tbf given he was feeding off scraps for most of the time. |
I agree about Hurst. He had a good game considering the lack of service he got. |  | | |
| Egeli on 11:00 - Nov 29 with 226 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
| Egeli on 10:07 - Nov 29 by NedPlimpton |
This is bizarre
Think how quickly Omari developed here. Egeli is not going to be the same player come the end of the season. Let alone 5 years
It's fine to allow a bit of flex to a 19year old developing his game in a squad that's also finding it's feet
And as others have said, singling Egeli out when Philogene had a much poorer game is odd behaviour. If Egeli had the ball as often as Philogene I feel certain he would have done more with it [Post edited 29 Nov 10:07]
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This thread is literally about him and he did miss a golden opportunity.
But fwiw Philogene was poor. Mcateer was poor. Clarke was poor. Nunez was poor. Akpom was poor. |  |
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| Egeli on 11:48 - Nov 29 with 181 views | Smoresy |
| Egeli on 10:06 - Nov 29 by HighgateBlue |
I do really like Egeli. Maybe it's the stuff he did for his previous club, even after we were strongly linked with him. Maybe it's the youth. Maybe it's the fact that he seems like a well spoken lad with a good attitude. Maybe it's the only-slightly-serious Haaland comparisons.
But he is by some distance the worst culprit in our shooting malaise. Here are the stats.
There are 78 players in the Championship who have taken 20 shots or more this season. He is one of them (21 shots). He is the only one to have got a shot on target on only 2 occasions. That is a crazily bad statistic. It's miles behind anyone else. If you consider those with 15 shots or more, there are 119 such players, and the only ones in single figures for percentage shots on target are him and Chappers (Chappers is 1 from 19 and bizarrely seems to be shooting from further out: average 22 yards).
Clearly he's not the only culprit. We have one of the worst records for xG minus actual goals. But he is by some distance the worst. And it's not because he shoots from miles out. His average shot distance is slightly greater than Clarke and slightly less than Philogene. Quite a lot less than Taylor and Nunez.
He hits the target on 9.5% of occasions. Of Town players to have taken 10 or more shots, the next worst is Nunez with 17.2%, and then there are a whole bunch on 23 to 27%. Philogene is top (out of Town players shooting over 10 times) with 44%.
Part of it is poor shooting. Part of it is poor decision-making: Egeli's xG is only 1.6, from 21 shots. Actual goals zero of course.
McAteer is much maligned. Rightly. But he's 3 on target from 12 shots, as a comparator in a similar position. His shots go on target 2.6 times more often.
It's not Egeli's fault that he cost more than any other player bought by a Championship club. But these numbers need improving. Or else January is loan time. |
His xG of 1.6 is why I don't make him our biggest shooting culprit overall; I'd put him 4th myself. I didn't know the stat but my memory is of 3-4 good chances missed: one that he received on the half-volley in great space in the penalty area, the one yesterday that he kicked onto his own foot, the one against Wrexham (thwarted by a big billboard behind him with a big arrow on it; our youngster isn't very subtle at times), and a header somewhere. Sure I will have forgotten one or two, but most of his shots are drilled into the shins of defenders in front of him. They waste moves but I find this less frustrating than the huge chances fluffed. Only one of Sindre's good chances so far was good enough to be classed as "big", likely the half-volley.
Contrast with Azón and Hirst, those two are miles out in front for "big chances" spurned (9 apiece). Hirst's xG is 1.7 higher than his actual goals, to be fair to George. He's taken a couple of tougher chances alongside the misses. Szmodics is a bit worse at 1.8, Akpom 2.6, Azón 2.9. If Azón isn't the furthest behind his xG in the league then he won't be far off. | | | |
| Egeli on 11:51 - Nov 29 with 174 views | pointofblue |
| Egeli on 10:07 - Nov 29 by NedPlimpton |
This is bizarre
Think how quickly Omari developed here. Egeli is not going to be the same player come the end of the season. Let alone 5 years
It's fine to allow a bit of flex to a 19year old developing his game in a squad that's also finding it's feet
And as others have said, singling Egeli out when Philogene had a much poorer game is odd behaviour. If Egeli had the ball as often as Philogene I feel certain he would have done more with it [Post edited 29 Nov 10:07]
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We had a fit Burns playing to ease Hutchinson into the role. This year we have an injured Burns, McAteer - who in general has looked worse in an attacking sense to Egeli other than shooting, according to the stats, or playing Clarke and Philogene on the wrong side. Hutchinson could be eased into the team under less pressure. Egeli has been thrown into he deep end, yet I've seen more spark from him consistently than from those with more experience.
He has the potential to be one of our best players. I hope the too much too soon approach doesn't affect his confidence. Again, not being able to ease his transition to a league is a further example of the poor squad building we've suffered from since the summer of 2024. | |
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| Egeli on 11:54 - Nov 29 with 152 views | Wallingford_Boy |
| Egeli on 21:42 - Nov 28 by Mckenna1263 |
He's no where near ready for championship football yet takes someone else's place on the team and contributes nothing. |
Let’s spend another £15m on an average player to replace him then! |  |
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| Egeli on 11:57 - Nov 29 with 146 views | Mat |
| Egeli on 22:48 - Nov 28 by Mat |
Agreed f**** awful today - that first chance - on target from 10 yds it’s in 🤷♂️ |
Yes did well to miss that … he doesn’t seem to like hitting the target… | | | |
| Egeli on 12:01 - Nov 29 with 139 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Egeli on 22:23 - Nov 28 by southnorfolkblue |
I thought Hirst had a decent game tbf given he was feeding off scraps for most of the time. |
Looking back to almost his liveliest best and unlucky not to get on the scoresheet with that audacious little flick that wasn’t easy at all (although the deflection made it closer that it was going to be).
He still offers better balance and causes CBs more problems than Azon for me. |  |
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| Egeli on 12:04 - Nov 29 with 136 views | MrPotatoHead |
I can see from the downvotes this isn’t a popular thread, apologies. I think it was born out of frustration and while I do question his contribution currently and think he should come out of the side, he’s young and needs support. He’s got huge potential and it isn’t helpful to create threads like this so I apologise. | | | |
| Egeli on 12:47 - Nov 29 with 109 views | BlueNomad |
This type of chat is so depressing. We have lost our first game in seven (the nature of which was annoying) but people talk as if the end of the world is nigh and the club is setting fire to money. He is an investment, not just here for the immediate moment.
He is a young lad, in a foreign country with great expectation expectation of him despite the fact he’s been here three months. Most kids of his age will be living at home or in their first year at university. Give |  | | |
| Egeli on 12:51 - Nov 29 with 101 views | pointofblue |
| Egeli on 12:04 - Nov 29 by MrPotatoHead |
I can see from the downvotes this isn’t a popular thread, apologies. I think it was born out of frustration and while I do question his contribution currently and think he should come out of the side, he’s young and needs support. He’s got huge potential and it isn’t helpful to create threads like this so I apologise. |
You say he should come out of the side - the question is for who? | |
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