| Our strikers and their xG 19:40 - Jan 26 with 2528 views | dingus |
This is quite interesting. I've seen lots about our strikers not bring all about goals, which i agree with to a degree, but Azon still has the third highest xG per 90 in the league. Akpom in top 10. There's someone else massively underperforming, but annoyingly the chart doesn't have the name, could be Hirst. I think it shows there are goals there for a number 9 if we had one who took their chances.
I assume the two town players in the top left, as overperformers, would be Philogene and Clarke.
I'm not always the greatest fan of xG, but I think it has some merit here.
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| Our strikers and their xG on 19:45 - Jan 26 with 2230 views | FlittonBlue |
Meanwhile, Kasey McAteer!!!
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| Our strikers and their xG on 19:47 - Jan 26 with 2182 views | bournemouthblue |
That might explain why we wanted Bamford |  |
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| Our strikers and their xG on 19:48 - Jan 26 with 2152 views | FlittonBlue |
| Our strikers and their xG on 19:47 - Jan 26 by bournemouthblue |
That might explain why we wanted Bamford |
That and he could open the new Ipswich swimming pool from the 3m board! | | | |
| Surely these stats just..... on 19:50 - Jan 26 with 2137 views | Bloots |
....prove that we need a finisher?
The fact that Azon is so high in the xG figures but so low in the actual goalscoring figures means that he misses most of his chances.
It's the same with Hirst.
Our team xG is really high, but our xG difference the 2nd worse in the league.
We need a finisher this week, if we don't get one then I don't see us getting top 2. |  |
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| Surely these stats just..... on 19:54 - Jan 26 with 2088 views | Dubtractor |
| Surely these stats just..... on 19:50 - Jan 26 by Bloots |
....prove that we need a finisher?
The fact that Azon is so high in the xG figures but so low in the actual goalscoring figures means that he misses most of his chances.
It's the same with Hirst.
Our team xG is really high, but our xG difference the 2nd worse in the league.
We need a finisher this week, if we don't get one then I don't see us getting top 2. |
Yep. I'm amazed some still think our striker options are good enough - the evidence is so clear.
Both Hirst and Azon are good honest pros, great attitude etc, but they just miss far too many chances.
We'd probably be clear at the top if we'd had a better striker in the team. We might scrape top 2 as it stands, but we could make it so much easier for ourselves. |  |
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| The usual line is that.... on 20:00 - Jan 26 with 2033 views | Bloots |
| Surely these stats just..... on 19:54 - Jan 26 by Dubtractor |
Yep. I'm amazed some still think our striker options are good enough - the evidence is so clear.
Both Hirst and Azon are good honest pros, great attitude etc, but they just miss far too many chances.
We'd probably be clear at the top if we'd had a better striker in the team. We might scrape top 2 as it stands, but we could make it so much easier for ourselves. |
...."our striker needs to do much more than just score goals", it's true to some extent but to have two strikers that miss so many chances as well as doing the other stuff just doesn't hack it.
I'd rather have a decent finisher that occasionally fails with the hold up play or running the channels than someone who runs around a lot but is a total donkey in front of goal.
Lately Hirst can't seem to fulfill any of the various requirements of our centre forward. Azon looks the lesser of the two evils.
Not getting someone else is will basically be a dereliction of duty from our recruitment team.
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| Our strikers and their xG on 20:12 - Jan 26 with 1963 views | dingus |
| Our strikers and their xG on 19:45 - Jan 26 by FlittonBlue |
Meanwhile, Kasey McAteer!!!
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I guess if our 9 and 10 were scoring more of their chances, his season might not seem quite as bad as it looks now [Post edited 26 Jan 20:12]
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| Surely these stats just..... on 20:19 - Jan 26 with 1886 views | cbower |
| Surely these stats just..... on 19:54 - Jan 26 by Dubtractor |
Yep. I'm amazed some still think our striker options are good enough - the evidence is so clear.
Both Hirst and Azon are good honest pros, great attitude etc, but they just miss far too many chances.
We'd probably be clear at the top if we'd had a better striker in the team. We might scrape top 2 as it stands, but we could make it so much easier for ourselves. |
Yup. Keep hearing our strikers role isn't about goals but if they took just 1/3 of these big chances missed then that would be another 7 or 8 goals and probably 4 or 5 points. No doubt in my mind we need better.
In the meantime, start Azon. His all round contribution is currently miles better than Hirst's.
McAteer has not impressed overall but the fact we can't finish the chances he has created makes him look even worse. |  |
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| Surely these stats just..... on 20:21 - Jan 26 with 1860 views | WestSussexBlue |
| Surely these stats just..... on 19:50 - Jan 26 by Bloots |
....prove that we need a finisher?
The fact that Azon is so high in the xG figures but so low in the actual goalscoring figures means that he misses most of his chances.
It's the same with Hirst.
Our team xG is really high, but our xG difference the 2nd worse in the league.
We need a finisher this week, if we don't get one then I don't see us getting top 2. |
Exactly that. For the fans saying we don’t need a striker and we are scoring enough, yes we are scoring well but take away the goals by Clarke and Philogene and we’d be really struggling for goals. | | | |
| Surely these stats just..... on 20:23 - Jan 26 with 1836 views | bournemouthblue |
| Surely these stats just..... on 20:19 - Jan 26 by cbower |
Yup. Keep hearing our strikers role isn't about goals but if they took just 1/3 of these big chances missed then that would be another 7 or 8 goals and probably 4 or 5 points. No doubt in my mind we need better.
In the meantime, start Azon. His all round contribution is currently miles better than Hirst's.
McAteer has not impressed overall but the fact we can't finish the chances he has created makes him look even worse. |
If Azon could learn to finish, he would be quite some player
Can we sign whoever Coventry have who is drilling their finishing? | |
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| Our strikers and their xG on 20:31 - Jan 26 with 1756 views | HighgateBlue |
| Our strikers and their xG on 19:45 - Jan 26 by FlittonBlue |
Meanwhile, Kasey McAteer!!!
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Scoring and chance creation stats are pretty damning for Akpom. Wow.
But yes, it's possible that some of us (me included) have done McAteer a slight disservice.
The stats on finishing are so damning for our number 9s that it would be absolute negligence not to add to our number 9 ranks with an expected starter (especially whilst continually adding wingers and 10s...) |  | | |
| Surely these stats just..... on 20:54 - Jan 26 with 1628 views | cbower |
| Surely these stats just..... on 20:21 - Jan 26 by WestSussexBlue |
Exactly that. For the fans saying we don’t need a striker and we are scoring enough, yes we are scoring well but take away the goals by Clarke and Philogene and we’d be really struggling for goals. |
That's rather a spurious argument. Take away any side's two top scorers and they'd likely be struggling for goals. The point is that whilst Philogene and Clarke are scoring, Azon, Hirst and to a lesser extent Akpom also have been getting excellent chances too, but they are generally fluffing their lines. We need someone to be taking more of these big chances that are falling to them to boost our automatic promotion push. | |
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| Our strikers and their xG on 20:59 - Jan 26 with 1595 views | chicoazul |
People have kindly explained it on here, I’ve watched YouTube, I’ve even had an Explain it like I’m 5 answer from ChatGPT and I still don’t understand XG. And that chances created thing is even more confusing. |  |
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| Our strikers and their xG on 20:59 - Jan 26 with 1599 views | bsw72 |
Reporting xG at an individual player level can be misleading when judging overall team performance/contribution because a single attacking moment can generate multiple xG values for different players.
One chance may fall to Player A with a high xG, be missed, and then be finished by Player B from a rebound with another high xG. The combined xG might suggest two strong scoring opportunities, but in reality it was always one phase of play that could only ever produce a single goal.
Aggregating those numbers at player level risks overstating the quality of chances created and obscuring how the team actually delivered in that moment. |  | | |
| Our strikers and their xG on 21:02 - Jan 26 with 1570 views | Swansea_Blue |
| Our strikers and their xG on 20:12 - Jan 26 by dingus |
I guess if our 9 and 10 were scoring more of their chances, his season might not seem quite as bad as it looks now [Post edited 26 Jan 20:12]
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He doesn’t look too bad when you watch him. I prefer Wes, but I’d certainly be picking Kasey over Egeli at the moment |  |
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| Our strikers and their xG on 21:05 - Jan 26 with 1553 views | RetroBlue |
Surely those two Town high scores are Ckarke and Philogene ... |  |
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| Our strikers and their xG on 21:08 - Jan 26 with 1543 views | bsw72 |
| Our strikers and their xG on 20:59 - Jan 26 by chicoazul |
People have kindly explained it on here, I’ve watched YouTube, I’ve even had an Explain it like I’m 5 answer from ChatGPT and I still don’t understand XG. And that chances created thing is even more confusing. |
It’s a subjective metric built on assumptions and not outcomes and even more frustrating is different providers of the data calculate it differently, therefore exactly the same chance can have a different xG dependent on the source. | | | |
| Our strikers and their xG on 21:17 - Jan 26 with 1486 views | itfcsuth |
| Our strikers and their xG on 19:45 - Jan 26 by FlittonBlue |
Meanwhile, Kasey McAteer!!!
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He’s put a decent amount of balls into a dangerous area, without the final touch been applied. Appreciate he has also missed some big chances himself, but his numbers and confidence could be very different.
He’s not the purest footballer I’ve ever seen, but he’s a hell of an athlete, seems to have a real personality and character for the game, and when he keeps his game simple, he reminds me of a Wes Burns replica in some respects. |  | | |
| Our strikers and their xG on 21:19 - Jan 26 with 1478 views | itfcsuth |
They have 10 goals between them in a combination of 60 appearances, that’s really the only stat you need to know.
You really want your main number 9 to be beyond 10 goals individually at this stage, our highest goal scoring number 9 is on 6.
Beyond the xG and numbers, overall performance levels of any of our number 9’s have really been at the level we’ve need consistently.
An absolute must between now and the window shutting. | | | |
| Our strikers and their xG on 21:24 - Jan 26 with 1435 views | bsw72 |
| Our strikers and their xG on 21:19 - Jan 26 by itfcsuth |
They have 10 goals between them in a combination of 60 appearances, that’s really the only stat you need to know.
You really want your main number 9 to be beyond 10 goals individually at this stage, our highest goal scoring number 9 is on 6.
Beyond the xG and numbers, overall performance levels of any of our number 9’s have really been at the level we’ve need consistently.
An absolute must between now and the window shutting. |
60 appearances maybe, but that’s not a useful stat compared to minutes played as we have only played 28 league matches and it is very rare to have two of these players on the pitch together for any significant period of time. | | | |
| Our strikers and their xG on 21:34 - Jan 26 with 1342 views | itfcsuth |
| Our strikers and their xG on 21:24 - Jan 26 by bsw72 |
60 appearances maybe, but that’s not a useful stat compared to minutes played as we have only played 28 league matches and it is very rare to have two of these players on the pitch together for any significant period of time. |
Put it any way you wish to be honest, the returns are poor.
2 in 761 minutes for Chuba, 2 in 848 minutes for Ivan and 6 in 1,450 minutes for Hirst.
Need much much more, both in goal scoring output alongside overall performance contributions. | | | |
| Our strikers and their xG on 22:30 - Jan 26 with 1198 views | Smoresy |
Hirst will be the one alongside the Boro badge (Tommy Conway I'd guess). In fairness to them both, they're on the cusp of the "high xG and high scoring box". So while they haven't scored as many as they should, honestly we're only talking by one or two goals here. Azón is a different story sadly and the other Ipswich player in the bad box will be Szmodics.
That being said, average finishing wasn't the target was it lol. We paid large sums to have two high up in the top left box, Clarke and Philogene, and we're probably disappointed not have three there. We'll have hoped for two in the top right box too.
Curious to note only two Boro badges squeezing into the right half of the table, one in the top left. | | | |
| Our strikers and their xG on 22:52 - Jan 26 with 1110 views | NthQldITFC |
| Our strikers and their xG on 20:12 - Jan 26 by dingus |
I guess if our 9 and 10 were scoring more of their chances, his season might not seem quite as bad as it looks now [Post edited 26 Jan 20:12]
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I misread, apologies. [Post edited 26 Jan 22:57]
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| Our strikers and their xG on 22:53 - Jan 26 with 1109 views | NthQldITFC |
| Our strikers and their xG on 21:05 - Jan 26 by RetroBlue |
Surely those two Town high scores are Ckarke and Philogene ... |
We've got some real outliers either side of the line. | |
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| Our strikers and their xG on 00:10 - Jan 27 with 1001 views | armchaircritic59 |
| Our strikers and their xG on 20:31 - Jan 26 by HighgateBlue |
Scoring and chance creation stats are pretty damning for Akpom. Wow.
But yes, it's possible that some of us (me included) have done McAteer a slight disservice.
The stats on finishing are so damning for our number 9s that it would be absolute negligence not to add to our number 9 ranks with an expected starter (especially whilst continually adding wingers and 10s...) |
A lot of people have done McAteer a disservice I'm afraid. He's just the whipping boy for anything that goes wrong for some people, even when he isn't playing! Easy target, big fee ( nothing to do with him ) and a bullseye on his back. Should have 4/5 assists by now if our forwards had put away chances he's created. Same problem Leif Davis has had. A lot of what looks like a startling drop off of assists for him from the last season in the championship, isn't down to him not getting forward and crossing, it's the lack of finishing power when the ball does get into the box. Different players, same problem. in addition KM has started just 8 games, hardly enough to get his kit dirty. If some want to abuse and judge a player on that, well ok, I for one do not. | | | |
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