Matos

[bakajack]

Anyone know our stats and how much they have improved? I'm curious to see the up turn. As Under Sheehan we was the lowest in every stat. I imagine we have massively improved.

Last time I looked before the Coventry game we had gone from 24th (last place) in xG up to 21st place
I remembered the commentators mentioning it

 

[Swans Jack]

Last time I looked before the Coventry game we had gone from 24th (last place) in xG up to 21st place
I remembered the commentators mentioning it

I know every team says this but if we can be more clinical we will really hurt teams. Franco should of got on target. Ronald as well. And VP had chances but fluffed it a bit. Hopefully things we can address.

 

[PenlanJack]

I know every team says this but if we can be more clinical we will really hurt teams. Franco should of got on target. Ronald as well. And VP had chances but fluffed it a bit. Hopefully things we can address.

We're playing quicker, but there's no composure when we're in on goal, apart from Vipotnik

 

[ThurrockJack]

Composure will come with time. It is not like they had many chances to bury under the previous manager so it shouldn't be a surprise that they are rusty.

 

[eteb]

Anyone know our stats and how much they have improved? I'm curious to see the up turn. As Under Sheehan we was the lowest in every stat. I imagine we have massively improved.

4 wins in 7 is the best stat!

 

[eteb]

We're playing quicker, but there's no composure when we're in on goal, apart from Vipotnik

It'll come with time and confidence. Confidence was on the floor when he came in - the turnaround in points and performances has been remarkable

 

[Swans Jack]

We're playing quicker, but there's no composure when we're in on goal, apart from Vipotnik

Thought Vipotnik was bit messy tonight with his touches. But can't complain with his goal.

 

[Dillwyn the Dog]

You're such an arse. Wrong about almost everything you post. I’m definitely with eteb on this one.

 

[Smurph]

Not disagreeing with you.
I just find it funny that you were moaning like hell on the matchday thread and then come out with this post.
Not having a pop just found it funny

At least eteb has decency to come out with a positive post like this unlike others who frequent the match day thread when we lose and are no where to be seen when we win.

 

[Michu78]

I feel we are only a couple of players away from pushing to the play offs, a new right back and right winger. Key needs to replaced and Ronald/Inoussa are not good enough for me. I am a big critic of EOM, but he has got better under Matos and he's clearly ahead of the others technically, but all the wingers can't shoot and crossing is not much better, you have to rely on Tymon for crossing. We need more goals coming from outside of Viptopnik and that is not Mato's fault, just quality issues.

But we are progressing, I now look forward to watching us now, I just hope the board give Matos a few more players in January. But I understand if we don't strengthen in January because of the summer signings.

 

[Manselton Jack]

We're not going to challenge for play offs until we have more goal contributions from midfield & the wide players.
Apart from Vip nobody else looks like getting more than the odd goal.
Even Cabango used to contribute a few but I can't remember when he last scored.

 

[swan65split]

seems to have /is sorting out the weakness down our defencive flanks.

deffo need a good RB so we can release Galbraith into MF again,

 

[Flash]

Anyone know our stats and how much they have improved? I'm curious to see the up turn. As Under Sheehan we was the lowest in every stat. I imagine we have massively improved.

I was curious too so I’ve done some digging in the stats. Looking at the average xg under Matos it comes out as 1.09xg per game, that compares to a season average of 0.89xg per game.

For xg goals against us our average with Matos is 0.99xga and that compares to the season average of 1.18xga.

It doesn’t seem like a huge improvement but if we had been performing at that level all season we would be sat around 10th on an xg expected table with an expected gd of 2.37. That is compared to the 22nd we’re currently sat at on the xg table with an expected gd of -6.7.

I know it’s not a fool proof method and xg isn’t everything. But those xg numbers do match what I’ve been seeing on the pitch in terms of improvement. We’re still not playing at a level that would be threatening the play offs. But if we continue as we do we should be well out of sight of a relegation battle and firmly in the mid table.

 

[Dr. Winston]

I remain very wary that we might still be in new manager bounce territory, but, one thing in all his games so far is the level of aggression and intensity without the ball has gone through the roof. Put simply, we work so much harder to get it back when we lose it, and we are doing it higher up the pitch as well. I probably like that more than anything else he's done so far.

It's been noticeable in a lot of recent games, even defeats, that the team is not getting rattled any more. After conceding one, we used to be wide open to conceding two, or three. The WBA game was a prime example of that. I don't think that would happen again now.

A lot of it is confidence. Winning breeds confidence, and a team at a low ebb can easily find itself bullied out of games. That I think is Matos' biggest achievement so far. The team believe in themselves again.

Edit:

Incidentally I think that was perhaps Sheehan's biggest success last season. We were getting hammered left and right by the time the plug was eventually pulled on Williams, but somehow he managed to press the reset button. Shame we drifted away from that again.

 

[bakajack]

I was curious too so I’ve done some digging in the stats. Looking at the average xg under Matos it comes out as 1.09xg per game, that compares to a season average of 0.89xg per game.

For xg goals against us our average with Matos is 0.99xga and that compares to the season average of 1.18xga.

It doesn’t seem like a huge improvement but if we had been performing at that level all season we would be sat around 10th on an xg expected table with an expected gd of 2.37. That is compared to the 22nd we’re currently sat at on the xg table with an expected gd of -6.7.

I know it’s not a fool proof method and xg isn’t everything. But those xg numbers do match what I’ve been seeing on the pitch in terms of improvement. We’re still not playing at a level that would be threatening the play offs. But if we continue as we do we should be well out of sight of a relegation battle and firmly in the mid table.

The hardest thing in a goal shy team is convincing the players that its okay to have a shot when the confidence has been drained out of you and everyone would rather pass the ball on to the next guy hoping they will take responsibility.

In terms of technicians and shooting ability we actually aren't that bad when you compare the players to other teams in the league, Eom, Widell, Galbraith, Tymon, Franco and Vipotnik all have fantastic long range shooting ability. It's only when players have the confidence to consistently shoot on sight that you can then really start coaching decision making, when to shoot and when the cute pass to someone else is the better option.