January Transfer Rumours

[bytholwyn]

For the opposition wingers. Utter nonsense.

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[NEATH JACK 8]

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Tymon has set up more goals (or probable goals) for our opponents this season by never being at left back.

 

[CygnusX1]

Which is why expected assists is a more useful stat as it factors in the probability of the goal being scored. Tymon has the best expected assists tally in the league, ahead of the highly acclaimed Azaz, Doak, Hamer and Chakvetadze.

How does he fare on ‘actual’ assists?

 

[Smurph]

I wish people would stop using modern day babble of "stats". This is the information that has got us the crap we have to endure at present. Who remembers the good old days before "assists". What a load of bollocks that word is. You get an "assist" for a two yard sideways pass for someone to score from 35 yards. It's total bullshit.

Some people are obsessed with them apart from the ones that actually count.

Goals for and against.

 

[Smurph]

Which is why expected assists is a more useful stat as it factors in the probability of the goal being scored. Tymon has the best expected assists tally in the league, ahead of the highly acclaimed Azaz, Doak, Hamer and Chakvetadze.

Doak would walk in to our team and plenty in the premier league. I can't say the same Tymon.

The only stat that works in favor of Tymon is he's the best of an awful bunch of left backs in our squad.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Doak would walk in to our team and plenty in the premier league. I can't say the same Tymon.

The only stat that works in favor of Tymon is he's the best of an awful bunch of left backs in our squad.

Cracking player young Ben Doak, Liverpool pinched him off Celtic for peanuts 18 months ago

 

[Smurph]

Cracking player young Ben Doak, Liverpool pinched him off Celtic for peanuts 18 months ago

The lad certainly seems to have a bright future ahead of him.

Just had a Quick Look and they paid 600k for him which looks like an absolute steal.

 

[bytholwyn]

How does he fare on ‘actual’ assists?

3 assists, joint 31st. Ronald's 6 assists is joint 3rd.

 

[CygnusX1]

3 assists, joint 31st. Ronald's 6 assists is joint 3rd.

So Tymon has the best expected assists tally in the league,
But the reality is that he’s the 31st best.

So the expected assist telly is bullshit.

 

[monmouth]

Tymon has set up more goals (or probable goals) for our opponents this season by never being at left back.

Maybe we should be relieved when he goes AWOL. He’s scored two actual goals for them when he’s tried to get involved.

 

[Pontyjack]

So Tymon has the best expected assists tally in the league,
But the reality is that he’s the 31st best.

So the expected assist telly is bullshit.

Or alternatively, our strikers have missed too many good chances that Tymon has helped to provide. I’m thinking of a few good header chances that Vip and Bianchini have missed from Tymon crosses. Not arguing for Tymon’s defensive contribution, where there are many shortcomings, but his attacking contribution is ok in my view. If we had another left back I would be tempted just to use him as a winger.

 

[Smurph]

Or alternatively, our strikers have missed too many good chances that Tymon has helped to provide. I’m thinking of a few good header chances that Vip and Bianchini have missed from Tymon crosses. Not arguing for Tymon’s defensive contribution, where there are many shortcomings, but his attacking contribution is ok in my view. If we had another left back I would be tempted just to use him as a winger.

He's not the quickest player, can't see him working as a winger.

I'd be tempted to ask him just to concentrate on his primary job and defend.

 

[Swanjaxs]

Perhaps Fanny Watson took more notice of statistics than doing some old-school scouting?

Just saying.

 

[Smurph]

Perhaps Fanny Watson took more notice of statistics than doing some old-school scouting?

Just saying.

Huge fan of a pivot table, so I've heard.

 

[CygnusX1]

Or alternatively, our strikers have missed too many good chances that Tymon has helped to provide. I’m thinking of a few good header chances that Vip and Bianchini have missed from Tymon crosses. Not arguing for Tymon’s defensive contribution, where there are many shortcomings, but his attacking contribution is ok in my view. If we had another left back I would be tempted just to use him as a winger.

Don’t you think our players not taking chances would seriously affect the expected assists tally?
If we had Haaland and Salah up front, then yes our players would have strong assist figures as they would take more chances. But we don’t.
So why is he top of a list of expected assists in the league? It’s just nonsense. And it certainly isn’t accurate in anyway whatsoever.