Wolves 0-1 Aston Villa Post Match Thread

[Lastfootstamper]

God I hate stats

Normally I'd agree. Possession, shots, shots on target, corners, offsides, they're all pretty meaningless as unless you've watched the game, you'd have no idea of whether or not you should have done better or had excelled with what you earned or were presented with. And if you watched it, you don't really need those stats.
But I like xG, it says to me we're doing the right things, and the rest of the league should tremble before us.

[Chris Smith]

God I hate stats

I like stats the that confirm my preconceptions but hate the misleading other sort.

[The Edge]

Bored at work so had a quick look into a Wolves forum. God some of them really hate us don't they? It's a little bit bizzare really. A couple of things stood out: we're a vile, horrible club with a horrible manager and captain and our "club ethos" is horrible apparently. Wtf does that even mean? Also we were jammy because our keeper made lots of good saves! Mike Dean gave us everything and ALL our players dive to get the opposition players booked. Oh and the post saved us.

[VILLA MOLE]

Bored at work so had a quick look into a Wolves forum. God some of them really hate us don't they? It's a little bit bizzare really. A couple of things stood out: we're a vile, horrible club with a horrible manager and captain and our "club ethos" is horrible apparently. Wtf does that even mean? Also we were jammy because our keeper made lots of good saves! Mike Dean gave us everything and ALL our players dive to get the opposition players booked. Oh and the post saved us.

ha ha fair enough 

[OCD]

According to MOTD our expected goals bettered theirs by 1.38 to 1.12.

Luffbralion can you explain that to me please. Is it we were .38 in 1 rather than .12 in 1 chance of scoring?

It suggests our attempts on goal would typically result in us scoring 1.38 goals in a game, with Wolves scoring 1.12.

xG assigns a value (0 - 1) to every shot based on historical data, of how likely it is to result in a goal. So a shot from the halfway line would be 0.01, whereas a shot to an open goal from the six yard box would something lime 0.98. So the better chances you have, the higher your xG would be. Over the course of a season, is a good measure of whether you are unlucky or not.

Case in point - our game against Southampton, our xG was 2.52, Southampton's was 0.86. But we lost due to them scoring two direct free kicks (normally quite unlikely to go in), and a 25 yard screamer from Ings. Efforts which probably 9/10 don't go in.

Problem is when you've got a set-piece specialist like Ward-Prowse who can do that.

[ChicagoLion]

Mike Dean gave a boking for every foul, except Coadie who spent the whole game fouling Ollie.
I thought they were a very dirty team with all the tricks in the book.
When will they go back to focusing on the Stripey Twats ?

[Mister E]

Mike Dean gave a boking for every foul, except Coadie who spent the whole game fouling Ollie.
I thought they were a very dirty team with all the tricks in the book.
When will they go back to focusing on the Stripey Twats ?

Coady and Silva - the latter, was niggly in the extreme.

[Dr Butler]

When will they go back to focusing on the Stripey Twats ?

when reach their rightful level of League 1 again...

UTV
THe Doc

[dcdavecollett]

To take Risso's point, who decides what happens at Wolves. Does the agent determine the transfer policy, or the CEO? Do they consult (along with the coach, presumably); if so, when there is a disagreement, what happens then?

Looking at the summer deals, it all looks a bit arse-about to me, with important players leaving and 'promising' ones coming in, at huge expense.