Stats, xG, etc.

[paul_e]

I know it's not a favoured topic but I found a video I thought might be interesting for some which covers some of the things I've been saying about xG, and more importantly how it gets used.

[German James]

Like VAR stopping the game for 12 hours to rule players millimeters off side, xG is an attempt to dehumanise football. It's a pointless waste of everyone's fucking time...
Except people who write code for FIFA-type video games and pundits grateful for any old shite to fill up their vacuous ramblings. A pox on't.

[KingstandingVilla]

Xg is an utter bag of bollocks. There's a simple logic.. Score more than the opponent.. It's worked for years.. Unless you are Blues

[andyh]

Fuck xg

[Chris Harte]

There's an account on Twitter that has been losing it's shit about Villa who are, win or lose, making a mockery of xG.

[Brazilian Villain]

This thread has got off to a slow a start, its xP is currently 27.

[Grande Pablo]

Goals & points.  It's all that matters.

[Pete3206]

Whatever xG is, it can fuck off. No interest in it at all.

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

I'm with you on it Paul, I agree.

[Olneythelonely]

Some of you are getting really angry at numbers, aren’t you?

[paul_e]

This thread received pretty much exactly the reaction I expected but hey, at least it gives us a single place for you all to moan about stats you think are shit so I thought it was worth adding regardless.