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.

[German James]

There are too many situation-based variables for xG to be a reliable measure of anything but that doesn't bother me. It's the fact that it's becoming an inescapable fad that pisses me off. I'm sure there are people who use crystals and the power of prayer to predict results, but they're not being quoted all the time.

[cdbearsfan]

It's very easy to ignore if you don't like it. I'd imagine scouts and managers use it to some degree, along with numerous other stats and then the more traditional method of actually watching players once they have identified targets more specifically.

[frankmosswasmyuncle]

There are too many situation-based variables for xG to be a reliable measure of anything but that doesn't bother me. It's the fact that it's becoming an inescapable fad that pisses me off. I'm sure there are people who use crystals and the power of prayer to predict results, but they're not being quoted all the time.

Not forgetting my lucky underpants!

[Monty]

It's very easy to ignore if you don't like it. I'd imagine scouts and managers use it to some degree, along with numerous other stats and then the more traditional method of actually watching players once they have identified targets more specifically.

This is it. It's clearly a stat which has some uses, but almost never tells the whole story and certainly never in isolation. Like any metric, in fact.