Controversial opinion alert
The points swing from holding onto Haaland was not a variance issue, but a bad play issue and a failure to take notice of a clear drop off in City's form and Haalands wayward finishing.
Too much reliance was placed on xG and not what was actually happening .
The points swing from holding onto Haaland was not a variance issue, but a bad play issue and a failure to take notice of a clear drop off in City's form and Haalands wayward finishing.
Too much reliance was placed on xG and not what was actually happening .
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He literally got those chances and missed them
Gw1-5: 10 goals from 5.7xG
Gw 6-12: 2 goals from 6.11xG
Total goals: 12
Total xG: 11.8
Perfectly balanced, the xG gods were always going to get their revenge so I knew he would miss those chances, therefore I sold !!
Meanwhile Salah scored 12 points in Gw 8 Ten points Against Arsenal in Gw 9 and another 9 points in Gw 10
City lost 4 1 in Europe to a portugese side and Haaland missed a penalty, the poor form was there for all to see
Liverpool battered Leverkusen 4 0 in an unbelievable display of quality.
By now it was glaringly obvious Salah was best
And yes we bought Cunha who was clearly showing great form.
Some were too stubborn to swap after missing a couple of Salah hauls, but stop blaming luck, and accept a mistake
Stubbornness and sticking to the plan cost me.
This is the best team in PL for last 4 years. So difficult to say that we all saw this coming.
But the stat nerds will tell you form isn’t real lol
(I’ve owned Salah and Haaland all the way through since GW1)
Haaland:
First 6:
Attempts: 31/Goals: 10/Conversion: 32.3%
Last 6:
Attempts: 31/Goals: 2/Conversion: 6.5%
In 2022/23
Attempts: 123/Goals: 36/Conversion: 29.3
So his finishing has massively dropped off in last 6
But I think in hindsight it's easy to say there's been a drop off but it's hard when you're getting this info one gameweek at a time to say whether it wasn't just a blip.
If the one watching the games had lots of football knowledge I would back him to win
P.s: I don’t own Haaland
A few other examples :
Eze last season v this season
Bruno under ETH v Bruno under Ruud
Saka with and without Odegaard