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Transfer Rumours Summer '25

#2801 Search & Destroy

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Posted Today, 08:06 AM

sewey89, on 04 July 2025 - 07:22 AM, said:

Hahahahahaha!! Right good one!!!!

It’s so funny because it’s true! We never shoot from distance. Colclough, Dobra, Berry, Banks, Oldaker, King.. NONE of them shot from distance in the last few years under cook!

Sideways and backwards!! So good.

Yes!

Preferably 0-3 down at home to Accy when their 200 fans are Ole (ing) us

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Posted Today, 08:28 AM

Search & Destroy, on 04 July 2025 - 08:06 AM, said:

Yes!

Preferably 0-3 down at home to Accy when their 200 fans are Ole (ing) us

Yeah because no other team in the history of football have played badly at home and got dicked 3-0.

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Posted Today, 08:30 AM

azul, on 04 July 2025 - 08:02 AM, said:

I think it might have been a sarcastic reply to S&D

You got me.

Search & Destroy, on 04 July 2025 - 08:06 AM, said:

Yes!

Preferably 0-3 down at home to Accy when their 200 fans are Ole (ing) us

Odd that you’ve chosen that game out of the 46. Why not pick either of the games against the eventual champions where we won by 3 each time?

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Posted Today, 08:48 AM

Don't engage mate, highlight of his day is arguing

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Posted Today, 09:16 AM

ash_cfc, on 03 July 2025 - 08:19 PM, said:

Not a player, but a fixture time transfer rumour. Bristol Rovers @ home on the 16th moved to 12:30 for Sky.

https://imgur.com/al...tchdays-kOKcOtn

Confirmation that the Bristol Rovers game is on TV, handy as i'm away in France that day!
https://www.efl.com/...ions-confirmed/

No other games for us in the first chunk which covers up to the 27th Sept. However the opening day game will be on Sky Sports+ at 3pm as they are all being shown that weekend.

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Posted Today, 09:42 AM

JonB, on 04 July 2025 - 09:16 AM, said:

Convinced Ash is part of the #BloatedBackroomStaff. Whatsapp chat is just the staff group...

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Posted Today, 09:53 AM

Search & Destroy, on 04 July 2025 - 08:06 AM, said:

Yes!

Preferably 0-3 down at home to Accy when their 200 fans are Ole (ing) us

I’m curious, who would be your ideal realistic choice to be manager?

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lindo-spireite, on 04 July 2025 - 09:53 AM, said:

I’m curious, who would be your ideal realistic choice to be manager?

A bloke at Kings Lynn I imagine would fit his bill.

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prolurker, on 04 July 2025 - 09:42 AM, said:

Convinced Ash is part of the #BloatedBackroomStaff. Whatsapp chat is just the staff group...

Unfortunately, my coaching capabilities are limited to managing Hasland Club in Div2 of the Chesterfield Sunday league 😂

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Posted Today, 10:24 AM

Search & Destroy, on 04 July 2025 - 08:06 AM, said:

Yes!

Preferably 0-3 down at home to Accy when their 200 fans are Ole (ing) us

Towns xGD was the 3rd highest in the division with +0.33. Only Walsall (+0.34) and Doncaster (0.44) were above us.

Our xG was also 3rd highest in the division with 1.53. Only County (1.54) and Doncaster (1.57) above us.

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Posted Today, 10:37 AM

Exharboroughspireite, on 04 July 2025 - 10:24 AM, said:

That centre forward for Athletico Madrid had the highest xG in the Club World Cup but didn’t score a single goal.

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Posted Today, 10:55 AM

Valley Blues, on 04 July 2025 - 10:37 AM, said:

That centre forward for Athletico Madrid had the highest xG in the Club World Cup but didn’t score a single goal.

Yep cos he kept missing sitters, so those stats suggest we create plenty of goalscoring opportunities, we just don't take them often enough. A finishing problem rather than a creativity one.

Can I just say those stats, if true, are tremendous given we seemed to have half our squad out injured for half the season. What a job Paul Cook and the #BloatedBackroomStaff do.

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Posted Today, 11:00 AM

Goku, on 04 July 2025 - 10:55 AM, said:

Potential of this squad is scary, add in the additions of the summer and we're onto something special...

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Posted Today, 11:23 AM

Goku, on 04 July 2025 - 10:55 AM, said:

So how is the xG for a striker calculated? Getting in the right areas? Or receiving the ball in the right area? Genuine question because one could mean he’s missing sitters, the other could mean he’s doing his job but the delivery is poor.

How is a teams xG calculated? Same types of scenarios as above.

I honestly don’t know but suspect the xG stats could be widely open to interpretation.

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Posted Today, 11:26 AM

Valley Blues, on 04 July 2025 - 11:23 AM, said:

Bit of light reading for you!!
https://datascientes...-math-behind-it

I think basically for a chance its rated on a scale of 0 to 1 based on how likely it was a goal would have been scored (1) down to 0 for a less clear cut chance. I presume based on that it means a high XG number means you are creating lots of good chances.

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Posted Today, 11:32 AM

Valley Blues, on 04 July 2025 - 11:23 AM, said:

As I understand it, every shot attempted gets added to the xG figure. If Grigg has a 6 yard tap in with the keeper in no mans land, that might have an xG score of 0.96 meaning 96 times out of 100 you would expect to see a goal scored in that scenario.

Team xG is every shot attempted by a team during the match. A team xG of 1.53 means we should be scoring that many goals per game based on the quality of chances we are creating. In terms of individual players, the best ones tend to outscore their xG.

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Posted Today, 11:49 AM

JonB, on 04 July 2025 - 11:26 AM, said:

yep thats it in a nutshell. Between 0 and 1. Higher the number the more likely it is to score. Companies like Opta compile all the data

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Posted Today, 02:00 PM

xG is a really good stat. I think a lot of people just brush it aside as ‘nonsense’ because it’s new.

A penalty is between 0.76 and 0.79 xG, meaning there’s a 76-79% chance of a goal.

The stat above stands us in really good stead.

As for the Atletico striker, that’s quite damning