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Mourinho is just a Portuguese Shaun Dyche :wink:

#afc’s most goals & assists this season (all comps):

Alexis 15 (10G, 5A)
Walcott 11 (9G, 2A)
Özil 10 (7G, 3A)
Oxlade-Chamberlain 9 (5G, 4A)

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RB Leipzig stormed to the top of the Bundesliga with a playing style that’s all their own

A very good piece on Leipzig.


This one on Leicester and their passing is also very good.

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Even the ref out ran him if I remember correctly.

I could have outrun him !

Do us another one that doesn’t include the EFL trophy :stuck_out_tongue:




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I think this one shows (timothy) c leary why we have midfield problems right now

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http://statsbomb.com/2017/01/bargain-shopping-in-the-transfer-market/

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^

"Midfielders

1.Petros (Real Betis), 27
2. Ivaylo Chochev (Palermo), 23
3. Remo Freuler (Atalanta), 24
4. Roque Mesa (Las Palmas), 27 "

Looks like my suggestion on MDC wasn’t that bad after all :stuck_out_tongue:

Great read btw. Big fan of his articles.


They discussed Arsenal on the recent Satsbomb podcast. Discussion starts around 15:30 minutes in.

http://statsbomb.com/2017/01/statsbomb-transfer-pod-january-window-2/

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Well we have the best conversion rate at least (according to this place):

http://www.transfermarkt.com/premier-league/chancenverwertung/wettbewerb/GB1

1 Arsenal FC 107 shots, 48 goals, 22.1%
2 Liverpool FC 134 shots, 49 goals, 20,8 %
3 Chelsea FC 114 shots, 45 goals, 19,8 %
…

Shots are shots on goal, for most teams they’re about half of the shots. Not bad going from the season before when we were 6th with 16.0%, and the season before that when we were 5th with 17.9%.

http://statsbomb.com/2017/02/kostic-crosses-weigl-switches-and-the-best-and-worst-passes-in-the-bundesliga/

http://statsbomb.com/2017/02/statsbomb-transfer-pod-january-window-wrap/

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The music choice for the Weigl and Kostic clips is glorious. :joy:

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Hollands counter press from back in the day (@ 1.08) would suit Alexis down to the ground :smirk:

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http://statsbomb.com/2017/02/burnley-doing-it-differently/

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http://statsbomb.com/2017/02/feb-mailbag-arsenals-next-manager-bertrand-traore-perry-kitchen-and-more/

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Interesting the comments on Abraham, I thought he was pegged as more likely to be a mid-table/championship striker.

edit:

https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/a-potted-history-of-hipster-soccer-managers

@Oliver :wenger:

Good article honestly. @Maxi_Gooner wonder what you think of the comments on your man Zeman :wink:

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Ted points out on here that Walcott is beginning to decline and now might be a good chance to move him on.




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