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Quality of opposition is also relevant there though - we were always going to have more possession in conference league games, as well as games against the bottom half domestically.

Yeah agree that’s the basis of the sentiment, but I just don’t buy the explanation personally. Like I said above, everyone knew what we were going to do tactically last season, but stopping it was another matter entirely. I think we have experienced to the extreme the pros and cons of a...

Surely in elite sport they were savvy to us a long time ago!? Completely agree it’s far from singular, but that feels one of the least convincing arguments to me.

I don’t like writing off players early, but my word I’m struggling with Brennan Johnson. What is he supposed to offer?

The bit I struggle with here is that implication that no one had our system ‘figured out’ before the last 3 months. We’ve played the same way for a couple of years. It’s not a particularly innovative or unusual system, and its weaknesses have long been known. I really struggle with any...

There's a lot of 'if we lose...' type of posts on here at the moment, which is understandable. Out of interest, for those who want Glasner gone, does your view change if we win tonight and Sunday?

I disagree - obviously none of us know for sure, but we can't be talking more than a few million to pay Glasner off at this point, with only around 4 months left on his contract - I can't imagine we would allow such a relatively small figure dictate our decision making at all. It's chump...

I agree with you - I said earlier in the thread, the impact sacking Glasner now has on our next appointment is enormous. I'm not fully convinced the upside of sacking him is worth the risk of f***ing up our next hire. The bookies still see our relegation as about as likely as Brentford...

Correct, but combined with the pass completion %, you get a clear feel for how often and how successfully a player is progressing the ball; Wharton makes nearly twice as many forward passes as Hughes, without any drop off in his overall pass completion %, so you can conclude that Wharton is a...

I think there's a good amount of truth in what you say, but I do also think you're kind of dismissing or trying to explain away the stats that go against your preconception, rather than just considering them for what they are. Of course you can always add layers and layers of context to stats...

I really try to avoid making these threads confrontational, but all you repeatedly do is demonstrate how little you understand football tactics and systems. You've earlier claimed Conte's system at Chelsea was nothing like Glasner's, despite the systems being near identical. The basis for the...

Pep also won a treble with a 3-2-4-1 system in 22/23, where Stones stepped up to join Rodri in a double pivot. The end result is an in-possession shape very similar to how we play; 3 centre backs, 2 midfield pivots, 2 touchline-hugging wide players (Munoz & Mitchell) and then two dual 10s...

Those are volume totals, rather than success rates or anything like that. 'Progressive Passes Received' refers to how often they receive forward passes from others - Wharton is typically the one making these passes, so rarely the receiver - he only receives, on average, 0.75 forwarded passes...

It's every league game from last season.

There's been a few references to 'the stats' and Kamada in the thread lately, so I'm copying the below from a post I did a few month's ago, based on league games in the 24/25 season. The 'stats' absolutely support the argument that Kamada is a hugely influential player for us. Forward...

I think that's a good summary of his game.

That’s a bit of a mad comparison. Football is far more meritocratic than politics - if we’re going to use terms like ‘good footballing brain’ as an argument, then it has to be highlighted that Glasner has a better one than anyone posting here.

The implication from this post and others seems to be that neither Glasner, nor any of the managers who have favoured Kamada in his career, have ‘a good footballing brain’. There’s a fella citing how many goals he scored for a supporters club to boost his credentials, while ignoring the take of...

Definitely - I’m not at all suggesting that outcomes aren’t a massive factor, but I do think you have to give them context. I’d agree with the assessment that games like yesterday, Macclesfield and Larnaca prove we have major issues against low blocks and a lack of character when we get...

I just don’t think analysing or discussing games exclusively on the basis of outcomes tells you very much. I appreciate others do, but that’s my view.