First it was them ruling out Leeds being out of the race for second now this. I swear they’re just trying to rile people up
Edd037 on
Having 75 points after 35 games and not being almost guarenteed automatic promotion surely makes us one of the most unlucky teams in Championship history.
chrissssmith on
Cherry picking.
We’ve also scored six own goals this season, have the best wing back in the league who has an incredible 12 assists, we had unquestionably the best January window of the leading teams, we have the second longest managerial reign in the league (!) after Coventry, we lost our first choice goalkeeper who started 46/46 last season to injury for the first three months of the season, we lost our best centre forward to injury for four months at Christmas.
Appropriate-Map-3652 on
Don’t give it any attention. Since Elon took over Twitter there’s a (tiny) financial incentive for bait posts like this. It’s all about engagement now.
Ill-Breadfruit5356 on
Is scoring more goals than expected lucky?
I’m reminded of Gary Player when he said “The harder I practice the luckier I get”.
ReceptionPretend4402 on
Goals are goals. Deflected, own goals or worldies… you’ve still got to create those opportunities.
Ipswich are flying, it’s crazy having just been promoted to being in the title race. Fair play to them.
Mitch_Itfc on
All he’s missing is goals by loanees 🥇
CobiLUFC on
Financial reward for engagement continues to be a mistake
Wooden_Umpire2455 on
I want to say that their season is up there with the Leicester title winning season for how ridiculous it is, but that is doing Leicester a disservice because they actually *earned* their title. They were the best team in a season where many other teams underperformed.
This Ipswich season though… I don’t think we’ve ever seen anything like it.
Highhandicapper on
That Coventry fan appears to have made a saints twitter account.
joethesaint on
Half my twitter feed is Saints stuff yet I’ve never seen this account
GuinnessSaint on
There’s nothing lucky about those statistics. Maybe they will revert to the mean at some point, but it doesn’t mean they’ve been lucky to ‘over achieve’.
pandaaaa26 on
There is definitely a slice of luck involved, but I believe for the most part you make your own luck in football
Take both games against us, we should have killed the game off earlier both times, Ipswich didn’t give up, kept pushing until the last minute and both times scored a late deflected goal
But at the end of the day, if they didn’t keep pushing and creating opportunities then those deflections never happen
One of my biggest issues with Leicester is that we don’t seem to have any urgency at all when behind, we can be losing with minutes left and there is still no urgency to try and force a goal
AdequateAppendage on
Whenever I’ve watched Ipswich I’m impressed by simply how well their forwards strike the ball. Any half chance and they let rip and seem to get a great contact more often than not. Comparing like for like, Rutter (who is amongst the best in the league in many aspects as a 10) will have so many tame efforts from the edge of the box roll to the keeper, whereas Conor Chaplin is always a chance away from taking the net off the posts.
Before XG was a really prevalent stat, they’d have been praised for having good finishers that could often score goals beyond just clear cut tap ins. Now it’s ruled out that reliably putting the ball in the net is a skill that some do better than others, and it’s cited as luck when a team outperforms XG.
Boggie135 on
Coping
LUFC_shitpost on
I just looked up the xG to goal stats for the championship. It’s not that big an outlier (Preston +16 vs xG, Norwich +12.1). What was surprising is how inefficient Leeds really are (I’m a fan ofc I’m curious). Only Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke and Millwall are less clinical in front of goal, who are all obviously in a relegation battle as it stands.
Squm9 on
Rage bait account
Sluggybeef on
Blue tick wanker, nuff said
Ilkley_dipper on
xG has completely warped the way people watch football
achymelonballs on
The more they practice the luckier they get
maimasy on
“SantsStatistics” posting about another club’s statistics. What happened to shame?
skitmando on
Don’t think it’s luck, just a decent side who knows how to win.
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First it was them ruling out Leeds being out of the race for second now this. I swear they’re just trying to rile people up
Having 75 points after 35 games and not being almost guarenteed automatic promotion surely makes us one of the most unlucky teams in Championship history.
Cherry picking.
We’ve also scored six own goals this season, have the best wing back in the league who has an incredible 12 assists, we had unquestionably the best January window of the leading teams, we have the second longest managerial reign in the league (!) after Coventry, we lost our first choice goalkeeper who started 46/46 last season to injury for the first three months of the season, we lost our best centre forward to injury for four months at Christmas.
Don’t give it any attention. Since Elon took over Twitter there’s a (tiny) financial incentive for bait posts like this. It’s all about engagement now.
Is scoring more goals than expected lucky?
I’m reminded of Gary Player when he said “The harder I practice the luckier I get”.
Goals are goals. Deflected, own goals or worldies… you’ve still got to create those opportunities.
Ipswich are flying, it’s crazy having just been promoted to being in the title race. Fair play to them.
All he’s missing is goals by loanees 🥇
Financial reward for engagement continues to be a mistake
I want to say that their season is up there with the Leicester title winning season for how ridiculous it is, but that is doing Leicester a disservice because they actually *earned* their title. They were the best team in a season where many other teams underperformed.
This Ipswich season though… I don’t think we’ve ever seen anything like it.
That Coventry fan appears to have made a saints twitter account.
Half my twitter feed is Saints stuff yet I’ve never seen this account
There’s nothing lucky about those statistics. Maybe they will revert to the mean at some point, but it doesn’t mean they’ve been lucky to ‘over achieve’.
There is definitely a slice of luck involved, but I believe for the most part you make your own luck in football
Take both games against us, we should have killed the game off earlier both times, Ipswich didn’t give up, kept pushing until the last minute and both times scored a late deflected goal
But at the end of the day, if they didn’t keep pushing and creating opportunities then those deflections never happen
One of my biggest issues with Leicester is that we don’t seem to have any urgency at all when behind, we can be losing with minutes left and there is still no urgency to try and force a goal
Whenever I’ve watched Ipswich I’m impressed by simply how well their forwards strike the ball. Any half chance and they let rip and seem to get a great contact more often than not. Comparing like for like, Rutter (who is amongst the best in the league in many aspects as a 10) will have so many tame efforts from the edge of the box roll to the keeper, whereas Conor Chaplin is always a chance away from taking the net off the posts.
Before XG was a really prevalent stat, they’d have been praised for having good finishers that could often score goals beyond just clear cut tap ins. Now it’s ruled out that reliably putting the ball in the net is a skill that some do better than others, and it’s cited as luck when a team outperforms XG.
Coping
I just looked up the xG to goal stats for the championship. It’s not that big an outlier (Preston +16 vs xG, Norwich +12.1). What was surprising is how inefficient Leeds really are (I’m a fan ofc I’m curious). Only Sheffield Wednesday, Stoke and Millwall are less clinical in front of goal, who are all obviously in a relegation battle as it stands.
Rage bait account
Blue tick wanker, nuff said
xG has completely warped the way people watch football
The more they practice the luckier they get
“SantsStatistics” posting about another club’s statistics. What happened to shame?
Don’t think it’s luck, just a decent side who knows how to win.