On FotMob. On Sofa score he rated 6.9, below most others in the team.
Fair enough need to look at the stats. I think
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Jack Iredale as well, we aren't short on options at LCB.
for gk's fotmob collects xgot whereas sofascore doesn't. A big part of the gk ratings in fotmob is goals conceded compared to the xgot. Since he had a clean sheet but saved an xgot of around 1 that would give him a huge rating on fotmob. However, his long balls were inaccurate which both algorithms would penalise. Without the xgot saved in sofascore it makes sense they would give him a meagre score
Thanks for this explanation. I did read up FotMob's rating methodology some little while ago. I'm not a fan! That's why I prefer the Sofascore ratings. To my mind, Sofascore more truly reflects what I see more often than does FotMob, especially when there is considerable divergence in the ratings each gives.
I guess its hard to know whether a gk has made difficult saves or routine saves without the xgot
And lower down the pyramid too! Which is great for me because it lets me keep up not just with the team in Qld NPL that I am interested in, but also the the Qld PL1 grassroots team in Brisbane whose fortunes I also like to follow.
Would play him up front alongside another striker for next Socceroos matches. We desperately need that killer instinct around goal.
Class shines through in the end. He's had a bad patch, good to see he's coming good again.
True. And to be fair he had a bad patch with injuries. You don't always hit peak form straight away after returning.
I accept that could be part of it but I think the main reason for his - and Hibs - upturn in form is the change in formation. He's mostly recently been playing as part of a front 2 which suits him better now than winger where he had been mainly deployed or occasionally as the sole striker. Hibs posters seem to attribute their form reversal to Gray uniting and rallying the troops but I think it is mostly due to him putting players in their best positions. The Cadden twins best positions are wing-back, Iredale's best position is LCB in a back 3, Miller's best position (now sometimes playing there) is RCB In a back 3, Boyle I've already mentioned. Putting players in their best positions usually improves your chances of victory, and nothing improves morale like winning.
I agree. Poppa would need to change formation to do it. Which I'd like to see him do. I'm not confident he will though. I think there's a problem with some of our players being played out of position atm.
