What Our Opponents' Fans Are Saying About Us 19/20

[SpursSince1980]

Moral of the story.... never give it large halfway through the season. It will almost always come back to fuck you in the arse.

Words to live by.

 

[SpursSince1980]

Wolves fans clearly a bit delusional with their assessment of the game and the ref. The latter was fine, in terms of the decisions they made. Felt like he was fair.

As for them wiping the floor with us.... that depends on perspective. Yes, they dominated us in midfield. And had some lovely build-up play. But the reality is they only carved us open for good chances, about three or four times max. Arguably, Traore's goal was more of a half-chance, that should've been blocked by Jan. (watch the replay of the goal, he moves his body out of the way from the ball, probably expecting to be hit by it). Whereas we had about three or four good chances as well, and scored two of them.

Doesn't much matter how much beautiful football you play, if it doesn't translate to chances. Which is something they lacked on the day.

 

[tiger666]

Don't forget the old "Ref was biased" bit as well

You'd never hear that on here.

 

[double0]

Motd sets a dangerous narrative sometimes

 

[dagraham]

Don't forget the old "Ref was biased" bit as well

Well to be fair that is probably the most used phrase throughout any of our match threads on any given occasion.

As I said earlier, all football fans are biased and hypocritical. And all broadly the same really.

Except Liverpool fans, who are a bit special.

 

[dickieven]

Wolves fans clearly a bit delusional with their assessment of the game and the ref. The latter was fine, in terms of the decisions they made. Felt like he was fair.

As for them wiping the floor with us.... that depends on perspective. Yes, they dominated us in midfield. And had some lovely build-up play. But the reality is they only carved us open for good chances, about three or four times max. Arguably, Traore's goal was more of a half-chance, that should've been blocked by Jan. (watch the replay of the goal, he moves his body out of the way from the ball, probably expecting to be hit by it). Whereas we had about three or four good chances as well, and scored two of them.

Doesn't much matter how much beautiful football you play, if it doesn't translate to chances. Which is something they lacked on the day.

Yes agree. On MOTD it had expected goals something like 0.89 vs 0.91 so we in theory had the better chances.

 

[spursfan77]

Is it something in the midlands?

Teams that have been shit for ages suddenly get a good team and then their fans grow massive chips on their shoulders. They seem to want to spend more time moaning and being bellends than enjoying their teams football. Only just catching the extended highlights now as I was on holiday, but their fans in the stadium seem to audibly never stop moaning.

 

[RickyVilla]

Is it something in the midlands?

Teams that have been shit for ages suddenly get a good team and then their fans grow massive chips on their shoulders. They seem to want to spend more time moaning and being bellends than enjoying their teams football. Only just catching the extended highlights now as I was on holiday, but their fans in the stadium seem to audibly never stop moaning.

Leicester don’t like us because of the 61 FA Cup final and the 99 Worthington Cup. I have no clue what Wolves problem is. Most of their fans I have met where sound. That was a fair few years ago though when they were not in the top division.

 

[LeSoupeKitchen]

Is it something in the midlands?

Teams that have been shit for ages suddenly get a good team and then their fans grow massive chips on their shoulders. They seem to want to spend more time moaning and being bellends than enjoying their teams football. Only just catching the extended highlights now as I was on holiday, but their fans in the stadium seem to audibly never stop moaning.

Why so much hate for the midlands here?

I generally think the midlands is pretty good at not having a chip on their shoulder. Outside of football it seems to be a place you don't hear much from and are generally ignored. If I was new to the country and followed the news you'd think the UK consisted of five areas:

- London
- The North
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- Wales

Sorry to go OT.

 

[Col_M]

Leicester don’t like us because of the 61 FA Cup final and the 99 Worthington Cup. I have no clue what Wolves problem is. Most of their fans I have met where sound. That was a fair few years ago though when they were not in the top division.

Get used to it. Having José at the helm inspires hate from many and we’re a Top 6 club so everyone wants to beat us and to be fair, they were a very good side

 

[spids]

Wolves fans clearly a bit delusional with their assessment of the game and the ref. The latter was fine, in terms of the decisions they made. Felt like he was fair.

As for them wiping the floor with us.... that depends on perspective. Yes, they dominated us in midfield. And had some lovely build-up play. But the reality is they only carved us open for good chances, about three or four times max. Arguably, Traore's goal was more of a half-chance, that should've been blocked by Jan. (watch the replay of the goal, he moves his body out of the way from the ball, probably expecting to be hit by it). Whereas we had about three or four good chances as well, and scored two of them.

Doesn't much matter how much beautiful football you play, if it doesn't translate to chances. Which is something they lacked on the day.

The expected goals (xG) shows we deserved the win. Both teams had 5 shots on target - ours were the better chances. Really, Dier should have scored the easiest chance of the match and Dele also had a 1 on 1 which I think he made look harder that it was.

 

[spursfan77]

Why so much hate for the midlands here?

I generally think the midlands is pretty good at not having a chip on their shoulder. Outside of football it seems to be a place you don't hear much from and are generally ignored. If I was new to the country and followed the news you'd think the UK consisted of five areas:

- London
- The North
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- Wales

Sorry to go OT.

there’s no hate but there’s no disputing Leicester fans are annoying. Wolves fans seem similar. I’d rather enjoy their team’s football but their fans seem more preoccupied with what the other teams are doing that enjoying their own teams.

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

The expected goals (xG) shows we deserved the win. Both teams had 5 shots on target - ours were the better chances. Really, Dier should have scored the easiest chance of the match and Dele also had a 1 on 1 which I think he made look harder that it was.

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Expected goals? That's a new one for me!!!! How on earth is that measured?!

 

[Hakkz]

Expected goals? That's a new one for me!!!! How on earth is that measured?!

Based on statistics, how likely a player is to score from where a shot is taken. The quality of the chance. It's quite complicated.

 

[ButchCassidy]

Expected goals? That's a new one for me!!!! How on earth is that measured?!

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

What a load of bollocks.

 

[Marty]

Leicester don’t like us because of the 61 FA Cup final and the 99 Worthington Cup. I have no clue what Wolves problem is. Most of their fans I have met where sound. That was a fair few years ago though when they were not in the top division.

'72 UEFA?

 

[Havre]

Quite the contrary. xG is brilliant. There is a certain randomness to goals - xG evaluates this. Obviously difficult to objectively evaluate every chance, but it very often gives a much better overview of the game than goals do.

With AI I could see xG becoming more and more important for coaches, scouts etc.

 

[TheHoddleWaddle]

Quite the contrary. xG is brilliant. There is a certain randomness to goals - xG evaluates this. Obviously difficult to objectively evaluate every chance, but it very often gives a much better overview of the game than goals do.

With AI I could see xG becoming more and more important for coaches, scouts etc.

I'll take your word for it.

 

[dagraham]

Why so much hate for the midlands here?

I generally think the midlands is pretty good at not having a chip on their shoulder. Outside of football it seems to be a place you don't hear much from and are generally ignored. If I was new to the country and followed the news you'd think the UK consisted of five areas:

- London
- The North
- Scotland
- Northern Ireland
- Wales

Sorry to go OT.

I have a bit of a soft spot for Wolves as I lived and went to University there for a few years ( even had some lectures in the stadium - when I bothered to turn up ). So I’ll always want them to do well.

Having lived in the midlands ( even if it was in a student bubble) I can tell you it’s quite grim, so that might explain why they are a bit moody .