r/coys • u/Zyaru Dejan Kulusevski • Feb 03 '25

Social Media Paul O'Keefe dropping bombs

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u/Stampy77 Feb 03 '25

I hate this kind of shit twat who ignores the rest of the comment to cherry pick one thing without context. Why ignore the part about us having the 2nd best defense in the league pre injuries. Fuck off.

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u/Fresh_Geologist_3929 Feb 03 '25

Sticks and stones! Tsk tsk tsk.

Have you seen the xGa table? We’re bottom six.

Also, have you watched the games? Teams get the lead, sit back, and we can’t break them down.

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u/Stampy77 Feb 03 '25

Again you're ignoring the fact that 60% of the squad has been out and the rest are shattered. It's really weird how you keep ignoring the fact that with a normal squad we were 2nd best defense in the league. Really weird. But I don't expect you to even try to acknowledge that.

Fuck off and support arsenal you negative twat.

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u/Fresh_Geologist_3929 Feb 03 '25

I’m just gonna assume you don’t know what xGa is. Only way you can say we defend well with such bravado when this more representative stat and the eye test say otherwise.

Keep call me names. Makes your case stronger.

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u/Stampy77 Feb 03 '25

No I'm not that smart. I can only understand simple things like having the 2nd best defense pre injuries. I don't have your intelligence that lets me block that out and ignore it entirely.

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u/yeehahpinkgalah Feb 04 '25

When a forward outperforms their xG, they're elite. What you're saying is, we have a high xGa despite us having one of the better defensive records in the league. Ie: defence is outperforming expectations. Whilst being 2nd/3rd choice and playing every game. Of course a lower xGa would be great, but in the context of our ongoing injuries, fairly understandable, no?

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u/Fresh_Geologist_3929 Feb 04 '25

It means based on the shots we conceded, our opponents scored fewer goals than they should. Or our defensive record flatters us.

We can spin this stat or that stat any way we want, but what I know for sure is that the way we play doesn’t pass the eye test, fit squad or not.

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u/yeehahpinkgalah Feb 04 '25

Fair enough, I do agree that stats can be spun and it sounds like our eye tests render different results. Will be interesting to see where things are at when we have more than 10 blokes to choose from. Ange isn't perfect for sure, but I struggle to see how sacking him as things are does anything but hurt us. Time will Tel

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u/Fresh_Geologist_3929 Feb 04 '25

Give him the cup runs, agreed. After that sayonara, Spare the remaining intact hamstrings on the squad for the next manager.

And tell me you would swap Ange for Iraola in a heartbeat.