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Except we have less time to sort our defensive positioning.

Never mind, Bonucci makes it 1-1 with a stunning strike.

1-0 Shakhtar.

Isn't Lampard the captain?

It's on Chelsea TV tomorrow at 12:30, 15:00 and 20:00. http://www.chelseafc.com/chelseatv-schedule Or you could just download the match afterwards: http://forum.talkchelsea.net/forum/54-match-downloads-%26-highlights/

I feel like crying Best of luck to the best of midfielders, hope to see him at Chelsea again in some coaching position.

Miss of the season: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRFj2vhyY6g&feature=g-u-u

One thing to making a couple of jokes about your previous team, completely another to attack a newspaper.

First of all, great speech,you're a natural politician Henrique. A donation is, naturally, donated; that means you ask for nothing in return. Donating does not entitle anyone to act like they own the place. And besides, Justin was not banned for that comment alone, it was a lot of things piling up; that comment was just the last straw.

The staff will debate what disciplinary action will be taken, thank you for your concern.

lol. Yeah I actually found it to be an excellent way of judging the quality of a players finishing, but only if applied to a large number of shots because as you said each situation has it's particularities. Going back on topic, I think this proves that Steven, at least in the finishing department, is far from average.

I can't be sure, but I think they're fighting..

Actually it's not whether he scored but what the probability of him scoring after the shot minus the probability to score from that position, or at least that's what it says in the link SeB posted

Agreed, I can't understand it, it must be wrong Seriously though the two numbers that are subtracted are actually both a sum of probabilities that's why their difference can be greater than one. For those who want to know, this brilliant stat is a great way of telling which players make the best of their chances. Fletcher, in this example, made in 70 shots 4.1 more goals (in theory) than the average due to the quality of his finishing. Does that make any sense?

I did find that, it seems to be a manner to calculate and sort the chances depending of the position (xG) and the direction of the shoot( xG(OT) ), before minus after http://www.optasport...-departees.aspx WhoScored.com is actually a kindergarden thing Haha cheers mate. Yeah but somehow the values are all above 1. Apparently math has changed since I was last in school

QPHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Would be brilliant if they stay bottom till may

At the risk of sounding ignorant, what exactly is shooting goals added? I know it's defined at the bottom of the pic but I still don't get it, would really appreciate it if you can explain it please

Thanks mate. What would you say their strong point is? Speed? Physicality? Defending?

It was a valid point because everyone was making remarks about a team they don't know. And I did not judge you, it was a question, and one that I asked politely. You better watch your language or you will find yourself facing warnings/suspensions. Attacks on users are not tolerated on these forums.

Really? How many matches have you seen Nordsjaelland play in? If the answer in none as I'm sure it is, then your judgement on what team is better is completely unfounded.

We even drew with them at SB after they scored two late goals if I remember correctly. Just comes to highlight how complacency can hurt us.

I don't even think it's the manager, they just have the players to stay up this season imo. Every one knows their game now and how to stop them, add to that loosing key players like Allen and Sinclair and not really replacing them properly.

Yeah but didn't he have problems getting a work permit? Or am I thinking or Raikovic?

Wow, did not expect such detailed explanation of the situation Thank you for taking the time to make it. I know the situation wasn't ideal for the crosser mainly because no one though he would be able to keep that ball in play. But I still think that in similar cases, the ball that will give the opposition most trouble is a low hard cross, simply because defenders can't deal with it. They can't stick a foot or they score an OG; even if they stand still, the ball could still come off them and end up in the net or rebound and find the feet of an attacker. The high cross was never going to cause them problems especially that it was intended for Mata who I don't think has ever scored with his head. My criticism for him was that he opted for something flashy instead of something piratical. Am I being harsh? May be.

Yeah I said in the match thread that he was marked out of the game. I genuinely think he should take on defenders more often; twice yesterday he was one-on-one with the full back and just passed back. Although it could be RDM's tactics for all we know.