“IT’S NONSENSE!” | Jamie Redknapp slams xG after Newcastle stunners

This shows a fundamental misunderstanding of what Xg is. Xg is based on historical performance, so if players were to start scoring more shots from outside the box then the Xg will increase from 0.1. But you can't deny that it isn't a very good reflection of what will happen if you shoot from outside the box. I.e. you'll score 1 in 10.

Tbf I’ve been to Opta’s offices and asked some of them what actually constitutes xG and how it’s calculated and they weren’t sure 😅

Jamie Redknapp is proving to the world that he is the world's biggest imbecile. At least understand something before being vehemently against it.

moronic

xG in the bin 🚮

It’s not complete nonsense, but there is way too much emphasis placed on it. Most of the things data tells you can be seen by watching the game.

xG is used to show trends and what to EXPECT, hence the name. You can and should use it to show outliers, those who are under and over performing to pick out players / tactics etc exactly like Jamie is pointing out… he needs to watch Money Ball.

Jamie is too thick to understand what xG is.

why is he so triggered with xG ? it's literally based on data and statistic to help your team improved, when you've got way less goal than your xG, that means your team failed to execute chances after chances, so next time you hit the training ground you know what your team should be training for, simple as that, LOL

If statistics are so useless I suggest Redknapp phones the recruitment departments at Brentford and Brighton to let them know that they are wasting their time.

Can Jamie even spell xG?

xG doesn’t say much in one game but it very clearly shows trends over a number of games. Teams aren’t scoring belters on a weekly basis.

He’s talking about the 2 shots that did go in rather than the 15 that’s wouldn’t

XG is utter woke nonsense

Jamie Redknapp is a diversity hire. They need to keep at least 1 Redknapp active in English football. He is not that bright, unfortunately. The low xG indicates how difficult those shots were, and how well Scharr and Barnes did to score them. 9/10 shots from that position end up in the stand.

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Xg should take into context who is taking the shot, for example Cr7 or haaland going through 1v1 is basically expected for a goal as much as antony or brennan johnson in a 1v1 😂

Typical English outdated mindset.

How many attempts were taken before one was successful?😂

There is a reason Spain, Barcelona, Bayern and Man City, teams that love to walk the ball into the goal have dominated the world.

While England was struggling in international games, keep trying their long shots from 30 yards out.

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