GrahamC Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Not given them serious consideration but that is some result tonight & they are off to an absolute flyer. Didn’t they hire some Serbian who had been coaching in America? Whoever he is, that is some start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eric04 Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Extraordinary. Sky said tonight they’ve had the fewest shots on target in the division. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judda Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Fluking it can build confidence though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 minute ago, eric04 said: Extraordinary. Sky said tonight they’ve had the fewest shots on target in the division. Their 4th goal was allegedly their 4th shot on target! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted October 27, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 1 minute ago, Davefevs said: Their 4th goal was allegedly their 4th shot on target! Doesn’t matter though, does it? When Goater played for us nearly all of his shots were on target & most of them were goals.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Doesn’t matter though, does it? When Goater played for us nearly all of his shots were on target & most of them were goals.. It’s the only stat that really matters - goals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCFCGav Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 One where the wheels are gonna come off? Seems too good to be true for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Some on here don't like xG, but the two who massively out performed their xG at the start of last season? Charlton and us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 10 minutes ago, BCFCGav said: One where the wheels are gonna come off? Seems too good to be true for them. They were hammered tonight. The wheels will come off imo. A few years ago they had a similar start which extended to around 11 games I think (not checked) which was a record start. Not sure that they made the playoffs that season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledAjax Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 27 minutes ago, eric04 said: Extraordinary. Sky said tonight they’ve had the fewest shots on target in the division. 5 minutes ago, Lrrr said: Some on here don't like xG, but the two who massively out performed their xG at the start of last season? Charlton and us They'll drop right off for these reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kibs Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 I bet they are loving everyone writing them off. Fair play to them, 22 points already. Only need to average about 1.25 points a game now and they’ll finish in the top 6!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Batman Posted October 27, 2020 Report Share Posted October 27, 2020 Their first goal tonight was hilarious. What the back heeling defender is doing I have no idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lrrr Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 Has he just completely misread the flight of the ball, or assumed the player behind would deal with? Either way ouch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swanker Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 9 hours ago, Judda said: Fluking it can build confidence though... I had to read that twice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedorDead BCFC Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 9 hours ago, bcfc01 said: They were hammered tonight. The wheels will come off imo. A few years ago they had a similar start which extended to around 11 games I think (not checked) which was a record start. Not sure that they made the playoffs that season. I can remember when they equalled the record start recorded, could of beaten the record. They were playing at Elm Park then and went up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozo Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 I just looked at Reading's fixtures and they've got Coventry on Friday which if they win could put them up to 10 points clear going into Saturday's fixtures! They've then got Preston and Stoke at home. Even if they're massively overacheiving, if they can ride this wave a little longer they'll be in a really strong position to secure payoffs this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 13 hours ago, GrahamC said: Not given them serious consideration but that is some result tonight & they are off to an absolute flyer. Didn’t they hire some Serbian who had been coaching in America? Whoever he is, that is some start. If you correct in predicting that Wycombe will be poorer than Rotherham 2016/17 - and it's looking good for you on this as we speak! - then Reading already have as many, if not more, points than Wycombe will manage this 46 games season. And Reading finished lower than us last season, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 3 hours ago, RedorDead BCFC said: I can remember when they equalled the record start recorded, could of beaten the record. They were playing at Elm Park then and went up. Trevor Senior!!! A player we could’ve bought from Dorchester for £5k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 4 hours ago, RedorDead BCFC said: I can remember when they equalled the record start recorded, could of beaten the record. They were playing at Elm Park then and went up. Just checked. They won the division that season with 106 points (99 scored) losing twice. They lost their opening game at home then went 34 games unbeaten. Maybe the wheels won't fall off.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roadrunner Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, bcfc01 said: Just checked. They won the division that season with 106 points (99 scored) losing twice. They lost their opening game at home then went 34 games unbeaten. Maybe the wheels won't fall off.... Who was their manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfc01 Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 8 minutes ago, Roadrunner said: Who was their manager. Someone who later managed City.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin101 Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 13 hours ago, The Batman said: Their first goal tonight was hilarious. What the back heeling defender is doing I have no idea. I love seeing goals like this. I just imagine being a Blackburn fan settling down to the game you paid £10 for and then seeing that. Its always reassuring that it doesn’t just happen to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1960maaan Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 13 hours ago, eric04 said: Extraordinary. Sky said tonight they’ve had the fewest shots on target in the division. Going by (my very poor) memory. Didn't Ipswich start one season flying and their stats were similar? I remember reading a couple of people saying you couldn't keep up that strike rate, I think they were scoring almost all of their shots. I like looking at stats, to a point, but they don't tell you everything unless you really study everything. Reading could be playing like we did for a while, not shooting from distance too much and waiting until they have a decent chance to shoot. It looks like the average conversion rate of goals to shots on target around Europe is about 30% , so the 3 teams below are above that. I chose us and Spurs as the highest scorer in the Prem as a comparison. Reading 50 shots, 25 on target 11 goals. 44% conversion rate SOT / 22% all shots. XG 0.59. avg goals 1.88 Us 73 shots. 31 on target 11 goals 35% conversion rate SOT / 15% all shots XG 1.03. avg goals. 1.57 Spurs 83 shots 40 on target. 16 goals 40% conversion rate SOT / 19% all shots. XG 1.47. avg goal. 2.6 For a season comparison Liverpool averaged 16 shots with 7 OT per game winning the League last year. They scored an average of 2.2 GPG (XG 1.98) con rate of 31% (13% all shots) Stats don't prove everything, but if the figures I found are correct, Reading average about 3 shots on target per game and just under 2 goals. That is some conversion rate and I would suggest unsustainable . All this proves is I'm not working and the internet is full of data. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 28, 2020 Report Share Posted October 28, 2020 It was in the news yesterday, people have rediscovered reading during lockdown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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