Recent content by VP89

Think the rumoured amount is something we're willing to pay.

I hear ya but I feel looking at absolute numbers is pointless. You can have 5 injuries in the team over a whole season and be in a better position to manage it compared to 4 injuries in one place and recurring with greater frequency. Its also difficult to gauge the impact of injuries without...

Read posts better. I'm not "absolving him".

I don't think anyone has said he's blame free.

My post was about United being disrupted most by injuries, through concentration and frequency. Not about an absolute number. I provided an article which explains this.

I've given an article that has given the whole explanation to you. You've given nothing. You haven't even given any source of your findings.

Well that's exactly it. I've given a good analysis of the injury situation sliced by changes per 100mins, concentration of injuries among others. I'm still waiting for @stevoc to explain his findings.

Maybe I misconstrued your point. Is your point that Newcastle have had worse injuries than United, or is your point that injuries have affected Newcastle worse than it has United? The Athletic article I posted gives good analysis as to why, and it's clear to see what we've struggled with...

Thank feck someone else has flagged that.

It does more than that and examines the impact injuries have on a team judged by frequency (disrupting match rhythm) and concentration. The stat was key for Premier League injury incidences per 1000 minutes played in 2023-24

I mean it's dead obvious what he was posting. I see @BenitoSTARR has addressed it himself anyway. Not an entirely unreasonable point. If we can agree that Ten hag has been to blame for a lot of defeats, I don't think it's unfair to also recognise that had he had even 2-3 key players available...

He wasn't pointing to today's fixture as one where we were hurt by injury relative to the opposition. It's clear that his point was about the points lost over the course of the season and how in his view, 9 points would have well been gained had we got more players fit. After that he just said...

I think he was talking about previous games.

Pep has had an embarrassment of riches throughout his career. That being said I agree with your sentiment re. Ten Hag's failed pragmatism when the cards were against him. It will probably be the root cause of any downfall.

Agreed.