Luke Molyneux

[Bailey Vickerage]

Buzzing for the lad, always shown glimpses of his ability and that should do him the world of good, hopefully he kicks on now and becomes the player we all expected when he signed in the summer.

[BillyStubbsTears]

Two superb finishes today. That's what I was expecting from him this season.

If he can produce that sort of performance a dozen times in the run in, it would be like a top new signing.

[GazLaz]

He’s now scored two goals from about 1.5xG now. Around 0.05 xG per shot. He’s scoring at around the rate he should be. Don’t expect an upturn unless he starts getting into better positions.

Last season the average xG per shot was 0.11. More than double what it has been this campaign.

[Filo]

Got to be honest I haven’t a clue how this xg works or how its calculated

[scawsby steve]

Got to be honest I haven’t a clue how this xg works or how its calculated

Neither have I, Filo, and I'm not interested either.

Utterly boring. I go to games to watch football and see goals, not what should be goals.

[BillyStubbsTears]

I think we can see the issue without the xG stats. Molyneux has been constantly shooting from positions where he's been very unlikely to score, and not getting into positions where better chances occur.

He got into two good positions today and managed two good finishes.

More please.

[Thorney]

Since when has all this expected goals crap come about.

Makes no sense to me and don't really give a damn. They score or they don't.

[Avsuptem]

When Molyneux scored today i got the feeling that it would start him on a run of goals over the coming games then 2 minutes later he got another one which suggests I might well be right. If the team plays to his strengths this could be a turning point for us. Sometimes the impact of one player can lift the performance of the whole team and make a world of difference to the results. As can losing one player, Whiteman for example.

[BobG]

I hate this Americanisation of football....

BobG

[Sammy Chung was King]

Confidence brings out the best in any player. A game like he had today will only help. Love to see George put a scrappy one in, get him scoring again.

[andysly]

I've seen the potential of Molyneux but I'd got the feeling we'd signed another Forrester, world beater one game, anonymous for the next ten.
I really hope he proves me wrong and has a good run of form now, starting with another goal or two Tuesday night

[normal rules]

I hate this Americanisation of football....

BobG

I hate the Americanisation of everything.

[mushRTID]

Got to be honest I haven’t a clue how this xg works or how its calculated

Neither have I, Filo, and I'm not interested either.

Utterly boring. I go to games to watch football and see goals, not what should be goals.

Agree. This xg b*llocks is so boring.

Imagine as a fan viewing football like this. I’d rather just enjoy the games.

[turnbull for england]

I hate this Americanisation of football....

BobG

I hate the Americanisation of everything.

Sly sports are advertising Man City Arsenal on the radio as the " rivalry to end all rivalries "   1st v 2nd yes  but Jesus , just reinventing football history to suit the advert

[ravenrover]

One and only one stat matters and that comes on the final whistle... won, lost or drawn

[sedwardsdrfc]

If you need a stat to tell you Molyneux’s problem was not getting into scoring positions, I.e. within the width of 18 yard box then there’s so much of the game your missing out on.

[redwine]

I hate this Americanisation of football....

BobG

I hate the Americanisation of everything.

Sly sports are advertising Man City Arsenal on the radio as the " rivalry to end all rivalries "   1st v 2nd yes  but Jesus , just reinventing football history to suit the advert

In that respect I recommend the Mitchell and Webb sky sports piss take.

[IDM]

Got to be honest I haven’t a clue how this xg works or how its calculated

Neither have I, Filo, and I'm not interested either.

Utterly boring. I go to games to watch football and see goals, not what should be goals.

Agree. This xg b*llocks is so boring.

Imagine as a fan viewing football like this. I’d rather just enjoy the games.

Me too..

Let’s leave things like xG and similar for the coaching staff to analyse, and use to improve the players?

As supporters, we can tell if a player looks like scoring or not, or is performing well.

xG counts for nothing - it’s the actual goals which matter.

[pib]

Haha funny how it boils people’s piss so much.

Not someone who looks at xG that much myself but it’s obviously a relevant stat as it’s utilised by the top clubs in the game. Not sure why it causes so much ire compared to any other stats.

[NickDRFC]

Haha funny how it boils people’s piss so much.

Not someone who looks at xG that much myself but it’s obviously a relevant stat as it’s utilised by the top clubs in the game. Not sure why it causes so much ire compared to any other stats.

Yeah I don’t get it either. It’s not like anyone’s regularly putting up xG tables and claiming that it’s more important than the actual table. It’s a useful metric to assess output relative to underlying performance, that’s all.

This is a forum, isn’t it? Where discussion is encouraged? If someone mentions xG and you’re not interested, just ignore it.

[roversdude]

I was really hoping the shot he had in the first half wouldn’t put him off having a go, thankfully it never. We’ve been saying for months he just needs a goal to set him off.
Although he didn’t score Miller was immense yesterday

[ravenrover]

I haben't got a clue what all these X Factors are or what they are meant to prove.....
Other than Harry Styles is a success?

[Donnywolf]

When Molyneux scored today i got the feeling that it would start him on a run of goals over the coming games then 2 minutes later he got another one which suggests I might well be right. If the team plays to his strengths this could be a turning point for us. Sometimes the impact of one player can lift the performance of the whole team and make a world of difference to the results. As can losing one player, Whiteman for example.

I was a little behind the curve because I quite often don't know the scorer (Stoke v Daggers for example) , Rovers have scored , the scorer often overlooked

When Moly got the second goal I did know it was him and I said to mate , Moly it's Moly. He's finally done it , hell get shed loads now , and in a droll reply he said " he scored the first" . Oops

[Metalmicky]

Was talking to a delivery driver a couple of weeks back and we got onto football. Fella was a Hartlepool fan and loved Luke when he was their player - even had a shirt with his name on.  He couldn't believe that Molly hadn't scored since his transfer... 

I'm hoping that this is the start of the goal glut and he bags a few more now.

[Donnywolf]

A barrow-load maybe ?

[roversdude]

When Molyneux scored today i got the feeling that it would start him on a run of goals over the coming games then 2 minutes later he got another one which suggests I might well be right. If the team plays to his strengths this could be a turning point for us. Sometimes the impact of one player can lift the performance of the whole team and make a world of difference to the results. As can losing one player, Whiteman for example.

I was a little behind the curve because I quite often don't know the scorer (Stoke v Daggers for example) , Rovers have scored , the scorer often overlooked

When Moly got the second goal I did know it was him and I said to mate , Moly it's Moly. He's finally done it , hell get shed loads now , and in a droll reply he said " he scored the first" . Oops

You had a good view too lol

[Donnywolf]

Agreed .... almost on Pitch with him lol

[ncRover]

Not good enough.

[Filo]

Not good enough.

Agreed, another one that loses the ball almost everytime he has it

[Silkscarf]

There’s clearly a good player in there somewhere but we’ve rarely seen it. Forrester is a good comparison.

Is it because of the system and what he’s being told to do? If he was just told to do what you do best, keep wide, cut in and shoot loads or get crosses in would that do it?