PP - It's a very competitive League

[andysafc24]

In the Journal this morning....

we would love to be top of the league and plain sailing every week but this is a very competitive League.
Stay calm, no need to panic.
We have strength in squad to cover every position.

Parkinson insists Sunderland must stay calm despite this week's setbacks

Sunderland have dropped five points in two games this week, but Phil Parkinson says they must focus on their promotion goal

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

 

[Binxy]

Fuck off you f***ing loser.
Parky not the OP.

 

[HarrogateMackem]

He’s got a proper inferiority complex hasn’t he. Absolutely suited to managing an underdog small club trying to punch above its weight (penniless Bolton, Colchester etc.) and not us. Wish he’d fuck off.

 

[1more]

Excuses, excuses. See he's using the old teams up their game against Sunderland line.

Also spoating some gibberish about expected goals scored etc....

The bloke is a clown and not fit to be our manager

 

[andysafc24]

He added...
prior to the Portsmouth game our expected goals scored was 14, we scored 10 so we weren't far off.
Other teams in the League scored more than their expected goals.

What the F**k is he on about? There is no expected goals target. You can win 2-0 or 5-0. It is how many points you have that matters.

 

[1more]

He added...
prior to the Portsmouth game our expected goals scored was 14, we scored 10 so we weren't far off.
Other teams in the League scored more than their expected goals.

What the F**k is he on about? There is no expected goals target. You can win 2-0 or 5-0. It is how many points you have that matters.

Absolute gibberish. Basically trying to pull the wool over people's eyes

 

[andysafc24]

Why have other teams scored more than their expected target? And yet we have scored less? Should be asking himself that.

 

[LD19SAFC]

Parkinson talking shite, as per usual. Get fucked Phil you loser

 

[1more]

Hes trying to hoodwink people

 

[LD19SAFC]

He’d take a point today 100%.

Scumbag.

 

[Guinness Guzzler]

I'd love us to have a manager with a set of balls mind. Like when Keane didn't want an open top bus for winning the championship because it was nowt for a club like Sunderland. Can only imagine what he'd think of parkinsons level of ambition and expectation

 

[Scotty 1978]

He’s mentally scarred from his time at Bolton, he’s been getting belted every week

 

[The Beautiful Game]

Not that I’m sticking up for Parkinson but xG was one of the big sticks people used to hit jack ross with.

 

[Rokeroar]

On a mission to lower our expectations even further.
This spuad is good enough to finish in the top two imo, anything else is a failure on the manager's part.

 

[L1lyBrown]

He added...
prior to the Portsmouth game our expected goals scored was 14, we scored 10 so we weren't far off.
Other teams in the League scored more than their expected goals.

What the F**k is he on about? There is no expected goals target. You can win 2-0 or 5-0. It is how many points you have that matters.

So we had scored 35% fewer goals than expected before the game and we weren't far off? Get ready for the 65 point season, but it wouldn't be far off 100 points

 

[andysafc24]

Not that I’m sticking up for Parkinson but xG was one of the big sticks people used to hit jack ross with.

Well it is an issue, as it is with PP. It is clear we arn't scoring enough goals to feel confident about promotion. But setting a 14 goals target over 6 games. What if you score 2 and concede 3? It means nowt then. Goals target is only of use if it matches a points target.

He’s mentally scarred from his time at Bolton, he’s been getting belted every week

I think there is something in this. Any Manager who went through that would be scarred. Maybe he lost any ambition he had and changed to survive and get by.

 

[ey-up]

Excuses, excuses. See he's using the old teams up their game against Sunderland line.

Also spoating some gibberish about expected goals scored etc....

The bloke is a clown and not fit to be our manager

"Teams up their game against Sunderland" what a load of bollocks that is.

 

[The Beautiful Game]

Well it is an issue, as it is with PP. It is clear we arn't scoring enough goals to feel confident about promotion. But setting a 14 goals target over 6 games. What if you score 2 and concede 3? It means nowt then. Goals target is only of use if it matches a points target.


I think there is something in this. Any Manager who went through that would be scarred. Maybe he lost any ambition he had and changed to survive and get by.

You’re misinterpreting what he said. He didn’t set a target of 14 goals. Our expected goals stat (i.e. the amount of chances that statistically should have resulted in a goal) was 14 after those games meaning we weren’t taking our chances.

 

[Summerbee]

It is a very competitive though. I understand the frustration over some comments he's made this week but there's no need to pick over every single statement he makes.

 

[andysafc24]

You’re misinterpreting what he said. He didn’t set a target of 14 goals. Our expected goals stat (i.e. the amount of chances that statistically should have resulted in a goal) was 14 after those games meaning we weren’t taking our chances.

That is true, he did add that we were creating the chances but not scoring. but it still poses the question... if other teams have a higher conversion rate than we do. Is that down to the players or his tactics?