Yes, although they were nowhere near as fluid as they usually are

so our shape did the job of stifling them mostly.

Suspect it'll be the same team and shape for Chelsea.

Posted By: jamesward on October 18th 2021 at 18:24:41

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Good diagrams in this MJB article showing the difference (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 18, 17:17:45
- Why does our formation get described as 3-5-2? I see a flat back 5 mostly (n/m) (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Oct 18, 21:45:16
- I can't read read the article but I remember thinking that Brighton played like we used to (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Oct 18, 18:18:59
  - Yes, although they were nowhere near as fluid as they usually are (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 18, 18:24:41
    - First half of the first half they seemed really fluid and we by contrast could not even (NCFC) - Bravo win or die, Oct 18, 18:29:08
      - Yeah, we were pretty negative at the start before coming out of our shell a bit more (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 18, 18:30:45
    - Amuses me (NCFC) - paulg, Oct 18, 18:28:33
      - Yes it did help that we were so defensive (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 18, 18:41:06
- Oooh they upgraded the Sargent sitter by 2% (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 18, 17:29:13
  - Should be 80%, if not higher (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 18, 18:01:37
    - Yep I had it at over 90% (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 18, 18:39:30
- the article shows up xG for being meaningless (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Oct 18, 17:27:41
  - Spurious exactitude (NCFC) - paulg, Oct 18, 18:13:44
    - Mathematics >words (n/m) (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 18, 18:40:08
      - Rather depends on the context ... (NCFC) - paulg, Oct 18, 18:44:33
        
        2b - 2b = ? (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 18, 21:05:32
        
        Ha! Not bad at all .. tho still a way to go (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Oct 18, 22:48:56
  - Certainly a huge error by the xG people (NCFC) - SCC 28, Oct 18, 17:34:20
- How long was it rigid for,bearing in mind our previous habit of shipping lots (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Oct 18, 17:24:32
  - Only in the context of this game (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 18, 18:00:15
- Decent as it says though they’ve had 3 years to tune up theirs (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Oct 18, 17:23:24
  - Indeed. It was certainly very disciplined and solid (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Oct 18, 18:00:29

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