Simon Gleave
simongleave.bsky.social
Simon Gleave
@simongleave.bsky.social
Head of Analysis at Gracenote | Fan of sport, particularly Rugby, Football, Cricket | Cambridge, Palace & Utrecht | Love Film&Music | My views are my own
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November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Cool, glad to have inspired you - and that period is even better!!!!
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Ik vind het altijd verrassend dat een speler heel snel opgeroepen wordt na zijn vertrek van een 'kleinere' club. Het is niet alsof zo'n speler meteen VEEL beter is.
November 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Niche Michiel 😉
November 18, 2025 at 12:27 PM
☘️Ireland's win% against Nations Championship teams 2016 - 2025:

100% v Italy (13 matches)
100% v Argentina (4)
100% v Fiji (1)
92% v Scotland (13)
86% v Australia (7)
83% v Japan (6)
69% v Wales (13)
63% v South Africa (8)
54% v England (13)
50% v France (10)
45% v New Zealand (11)
73% v Above (99)
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
You lose points when you lose, unless you are too far behind your opponents (see Wales in the next 2 games).
November 17, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Thanks for letting me know.
November 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
2 actually. One game was a draw.
November 17, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Ah, you are at Club Brugge. That explains a lot given the climb up the Euro Club Index that the club has had Jan!!

Best of luck for the rest of the season.
October 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Cool that you are still doing this Martin.

One thing on Liverpool.

xG implies that the problem is the attack, not the defence (which is similar to last season whereas the attack is creating about 2/3 of the output it did last term).
October 8, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Yes, that is correct. As we are now into the season, points won obviously also play a part (amongst one or two other things).
October 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Sorry for the delay on answering this Pete.

This is because there is a squad quality component in those predictions - think of it as being ahead of what will happen to the club ECI in the future - as indeed has happened here 😉
October 7, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Thanks Antony. Much appreciated.
May 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM