http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thefootballtacticsblog/2012/05/you_will_probably_know_that.html
Rafael has won 85.7% of his tackles, who's lacking defensive ability now? And don't give the carp about positioning and what not, no one his age has perfect positioning, that'll come with experience.
Giggs, with 66.7% dribble success rate has proven what I've been saying all season right. Yeah he might be too flicky at times, but he's the only player we have who Fergie plays in the centre who will run at the opposition. We need another player to do that role, but until we do, Giggs is our best option.
Berbatov at 1 goal every 73.1 minutes should've played more. Think Fergie has the right idea of slowly moving him out the squad for Welbeck, but perhaps it was done too abruptly, would've been better, in my opinion, to have Berba fade out, rather than just suddenly stop playing.
Welbeck, with a shot accuracy of 59.7% is a brilliant player in the making.
OPTA dispel a few myths
posted on 16/5/12
Welbecks shooting accuracy was one of the best in the country.
The OP is trying to show he is not as wasteful as everyone makes out...
posted on 16/5/12
DD
My mistake. I thought the OP was showing it as very low and being sarcastic when he said Welbeck is a brilliant player in the making. 59.7% shot accuracy is actually pretty good.
posted on 16/5/12
That Welbeck stat is a little surprising. He certainly needs to improve his finishing and composure. But he brings so much to our general play it's good to keep him in the team while his finishing improves.
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For his age, his goal scoring record is not that bad actually.
There are not many who have done better in the prem at the age of 21. Owen, Shearer and Fowler probably.
posted on 16/5/12
Rafael offers so much more going forward for us than Jones, and isn't any worse defensively if you ask me, at the moment.
One thing that concerns me is that we have no players in the top 9 for chances created. Now this might be because our chances are created from a wide range of players (Rooney, Nani, Young, Valencia etc. - who were all injured at some point this season as well) but if you look at some of the guys above Nani in the list, we could really do with that kind of player (Silva, van der Vaart, Mata).
I've seen a lot of differing opinions on the type of CM fans think we need to sign. Personally I think we need one midfielder to break play up and take a game by the scruff of the neck and also an attacking player who will unlock defences through the middle if our wing play isn't as effective as we know it can be.
posted on 16/5/12
MyNani - I wasn't being sarcastic, don't worry i'm not one of the fickle brigade.
VC - Very fair point on Giggs, he is better out wide, but with Anderson out we need t make do with what we've got.
posted on 16/5/12
Park -
I was just mistaken, I thought 59.7% was bad but it's actually pretty good.
posted on 16/5/12
comment by MyNaniCould’veScoredThat VIVA LA REVOLUTION (U13438)
posted 21 minutes ago
DD
My mistake. I thought the OP was showing it as very low and being sarcastic when he said Welbeck is a brilliant player in the making. 59.7% shot accuracy is actually pretty good.
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But does that stat not just mean that he got the shots on target? Which is all well and good, but he has for me hit many good chances straight at the keeper. He needs to be hitting the corners.
posted on 16/5/12
Elvis - You make a good point, but the fact is Welbeck is still young, and to be getting nearly 3/5 shots on target is a brilliant platform to build on. Plus he's got 12 goals this season, which suggests he definitely doing something right.
posted on 16/5/12
comment by Park Ji (Sing us a) Sung (U13708)
posted 25 seconds ago
Elvis - You make a good point, but the fact is Welbeck is still young, and to be getting nearly 3/5 shots on target is a brilliant platform to build on. Plus he's got 12 goals this season, which suggests he definitely doing something right.
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Im not having a go at the lad - I think that he is quality and will develop into a great player for us. However, his finishing does need some work and I cant believe that he has scored 59.7% of the shots he has had. As I said, strikers should look to get shots on target and work the keeper at all opportunities. However, Welbeck has been wasteful in front of goal this season and scuffed/snatched at plenty of chances. If he had another year or two under his belt then I think we would have won this title on goal difference or even points. However, the only way for him to get the experience, confidence and composure is to keep on playing him - and I'm all for that.
posted on 16/5/12
the only way for him to get the experience, confidence and composure is to keep on playing him - and I'm all for that.
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He's at the age where he's not top quality yet, but needs game time to reach the next level. Training won't improve him much as a footballer now, experience will.