Hello all,
Not the best result yesterday, but we didn't play all that badly. So time for some stats.
Jermain Defoe had the same number of shots on goal (7) than the entire Newcastle team in yesterday's game.
Jermain Defoe had 5 shots on goal against Newcastle, only Suarez (7) had more out of today's fixtures.
Gylfi Sigurdsson created 3 chances in today's game, more than any other player.
Aaron Lennon had a 100% passing accuracy in today's game and completed all dribbles he attempted.
Spurs attempted 371 passes in today's game, last season they averaged 514 per game.
Gareth Bale has now hit the woodwork 5 times since last scoring in the Premier League.
If Spurs had signed Adebayor on £100k p/w when the transfer window first opened, he would have already cost £1.2M in wages.
Stat Attack
posted on 19/8/12
Lennon efficiency 2x >> Perch.
posted on 19/8/12
interesting stats.
a lot of them supporting what we said that there were a lot of positives to be taken out of the game.
re the passing, we did try to knock quite a lot of quite long balls to lennon which i suspect is the reason for that stat. maybe sig or vdv in a deeper role would help that, but i still think that sandro and lviermore offered us a huge amount in terms of closing the other team down and winning possession, so i would be loath to break those two up personally, particaulrly against the more skilful teams. i drread to think what ben arfa would have done to us yesterday with a more lightweight midfield.
posted on 19/8/12
good stats Chet
although you would think with the extra man in midfield and the higher line we would have passed a lot more, I will admit I didnt realise our passing rate was so much lower than last season. We seemed to pass around the back alot without actually building a move, on saying that we also made some incisive longer passes to release Defoe, Bale and Lennon which were very positive.
posted on 19/8/12
some incisive longer passes
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that's why the counts down, cos it was 1 mid range arial pass instead of 5 on the ground. it wasnt long ball, but kind of medium ball
posted on 19/8/12
Yeah JPB, i quite liked that, reminded me of when Tommy Hudd run the midfield for us (and hopefully still has a future with us)
posted on 19/8/12
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posted on 19/8/12
reckon Hudd would have done it better oddiy, but honestly cant see him breaking the play up like those 2 lads did in the first half
posted on 19/8/12
I agree JPB, but would probably have to play him in the creative role, so i doubt it would work, maybe at home AVB will obly play one holding midfielder (Sandro) with Hudd and MODRIC REPLACEMENT sharing the creating?
posted on 19/8/12
yeah, possibly mate
posted on 19/8/12
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