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Modric was pure class.
He didn't need to just come up with an assist for him to be regarded as the one who could 'unlock defences' to be seen as that sort of player.
He would, on countless times, play the 'assist assist', playing the ball into a very dangerous area, where the assist would come from. Think about it, he would play a superb ball wide in between the full back and centre back for a winger to get onto and cross in to another player who finished it.
THAT, is what he was so good at in my opinion, but people are right who said he hasn't directly assisted much, but he is a very very deep lying playmaker, not a david silva type player who lingers and thrives in that space between the two lines of defence and midfield.
So that is why he 'makes teams tick'. That, as well as being bloody good at keeping the ball!!
He didn't need to just come up with an assist for him to be regarded as the one who could 'unlock defences' to be seen as that sort of player.
He would, on countless times, play the 'assist assist', playing the ball into a very dangerous area, where the assist would come from. Think about it, he would play a superb ball wide in between the full back and centre back for a winger to get onto and cross in to another player who finished it.
THAT, is what he was so good at in my opinion, but people are right who said he hasn't directly assisted much, but he is a very very deep lying playmaker, not a david silva type player who lingers and thrives in that space between the two lines of defence and midfield.
So that is why he 'makes teams tick'. That, as well as being bloody good at keeping the ball!!
Empty possession? Modric dictated our 2 highest scoring seasons in Premier League history. Dictated our only two top 4 PL finishes ever. Dictated us to a league cup final where we lost in a shootout to United.
Defoe scoring drought? He dictated Defoe's highest scoring season ever.
Bent scoring drought? Bent scored 17 in 43 games in his only seasons with Modric and had 8 in 36 without Modric.
Him and Keane only played half a season together after Keane's weird return from his childhood club.
Adebayor scoring drought? He dictated Adebayor's second highest scoring season ever.
He dictated Van der Vaart to a top 5 strike rate in our Premier League history. Adebayor is also third and we saw how he did last season when Modric was removed last season and not replaced.
Got Ramos fired? He started 5 games before Ramos got the sack and it was his first season.
He dictated us playing the best football most of us have ever seen during the first two thirds of the 2011-2012 season and to a champions league quarter-final.
The reason why Bale started averaging more goals last season was because his shots per game increased 150% because he was playing besides Dempsey, Sigurdsson, Parker, Lennon, Defoe and a woefully out of form Adebayor. With Modric in the side Bale probably would have scored 35.
#buried you utter plum.
Muniain is ridiculously good - we should be all over him if remotely true - massive, massive upgrade on Lennon
Modric is definitely a player who falls victim to these goals and assists stats. A lot of the time the player who creates the move doesn't get credited with an assist, especially if you're in a deeper role.
To say Modric wasn't able to unlock a defence is utter bollocks, he has left a hole we've yet to find a replacement to fill. He made a huge impact to our team, and I'm not going to waste my time trying to find stats to back it up because it was plain as day to see.
To say Modric wasn't able to unlock a defence is utter bollocks, he has left a hole we've yet to find a replacement to fill. He made a huge impact to our team, and I'm not going to waste my time trying to find stats to back it up because it was plain as day to see.
Im not even going to bother looking at the "ignored content"
it seems GIBBeriSh is spouting nonsense about Modric being shit again.
I swear this geezer has never seen a football match in his life.
it seems GIBBeriSh is spouting nonsense about Modric being shit again.
I swear this geezer has never seen a football match in his life.
Oh fucking dear. What an absolute crock of shit.
I'm well aware of that. The award was voted for in december ffs. He went on to have an amazing second half of the season and many Madrid fans would argue that he's been their best player this season.
Watch some fucking football ffs.
Contribution to a team is not measured by assists. Xavi has 2 assists this season, guess he's contributed fuck all to Barca, may as well replace him with Steven Davis because he's got 6 assists this season.
Modric and Xavi are the deeper lying players in their teams, they control the game and distribute the ball to the players in the final third, who generally get the assists.
"He was not a visionary on the pitch. He could not unlock defenses. It's a myth"
^ This is just utter, utter bollocks. Seen him doing it hundreds of times with my own eyes.
Our points total didn't change because we had Gareth Bale scoring fucking worldies in the last minute in about 8 games. Our football was dire and we couldn't break teams down.
The period of the 2009-2010 season that Modric was injured was from 20/09/09 and on 26/12/09 he returned full time to the side. During his injured period we played 14 games and accumulated 21 points for an average of 1.5 points gained per game.
For the 24 games he was healthy and available (he played 23 and was an unused sub once) we gained 49 points in 24. An average of 2.04 point per game.
So during the Champions League Season:
Modric healthy: 2.04 points per game.
Modric injured: 1.5 points per game.
You are just making things up. The only reason Defoe's stats look better while Modric was out was because the 9-1 game happened with Modric out. We might have scored 12 with Modric in.
That video shows him scoring and assisting though, I'm also quite sure that he's taking the corners that the goals come from?
Part of what modric used to do, however, was play the ball that turned defence into attack, so in the context of many goals he would be out of shot thanks to a 70 yard pass.
Part of what modric used to do, however, was play the ball that turned defence into attack, so in the context of many goals he would be out of shot thanks to a 70 yard pass.
I dont think we need more kids. I think we need some leaders, height and pace at left back and up front.
Someone needs to tell levy to pay over 48 months. Stretches your transfer budget further.
This is fact.
This is fact.
What did Modric dictate exactly? The last pairing of strikers we had that were getting service were Berbs and Keano (before Modric). Modric dictated endless empty possession. Most of our strikers etc had problems scoring: Bent, Keane, Defoe, Crouch, Pav etc etc. Bale went on fire when Modders left. Scored twice as many goals in less games.
In fact when Modric broke his leg, Kranj came in and scored and assisted for fun in his absence and we made CL.
In his first season Modders could not even dictate hardly any assists with frickin Ronaldo in the team and the special one in charge! He dictated worst signing award from Real fans.
Now he can't possibly fail in a team with Bale and Ronaldo...Even Modders can't fuck up setting up two of the best wingers in the world. All you have to do for Modric to dictate things, is spend all of the money forever.
Modirc "making us tick" is probably the biggest misnomer in our modern history. One season he dictated Defoe having the offside record in the prem. Another season he dictated out worst ever start to a season where we were bottom of the table. He dictated Bales losing streak with us. He dictated Ramos out the door.
Or lose them... :lamelashock:
My agenda is IMO players like Modric who are easy on the eye but leave us soft in the middle, does not create enough assists/goals and leaves us vulnerable in other aspects of the game...has kept us out of the title hunt for over 50 years.
I'm sick of being entertained and watching the scum pip us at the post.
I do have an agenda. It's to open peoples eyes that everything that glitters is not gold. Townsend, Lennon, Rose etc are pretty much proving my point beautifully this season.
This guy is hankering for "a" Modric. Do you know how soft we would be? Townsend, Lennon, Modric, Eriksen, Holtby, Lamela, Rose etc etc? People need to appreciate Eriksen more...Because he does not dissolve and shit his pants in the final third like Modric. Fuck Modrat.