Unleash the graphs!
And let heavy weather fall upon those that disagree.
Not winds though. I value everyones input and would hate to think that their internet went down.
stupid fucks
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Unleash the graphs!
Adebayor?We don't need to buy a 'No.10', we've already got one:
:holtbytongue:
Oh come on cerable. Bale is exactly that.
The player that can open up a teams defences.
FFS.
Bale is not a playmaker. He is not in the same mould as Modric, Mata, Silva or say Eriksen.
He was primarily a winger, who then adapted to play as a kind of inside forward. He was never an out and out playmaker.
He can open up defences but not in the same manner as the aforementioned players.
Interesting. At the goal, we were at 310/354 passing. Swansea were at 248/305. Considering they ended up out-passing us (381 to 427), that definitely seems right. And it is maybe a bit worrying.Also, quite interestingly, yet also startlingly obvious, is that we were comfortably ahead of them with the passing pre goal. We only let them play their game once we scored. That is my only real worry from today.
Looks like one of the Becali bros.We won.
Interesting. At the goal, we were at 310/354 passing. Swansea were at 248/305. Considering they ended up out-passing us (381 to 427), that definitely seems right. And it is maybe a bit worrying.
But then look at where that passing came from:
Before the goal, they had nearly no penetration in our half, much less our third. But once we let them start passing after the goal (don't pay attention to the Spurs side):
They're still barely penetrating, though they did have a bit more activity through the middle in our half. They had four attempts on goal (three saved by Lloris, one wide) before our goal, and three afterward (two saved, one wide).
So I'm not sure. As I mentioned in the match chat, around the 70th minute I thought they looked most likely to score… Bony was causing trouble, maybe. But then we adapted and closed them down. I was calm toward the end and knew that it'd take a fluke to even up the score.
Interesting. At the goal, we were at 310/354 passing. Swansea were at 248/305. Considering they ended up out-passing us (381 to 427), that definitely seems right. And it is maybe a bit worrying.
But then look at where that passing came from:
Before the goal, they had nearly no penetration in our half, much less our third. But once we let them start passing after the goal (don't pay attention to the Spurs side):
They're still barely penetrating, though they did have a bit more activity through the middle in our half. They had four attempts on goal (three saved by Lloris, one wide) before our goal, and three afterward (two saved, one wide).
So I'm not sure. As I mentioned in the match chat, around the 70th minute I thought they looked most likely to score… Bony was causing trouble, maybe. But then we adapted and closed them down. I was calm toward the end and knew that it'd take a fluke to even up the score.
If football was just about wining, I wouldn't watch it. There has to be some entertainment value, and over the last year (with exception to Bale) we have been lacking it.We won.
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We have scraped through two relatively simple fixtures, and next week we are playing our greatest rivals, who despite a bad first game are now looking pretty good. I wish next Sunday's fixture had come a little later.
must say that i understand the people that are dissapointed by our playing style , its modern football with a focus on winning, its sensiblefootballsoccer. That's apparantly what it takes to reach the top.
And on twitter i saw lots of people slagging of Chadli , was he that bad ?
And on twitter i saw lots of people slagging of Chadli , was he that bad ?