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Low percentage means if he takes 100 fucking crosses and get 3 assists it's 3% success rate. That's called low, that is what low is, they don't come off that often.
If it bores you why read it? Why comment on it? Why bother to respond and engage? Why look to provoke a response, a response to a post you aren't even engaged with? Why? I suspect your are interested. I suspect you were made to look a twat the last time you attempted to engage on the subject. I suspect you are boiling about it and have been lurking in the shadows waiting for your big moment. Go for it big boy your moment has arrived.
Wow! What a dick.Actually I've changed my mind. Your right. Crosses are low percentage. We should stop doing them.
While we're at it shots are pretty low percentage to, shall we cut those out too?
Apparently, Mbappe doesn't have to worry about playing time for RM, as they are going to sell one of the big stars.
1. July, Bale will be revealed with our new kit. Ye?
1. July, Bale will be revealed with our new kit. Ye?
Just wish we would sign the Lamela replacement as soon as possbile. Meyer, Barkley, whoever it may be, but we need somebody new at that position. Somebody who can create chances.
After that, we need to be patient. It's difficult to strengthen this squad while also considering the talent Onomah and Walker-Peters possess.
After that, we need to be patient. It's difficult to strengthen this squad while also considering the talent Onomah and Walker-Peters possess.
I don't hate them per se, they should be executed, provide variation and keeps the oppo unsettled, makes it hard to know how to set up against it (e.g. you always knew Townsend would cut in, easy to defend against it when you know it's coming). When Trippier plays he should keep doing it, as he doesn't have the skill set to beat a player with the ball at his feet, so if he doesn't cross he then he produces the square route of fuck all. For him to improve, and more specifically improve us as a team when he plays (provide more balance like when Walker/Rose play) he should look for the pull back, the shorter pass, he can do this if we play a ball over the top for him to run onto. I'd like to see him do that more often.
I feel like you're a bit jumbled up on the value of crosses and corners.
Sure they are low percentage, but because of the ease of creating one of those chances they are high volume, which in turn makes them high yield in terms of total goals scored over a season.
'Pool scored nearly 10% of their 70 odd goals from corners last term.
Think of it this way... remember the soft Spurs of late 90s / early 00s... those games where we'd desperately try and hold a point from someone like United in the final 20 mins. We eventually broke down, time after time as they relentlessly put chances into our box. Sure it took a lot of efforts, but we nearly exclusively always lost when we allowed that type of pressure and the goals came not through the middle but from the wing.
I wish I could find it, I'll keep looking, but someone did a full analysis of every team last year (it was in poxy German though) it showed the most prolific side in the World to score from crosses last season was Real Madrid (fairly sure it was on open play, not corners) and it was about 5% (please don't quote me on this I can't remember the exact number) of their crosses resulted in goals, they were over double better then the next team in the world which was the other startling thing.
Interesting on the 90's/00's analogy, yes I remember it well. The major difference then is I think would be teams were 4-4-2 back then, playing with orthodox wingers and always at least two men in the box. The most prolific teams back then all had the best exponents in CF's and wingers Man U, Newcastle, Blackburn, Liverpool spring to mind. Other than that most teams including us were shite in these area's by comparison.
It's hard to compare different era's against one another but on paper one of the best 4-4-2 sides that played with wide traditional wingers today is, don't laugh, but Palace?? (Zaha, Townsend, Benteke with Puncheon (lol) as almost 2nd striker) but they couldn't make this work against sides who overload the wings with FB's and a wide midfield tucking in.
Agreed, but it's all just a numbers game in the end. If a team leaves space out wide over and again, punish them with crosses until one sticks rather than trying to play through a congested middle.
No.
Why would we want a player that would obliterate our wage structure, then spent the season in and out of the treatment room? He represents what used to be wrong with the team, not what was right.
Not for me I'm afraid, if there is space out wide, great exploit it but then don't pump it 30yrds into a loan striker still with a goalie, x2 CB's to beat.
Last time I believe u were made to look a twat when totti provided stats proving we were right down the bottom of the "goals from corners" stats proving it is reasonable to criticise Eriksens deliveries. You of course went awfully quiet at that point tho.
Ur right tho I shouldn't have bothered commenting but the temptation to put u in ur place again was too enticing.
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Oh and yes 3 goals from 100 crosses is low. Of course it's also a totally made up statistic. Pretty sure Trippier didn't put in 100 crosses in 5 games so I'd say his ratio is some what better than that.
I don't even think it's funny to joke about Bale coming back. I think even Real have started to realise they're a better side without him in it. Good player on his own, but so much as a sum of parts in a team.
Enjoy your 0-0s then.
Oh look who's back, can't stop posting on a subject he finds boring.
Totti posted a list of goals scored from corners by all teams in the League last year. He also posted that WBA scored the most with 12 goals. You then posted with glee that argument was won. I then took a look at WBA's stats and posted this:
"they ave 9.74 per game (370.12 corners) = 3.25% of their corners resulted in a goal, +0.25% above average".
Which shows without any fucking doubt that the most successful team in the League at scoring from corners has a fucking success rate of 3.25%, which is fucking shit and is only 0.25% better than the average. Which is the fucking point being made.
Please mate, stop this now. People hated it the last time and here you are yet again being a cunt. Please fuck off and embarrass yourself on another topic, I think this one has been done between you and I. I seem to be able to engage on this subject with other people without a problem, everyone respecting the others opinions and bringing a reasonable claim to support theirs, you on the other hand are incapable of this. So, for the last time fuck off.
*Apologies to everyone else who has to wade through this shite. I'll refrain from engaging with this wanker on this topic again.
That's nice that you can't see it but I can. Dier is 7/10 as a centre back. Eriksen was guff from August to November, Son had a great season overall but is not a world class attacking mid or even good enough to be a future PL player of the season. We should have a striker good enough to make playing 2 up top seem a possibility not a handicap. We should have our eyes on players who are actually a step up in development from Modric circa 2008 or Berbatov 2007. Suarez when we shouldve signed him from Ajax. Players like Payet before he went to BNP United. South American players of the year or the best players in Serie A, Bundesliga and Ligue 1.
We are in a better position than we've ever been to make those signings.
We were probably one great player away from winning the league last year.
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