Here's a few stats from the ever popular(!) WhoScored.com to evaluate our Premier League season. Not too much surprising, clearly backs up the impression that we weren't great to watch though. On the other side of the coin, we intercepted the ball a lot but didn't have to make many tackles - QSF deserves the credit for that as it all comes from his beloved defensive shape. Things we're good at 1st for long balls with 80 played per game 2nd for penalties scored 2nd for bookings 3rd for interceptions 3rd for fouls Things we're not so good at 17th for goals from open play 17th= for crosses 17th for average possession 17th for pass completion 17th for tackles 18th for offsides given against our forwards Deeney Deeney was 2nd for headers won per game behind Gestede but won the most overall due to playing far more Deeney to Ighalo was the joint top assister-goalscorer combination (with Alli to Kane and Ozil to Giroud) Our Squad Stats Nyom picked up the most bookings (8) Jurado had the best pass completion! (84.1%) Deeney had the worst pass completion of the outfield players (60.9%) Ake made both the most tackles and interceptions per game Britos made the most clearances per game Cathcart and Prodl made the most blocks per game Capoue was our most fouled player and also committed the most fouls Cathcart made the fewest amount of fouls per game Abdi scored our only goal from open play that was from outside the box Behrami didn't have a single shot all season Ighalo was offside the most, got dispossessed the most and had the most "unsuccessful touches"
Hardly surprising. The amount of times he would be strolling back from an offside position when we were ready to hit it forward was infuriating. Meant we only had Deeney as an option if we had to go long.
When we're first for long balls played, I think we should be glad if someone moves the ball sideways or backwards.
The stat that struck with me was for all our new signings this season, only three goals were scored by them all season. Two of those by Prodl.
Pretty damning stats. I'm sure I wasn't watching that team for the first 15 games or so. The stats seem to paint a picture of a team that lost its shape and abandoned its early strategy quite dramatically. Not surprised QSF didn't hang around for that discussion with the Pozzo analysts.
Even worse than that, once you deduct the contributions of Deeney, Ighalo and Own Goals, the rest of the squad scored 10 goals in 44 games in all competitions. That is pathetic!
