Stats again.

Have only seen the highlights but when I saw the Gills keeper go down like a sack of spuds after catching the ball and staying down, I kind of knew what sort of game it was!
 
Anyone bothered?
vs The Imps:
Posession 50.4% (49.6%)
Chances created 15 (9)
Total shots 17 (12)
On target 3 (7)
Blocked shots 6 (1)
Total passes 401 (403)
Accurate passes 316 (298)
Passes in own half 142 (154)
Long balls 78 (70)
Accurate long balls 35 (27)
Crosses 22 (5)
Accurate crosses 3 (5)
 
Critch says he would rather possession and be the team making the choices and controlling decision making. That 2nd half wasn’t a good advert for that and the stats are starting to beat out our diminishing return from the system.

perhaps the non negotiables need another going over?
 
Anyone bothered?
vs The Imps:
Posession 50.4% (49.6%)
Chances created 15 (9)
Total shots 17 (12)
On target 3 (7)
Blocked shots 6 (1)
Total passes 401 (403)
Accurate passes 316 (298)
Passes in own half 142 (154)
Long balls 78 (70)
Accurate long balls 35 (27)
Crosses 22 (5)
Accurate crosses 3 (5)
See you Monday IS
Not to bothered about today’s performance.
Work in progress.
But where the hell do we get a Dave McKay type oldie to Marshall the defence.
 
Here we go again vs Ipswich.
Posession 53% (47%)
Chances created 8 (10)
Total shots 9 (9)
On target 2 (4)
Blocked shots 3 (2)
Total passes 469 (413)
Accurate passes 355 (288)
Passes in own half 185 (214)
Long balls 91 (106)
Accurate long balls 44 (37)
Crosses 11 (5)
Accurate crosses 3 (2)
Stats always lie except the goals scored one. 🤧
 
Here we go again vs Ipswich.
Posession 53% (47%)
Chances created 8 (10)
Total shots 9 (9)
On target 2 (4)
Blocked shots 3 (2)
Total passes 469 (413)
Accurate passes 355 (288)
Passes in own half 185 (214)
Long balls 91 (106)
Accurate long balls 44 (37)
Crosses 11 (5)
Accurate crosses 3 (2)
Stats always lie except the goals scored one. 🤧
Murdered them on those stats, still think it will come good
 
We are top of the lea
I'm surprised at those stats which make Bolton look like they were overall the stronger side.

I'd assumed that our performance in the first half would have had more of a positive effect.

What the stats don't say is that that the Bolton forwards couldn't hit a barn door with a banjo! 😁
We are really good on paper with stats.....
Rubbish on the grass.........
Joey in.....
 
Stats vs Crewe:
Posession 56.5% (43.5%)
Chances created 6 (2)
Total shots 15 (3)
On target 2 (1)
Blocked shots 3 (2)
Total passes 482 (385)
Accurate passes 367 (256)
Passes in own half 142 (183)
Long balls 69 (97)
Accurate long balls 41 (37)
Crosses 33 (5)
Accurate crosses 12 (1)
Saves 0 (1)
I think we need our no.1 blogger, TD53, to do a blog on these stats.
The one that strikes me today is the crosses.
Fotmob highest player rating for both teams were Yates with 7.9 and Ward 7.6.
 
Stats vs Charlton:
Posession 40.9% (59.1%)
Chances created 5 (13)
Total shots 8 (14)
On target 1 (1)
Blocked shots 6 (2)
Total passes 482 (385)
Accurate passes 172 (324)
Passes in own half 73 (182)
Long balls 76 (62)
Accurate long balls 32 (28)
Crosses 11 (18)
Accurate crosses 3 (10)
Saves 0 (1)
A big difference in the stat if you can be bothered to look back
One that is exactly the same as Crewe is the saves.
 
Stats vs MK Dons:
Posession 39.5% (60.5%)
Chances created 4 (3)
Total shots 4 (7)
On target 1 (2)
Blocked shots 1 (4)
Total passes 310 (461)
Accurate passes 201 (344)
Passes in own half 94 (220)
Long balls 85 (80)
Accurate long balls 29 (32)
Crosses 12 (21)
Accurate crosses 1 (2)
Saves 1 (1)
Player with the overall highest rating Kaikai 7.6 next highest Turts 7.2 (for some reason Ballard wasn't scored))
 
Stats vs MK Dons:
Posession 39.5% (60.5%)
Chances created 4 (3)
Total shots 4 (7)
On target 1 (2)
Blocked shots 1 (4)
Total passes 310 (461)
Accurate passes 201 (344)
Passes in own half 94 (220)
Long balls 85 (80)
Accurate long balls 29 (32)
Crosses 12 (21)
Accurate crosses 1 (2)
Saves 1 (1)
Player with the overall highest rating Kaikai 7.6 next highest Turts 7.2 (for some reason Ballard wasn't scored))
they just show how bad we were today. but we managed to win. 1 out of twelve crosses is asbysmal, and that should be something basic. we only ever have a couple of players in the box the one time we did get a few bodies in there we score
 
I think I might give up with this thread.
It's only the final score that's meaningful.
Stats vs Wimbledon:
Posession 53.8% (46.2%)
Chances created 8 (11)
Total shots 10 (12)
On target 4 (5)
Blocked shots 2 (2)
Total passes 426 (364)
Accurate passes 310 (238)
Passes in own half 185 (112)
Long balls 89 (103)
Accurate long balls 37 (36)
Crosses 23 (17)
Accurate crosses 2 (5)
Saves 4 (4)
Fouls 9 (15)
The stats look good, oh how they decieve.
 
I always look out for this thread @Insider and so please keep it up! Weirdly last night's stats for us were actually pretty decent and unlike when Husband got sent off against Charlton and I couldn't see us winning that one, even 1-0 down I think we could have come back in to that game last night and got a result which makes it more frustrating.
 
Stats vs Burton:
Posession 43.8% (56.2%)
Chances created 13 (9)
Total shots 14 (10)
On target 3 (1)
Blocked shots 6 (4)
Total passes 318 (405)
Accurate passes 183 (255)
Passes in own half 70 (116)
Long balls 85 (85)
Accurate long balls 23 (36)
Crosses 14 (7)
Accurate crosses 2 (7)
Saves 1 (1)
Fouls 10 (15)
Ratings
3 highest ratings (both teams)
Yates 8.8
Kaikai 7.6
Turton 7.3
 
Stats vs Burton:
Posession 43.8% (56.2%)
Chances created 13 (9)
Total shots 14 (10)
On target 3 (1)
Blocked shots 6 (4)
Total passes 318 (405)
Accurate passes 183 (255)
Passes in own half 70 (116)
Long balls 85 (85)
Accurate long balls 23 (36)
Crosses 14 (7)
Accurate crosses 2 (7)
Saves 1 (1)
Fouls 10 (15)
Ratings
3 highest ratings (both teams)
Yates 8.8
Kaikai 7.6
Turton 7.3
Turton 7.3 hmmmm...not for me...surprised Dougall not up there on ratings
 
What struck me today was the reduction in the number of passes in our own half 70 (messageboard advice again???)
I'm being a bit picky to illustrate the point but figures from other games:
Plymouth 186
Gillingham 202
Ipswich 185
Crewe 142
Wimbledon 185
 
What struck me today was the reduction in the number of passes in our own half 70 (messageboard advice again???)
I'm being a bit picky to illustrate the point but figures from other games:
Plymouth 186
Gillingham 202
Ipswich 185
Crewe 142
Wimbledon 185
I thought Dougall had us holding higher, which eventually dragged Williams with him. It enabled us to play in their half, for large parts of the game.
 
What struck me today was the reduction in the number of passes in our own half 70 (messageboard advice again???)
Have often thought that is such a dangerous game at this level and once or twice we've almost been dispossessed in dangerous places because of it!
 
What struck me from those figures are shots on target! At bloody last! Two strikers on the pitch and a couple of players who are capable of shooting and finally the message has sunk in that you don't win games in the first two thirds of the pitch!
 
Dougall got 7.2.
Williams was actually my MOM he only got 6.7. He put in a real workhorse performance today. Lots of energy. I'll eat all my negative words from a couple of weeks ago.
Williams looked lost coming on as sub, couldn't get into games at all. He has improved for starting games and possibly through insisting on being called MJ and not Jordan.
 
Stats vs Wigan:
Posession 48.6% (51.4%)
Chances created 8 (7)
Total shots 12 (11)
On target 6 (2)
Blocked shots 3 (5)
Total passes 382 (392)
Accurate passes 254 (268)
Passes in own half 104 (125)
Long balls 93 (113)
Accurate long balls 44 (49)
Crosses 14 (21)
Accurate crosses 4 (5)
Saves 2 (5)
Fouls 9 (17)
Ratings
3 highest ratings (both teams)
Kaikai 7.6
Husband 7.4
Maxwell 7.4
 
Stats vs Eastbourne:
Posession 74% (26%)
Chances created 21 (6)
Total shots 22 (7)
On target 8 (2)
Blocked shots 5 (4)
Total passes 505 (182)
Accurate passes 388 (93)
Passes in own half 185 (46)
Long balls 83 (61)
Accurate long balls 39 (17)
Crosses 21 (11)
Accurate crosses 7 (2)
Saves 1 (5)
Fouls 7 (16)
Ratings
3 highest ratings (both teams)
Madine 9.1
Yates 8.4
Husband 8.0

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Wow - 74% possession - doubt we'll ever achieve that again this season unless we play a Specsavers XI .. what did their keeper get @Insider?
 
Just been looking at the stats to answer the "long ball" thread and notice that the stats provided by FotMob at the end of the game have changed. Not significantly but I haven't noticed this before. I might start leaving the updates until 24 hrs after the match in future.
 
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