Wizzard1867 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Lies, damned lies and statistics: According to the BBC we only had 41% of the possession of the game. I think this stat says it all about the difference between Bruce and (Jos / Carlos season three). Blackburn were rarely an attacking threat, and in the traditional Wednesday way, their goals were our mistakes in a game which we always controlled. I can imagine if football matches were won on the number of passes then Blackburn clearly won the possession stats today. Clearly tapping the ball around in their own half for fun. Thank god the days of possession stats at Wednesday are gone...... , for now. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/47505155 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Wylde II Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Be nice when ALL stats are gone from football - apart from the score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthefish2002 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Think possession stats can be very misleading. What you do with it that counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ash76 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 41% sounds about right. Bit harsh to say they were rarely an attacking threat, thought they looked good going forward, as Bruce says we got goals at crucial times in the game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0114 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Possession stats drive me crazy. Biggest myth in football possession. It’s what you do when you’ve got it that counts, doesn’t matter how long you have it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morepork Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 I agree that the "possession" stat is probably the most misleading of all stats. At the same time, it remains the one many people seem to focus on. It can be relevant, but it has to be interpreted in the context of a teams tactical objectives. I don't really agree with the notion that Blackburn were rarely an attacking threat. Their passing and movement in the final third was excellent and as Bruce indicated clearly in his post-match interview, they cause us problems and we created a few for ourselves as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewsburyowl58 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Bit surprised Blackburn haven’t received more praise , I personally thought they were excellent at times and ran us ragged , to say they had little to play for . Shows how much we have improved scoring 4 , real shame they got a second 4-1 sounds like a drubbing .They ran us very close I thought . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post areNOTwhatTHEYseem Posted March 16, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2019 2 minutes ago, dewsburyowl58 said: real shame they got a second 4-1 sounds like a drubbing. Yeah, but 4-2 is still a 'massacre', right? 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewsburyowl58 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Just now, areNOTwhatTHEYseem said: Yeah, but 4-2 is still a 'massacre', right? According to some 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Wylde II Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Football Stats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcx666 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Leicester won the title with an average of 36% possession. They just sat back and ruined teams on the break. Arsenal, generally have the most possession and lose alot because they try and walk the ball in the net. The only team to match possession with winning was Peps Barca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pazowl55 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 They big time missed Mulgrew at the back. At sixes and sevens without his leadership. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owls2k Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 Like playing an academy team. Neat, tidy and technically fine but struggled with our physicality. We should have been 2-0 up before they had a proper kick (Hector's header that hit the post). In reality we beat them 4-2 today in third gear without some of our best players. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dewsburyowl58 Posted March 16, 2019 Share Posted March 16, 2019 23 minutes ago, Owls2k said: Like playing an academy team. Neat, tidy and technically fine but struggled with our physicality. We should have been 2-0 up before they had a proper kick (Hector's header that hit the post). In reality we beat them 4-2 today in third gear without some of our best players. 3rd gear !!! Haha blimey can’t wait to see us gear up then or is it gear down ? . They had players missing too , come on give them some credit , what did they have to play for really !! . Academy team !! . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BARMYARMY2010 Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 2 hours ago, matthefish2002 said: Think possession stats can be very misleading. What you do with it that counts. Not if your a blade they're not,they still harp on about 75% posession in Jos's bottle job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robswfc Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Morepork said: I agree that the "possession" stat is probably the most misleading of all stats. At the same time, it remains the one many people seem to focus on. It can be relevant, but it has to be interpreted in the context of a teams tactical objectives. I don't really agree with the notion that Blackburn were rarely an attacking threat. Their passing and movement in the final third was excellent and as Bruce indicated clearly in his post-match interview, they cause us problems and we created a few for ourselves as well. If you’ve got players that never make a mistake, possession is king. See Barcelona/Spain in 2000s. But obviously most teams don’t have players the quality of xavi and iniesta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuttyTeabags Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 3 hours ago, Morepork said: I agree that the "possession" stat is probably the most misleading of all stats. At the same time, it remains the one many people seem to focus on. It can be relevant, but it has to be interpreted in the context of a teams tactical objectives. I don't really agree with the notion that Blackburn were rarely an attacking threat. Their passing and movement in the final third was excellent and as Bruce indicated clearly in his post-match interview, they cause us problems and we created a few for ourselves as well. Yep Barca generally having 80pc of possession is extremely misleading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morepork Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 3 hours ago, DuttyTeabags said: Yep Barca generally having 80pc of possession is extremely misleading Barca averages a fraction over 60% possession this season. Even at that, they are the exception, not the norm. But that's academic because my point wasn't that possession is good or bad, it was that many automatically assumed that all teams chase possession which is not the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuttyTeabags Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 30 minutes ago, Morepork said: Barca averages a fraction over 60% possession this season. Even at that, they are the exception, not the norm. But that's academic because my point wasn't that possession is good or bad, it was that many automatically assumed that all teams chase possession which is not the case. First time I've tickled a trout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morepork Posted March 17, 2019 Share Posted March 17, 2019 44 minutes ago, DuttyTeabags said: First time I've tickled a trout It's been the kind of week here where you'd bite at anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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