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Post by roylandstoke on Aug 5, 2019 10:29:43 GMT
Cousins looked poor in comparison to Geoff Cameron, who was more effective out of possession and comprehensively out passed him. I hope there is going to be a big improvement. According to a website I have just read Cousins pass completion rate was 83.7% whereas Cameron's was 77.1% Make of that what you will.Proves little I know save that Cameron did not "comprehensively" outpass Cousins. Most of Cousins passes seemed to be backwards to our CBs, one of whom was was just 18 whilst the other was totally right footed but playing on the left where his range of passing was obviously severely restricted. QPR sussed this out very quickly and found it very easy to force us into playing hurried, hopeful long punts downfield to escape their press. Cousins seemed happy to be continually giving our CBs the responsibility of beginning our attacks rather than attempting any progressive passing himself. As far as I can see this diamond formation relies on people passing the ball forwards: Cousins looked backwards, or at best 5 yards sideways virtually every time he had the ball. |
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Post by cheadlestokie on Aug 5, 2019 12:12:21 GMT
According to a website I have just read Cousins pass completion rate was 83.7% whereas Cameron's was 77.1% Make of that what you will.Proves little I know save that Cameron did not "comprehensively" outpass Cousins. Most of Cousins passes seemed to be backwards to our CBs, one of whom was was just 18 whilst the other was totally right footed but playing on the left where his range of passing was obviously severely restricted. QPR sussed this out very quickly and found it very easy to force us into playing hurried, hopeful long punts downfield to escape their press. Cousins seemed happy to be continually giving our CBs the responsibility of beginning our attacks rather than attempting any progressive passing himself. As far as I can see this diamond formation relies on people passing the ball forwards: Cousins looked backwards, or at best 5 yards sideways virtually every time he had the ball. Look at the stats in thSentinel Cousins played 36.7% of his passes forward,24.5% of his passes to the right , 30.6% of his passes to the left and only 8.2% of his passes backwards. This does not back up your statement and I would suggest that possibly more of his right and left passes would have gone forward had he mobile,pacey forwards in front of him who were working hard off the ball to find space to receive a pass. |
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Post by roylandstoke on Aug 5, 2019 12:25:31 GMT
Most of Cousins passes seemed to be backwards to our CBs, one of whom was was just 18 whilst the other was totally right footed but playing on the left where his range of passing was obviously severely restricted. QPR sussed this out very quickly and found it very easy to force us into playing hurried, hopeful long punts downfield to escape their press. Cousins seemed happy to be continually giving our CBs the responsibility of beginning our attacks rather than attempting any progressive passing himself. As far as I can see this diamond formation relies on people passing the ball forwards: Cousins looked backwards, or at best 5 yards sideways virtually every time he had the ball. Look at the stats in thSentinel Cousins played 36.7% of his passes forward,24.5% of his passes to the right , 30.6% of his passes to the left and only 8.2% of his passes backwards. This does not back up your statement and I would suggest that possibly more of his right and left passes would have gone forward had he mobile,pacey forwards in front of him who were working hard off the ball to find space to receive a pass. The stats don't lie: just over a third of Cousins passes must have gone forwards. Can you find out how may went into the opposition half? |
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Post by shakermaker on Aug 5, 2019 13:08:19 GMT
My MOTM - harressed the opposition and broke up play really well. No DM will catch the eye - it's an ugly thankless job which Cousins did well. The player I'd expect to catch the eye is the AM and I thought Powell had a very poor game - his main contribution amounted to falling over and moaning. 3 out of his 4 long balls went astray, but that's because Vokes and Afobe were heaving lumps who couldn't get to any of them. He still completed 40 / 45 short passes, so he was at least tidy. He also made 3 out of 4 attempted tackles. The one he missed is unfortunately the one that led to goal. I'm sticking up for Jordan. An unspectacular, but nevertheless solid debut. |
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Post by foxysgloves on Aug 5, 2019 13:10:14 GMT
Or in Stoke fashion, to write off our whole squad, season, civilization as we know it, the entire human race..... Now who's going overboard? Whooooooooosssshhhh |
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Post by cheadlestokie on Aug 5, 2019 14:43:47 GMT
Look at the stats in thSentinel Cousins played 36.7% of his passes forward,24.5% of his passes to the right , 30.6% of his passes to the left and only 8.2% of his passes backwards. This does not back up your statement and I would suggest that possibly more of his right and left passes would have gone forward had he mobile,pacey forwards in front of him who were working hard off the ball to find space to receive a pass. The stats don't lie: just over a third of Cousins passes must have gone forwards. Can you find out how may went into the opposition half? No I cannot. I have given my reasons in the previous post as to why more of his sideways passes did not go forward. Also a further reason is that the full backs did not get forward which the system requires although I thought Smith tried more to do so in the second half when all of the midfield failed to find him often enough. I thought much of this was due to Allen and Clucas always taking the easy option with their passing |
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