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Europe's best passers : the Pass Masters
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Parker's is only so high because 735 of those passes were exchanged in rapid fire with King, Kaboul and Dawson.
Busquets is pretty impressive.
A but under-rated ,him.
A but under-rated ,him.
Where is Leon britton?
Britton is ahead of Xavi iirc but has hit far fewer passes.
Park being number 1 indicates the huge flaws in doing it like this. He has 100% accuracy... from 3 passes. Xavi is the only player from the top 6 who tries to create things with his passing. But if you take these things into account and just look at the more offensive players who have attempted more than 3 passes, theres a little bit of information here
Its his own fault really
Because of his role I think he would be under rated in general, but if he wouldn't roll on the floor every time he was touched people would only have to talk about how talented he is
Joe Allen has been great this year. Before he passed, my girlfriends younger brother used to play at county level with him. Great to see him doing well.
Teams
Barcelona - 89.2%
Bayern Munich - 87.0%
Manchester City - 86.2%
Real Madrid - 85.5%
Chelsea - 85.5%
Swansea City - 85.2%
AC Milan - 85.1%
AS Roma - 84.9%
Tottenham Hotspur - 84.7%
Arsenal - 84.6 %
Barcelona - 89.2%
Bayern Munich - 87.0%
Manchester City - 86.2%
Real Madrid - 85.5%
Chelsea - 85.5%
Swansea City - 85.2%
AC Milan - 85.1%
AS Roma - 84.9%
Tottenham Hotspur - 84.7%
Arsenal - 84.6 %
Were not even in the top ten?
That Gibson, I tell you. Really is hampering this football club.
These stats are on the Telegraph
Amount of passes completed (premier league only), didn't say accuracy though or how many attempted
Arsenal 11188
Manchester City 11088
Swansea City 11065
Chelsea 10742
Tottenham Hotspur 10590
Liverpool 10302
Manchester United 10242
Fulham 9330
West Bromwich Albion 8185
Everton 8158
Amount of passes completed (premier league only), didn't say accuracy though or how many attempted
Arsenal 11188
Manchester City 11088
Swansea City 11065
Chelsea 10742
Tottenham Hotspur 10590
Liverpool 10302
Manchester United 10242
Fulham 9330
West Bromwich Albion 8185
Everton 8158
What the everton one?
Great to see Swansea up there. Breath of fresh air them. Surprised to see Chelsea there tbh. Would have thought we'd be there somewhere..
Ive noticed in the last few years that Chelsea have put have an emphasis on ball retention. However, they just haven't had the creativity. If they sort out their defence and give Mata a central role, they could be very good. At the moment they're still a work in progress clearly.
Mou's Chelsea had insane ratio of 93% IIRC
Yeah, they do keep the ball a lot. The slow and patient build up results in many passes i suppose.
A bit of a shame we are not on that list, didn't expect Chelsea to be there either.
To OP, I find it hard to believe that 5 of the top 10 passers in Europe play in the PL. Were all European leagues included?
1 Thiago alcantara-- 10 starts---- 93.7%---- 1088 passes
2 Leon Britton------ 20 starts----- 93.3%---- 1209 passes
3 Seydou Keita----- 7 starts------- 93.2%---- 574 Passes
4 Xavi------------ 16 starts------- 93%------- 1830 passes
5 Jake Livermore---- 3 starts------- 92%------- 289 Passes
Those are the top 5 in europe.
From: Football Statistics | Soccer Statistics
Um... I think that was the whole joke of the thread Ekeke
I'm genuinly surprised that Carrick isn't there, almost every game goes by and he barely wastes possession
Yeah I know, his passing is really underrated. It's been excellent recently.
Well I've just checked and Carrick's pass completion is currently at 89.6% which is higher than Silva (albeit from far fewer passes)
Thiago.
Spot the only odd one in this thread
Spot the only odd one in this thread
He's usually the odd one in EVERY thread.
Really?
I think Carrick is generally over-rated on here. He is a very good player but he is not a world beater. I would have been more surprised to see him in the top ten passers rather than not.
Comparing him to David Silva is a waste of time too. Silva has 5 goals and 12 assists from 22 starts in the Premier League this year whilst Carrick has 2 goals and 1 assist from 14 starts. If Silva had a better pass completion rate I would have been stunned as he is a far far more attacking and risk taking player.
You think everyone on that list is a 'world beater'?
Its not what the list is about. Players of Carrick's ilk are far more likely to be there as proved by the presence of players like parker, toure, terry etc.
No I do not, though I do not think that that is relevant. My point is that I am not surprised that Carrick is not on the list, just the same as I am not surprised at United not being in the team list. I do not feel that we are a great passing side or that we have any exceptional passers in the team. (bar Scholes, though obviously he has only been back for a short period).
It is a waste of time as their roles are completely different and hence the goal/assist stats are not relevant
Edit: unless that was the point you were hinting at? if so, my mistake
I used those statistics to empathise how different their roles are. One is essentially an attacking midfielder and one is essentially a defensive midfielder. I would expect Silva to have a lower pass completion rate with higher numbers in goals and assists as he is looking to finish moves and play the final pass. I was responding to a poster that seemed to find relevance in Carrick having a better pass completion rate than Silva.
Didn't know where to post this but 
