Safe is good as long as that 10 yard pass is to someone who can start an attack.I watched Rice last night and although he looked good and had an impressive game, he doesn’t really pass much more than 10 yards very safe..
Safe is good as long as that 10 yard pass is to someone who can start an attack.I watched Rice last night and although he looked good and had an impressive game, he doesn’t really pass much more than 10 yards very safe..
Just pointing out how Caf has that knack of dismissing players. Player's can't improve in their eyes.I dunno I think Carrick was just a few years too early to be properly appreciated, at the time the ideal CM was seen as someone more gung ho, box to box, diving into tackles and scoring goals. Even Keane's passing and build up play was underappreciated until years later, he was typecast as a ball winning thug.
I would imagine average distance of successful passes would be good. It'll immediately tell you what kind of passes they're doing. Not sure if that's even available though.The stats lads, which are the best sets of stats to use to measure the passing ability of CMs? It would be useful to have a short list of go to stats to help discussions.
I wasn't on the forum in 06/07, but Carrick was definitely progressive that first season with scholes, and was an eye opener for me in terms of not needing a traditional midfield enforcer to make things work, after years Keane.Oh I still remember back then Carrick was the scapegoat for our sideway passing. It was brutal Redcafe.
Not until Scholes retired Carrick began to take the main responsibility as the deeplying playmaker.
To be fair to him, he simply isn't that type of player and likely never will be. I also don't think we should expect a player, who should be a squad player, to be as good as the very best players in that position. The bigger issue is why he is starting in the first place and why we aren't addressing that.Sure it’s probably been mentioned in a thread that’s 3 pages deep about stats, but McTominay’s 51 passes per 90 puts him in the 47th percentile for attempted passes!
Having a midfielder who just simply doesn’t get on the ball and pass it around near enough is just not good enough. That’s insane. 47th!
For comparisons sake: Jorginho, Kovacic, Rodri, Henderson, and Gundogan are all comfortably in the 90th percentiles (70+ passes attempted per game). Fabinho 88th, Fred 79th.
Don’t forget, that’s 47th playing for a team that typically has the majority of possession and plays most matches against opposition they should easily dominate.Sure it’s probably been mentioned in a thread that’s 3 pages deep about stats, but McTominay’s 51 passes per 90 puts him in the 47th percentile for attempted passes!
Having a midfielder who just simply doesn’t get on the ball and pass it around near enough is just not good enough. That’s insane. 47th!
For comparisons sake: Jorginho, Kovacic, Rodri, Henderson, and Gundogan are all comfortably in the 90th percentiles (70+ passes attempted per game). Fabinho 88th, Fred 79th.
On this forum, players improve when they are injured. This has been a running theme for over a decade now. We soundly beat Leeds with him and struggled in next few without him, so he was pined as a saviour. Truth is, he’s very average to be playing 40-50 games a season for us, which he does.Don’t forget, that’s 47th playing for a team that typically has the majority of possession and plays most matches against opposition they should easily dominate.
This is a huge issue and always makes me wonder why Fred is much more likely to be singled out for criticism. He makes one or two bad mistakes each game and gets dogs abuse as a result. Do you know how to avoid criticism like that? Don’t touch the ball!
As a pairing they leave a lot to be desired but there’s absolutely no doubt in my mind that two Freds in central midfield would make us a hell of a lot harder to beat than the McFred combo.On this forum, players improve when they are injured. This has been a running theme for over a decade now. We soundly beat Leeds with him and struggled in next few without him, so he was pined as a saviour. Truth is, he’s very average to be playing 40-50 games a season for us, which he does.
Biggest issue is he hides too much on the pitch, 19 passes in 82 mins of football at this level is unacceptable. Especially, when you factor he had one tackle and zero interceptions. Baffling when Ole said those two broke up the play vs Villa. They didn’t.
Fred tries more stuff on the field, hence makes more mistake which are easier to recall after 90 mins. Neither are good enough for us, but they bring passion, energy and desire which the manager wants so not much we can do.
Absolutely, but the bar is pretty low. This is comfortably our worst midfield pairing since days of Kleberson-Djemba x2As a pairing they leave a lot to be desired but there’s absolutely no doubt in my mind that two Freds in central midfield would make us a hell of a lot harder to beat than the McFred combo.
Shows what a sorry state of affairs it is when there's an argument to be made that two Fred's is our best midfieldAs a pairing they leave a lot to be desired but there’s absolutely no doubt in my mind that two Freds in central midfield would make us a hell of a lot harder to beat than the McFred combo.
1. He was expensiveDon’t forget, that’s 47th playing for a team that typically has the majority of possession and plays most matches against opposition they should easily dominate.
This is a huge issue and always makes me wonder why Fred is much more likely to be singled out for criticism. He makes one or two bad mistakes each game and gets dogs abuse as a result. Do you know how to avoid criticism like that? Don’t touch the ball!
He sure loves to hide in many of his games, which is a huge issue for us.Sure it’s probably been mentioned in a thread that’s 3 pages deep about stats, but McTominay’s 51 passes per 90 puts him in the 47th percentile for attempted passes!
Having a midfielder who just simply doesn’t get on the ball and pass it around near enough is just not good enough. That’s insane. 47th!
For comparisons sake: Jorginho, Kovacic, Rodri, Henderson, and Gundogan are all comfortably in the 90th percentiles (70+ passes attempted per game). Fabinho 88th, Fred 79th.
I literally saw him follow an opposition midfielder whilst we had the ball.He sure loves to hide in many of his games, which is a huge issue for us.
Don’t forget, that’s 47th playing for a team that typically has the majority of possession and plays most matches against opposition they should easily dominate.
This is a huge issue and always makes me wonder why Fred is much more likely to be singled out for criticism. He makes one or two bad mistakes each game and gets dogs abuse as a result. Do you know how to avoid criticism like that? Don’t touch the ball!
Just comparison to the rest of our midfield: Fred - 79th; Pogba (when in midfield) 77th; Matic 96th. McTominay = 47th.He sure loves to hide in many of his games, which is a huge issue for us.
Grandpa Nem?Just comparison to the rest of our midfield: Fred - 79th; Pogba (when in midfield) 77th; Matic 96th. McTominay = 47th.
If you want to go one further, the 'progressive passes' (which FbRef defines as any passes outside of our own half that either go into the penalty box or go further than 10 yards) Matic = 93rd; Pogba = 85th; Fred = 80th; McTominay = 64th.
So he's not only just not passing enough, he's not particularly insightful at all when he does play it. Also, a Grandpa Nem replacement is a necessity. Nobody in the side can do what he does.
Matic.Grandpa Nem?
Yesterday, yes, but over an entire season he's not nearly as progressive or adventurous as people would have you believe.
In addition, McTominay has fewer shot creating actions than Fred, fewer defensive actions than Fred, fewer touches, fewer carries (though admittedly higher progressive distance), fewer dribbles with a lower success rate than Fred. Over the last two seasons they were dispossessed with a similar frequency; McTominay had more miscontrols overall.Just comparison to the rest of our midfield: Fred - 79th; Pogba (when in midfield) 77th; Matic 96th. McTominay = 47th.
If you want to go one further, the 'progressive passes' (which FbRef defines as any passes outside of our own half that either go into the penalty box or go further than 10 yards) Matic = 93rd; Pogba = 85th; Fred = 80th; McTominay = 64th.
So he's not only just not passing enough, he's not particularly insightful at all when he does play it. Also, a Grandpa Nem replacement is a necessity. Nobody in the side can do what he does.