bosnian_red
Worst scout to ever exist
Made note of it in the half season verdict thread, but figured it deserves it's own thread as it is genuinely terrible.
Whoscored has us bottom of the league in shots for from set pieces, with 2.1 per game. Newcastle is at 5.6. Liverpool at 4.8. Arsenal and City at 3.8 and 3.9.
This picture as well, focus on the set play shots for and set play shots against specifically:
That is 100% just something that can be improved upon without impacting anything else, and is something that will hold us back until we do. Most things in football you have a give and take. You take something away, and hopefully improve more in the balance because of a change. Set pieces? That's just statistically horrible past the point of bad luck, both for and against. Would be interested in seeing stats per set piece, maybe it's just a case of not getting enough set pieces and giving too many away... but given that we are literally relegation standard in both when in open play we are title challenging standard in both... then yeah, it's an issue.
- We are 17th in the league in completed dead ball passes that led to shot attempts (have less than half of the amount that the best teams do).
- Defensively we have the third most completed dead ball passes against us that led to shots (so 18th).
Whoscored has us bottom of the league in shots for from set pieces, with 2.1 per game. Newcastle is at 5.6. Liverpool at 4.8. Arsenal and City at 3.8 and 3.9.
This picture as well, focus on the set play shots for and set play shots against specifically:
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That is 100% just something that can be improved upon without impacting anything else, and is something that will hold us back until we do. Most things in football you have a give and take. You take something away, and hopefully improve more in the balance because of a change. Set pieces? That's just statistically horrible past the point of bad luck, both for and against. Would be interested in seeing stats per set piece, maybe it's just a case of not getting enough set pieces and giving too many away... but given that we are literally relegation standard in both when in open play we are title challenging standard in both... then yeah, it's an issue.