Just my opinion and probably not shared by many but I think Zaha is better than both Rashford and Martial.
They both score more goals in less matches. Rashford gets more assists in less matches too. Zaha is more wasteful
Yeah, just the 6 penalties he won for Palace this year, tops in the PL.
Milivojevic and Townsend have the exact same key passes as Zaha, should we sign them too? He always wastes a lot of chances just like they have
He has the 2nd most shots per game at PalaceTheres a simple reason for that mate.
Find where in this thread I've advocated signing Zaha. In fact I've done the exact opposite. Do try to follow along.Milivojevic and Townsend have the exact same key passes as Zaha, should we sign them too? He always wastes a lot of chances just like they have
Key passes are passes that lead directly to shots. So yes they had just as many passes that led to shots as Zaha
They can be shots from anywhere. They don't tell you a single thing about the quality of the chance created. That's what xA is for.
Maybe not but hes an upgrade on literally anyone we have
Yes and shots can go in from anywhere. Creativity is creating chances to shoot
It's creating good chances. One guy creates better ones, not just shit ones that count as a chance because Townsend fancies a go from 40 yards out.
So he wouldnt deserve credit if he spotted Townsend and played a pass between 2 players that Townsend smashes in from 40 yards?
Generally speaking if somebody is smashing home a goal from 40 yards out, the credit should go mostly to them because you have not created some high value opportunity for them. Plenty of work to be done after that point no matter how nice of a pass you've played to them in that area of the pitch.
Of course he would deserve plenty of credit for smashing it in from 40 yards, but he cant possibly have done so without someone creating the chance to do so. So the pass is just as important
So the pass Dalot played to Pereira when he scored that worldie against Southampton was just as important as Pereira's strike? Come on.
No im not saying all of them. I'm saying you can't dismiss a good pass setting up a goal from range
Ok I agree with that.
Salah and Sterling have 53% success rate which isn't very impressive. Hazard is always by far the better dribbler than anyone. He completes most number of dribbles and always at very impressive rate. It's 67% compared to 53% (sterling, Salah).
Yeah, sorry I was reading it wrong
Interestingly Adama Traore has the most impressive dribbling stats per 90 minutes. He averages 6.5 successful dribbles compared to 1.6 unsuccessful attempts, a ratio just over 4:1. Hazard has the next best ratio with 2:1 for successful v unsuccessful dribbles per 90 minutes, which is very impressive given the minutes he played and the extra attention he receives from opposition.
Yeah he is an interesting player. Not as good at defending from what I have watched. Although Leicester looked solid near the end of the season against the bigger teams and he didn't let them down.
I watched them against Arsenal and City and thought he barely put a foot wrong.
Leicester has a very good team for next year, their full backs, CBs, midfield are good quality (assume they can keep Tielemans), Vardy is still playing at high level, and they have a good manager playing attacking football too. They only need to add a quality winger to replace Mahrez and a striker to be Vardy successor this summer to challenge for top 6.
You have to take into account he played right wing at the beginning of the season because he couldn’t be trusted defensively. Since Rodgers has come in, he seems to have improved this side. May be more with the style of play, puel was more defensive.
Ah. Didn’t know that. Would help explain his dribble stats.
Yeah he impressed against City mostly. Sterling didn't have it easy. Arsenal played so poor and got a man sent off so not sure you can judge his defending against them that much.
He is a top play and I even rate him higher than a Cancelo.
They won't find a Mahrez at RW but Gray/Ghezzal were so poor that even an underwhelming bang average Prem RW about to enter his prime signing there like March from Brighton or Townsend from Palace would be a solid improvement.
Imagine if Leicester has the money to sign both Tielemans and Ryan Fraser this summer.
Haven't we got 20% coming our way from any fee.?
