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Match Tottenham Vs Leeds, Sat 2nd Jan 2021 - KO 12:30.
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Jonathan Wilson: Will Inter's successful performance at Barcelona, when they had 16% possession, be seen as a turning point in football?
Do football possession statistics indicate which team will win? Not necessarily
Jonathan Liew investigates: Perceived wisdom is that good teams keep the ball, and bad teams do not. But should we be looking at a different metric?
Does possession really matter in the Premier League? The statistics
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There really is such a black or white attitude with some fans when it comes to stats.
You can have very little of the ball but do infinitely more with it when you have it.
Teams may have the ball more than us at the moment, but this season, when did anyone truly have a lot of decent chances against us?
I personally think Leicester was our worst performance and they only scored due to a brainfart penalty and an own goal.
I'd rather watch us have 30% and win 3-0 than than have 70% and loss 3-0
I am happy with the result
It's just an observation/opinion, I assume we are still allowed to have those
Check the link below, it’s the current possession table for this season. If you can’t see the correlation between possession and points you must be blind.The Question: How important is possession? | Jonathan Wilson
Jonathan Wilson: Will Inter's successful performance at Barcelona, when they had 16% possession, be seen as a turning point in football?
Do football possession statistics indicate which team will win? Not necessarily
Jonathan Liew investigates: Perceived wisdom is that good teams keep the ball, and bad teams do not. But should we be looking at a different metric?
Does possession really matter in the Premier League? The statistics
Premier League results are putting the significance of possession in the spotlight. Does it matter? We take a look...
I haven’t looked at all your links, I clicked the last one. The theme seemed to suggest that the results were outliers (even though the teams with the most possession had won the most points).
As an aside, I don’t put too much value in it. You said it was irrelevant though, which it clearly isn’t.
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I knew the moment after the wolves game on the post match interview that we would try push more for goals. The criticism he received would have hurt him when the pundits were saying he sat back too much. He knows better than anyone that we did, despite whatever may have been said at half time in the wolves game.
One think I have noticed with mourinho is that he is very reactive to the previous game.
Went ultra defensive after the west ham debacle.
Looking more threatening after the wolves game.
Only reason he persisted with the low block in the other games were because of the opposition being closer rivals.
I really do think in the next few games we will see us push for more goals.
Good for youYou obviously didn't try hard enough
TBF, I have never changed a dirty nappy in my life, and I don't intend to start now!!! I only babysit once the kid has been potty trained!!!!!!!!
we always used disposables and I realise that it’s not eco friendly
I watched part of the game, not enough to draw any conclusions. But it looked to me like we defended a little bit higher today than in the last few games. Midfield, Højbjerg and Winks caught a few passes and all of our attacks weren't hoofball from Alderwiereld or Dier.
Was it just temporary or was it a pattern?
Was it just temporary or was it a pattern?
I just scrolled back through the thread...
After 4 fucking minutes...
Zero chance we keep a clean sheet
The next was a classic...
I wish we played like Leeds
¡¡¡AFTER 4 FUCKING MINUTES!!!
All the way through the fucking match...
Fucking Wanks...Why is Wanks still at the club?...Get wanks off we may aswell play with 10...We will never win with doherty and wanks...Winks is having a mare... Fuck off Wanks... Ahahaah Winks fucking hell... Winks is shit... Wanksy...
Oh, and a couple of gems more...
dombele is invisible.
Just dont see the Kane and Son thing anymore
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I just scrolled back through the thread...
After 4 fucking minutes...
Zero chance we keep a clean sheet
The next was a classic...
I wish we played like Leeds
¡¡¡AFTER 4 FUCKING MINUTES!!!
All the way through the fucking match...
Fucking Wanks...Why is Wanks still at the club?...Get wanks off we may aswell play with 10...We will never win with doherty and wanks...Winks is having a mare... Fuck off Wanks... Ahahaah Winks fucking hell... Winks is shit... Wanksy...
Oh, and a couple of gems more...
dombele is invisible...Just dont see the Kane and Son thing anymore
Yep, the modern day Spurs fan.. The players are so lucky to have such loyal support.
Embarrassing, truly. I bet I can guess a few of the culprits without even checking. I just find it odd those who post incessantly during a game anywayI just scrolled back through the thread...
After 4 fucking minutes...
Zero chance we keep a clean sheet
The next was a classic...
I wish we played like Leeds
¡¡¡AFTER 4 FUCKING MINUTES!!!
All the way through the fucking match...
Fucking Wanks...Why is Wanks still at the club?...Get wanks off we may aswell play with 10...We will never win with doherty and wanks...Winks is having a mare... Fuck off Wanks... Ahahaah Winks fucking hell... Winks is shit... Wanksy...
Oh, and a couple of gems more...
dombele is invisible...Just dont see the Kane and Son thing anymore
Stick to basketball mate , you don't get this one
I don’t see how you can watch the game properly while constantly posting.
Edit: I guess I just answered my own question.
Edit: 2.0 (Ok, it wasn’t a question).
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Mate, united are 2nd & are in crisis. Its just media & fans over exaggerating. Do we still have to pretend Woolwich are going down this season too
. Best to just ignore media/fans dramatising it all.
You smell American.
I am not too fussed about stats. But I think we have some very good attackers. So when we play much weaker teams & don't seem to really attack & make use of these top players then it can feel like a missed opportunity. I think we are good enough to have attacked more in a few of the games where we dropped points.
Read through the comments up to the penalty - cringy, embarrassing, reactionary stuff from some of the usual suspects. It's as if they don't realise a game lasts 90mins; that you don't have to be winning and utterly dominant within 10mins; or that not every player has to be scintillating from minute one to win, and win well.
Honestly, I'd highly recommend reading some of the sheer impulsive idiocy as gives a fascinating and entertaining insight into some posters and how much credibility (or lack thereof) to give anything they write
Honestly, I'd highly recommend reading some of the sheer impulsive idiocy as gives a fascinating and entertaining insight into some posters and how much credibility (or lack thereof) to give anything they write
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