whelk Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 NA: "We are top of the passing charts, and against Peterborough on Tuesday night we had 505 passes with a 90.1% completion rate, which is really pleasing; teams will Does anyone know if these stats are these published anywhere or is from Pro-zone or similar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SO16_Saint Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 90% of the passes were between the back 5 I'd have thought Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brett24 Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 The passing stats are good as long as they lead to goals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 NA: "We are top of the passing charts, and against Peterborough on Tuesday night we had 505 passes with a 90.1% completion rate, which is really pleasing; teams will Does anyone know if these stats are these published anywhere or is from Pro-zone or similar? Really? it seemed like quite a few went astray. Still there's no arguing that we pass the ball around very nicely these days when we're allowed/want to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chorlton Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 The passing stats are good as long as they lead to goals. When playing a team with 10 men in particular, passing amongst yourselves will tire them out quicker. All the time we have the ball, they are chasing it. It is what Pep Guardiola preaches, and it works for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jawillwill Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 Really? it seemed like quite a few went astray. Still there's no arguing that we pass the ball around very nicely these days when we're allowed/want to. About 50 went astray I reckon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krissyboy31 Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 The passing stats are good as long as they lead to goals.Not necessarily true. It's all about possession of the football. Making the opponents chase, pulling them out of position and also meaning they can't build any momentum themselves. Everybody was purring after Connolly's goal on Saturday because he finished a 25 pass move but there were plenty around me moaning that we kept passing backwards and sideways during the move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 The passing stats are good as long as they lead to goals. I don't think you can really accuse the team of not using the ball well this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golden Balls Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 Would like to see passing stats for this league and the Premier League and see where we stand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torsaint Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 Thank goodness we have some people who understand football. All the great Liverpool sides from Shankly onwards had a high pass completion rate, passed the ball across the back 4/5 and wore the opposition down. The technical term was pass and move. Not very dificult really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scummer Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 I don't think you can really accuse the team of not using the ball well this season. Old fella who sits in front of me was moaning all match on Tuesday, did my head in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ant Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 Not necessarily true. It's all about possession of the football. Making the opponents chase, pulling them out of position and also meaning they can't build any momentum themselves. Everybody was purring after Connolly's goal on Saturday because he finished a 25 pass move but there were plenty around me moaning that we kept passing backwards and sideways during the move. Quite. A good number of our games at home in the record-breaking run have followed the same pattern: start brightly and take the lead; suffer a bit of pressure as the opposition dig their heels in; settle down again and play possession football; score another (or two) late on after holding the ball for 20 minutes. It works. How are your opponents going to score if they don't have the ball? I think the main difference with away games is that we've not had the luxury of as many opportunities to control the game at the pace we like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 About 50 went astray I reckon. Really? I thought we were much better than that. I make it only 49.995. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rallyboy Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 as several of the experts around me always shout, why can't we just kick the ball up the field when we are pressured - what could go wrong? I recall it worked so well when we gave the ball back to Everton that time and let them have one last attack... So more big aimless kicks and less of this fussy ball retention please - we might give a goal or two away this season through playing it around. And score about 100. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 The passing stats are good as long as they lead to goals. That's how the long ball theory started with Reep and Hughes!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doddisalegend Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 Thank goodness we have some people who understand football. All the great Liverpool sides from Shankly onwards had a high pass completion rate, passed the ball across the back 4/5 and wore the opposition down. The technical term was pass and move. Not very dificult really. The problem is it doesn't always make for great viewing tuesday against posh was a quite boring to watch. Passing while moving forward with intent and purpose like we did against boro is much more exciting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MINIBARCELONASAINT Posted 4 November, 2011 Share Posted 4 November, 2011 The average Championship team makes 312 passes a game, Arsenal make 428 and Swansea made 98 more at 526 last season. Further still, Swansea's record of 756 in one match was not bettered by any team of the 92 in the Football League last season. http://www.soccerstats.com/team.asp?league=england2&teamid=5 regarding stats, that's the best that appears for Southampton, so I can find. It is nice to see in a game that I don't think we played particularly well in, against Peterborough, we still made nearly 200 more passes than the league average and more than Arsenal's average. I'd like to know what our highest pass count under Adkins is compared to Swansea's high of 756. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whelk Posted 5 November, 2011 Author Share Posted 5 November, 2011 http://www.soccerstats.com/team.asp?league=england2&teamid=5 regarding stats, that's the best that appears for Southampton, so I can find. Cheers and handy for betting patterns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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