I'd love to see Carvalho play as fullback.

Oh and most passes completed does not mean "best midfielder".

Also take into account that PL midfields this season have been generally shit all around.

Adit wrote:Donkey league is as Dostovesly said a plane with out engine but with supreme wings

he was actually talking about Manchester United, but it's nice to see witty jokes go over your head like that

@OptaJoe: 497 - Liverpool have made the most crosses in open play in the PL this season, but are the only side yet to score a goal from one. Wasted.

GoonerJay29 wrote:@OptaJoe: 497 - Liverpool have made the most crosses in open play in the PL this season, but are the only side yet to score a goal from one. Wasted.

Carroll

Yaya was no Barca reject, Pep was desperate to keep him, he wanted to leave.

The Franchise wrote:Yaya was no Barca reject, Pep was desperate to keep him, he wanted to leave.

Pep was deperate to keep him as a sub,he obviously was planning to to make busquets permanent there.

Do you know what reject means?

Come on....when you get dropped for someone you're clearly better than you don't really have a choice.

REWB wrote:

The xcx wrote:I remember some arselol fan that created a thread about R.Madrid having a shit defence. Oh the irony . Man City and Swancelona

who's your 3rd choice LB and who's your 3rd choice RB? tell me?

We'd simply play 3 centre backs and 2 makeshift wingbacks.

Assuming....Marcelo,Corentrao,Arbealoa,Lass, and Altintop are all out.

You are aware Arsenal have never had thier first choice defence at any time this season or even 2nd choice the majority of the time .......

But thier first choice defence is very good......

I'd like to see Madrid deal with the equivalent of Verm, Gibbs, Santos, Sagna, Merte, Djourou all out for weeks at a time......

They have been forced to play midfielders at fullback ffs.

Mole is a closet Arsenal fan :mental:

Le Samourai wrote:

REWB wrote:

The xcx wrote:I remember some arselol fan that created a thread about R.Madrid having a shit defence. Oh the irony . Man City and Swancelona

who's your 3rd choice LB and who's your 3rd choice RB? tell me?

We'd simply play 3 centre backs and 2 makeshift wingbacks.

Assuming....Marcelo,Corentrao,Arbealoa,Lass, and Altintop are all out.

Marcelo (Santos), Coentrao (Gibbs), Arbeloa (Sagna), Lass (Coquelin) and Ramos out (Vermaelen).

Who the hell are you going to play?

3 - Per Mertesacker has made more last-man saving tackles than any other Premier League player this season. Brinkmanship.

If it's a back 3

Pepe.....Varane Carvalho.

If it's a back 4

Altintop/Albitroll/Callejon............Pepe.......Varane..........Altintop/Albitroll/Callejon

Maybe even Carjaval or Nacho or knowing Mou Pedro Mendes.

But If Ramos was out we'd concede about double.

we have many choices if our whole backline were injured(as well as our Defenders on the bench)..... Callejon, Altinwhat, DiMaria, Lass could play in defence and we have Juanfran and Nacho in our B-team that Mou loves..... we wouldnt have a problem... not in the slightest

We have already played a makeshift defence this season on more than one occasion actually, albeit Varane and Albitroll have been fit

Does anyone have the full list for this?

I think it would be quite interesting to see where the rest of the league in terms of chance conversion rate.

Liverpool explains why they have so many draws.

anyone have a tally of goal line clearances for this season?

I'll try and get these up later tonight. Heading to work in a bit so can't do it now.

And that LFC chance conversion stat is right. We are dead last.

Here you go Mole.

Thanks ever so much Pool, i do find it interesting that Bolton and Blackburn are so high, yet so low in the actual table.

Goals conceede: Balckburn: 54, Bolton : 49

Question answered?

They just make the most of the few chances they have.

City trahed Man united 6-1 ( ? ) and bagget something like 5 or 4 goals to Spurs

If those score wasn't so big , man u will have been ahead of them


Big shoot out to Ferguson , doing so well while having some garbage players. even rooney has been so inconsistent.

Bénin wrote:City trahed Man united 6-1 ( ? ) and bagget something like 5 or 4 goals to Spurs

If those score wasn't so big , man u will have been ahead of them


Big shoot out to Ferguson , doing so well while having some garbage players. even rooney has been so inconsistent.

City and United are basically similar in terms of chance conversion. When you say United would have been ahead, which stat are you talking about?

25 Games into the season :

Goals Scored:

01 - Manchester City - 64 Goals - 2.56 Goals/Game
02 - Manchester United - 61 Goals - 2.44 Goals/Game
03 - Tottenham - 49 Goals - 1.96 Goals/Game
04 - Arsenal - 48 Goals - 1.92 Goals/Game
05 - Chelsea - 44 Goals - 1.76 Goals/Game

Total Shots:

01 - Chelsea - 353
02 - Liverpool - 338
03 - Manchester City - 337
04 - Tottenham - 335
05 - Arsenal - 313

Shooting Accuracy:

01 - Manchester United - 52.48%
02 - Bolton - 52.11%
03 - Arsenal - 49.84%
04 - Tottenham - 48.36%
05 - Manchester City - 47.48%

Total Passes:

01 - Manchester City - 13800
02 - Arsenal - 13454
03 - Swansea - 13321
04 - Tottenham - 12878
05 - Chelsea - 12760

Passing Accuracy:

01 - Manchester City - 85.64%
02 - Chelsea - 85.41%
03 - Swansea - 85.25%
04 - Tottenham - 85.04%
05 - Arsenal - 84.67%

Total Chances Created:

01 - Tottenham - 358
02 - Manchester City - 356
03 - Arsenal - 342
04 - Chelsea - 333
05 - Liverpool - 325

Best Chance Conversion:

01 - Manchester United- 20%
02 - Manchester City - 19%
03 - Blackburn - 17%
04 - Tottenham - 15%
05 - Arsenal - 15%

Worst Chance Conversion:

01 - Liverpool - 9%
02 - Everton - 10%
03 - Wigan - 10%
04 - Fulham - 11%
05 - WBA - 11%

Most Defensive Errors:

01 - Arsenal - 23
02 - Stoke - 14
03 - Bolton - 13
04 - Chelsea - 13
05 - Liverpool - 11

Least Goals Conceded per Game:

01 - Manchester City - 0.76
02 - Liverpool - 0.92
03 - Manchester United - 1
04 - Tottenham - 1
05 - Sunderland - 1.04

Most Goals Conceded per Game:

01 - Blackburn - 2.24
02 - Bolton - 2.04
03 - Wigan - 2
04 - Wolves - 1.96
05 - QPR - 1.76

Clear Cut Chances:

01 - Manchester City - 71
02 - Manchester United - 66
03 - Arsenal - 65
04 - Tottenham - 63
05 - Liverpool - 58


Note: These are just stats for the EPL.