2 absolute corking articles ( works of fiction) from Mr Iles.
www.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/11220993.Dougie_makes_a_case_for_the_defence_after_signing_Dorian_Dervite/?ref=mrwww.theboltonnews.co.uk/sport/11220989.Andy_Lonergan_could_get_a_new_deal_but_it_won_t_come_easy__says_Dougie_Freedman/?ref=mri 've labelled it up as "virtual sticky" because i simply can't see this passing style taking off. so when we are launching it up next season we can come back to this thread & see what our good leader said his intentions are/were.
Ream is good on the ball but that was hardly something DF coached him to do. just love the way Iles talks up Dervite as "
The Frenchman, comfortable in possession". then further down the very same article, states his
pass accuracy stats as 62.5%. a mere 2% better than Knight. and a full 10% worse than Wheater & i wouldn't say DW is any more than OK on the ball for basic passes.
the excuse for Dervites bad passing stats..is claimed to be "
– but not dissimilar to Dervite’s at Charlton (62.5), albeit in a side who kept much less possession."so never mind partial porkies now and spin machine, we're just going for full out lies now . Marc iles. or marc lies ??
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R Team SpG Discipline Possession% Pass Success% AW Rating
1 Queens Park Rangers 14.2 624
56.5 79.8 19.1 6.86
2 Brighton 13.7 752 55.3 79.2 17.2 6.89
3 Derby 15.1 722 55.2 79.6 20.5 6.94
4 Leicester 17.2 522 54.2 77.7 20.6 6.98
5 Bournemouth 15.1 664 53.4 76.5 20.2 6.83
6 Nottingham Forest 14 894 53.1 76.3 20.4 6.79
7 Wigan 14.8 752 52.6 74.3 18.9 6.86
8 Huddersfield 14.1 714 50.7 74.9 17.2 6.72
9 Doncaster 10.8 703 50.3 73.4 18.8 6.73
10 Ipswich 13.1 551 49.4 68 24 6.78
11 Blackburn 15.1 754 49.2 74.4 22.7 6.88
12 Watford 13.9 1006 49.2 77.3 17.3 6.81
13 Burnley 13.8 492 49 70.4 21.6 6.93
14 Leeds 13 702 48.9 72.4 27.7 6.85
15 Sheffield Wednesday 13.9 915 48.9 70.3 21.9 6.79
16 Middlesbrough 14 779 48.7 74.8 17.5 6.8
17 Reading 12.6 726 48.6 70.3 23.3 6.82
18 Barnsley 13 666 48 72.8 20.1 6.72
19 Blackpool 12 8010 47.9 70.7 22 6.69
20 Millwall 13 866 46.9 68.3 24 6.69
21 Bolton 14.2 702
46.8 71.9 19.9 6.82
22 Charlton 11.3 584
46.8 69.1 21.1 6.69
23 Birmingham 12.1 822 46 69.5 20.7 6.83
24 Yeovil 13.1 834 44.5 67.1 20 6.76
sorry about the table..doesn't copy well, but possess'n is that 3rd figure stated..which i've bolded for 1 or 2 teams..as you can see we're 21st in the ranking ( which i've mentioned before as a shocking stat ) and Charlton are 22nd with EXACTLY the same average possession as us.
i love this line too. ( see below) makes no sense whatsoever. i'm no slave to 4/4/2..so not fussed aobut that aspect, which will bother some. but how exactly did wigan pass well in PL..MOVING TO A BACK 5. BARCA pass well with 4/3/3. MAN CITY PASS WELL WITH 4/4/2 ... why does it mean 4/2/3/1. if that led to good passing from back ,we'd have seen it under his reign already ?? just typical DF & Iles flannel..they know more about the game type patronising crap.
"But in the main, Freedman’s mantra of “controlling games” looks like it will be achieved by controlling possession at the back. And much as Wanderers fans may not want to hear it – that means the formation of choice will continue to be 4-2-3-1."
then there's this :
"Over the last couple of months we witnessed signs in several games that the Whites boss was instructing his back five to build more carefully and deliberately from their own half. Adam Bogdan’s use of the ball has been one of the most visible changes, with the keeper much less likely to punt long into the opposition half than he had in the past."
total rubbish again. the only passing we ever do ,..is pass it around at the back slowly and when under no pressure..... & THEN..someones launches it..probably up to JB who is useless at retaining the ball. again more joined -up thinking from DF. the Brum game was typical of that. obviously worked better with Juke who held it up well. notice how they never ever back up a point with any stats, to at least semi-prove these changes. you can't 'cos it didn't exist.
over to the Lonergan article now :
“I’m comfortable saying that because I think his game has come on. I think the way I want to play eventually – as you have seen the last four or five weeks – from the back, Andy Lonergan definitely has the capability to do that.”
file that one under ,..if you repeat yourself, enough times..some suckers..might start to beleive it, and i'm sure the typical clueless 14 yr spotty facebookers will lap it up. don't know what to read into the article...surely not thinking of making Lonergan the number 1, or are they spinning it that because Bogdans passing stats are literally the worst in the entire lge, so if Bogdan walks, we'll spin it as a positive that, Df wanted it all along and Lonergan is a better passer anyway. !?
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