Dan Barlaser
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TheYorkshireTerrier
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The modern day Jacob Butterfield.
Had high hopes but can’t see it working out for him here.
Hope he proves me wrong.
Had high hopes but can’t see it working out for him here.
Hope he proves me wrong.
parmoboy
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It could also be a lack of confidence. I remember at one point during the first half he turned with the ball and had acres of space around him, then turned back and played the ball back to a defender.
The fans let out a collective sigh but it was really frustrating to see a midfielder having that amount of space in front of him and going backwards.
Wolfgang_Nutsnbolts
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I reckon there is a player in there.
Surely at this level there's no better footballer for him to learn directly from than Michael Carrick.
I was slow to warm to Robbie Mustoe back in the day, but under the guidance of Bryan Robson he became my all time favourite player!
Surely at this level there's no better footballer for him to learn directly from than Michael Carrick.
I was slow to warm to Robbie Mustoe back in the day, but under the guidance of Bryan Robson he became my all time favourite player!
Quicksilvera
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The OP did but he’s wrong on the regular and displays moments of pure hatred for our players.
Glover_elbow
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Makes adam forshaw look combative
There seems to be a lot
Well put. In a nutshell, he has attributes that could be developed, and faults which could (hopefully) be ironed out.
His marking on corner was dreadful
I just see a poor Gary O'Neil. And he was poor. The Summer window was awful.
Diego
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Sums him up perfectly. Thankfully we got him out of the door very quickly. Hopefully the same with Barlaser if this continues
Most of our best play this season has been through Barlaser setting up attacking play. Someone posted his season stats the other day (for assists and general passing play). He was second on assists (to Crooks I think) and above every other player by other metrics except goals scored.
Where we have generally struggled (as a team) is in defence... particularly at setpieces. Unfortunately, we also struggled offensively as well against Hull. The main reason we lost was failure to convert our better play into goals.
To be fair to Carrick and the team, our injury list is pretty much a full blown crisis. It's no surprise that certain players look tired as we are unable to rotate at the moment. We have not far off a full first team out of action. That is inevitably going to hurt our performance.
Where we have generally struggled (as a team) is in defence... particularly at setpieces. Unfortunately, we also struggled offensively as well against Hull. The main reason we lost was failure to convert our better play into goals.
To be fair to Carrick and the team, our injury list is pretty much a full blown crisis. It's no surprise that certain players look tired as we are unable to rotate at the moment. We have not far off a full first team out of action. That is inevitably going to hurt our performance.
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MickaelDebevePhenomenal
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not debating that, but if we are apportioning blame, Engel should never have stepped out creating the space for them to attack and gain the corner on the first place, dont see him getting pelters.
Didnt we trade him (Butterfield) in for Adam Clayton?
Barlaser's passing stats are much better than Howson's but slightly behind Hackney's. He has 2 assists, one from a corner and one from open play. Crooks has 5. Then we have a whole host of players on 2 assists including Forss and Silvera who have hardly played. So he is barely an assist machine.
Passing stats. Best just to consider the CMs in this as these vary widely by position. CBs usually have the best completion stats with more attacking players having the worst stats. It stands to reason that the further up the pitch you get, the more difficult it is to complete a pass.
Passes/90 mins
Barlaser - 77.4 (Completion Rate - 85.1%)
Hackney - 67.8 (Completion Rate - 87.1%)
Howson - 54.2 (Completion Rate - 81.4%)
So he has 10 passes/match more than Hackney but that doesn't tell you the whole story. Barlaser on average gains 12 passes/match from deadballs whereas Hackney only has 2passes/match from deadballs. So they both average 65 passes/match from open play with Hackney having the better completion rate.
Shooting Stats
Howson and Hackney both have 1 goal and Barlaser hasn't scored.
Hackney has had 16 shots (4 on target)
Howson has had 6 shots (1 on target)
Barlaser has had 3 shots (0 on target)
Now for balance let's put the Defensive Stats up. And this is where Barlaser really struggle
Tackles
Hackney - 28
Howson - 18
Barlaser - 8
Blocks
Hackney - 26
Howson - 13
Barlaser - 2
Interceptions
Hackney - 6
Barlaser - 9
Howson - 12
Obviously stats only tell you part of the picture and I'm posting mainly just to put the facts up.
Diego
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Great business
Another thing I noticed when looking at the passing stats is how good McGrees are in comparison to the others playing in the 3 behind the striker. I think this highlights what a big miss he is in the team.
Passes/90 Mins
McGree - 47.3 (Completion Rate - 79.6%)
Crooks - 30.3 (Completion Rate - 80.1%)
Rogers - 27.6 (Completion Rate - 75.6%)
Silvera - 24.6 (Completion Rate - 70.5%)
Greenwood - 20.7 (Completion Rate - 72.9%)
Jones - 29.5 (Completion Rate - 74.6%)
Passes/90 Mins
McGree - 47.3 (Completion Rate - 79.6%)
Crooks - 30.3 (Completion Rate - 80.1%)
Rogers - 27.6 (Completion Rate - 75.6%)
Silvera - 24.6 (Completion Rate - 70.5%)
Greenwood - 20.7 (Completion Rate - 72.9%)
Jones - 29.5 (Completion Rate - 74.6%)
Source is FBREF.
FBREF is filtered for championship stats only. So if stats included league cup games, that may alter them.
Corcaigh_the_Cat
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Who were Rav and Fry marking?
DonTheKing
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I don't think he's as bad as people make out, engel is alot worse than people make out though that man is not a footballer.