Norwich (A) Post Match Thread

[pondus]

At home against the mighty Southampton where they won 6-1

Arsenal-Southampton

50%___possession___50%
23_____attempts_____11
9______on_target_____3
8_______Corners______3
567_attempted_passes_573
500_successful_passes_493

[little dave hedgehog]

i think arsenal are fairly direct rather than a possession team per se. they just emphasize speed and skill rather than agriculture.

[JohnDoe]

Arsenal are not a great passing team and they haven't been for years.

[jono]

Norwich City-Liverpool

33%___Possession___67%
16_____Attempts_____16
4______On_Target_____6
5_______Corners______5
320__Attempted passes_700
236_successful_passes__631


Sevilla-Barcelona

29%__possession___71%
8_____attempts_____15
3____On_target______7
2______Corners______7
264_Attempted_passes_659
193_successful_passes__579

Some stats, guess Seville is a bit better than Norwich, then again Barca is still slightly better than us

Liverpool passed more in one half of football then Norwich did in the whole game.

[Norbs]

Liverpool passed more in one half of football then Norwich did in the whole game.

That's probably because we had the ball

[Assassin]

Norwich City-Liverpool

33%___Possession___67%
16_____Attempts_____16
4______On_Target_____6
5_______Corners______5
320__Attempted passes_700
236_successful_passes__631

This is impressive and a joy to watch

[Neil Young]

Why has a two year old tried to colour in our possession graphic?

[danperkins]

Why has a two year old tried to colour in our possession graphic?

[baitman]

stats are useful, but its how you interpret them. for me, possession isnt a game winner. for all your possession there must be penetration and attempts on goal to make it count.
looking at the posted stats it shows that possession isnt a crucial factor in how many attempts it brings.

for all our possession [67%] we managed 16 attempts, the same as norwich, who only had 33% possession...

comparing stats with the barca/sevilla game.
barca had 71% possession with 15 attempts. sevilla manage only 8 attempts from 29% posession.

arsenal/southampton.
both had 50% possession.
arsenal had 23 attempts, southampton only 11.

[Shaggy]

deleted, wrong thread

[little dave hedgehog]

we use possession as a defensive tactic, although it's not quite working yet as we're conceding a fair bit. but it's a very important stat when the team is functioning properly because it's meant to keep clean sheets. which is definitely going to help you win games.

[yamiedo]

we use possession as a defensive tactic, although it's not quite working yet as we're conceding a fair bit. but it's a very important stat when the team is functioning properly because it's meant to keep clean sheets. which is definitely going to help you win games.

Swansea had a fantastic defensive record last season when you would have expected them to lose a lot of goals. I think once we have adjusted to this style we will be a solid unit.

We have Coates coming through who has been quite excellent of late. That will give competition to Agger and Skrtel (both guilty of lapses of concentration at times). It is still early. We will get the right balance.

[dom9]

we use possession as a defensive tactic, although it's not quite working yet as we're conceding a fair bit. but it's a very important stat when the team is functioning properly because it's meant to keep clean sheets. which is definitely going to help you win games.

At the rate we're conceding, the goal has to be 100% possession, no?

[Shaggy]

Swansea had a fantastic defensive record last season

Did they? I thought they conceded 51 goals?

[Bender]

Did they? I thought they conceded 51 goals?

compared to the season before they conceded 102 goals