Manchester United (A) - Post Match.

[Daniel 7]

Remember the Hibs GBH one and his furious pointing at his calf as justification to the ref? Might have been his debut that one

[Buzzo]

Remember the Hibs GBH one and his furious pointing at his calf as justification to the ref? Might have been his debut that one

Yeah that was his debut.

He was absolute manna from heaven for the press up here wasn't he. Debut game as player manager away at Hibs gets sent off.

Here he is exiting the pitch along side his victim blood dripping from his knee.

[Big-Red-Ed]

Agreed Souness was such a brilliant player. Sometimes his reputation as a hard man has eclipsed that.

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[marcus50bucks]

Statistics on the Premier League's official website show that Klopp's men have played 1,417 long balls to 1,346 for Mourinho's this season. That equates to 3.38 more per game.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...ng-balls-than-manchester-united-a7529551.html

Interesting stat.

[fidget]

What about as a % of total passes?
That would be more relevant.

[RedReet]

Doubt that stat is accurate. That would give us an average of 67.5 long balls per game, which having looked at our last 10 games, we only came close to once against Stoke (4-1) when we had 68. the average over those 10 games is 51.7.

Even at that, there is a big difference between a long pass and a hoof up to a target man. Bar from the keeper, we'd rarely hoof it up, hoping to win teh knock down. united use this a tactic, whereas we'd be hoofing only to relieve pressure.

[shanks69]

http://www.skysports.com/football/news/12038/10732595/martin-tylers-stats-long-ball-stats-from-the-premier-league-and-peter-crouchs-goal-scoring-record?utm_source=Direct&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

Here's a different stat,it has the mancs has having the most long balls out of the top 6

[ChesterDave]

I don't know about anyone else but when I think 'long ball' I think the hoof over the top rather than a 35 yard pass along the floor.

[RedAndWhite]

I don't know about anyone else but when I think 'long ball' I think the hoof over the top rather than a 35 yard pass along the floor.

yep -switching wings can be classified as a long pass - but its a precision one with a purpose - not a launch it towards "The Tower of Power*" or The human mop and hope for the best.

[RedAndWhite]

****ing Sky - having a Utd wank fest about griezeman as they might be interested if he became available. So would half the teams in Europe.

[shanks69]

****ing Sky - having a Utd wank fest about griezeman as they might be interested if he became available. So would half the teams in Europe.

And China