Georginio Wijnaldum

[McDermotX]

Bump from page 3. That won't do.

Excellent yesterday, great goal with probably one of the best celebrations of the season.

[memzey]

What you call six inches I call long range...

I’ve been telling the wife something similar for years...

[Charly]

What you call six inches I call long range...

[Norbs]

I think Origi has an amazing scoring % from outside the box... Among the best in Europe. Tomkins site had a whole article that talked sbout it a month ago or do.

Doesnt help our midfield though... although Harry Wilson certainly has it in his locker.

Yet it was one scored from 6" that was the most important

[Shaggy]

lol...

Was that a joke?

[Buzzo]

Frank Lampard scored 211 PL goals for Chelsea. 198 of those were deflections from 20 yard shots.

And the rest were pens

EDIT: I see the joke/fact has already been pointed out.

[Exiled_red]

Yeah, he scored 72 penalties.

... and about half of those took deflections too

[Robbie-9-Fowler]

lol...

Was that a joke?

Yeah, he scored 72 penalties.

[Charly]

Frank Lampard scored 211 PL goals for Chelsea. 198 of those were deflections from 20 yard shots.

lol...

Was that a joke?

[Charly]

I think Origi has an amazing scoring % from outside the box... Among the best in Europe. Tomkins site had a whole article that talked sbout it a month ago or do.

Doesnt help our midfield though... although Harry Wilson certainly has it in his locker.

[Kenneth]

Frank Lampard scored 211 PL goals for Chelsea. 198 of those were deflections from 20 yard shots.

[Exiled_red]

You don't want to be hitting shots from the edge of the box all the time, as the majority will just surrender possession. But having the option of someone who can hit a few in from 20+ yards changes the way teams defend as they have to negate that option as well as everything else. At the moment teams would probably feel us scoring a long range effort was a fluke. Whereas players like Gerrard and Coutinho could do it regularly and we just don't have that at the moment.

[baitman]

Shooting low percentage shots outside box should be a last resort, not a tactic. At least poor crosses can cause trouble if they don't find their intended target, but long range shots will just surrender possession the majority of times and allow opposition to waste time and regroup.

Agree.
If the attack play is more fluid then there can be an opening for a shot. Once the defence forms up into the bus formation it becomes difficult. When we had coutinho (as an example) moving from the left trying to make an opening and looking for a gap to shoot through it was a viable tactic.
If there isnt the gap opening up for a direct shot then a low drive across the box is an option. Even if the initial contact is from a defender one of our attackers can easily pick up the 2nd ball.
Its vital our two advanced midfielders are pressing the edge of the box to retain possession if a defender toe pokes it away, and one of our full backs then gets space to do a John Barnes (get round the back).

[RedReet]

Shooting low percentage shots outside box should be a last resort, not a tactic. At least poor crosses can cause trouble if they don't find their intended target, but long range shots will just surrender possession the majority of times and allow opposition to waste time and regroup.

[Rich]

He was unlucky at the weekend, lovely move, Gini on the edge of the area, good shot, just faded past the post.

He definitely should be getting a few more for us.