Patrick Kinmartin missed a week with his data roundup so here is the pre Man Utd round up.
COMBINATION FORMATION
With 13 games now registered, chemistry seems to be forming between
specific members of the team’s attacking nucleus. Below is the list of
the duos that have serviced each other the most in regards to creating
shots.
(For example, Gabriel Agbonlahor and Darren Bent have created 10 shots
together — Agbonlahor has provided the official assists for seven of
Bent’s shots while Bent has provided assists for three Agbonlahor
scoring opportunities.)
Shots Created
10 Agbonlahor-Bent
9 Agbonlahor-N’Zogbia
6 Bannan-Bent
5 Agbonlahor-Petrov
5 Heskey-N’Zogbia
4 Agbonlahor-Bannan
4 Agbonlahor-Warnock
4 Bannan-Petrov
4 Bent-N’Zogbia
4 Herd-Petrov
4 N’Zogbia-Petrov
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SAFE TO SHAY
Although there have already been several classic Shay Given moments in
goal this season, the trusty veteran has actually kept his uniform
fairly dry compared to other keepers in the league. Below is the full
list for how many “acrobat” saves (pushed wide, blocked, parried,
punched, tipped over or stopped with feet) have been made by each
starter so far this season.
Obviously success in this category can sometimes be bittersweet. Too
many of these types of athletic displays in the penalty box tend to
suggest that a back line is leaky or that the keeper’s positioning
sense is weak.
23 Ali Al Habsi, Wigan
20 Michael Vorm, Swansea
19 David De Gea, Manchester United
19 Brad Friedel, Tottenham
18 Joe Hart, Manchester City
17 Wayne Hennessey, Wolverhampton
15 Jussi Jaaskelainen, Bolton
14 Patrick Kenny, Queens Park
13 Ben Foster, West Brom
13 Shay Given, ASTON VILLA
12 Wojciech Szczesny, Arsenal
11 Asmir Begovic, Stoke City
11 Tim Krul, Newcastle
11 Pepe Reina, Liverpool
11 Paul Robinson, Blackburn
11 Mark Schwarzer, Fulham
10 Simon Mignolet, Sunderland
9 John Ruddy, Norwich
7 Tim Howard, Everton
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YOUNG IN APPEARANCE
Ashley Young will return to Villa Park this weekend carrying an
average of 34.2 ball possessions per match in the attacking half of
the field. More specifically, his average amount of possessions in the
penalty area is currently at 6.5.
Below is the match-by-match look at how Young’s ball possession totals
this season have fluctuated for Manchester United in the attacking
half (the totals for possessions in the penalty area are accompanied
in parenthesis).
43(9) @West Brom
36(10) vTottenham
39(8) vArsenal
18(2) @Bolton
36(6) vChelsea
21(6) @Stoke City
29(4) @Liverpool
43(4) vManchester City
43(10) vNewcastle
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And if my Aunt was my Uncle!
im not sure IAN mate if mr kinmartins data get us all EXCITED as villa fans LOL i mean im sure u work your ass off IAN MATE TO come up with this stuff but to be honest im not sure if it matters to most villa fans? — maybe im wrong an MAYBE IM A TWAT ? no as a matter of fact im sure im a twatttttttttttt BUT I STILL DONT LIKE MR kinmartins data mate he needs to get out for a walk i think bless him>>> utv
Just read that the leading midfield interceptor this season in the PL is , wait for it STAN PETROV
Get a life you pair
Try these for stats;
AM is the wrong man for the job 100%
They will score 100%
Villa bottom five by new year 100%
Crowd average will keep on dropping 100%
Lack of ambition by the board 100%
My money stays in my pocket until it changes 100%
LLTV
villamaddad you are 100% with that comment.
Not 110%?
Dave67
Hello mate
I am getting fed up with all the retoric around the place. Plain english is required here. You can fire out all the stats you want but facts are facts,
AM is seriously dragging us downwards and we need to let the board know we have had enough of him and them too.
LLTV
i totally agree with you stats mean nothing,everybody can see whats happening to the villa mcleish as his head up his ass, if we dont get him out soon we will be in trouble.we are playing crap no fight in us ,mcleish out thats plain english.villa fans here in ireland have enough.
the only thing i can see from these stats is how many involve bannan compared to how much time he has had on the field!
Benno
Dont fall for it mate. They are only as good as the info put in.
Bannan-
Times muscled off the ball?
Times missed a tackle?
Times out of position?
You can do this crap all day long it’s easy.
i think Kinmartin deos a decent job. Sifts through the stats and produces an informed look at a variety of different aspects of the game. By digging deeper he can reveal patterns that are not immediately obvious.
My favourite was his analysis, after that fact of the first seven games, which one paper were the easiest in the league, before a ball was kicked. However, factoring a measurement of form it proved to be about a mid table start, which is where we ended up.
To simply dismiss statistics as crap that can be manipulated is a lame argument. Sure they can be manipulated but used properly they can provide evidence for an opinion. That’s the point, an observation is little more than an opinion until there is proof. These stats from Kinmartin hardly provide proof as such but they do give a better indication than just some knob spouting biased crap.
I appreciate his efforts as I can’t be arsed to wade through all the opta et al stuff
Jon Law
My Mrs reckons you two must be in a relationship of some sort!
Utter tripe.
Anyone could give a rough guess of who is at the top, middle or bottom end after a few games.