Ball Circulation

[Yankee_Jack]

CIES Football Observatory (FIFA funded football think-tank) has studied the metric “ball circulation” in the top 40 leagues worldwide.

We are:

• 3rd best of the teams in the English pyramid behind Manchester City and Liverpool, and
• 4th best of the teams in the UK, Celtic is now included and is #1 and #1 worldwide !!!
• 18th best worldwide

The analysis is based on InStat data on the number of passes attempted per match and their average length for teams from 40 leagues worldwide. The multiplication of these two variables shows the ball circulation distance for teams during possession.

On average: we pass the ball 10.9 Km per match, 17.6 meters per pass, on 620 passes.
full report here:Weekly Post 358

 

[Behindthegoal]

Interesting. I think we kind of knew that, though.
But, like the Battle of the Somme, we could do with a measure of metres gained.

 

[Yankee_Jack]

We’d be better off as a whole, and Piroe and Cullen in particular, if we routed some of that circulation as crosses into the oppponent’s box

 

[ivoralljack]

Balls played into the box to bodies in the box usually gets results. How you get there differs from team to team. We have the possession sorted, we now need to make better use of that and pressure opponents where it most hurts - in their own box.

 

[Behindthegoal]

Agreed, Yankee and Ivor. But at present we wait until all the opps are also in the box before trying.

 

[Yankee_Jack]

Agreed, Yankee and Ivor. But at present we wait until all the opps are also in the box before trying.

Isn't that the dumbest thing. Watching EPL matches the last few weeks - City and 'Pool in particular - neither club has the tallest forwards on the field yet they cross the ball at the earliest opportunity - different angles, different heights, different pace, but the ball gets into the box and invariably something positive results. The critical thing is that defenders are turned sideways at the very least and keepers are forced to stay home and rooted or come out and try to collect. It creates pressure, stress and fatigue on defenders ... and opportunity. Any time you can get a defender turned is a good time.

 

[KVetch]

Incredble stats I hope this means we are under performing. We can make more runs into the corners and box, take more outside shots in addition to crosses. It doesn't seem like they play with the score in mind. Sitting back when the score is level.

 

[CroJack]

Isn't that the dumbest thing. Watching EPL matches the last few weeks - City and 'Pool in particular - neither club has the tallest forwards on the field yet they cross the ball at the earliest opportunity - different angles, different heights, different pace, but the ball gets into the box and invariably something positive results. The critical thing is that defenders are turned sideways at the very least and keepers are forced to stay home and rooted or come out and try to collect. It creates pressure, stress and fatigue on defenders ... and opportunity. Any time you can get a defender turned is a good time.

Derby v Swansea

The same old spiel he used to spout when at MK Dons, always on about how much possession his football produces, he seems to think possession in the opposition half is the be all and end all of football. His footballing style reaches a point where the opposition allow you to play about with the...

swanselonafc.com

"What we have to do is to shoot when we aren't in good shooting positions in order to create chaos in the opposition box, and then attack the rebounds. A deflected shot could lead to a goal as well. And we should put more crosses in. There is a psychological effect here - you want your opponents to feel the pressure, and they feel the pressure much more when you shoot and cross, then when you pass the ball around their box. And when your opponents are under pressure then they are error prone."