De Bruyne?

Ed68 said:
I hope we do get someone who can play a decent ball in. As well as Joey B did a few years back ;-)

What I said is correct though - percentage wise looking at individual teams and/or leagues.
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Yeah fair enough, but so often the first goal is a corner or a ball delivered in, that it has a much bigger effect than the percentage suggests. If we start scoring from corners & other set pieces again, we will win more games because of it, as it is often that which breaks down a stubborn defence. If there was a way of calculating that as a percentage, imo it would be very high indeed.

I really hope we get DeBruyne, partially for that reason. Otherwise, we may have to watch another season of 'those' corners ;)
 
Irritation of work got in the work today - F5'ing on BM during a client powerpoint presentation not recommended - any movement at all? or do we think we waiting for the ink to dry on the Dzeko-follows-Jovetic-to-Italy deals
 
DiscoSteve said:
Irritation of work got in the work today - F5'ing on BM during a client powerpoint presentation not recommended - any movement at all? or do we think we waiting for the ink to dry on the Dzeko-follows-Jovetic-to-Italy deals
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No news but fee agreed for Edin with roma so hopefully some news soon
 
Ed68 said:
I hope we do get someone who can play a decent ball in. As well as Joey B did a few years back ;-)

What I said is correct though - percentage wise looking at individual teams and/or leagues.
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I actually recall reading the stat that we're one of the most successful teams, if not the most successful, from corners in recent seasons.

I read in a stats book (name escapes me, sorry, it has an orange cover) that corners are statistically way way less likely to lead to a goal than open play, but there's a misconception so every club fan base thinks their team is shit at corners.
 
ojeme said:
Who scored the opener with a cracking shot in our last 2013/14 season match when we needed a win to guarantee a place as league winners when the Big Sam assured all that he'd try to derail our title hopes for Stevie G's sake and made good his word by lining up a hard-to-crack 3 man central defence and almost achieved his goal until Nasri broke the ice. While Samir is not the perfect player, his quality is very much okay for a city squad player. Navas is not city quality, guys.
I even recall when Silva was out injured for a protracted period in 2013/14, Samir stepped up and delivered absolutely. Let's be careful what we wish for.
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i dont understand the hate either,
 
Dobsy said:
I actually recall reading the stat that we're one of the most successful teams, if not the most successful, from corners in recent seasons.

I read in a stats book (name escapes me, sorry, it has an orange cover) that corners are statistically way way less likely to lead to a goal than open play, but there's a misconception so every club fan base thinks their team is shit at corners.
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How many did we score last season? I can only remember one, and that was pretty much in one of the closing games of the season.
 
Dobsy said:
I actually recall reading the stat that we're one of the most successful teams, if not the most successful, from corners in recent seasons.

I read in a stats book (name escapes me, sorry, it has an orange cover) that corners are statistically way way less likely to lead to a goal than open play, but there's a misconception so every club fan base thinks their team is shit at corners.
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There is no misconception....we really are shite. Compared to the rags when every single one, without fail, went in. Off some fuckers 'ead. Or knee. Or arse.
 
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