Elano

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moomba said:
Robinho 90% (40 passes)
Ireland 86% (37)
Elano 82% (68)
SWP 80% (40)
Kompany 73% (60)

Can we end this silliness now.
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well accoring to some guy who listened to the game on the radio and some woman who works for the bbc, he made loads of bad passes.

quality performance, please do it against blackburn!
 
TheMightyQuinn said:
Immaculate Pasta said:
The way some of you go on about Elano it's like he has shagged your wife and pissed all over your kids.

The guy is a top top player, always has been always will be and the only reason some people think he has been shit is because you have been expecting him to perform like he did v Newcastle and M'Boro last year when no one knew him and when he was playing much further up.

If you had an ounce of footballing knowledge about the game you will see what he brings to the game and to the players around him and not highlight his 3 bad passes out of his 60 he made.

Makes me laugh The Oracle has joined in slagging him off. That lad would still vote for Richard Dunne to be the pilot to relocate us all to the moon even if the DunneyMoster had fucked up the plane.
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Fuck me, another post from FDM i agree with, I must be high!
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is that Father Dougal who arose from the dead and became The Immaculate Pasta on the third day after his resurrection?
 
moomba said:
Ntini77 said:
Whilst I agree Elano had a good game, those stats don't show the whole story.

Most of Elano's were just simple sideways passes whilst Superman's were all forward thinking and he was the player that ran the show IMO

I'm still wary of playing Ireland & Elano in the same side together away from home.
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He can't win can he, half the Elano detractors accuse him of only going for Hollywood passes, the other half accuse him of being a crab. They're all wrong.

Assist attempts - Ireland 6, Elano 5, SWP 4, Robinho 3, Kompany 0.
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Stop ruining peoples fantasies mate

Elano is the worst player ever to play for City and little things such as FACTS wont change peoples minds.
 
moomba said:
Ntini77 said:
Whilst I agree Elano had a good game, those stats don't show the whole story.

Most of Elano's were just simple sideways passes whilst Superman's were all forward thinking and he was the player that ran the show IMO

I'm still wary of playing Ireland & Elano in the same side together away from home.
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He can't win can he, half the Elano detractors accuse him of only going for Hollywood passes, the other half accuse him of being a crab. They're all wrong.

Assist attempts - Ireland 6, Elano 5, SWP 4, Robinho 3, Kompany 0.
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Yeah and what was the assist success % rate ?
 
Ntini77 said:
moomba said:
He can't win can he, half the Elano detractors accuse him of only going for Hollywood passes, the other half accuse him of being a crab. They're all wrong.

Assist attempts - Ireland 6, Elano 5, SWP 4, Robinho 3, Kompany 0.
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Yeah and what was the assist success % rate ?
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and the standard deviation from the mean? :)
 
I'll tell you what folks - I don't want Elano to leave City.

If he went up for sale he is one of the only players that we have who may actually attract interest from 1 of the current top 4 teams.

Like the rest of the tem he's sufferred a lack of confidence but today he was one of out best players.

Yes he fluffed 5 or 6 passes but that was when the game was dead and buried and in my mind in order to build a quality squad we need more players like him that would noy look out of place at teams like Liverpool and Chelsea.

Why campaign to get rid of him? It just dosen't make sense.
 
The Oracle said:
and the standard deviation from the mean? :)
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I have a stat for the standard deviation between your posts on Elano tonight and common sense.

I don't think Ric could afford the bandwidth, it's a big number.
 
Elano had his best game for City in ages. Let's have some consistency from club and player.
 
mr t said:
I'll tell you what folks - I don't want Elano to leave City.

If he went up for sale he is one of the only players that we have who may actually attract interest from 1 of the current top 4 teams.

Like the rest of the tem he's sufferred a lack of confidence but today he was one of out best players.

Yes he fluffed 5 or 6 passes but that was when the game was dead and buried and in my mind in order to build a quality squad we need more players like him that would noy look out of place at teams like Liverpool and Chelsea.

Why campaign to get rid of him? It just dosen't make sense.
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nobody's campaigning to get rid of him
I'm sure we're all, like Hughes, wanting him to get stuck in and do the business for us.
If Hughes bawls him out/drops him, I'm sure its just with the intention of getting him to acknowledge that he's not performing at the level he should be.
And I don't think its acceptable that he fluffed "5 or 6 passes but that was when the game was dead and buried "
Elano, and every City player, has to avoid getting into that mindset
 
moomba said:
The Oracle said:
and the standard deviation from the mean? :)
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I have a stat for the standard deviation between your posts on Elano tonight and common sense.

I don't think Ric could afford the bandwidth, it's a big number.
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from your definition of common sense??
I'll take that! :)
 
TheMightyQuinn said:
Stop ruining peoples fantasies mate

Elano is the worst player ever to play for City and little things such as FACTS wont change peoples minds.
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Fuckin' hell, you lot really do know how to lay it on thick...

...on his day, Elano is a top class player. But, those days have been few and far between since January 2008. You can throw me as many mindless stats about the last 12 months as you want, but the fact remains he's been incredibly inconsistent. Not to mention the fact that for most of last season he couldn't get past 65 minutes in a game.

Once more, he's fucking brilliant on his day, but he's got some serious flaws in that locker as well.

To be honest, today's performance changes nothing. Elano was a good squad player last week, and he will be next week. Other, better, players are going to join us in the coming year. He either gets on to the idea of the "project" and accepts that, or moves on in search of a more important role in someone else's first team.

After his performance, the most important thing is that him and Hughes have kissed and made up so we can get some harmony back in the dressing room.
 
Ntini77 said:
Erm that's half the truth, also depends on the how good the ball was.
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If it wasn't a legitimate chance it wouldnt be measured as an assist attempt. But what it proves anyway, whether the ball was good enough for you or not, is that he didn't just play sideways ball as you claimed.
 
The people who do the stats. You do understand the concept of an assist attempt don't you?
 
Ntini77 said:
moomba said:
The people who do the stats. You do understand the concept of an assist attempt don't you?
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Yeah I do, just think these 'stats' are a little suspect that's all.................
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Everyone does as soon as they disprove a few of their theories.
 
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