Len Rum said:
OB1 said:
Why do people make comments like this?
MD attempted 72 forward passes and completed 64 of them. Please explain to me how that remotely equates to passing to the opposition more often than not?
He made 9 square passes and just 2 backwards.
Opinions are one thing but facts are another and its not hard to check such facts.
Fair play I did make a misleading comment.
Based on your stats of his 72 forward passes then about 10% went straight back to the opposition! ( one of which Elmander should have scored from) , that's a high percentage especially if you consider many of the 72 passes must have been fairly routine ( again no hard evidence, just from watching the game). Better teams will punish us if the 10% rate were to continue
He did make a couple of bad mistakes with his passes.
But nevertheless his ability to run with the ball out of defence and pick a through pass into midfield promised much. Many defenders can't do that. Kompany does it, and Nasty to an extent. Demichelis can play in midfield and you could see that technique in the game yesterday.
You are right he made some mistakes, but I like players who are prepared to take on some responsibility and make things happen.