OPTA Stats of the Day (Yaya)

[The Fat el Hombre]

498 - Yaya Touré has made the most successful passes in the Premier League this season.

What a player

Also:

103 - Kevin Davies has misplaced more passes than any other outfield player in the PL this season.

Shite

and...

25 - Adel Taarabt has had more shots on goal without scoring than any other player in the PL this season

Bobbins. Crazy how Taraabt looked like such a talented prospect in the championship but is a complete no-hoper in the prem. Just goes to show the gulf in class. The guy was touting himself for a move to a top club before the season started! Clearly a billy big bollocks

 

[skillman]

498 - Yaya Touré has made the most successful passes in the Premier League this season.

What a player

Love him. You'll get people saying they're all sideways etc. but every team has that kind of player so the fact he's done more shows how comfortable the rest of the team are with him having the ball. Plus watch vs Blackburn, he was spraying the long balls 30,40 yards and they were going to feet every time. In fact, it was him who pinged the ball to Balotelli seconds before he hit the post.

Also, Taarabt has actually been playing quite well I thought, obviously not as well as in the Championship but still looks like a good prospect.

 

[MCFC1993]

Thought i'd throw up a couple more:

7 - Both Man Utd & Man City have opened the scoring in the most PL matches this season (seven times each).

6 - Both Liverpool and Man City have hit the woodwork the most in the Premier League this season (six times each).

4101 - Manchester City have attempted the highest number of passes & crosses & Stoke City the lowest (2243).

11.3 - Manchester City have picked up a card for every 11.3 fouls committed this season, more per card than any other side.

23 - Edin Dzeko has been caught offside more often than any other player in Euro 2012 Qualifying.

 

[mcfc2112]

498 - Yaya Touré has made the most successful passes in the Premier League this season.

Tippy-tappy nonesense!

Give it to bloody Gordon!

 

[Tevez City]

Best Centre Midfielder in the Premier League in my opinion.

 

[Plain Speaking]

Anyone got a good link to these OPTA stats?
Thanks
Surprised about the Dzeko offsides!

 

[baldmosher]

498 - Yaya Touré has made the most successful passes in the Premier League this season.

What a player

Love him. You'll get people saying they're all sideways etc. but every team has that kind of player so the fact he's done more shows how comfortable the rest of the team are with him having the ball. Plus watch vs Blackburn, he was spraying the long balls 30,40 yards and they were going to feet every time. In fact, it was him who pinged the ball to Balotelli seconds before he hit the post.

Yaya's doing precisely the job that Barry was apparently going to do for us, but Gaz ended up doing a different job entirely.

So we bought Yaya to do the job, and he also ended up doing a different job entirely, and it won us a cup.

Bobby >> Les

And now we've got Yaya AND Barry. The league shudders at their very names

 

[MCFC1993]

Anyone got a good link to these OPTA stats?
Thanks
Surprised about the Dzeko offsides!

http://twitter.com/#!/OptaJoe

 

[Heart.net]

Considering how many long passes yaya does, its a pretty good but he does also make a lot of short passes, often one two's.

 

[baldmosher]

Short passes all waste a bit of time and allow other players to move into position around the pitch. It's necessary for our tactics. Hence why we tend to struggle when put under a lot of high pressure, but you can't normally keep that up for 90 minutes, hence why we keep winning.