I think the 39% might be something of a distortion because many of them are speculative rather than genuine attempts. More so than in previous seasons. Aguero in particular seems to be trying to get shots off from outside the box even when he's facing a mass of bodies. De Bruyne likes the long distance effort and then there's Kolarov. I also think we are perhaps overdoing the pull backs, which might not manifest itself in an increase in the stats for shots inside the 6 yard box because often they doesn't result in a shot on goal.
We do seem to be short of genuine attempts from just inside the area. We're definitely missing Gundogan's ability to arrive late in the penalty area in space.That might be why our away form is generally better than at home, why we've scored more away goals in the PL.
Lpool 61
Chelsea 59
Arse 56
Spuds 55
City 54
Only 5 goals behind the team 12 points ahead, we might be missing a lot of chances but to say we can't score any goals is a bit silly
He has an end product either in terms of shot or cross that is way better than what we had / have. Stoke was a bad game all round but that game excepted he has been outstanding. he's been flying ever since the Arsenal game.
When this season is over, I think we'll look back and see that we have bought in 3 outstanding players: Stones, Sane and Jesus. That will be comparable to the Cook days and it's going to set us up again.
Lpool 61
Chelsea 59
Arse 56
Spuds 55
City 54
Only 5 goals behind the team 12 points ahead, we might be missing a lot of chances but to say we can't score any goals is a bit silly
Carrying on in circles? It's my first post in this thread.
It's a mentality issue (Damo has explained it in more detail) more than anything technical. Normally there isn't much time to get the shot away and our players are tending to snatch at chances or in rare occasions overthink.
Silva being THE worst culprit. I swear to god there must be 50 people on Bluemoon who can stick the ball in the back of the net better than he can. Genius everywhere on the pitch apart from when in front of goal and then he turns to shite. I mean look at that "effort" yesterday, where yet again he failed to even hit the target. The goal he scored Middlesborough was very nearly a fuck up as he shanked his shot from 6 yards and nearly passed it to Guzan. He's ridiculously inept.