I saw a stat from last season that was fairly startling. I have now forgotten exactly what it was (not helpful I realise!), but it was something along the lines of us only winning one game where we had more possession than the opposition. From memory it was something like 1 from 15.
Maybe no surprise therefore that we had more possession than Sheffield Utd yesterday.
The strange thing is that Roy seems to value ball retention very highly. This is at the expense of risk-taking. It's why we don't cross the ball much - he prefers players to recycle possession across the edge of the box rather than tossing it in there and risking giving the ball away. Surely though we shouldn't fear giving the ball away, because the evidence is that we're more effective when we don't have it much.
On the plus side we won't see a lot of the ball in the next couple of away games. Hopefully we will seem some more positive performances as a result!
Maybe no surprise therefore that we had more possession than Sheffield Utd yesterday.
The strange thing is that Roy seems to value ball retention very highly. This is at the expense of risk-taking. It's why we don't cross the ball much - he prefers players to recycle possession across the edge of the box rather than tossing it in there and risking giving the ball away. Surely though we shouldn't fear giving the ball away, because the evidence is that we're more effective when we don't have it much.
On the plus side we won't see a lot of the ball in the next couple of away games. Hopefully we will seem some more positive performances as a result!
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