Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
Just been to have a look at some stats. Four games at random - Villa and Wolves at the start and the end of the season.
Chipped (high) passes: 12.2% and 13% at the start of the season, 19.2% and 20.2% at the end of the season. This is mirrored by having nearly 23% of all passes at the end of the season made by the head, up from 12% from both games earlier in the season.
In both earlier games we were around 73% for balls played forward. In the fixtures at the end we were between 77%-79%. On both occasions our pass success rate was better in the earlier fixtures than the later ones.
But, according to Sludge and his perfect recall, we played exactly the same way.....