Quote Originally Posted by Steve the Tea View Post
Don't you just love opinion being spoken as fact. Actually according to the statistics on Who Scored, this season City's passing accuracy is as follows:

Pack 83.1%
Bennett 80%
Wilson 77.6%
Bacuna 77.4%
Osei-Tutu 74.4%
Ralls 73.4%
Ojo 71%
Cunningham 70.5%
Hoilett 69.7%
Vaulks 69%
Nelson 68%
Glatzel 68.4%
Bagan 67.9%
Tomlin 67.8%
Morrison 64%
Murphy 57.7%
Smithies 51.7%
Moore 40.7%
Bamba 33.3%

StT.
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Quote Originally Posted by Rock_Flock_of_Five View Post
Ah stats, eh!

So judging by those stats, Kiefer Moore is a terrible passer of the ball, right? Kiefer Moore receives the ball, more often than not, in the final third of the pitch, with a man marking him tight (sometimes two players!). The role Moore plays inevitably sees him tightly marked and thus making it more difficult for him to off-load the ball to a team-mate.

Ralls, on the other hand, is going to find himself in a bit more space roaming midfield when he has possession. I would also suggest those stats of Ralls are 'padded' somewhat by short, sideways, backwards passes.

We have a midfield that struggles to keep possession. There is a reason for that.
That's the point

The stats to point out that the defence has a poor passing accuracy but there is a reason for that...

Like I said I think our problems are further up the field than the defence and I think it's unfair to constantly blame them, as Harris seems to do, when ball retention and creating chances is generally a midfield problem.