First things first; I'm a big fan for whoscored.com, whilst no statistical analysis is ever going to be perfect they do have a big part to play and this site present the data well and they put a lot of thought into it.Their team of the week for the weekend is very interesting - HereLowton, Clark and Benteke all in there.No one will be suprised by Benteke, he was immense on saturday and is rightly being praised on here (it's worth having a look through the history of their team of the week, I think him and Van Persie are the most regular strikers).Clark is the interesting one. There's a lot of people on here who want him dropped for next week but what did he do wrong, other than get too tight to a very strong forward who outmuscled him. I totally understand that 1 mistake is 1 too many but the stats show that there is a very good defender in there if he can cut out those errors.
As I said on Twitter, Clark making their team of the week just shows how misleading stats can be. Anyone who actually watched the game will testify to how poor he was. Bossed by Anichebe all game.
Quote from: paul_e on February 04, 2013, 05:45:03 PMFirst things first; I'm a big fan for whoscored.com, whilst no statistical analysis is ever going to be perfect they do have a big part to play and this site present the data well and they put a lot of thought into it.Their team of the week for the weekend is very interesting - HereLowton, Clark and Benteke all in there.No one will be suprised by Benteke, he was immense on saturday and is rightly being praised on here (it's worth having a look through the history of their team of the week, I think him and Van Persie are the most regular strikers).Clark is the interesting one. There's a lot of people on here who want him dropped for next week but what did he do wrong, other than get too tight to a very strong forward who outmuscled him. I totally understand that 1 mistake is 1 too many but the stats show that there is a very good defender in there if he can cut out those errors.I don't understand what their score is based on. On the same site are the actual game stats:http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/615169/LiveStatistics/England-Premier-League-2012-2013-Everton-Aston-VillaIt shows that he had a lower pass accuracy than any Everton player, and of the Villa players, only Weimann and Sylla had a lower pass accuracy rate. So given that and the fact that he was completely out muscled for their goal, how on earth was he rated 4th best player on the pitch?
Quote from: Risso on February 04, 2013, 05:57:44 PMQuote from: paul_e on February 04, 2013, 05:45:03 PMFirst things first; I'm a big fan for whoscored.com, whilst no statistical analysis is ever going to be perfect they do have a big part to play and this site present the data well and they put a lot of thought into it.Their team of the week for the weekend is very interesting - HereLowton, Clark and Benteke all in there.No one will be suprised by Benteke, he was immense on saturday and is rightly being praised on here (it's worth having a look through the history of their team of the week, I think him and Van Persie are the most regular strikers).Clark is the interesting one. There's a lot of people on here who want him dropped for next week but what did he do wrong, other than get too tight to a very strong forward who outmuscled him. I totally understand that 1 mistake is 1 too many but the stats show that there is a very good defender in there if he can cut out those errors.I don't understand what their score is based on. On the same site are the actual game stats:http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/615169/LiveStatistics/England-Premier-League-2012-2013-Everton-Aston-VillaIt shows that he had a lower pass accuracy than any Everton player, and of the Villa players, only Weimann and Sylla had a lower pass accuracy rate. So given that and the fact that he was completely out muscled for their goal, how on earth was he rated 4th best player on the pitch? It must be to do with him having 7 more clearances and 3 more effective clearances than any other Villa player. He was also highest on shots blocked, tackles and offsides won, and only beaten by Lowton on interceptions. So it's basically down to the fact Everton dominated us for most of the match and he had so much to deal with.
The problem is that Clark doesn't feel his best position is in midfield
Quote from: neo_Villan on February 04, 2013, 09:16:19 PMThe problem is that Clark doesn't feel his best position is in midfield Are you sure?
Quote from: eamonn on February 05, 2013, 01:29:13 AMQuote from: neo_Villan on February 04, 2013, 09:16:19 PMThe problem is that Clark doesn't feel his best position is in midfield Are you sure?I went to a wedding last summer and was seated next to his agent - he suggested that if Lambert didn't play Clark at centre half like he wanted then he might consider going somewhere that he could.