bobafro
Player Valuation: £8m
I don't like starting a thread about comments from Liverpool but I just wanted to share my opinion on this.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/oct/29/liverpool-steven-gerrard-everton-physical
So Everton don't try to play football and play like Stoke is the jist of it. I know Ferguson said similar things after we beat them in Goodison and it just came across as embarassing. This comment by Gerrard was so farcical it didn't even annoy me... was just funny.
Even if what he was saying was true, it makes sense for a team to play highballs against a tiny midfield... this is the equivalent of berating a team for playing balls in behind the defence to expose slower defender playing a high line. That said, he's talking codswallop...
Stats from Sky Sports:
From Sky Sports :
Everton - Liverpool
Possession 56.2% - 43.8%
Long Balls 168 - 158
Crosses 34 - 17
Passes 400 - 314
Pass Completion 78.5% - 76.8%
Fouls 17 - 19
Bit embarassing for the lad really.... more posession, out passed and out crossed, and less fouls.... not really seeing the Stoke comparison.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/oct/29/liverpool-steven-gerrard-everton-physical
So Everton don't try to play football and play like Stoke is the jist of it. I know Ferguson said similar things after we beat them in Goodison and it just came across as embarassing. This comment by Gerrard was so farcical it didn't even annoy me... was just funny.
Even if what he was saying was true, it makes sense for a team to play highballs against a tiny midfield... this is the equivalent of berating a team for playing balls in behind the defence to expose slower defender playing a high line. That said, he's talking codswallop...
Stats from Sky Sports:
From Sky Sports :
Everton - Liverpool
Possession 56.2% - 43.8%
Long Balls 168 - 158
Crosses 34 - 17
Passes 400 - 314
Pass Completion 78.5% - 76.8%
Fouls 17 - 19
Bit embarassing for the lad really.... more posession, out passed and out crossed, and less fouls.... not really seeing the Stoke comparison.