Tom Hark Preston Park
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Certainly seems to be the case that meaningless possession percentage in a non-threatening area of the pitch is somehow worthy of some brownie points. What GIVES? 
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[Albion] Do Albion Bonuses Get Paid Out On Possession Stats?
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Kalimantan Gull
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I think they do, yes. Next question?
Terry Butcher Tribute Act
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Yesterday was the worst game in quite some time for tedious, sideways and backwards passing for posession's sake
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Tom Hark Preston Park
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That Dicking-Around-At-The-Back thing has been here as long as Potter's been here. Not fooling anyone. Not helping us one one little bit. Fair play to the players tho, they're only following gormless benny orders
Tom Hark Preston Park
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Are there any fines for shooting?
I think they do, yes. Next question?
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The-Libertine
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Are there any fines for shooting?
I think that the players are told not to shoot from outside the box because the statistical probability of scoring is not high enough.
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Publius Ovidius
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Potter’s philosophy seems to be if the opposition do not get the ball, they can’t score….which is spot on and an excellent philosophy. BUT where it falls down is that with possession comes the requirement to play in the opposition half and converting a series of chances that your domination creates.
It’s very pretty passing along the back line and then into midfield and then back again, and it will work for a while against good teams, but fails against poorer sides that sit back and wait for the inevitable ****up that will come sooner than later.
It’s very pretty passing along the back line and then into midfield and then back again, and it will work for a while against good teams, but fails against poorer sides that sit back and wait for the inevitable ****up that will come sooner than later.
Tom Hark Preston Park
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It'll work pretty well against ANY side. It doesn't pose any kind of threat to them. It's just the Albion running the clock down in their own half. Stats might look really pretty, but it's really pretty dumb. Any kind of half-smart opposition manager will be perfickly happy for the Albion to do that dumb thing all day long. Then score on the break from an Albion corner
Not just the poorer sides though is it, they handed Man City 3 points on a silver platter.
When Potterball works it's glorious but those games are so few and far between.
When Potterball fails it's oh so predictable and those games are plentiful.
Dorset Seagull
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I think people are frustrated that our possession stats very rarely help us to win a game.
I don’t much care for home sides beating us when we dominate the ball. It’s almost like they know we are toothless and plan accordingly.
While that is understandable, what I fail to understand is why some people think having less possession, have the defenders make near impossible passes because "otherwise people might get impatient" and generally go back to some kind of medieval style of football would automatically produce better results.
TottonSeagull
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It’s actually a football forum for different opinions. They may disagree with you but doesn’t mean they don’t understand football. Maybe you struggle to understand a forum?
Doesn't the team have a better win percentage when the possession is lower?