Stato
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- Dec 21, 2011
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I wondered how all of the media talk of us missing Dan Burn stacks up. It feels like we are missing his cover when we are hit on the break, but since he has been gone, we have also variously been missing Dunk & Webster. I did a bit of analysis last night.
Its hard to pin down Potter's formations as they change so much during games, but looking at starting formations of centre backs, he has begun with 12 different line ups in EPL games this season.
Here they are in order of points won per game, with the number of games, followed by the total points & then points per game.
Dunk, Webster & Veltman;1 - 3 - 3
Dunk, Duffy & Webster; 3 - 6 - 2
Burn & Webster; 5 - 9 - 1.8
Dunk & Duffy; 6 - 8 - 1.33
Burn, Veltman & Cucurella; 1 - 1 - 1
Dunk, Duffy & Burn; 5 - 4 - 0.8
Dunk & Webster; 3 - 2 - 0.666666667
Dunk, Burn & Veltman; 1 - 0 - 0
Burn & Veltman; 1 - 0 - 0
Duffy & Veltman; 1 - 0 - 0
Dunk, Veltman & Cucurella; 1 - 0 - 0
Dunk & Veltman 1 - 0 - 0
Of course this is a narrow analysis that doesn't take into account the midfield, goalkeeper, or full backs/wing backs that partnered them. It also doesn't go into the difficulty of the opposition, nor the form of the rest of the team at the time of the game. It's just a snapshot of one aspect of an admittedly much more complicated picture. However, what it does show is that Webster & both Dunk play in three of our four most effective partnerships in terms of points gained, Duffy plays in two of them and Burn and Veltman one. With Dan Burn starting at CB in any formation we averaged 1.11 points per game. With Duffy 1.2, with Webster 1.64, with Dunk 1.04, with Veltman 0.57 & with Cucu 0.5.
Burn's impressive run of eight games covering for Dunk in December & January garnered an impressive 1.375 points per game. However, in the five of those that Adam Webster played alongside him, this rose to 1.8 ppg. Webster's ppg return in game he started without Burn is actually 1.55, an improvement on what they achieved together.
The good news is that on this stat, the most effective performer at CB is still at the club. The challenge, considering that he has started only 48% of our league games this season, is getting him and keeping him fit.
Its hard to pin down Potter's formations as they change so much during games, but looking at starting formations of centre backs, he has begun with 12 different line ups in EPL games this season.
Here they are in order of points won per game, with the number of games, followed by the total points & then points per game.
Dunk, Webster & Veltman;1 - 3 - 3
Dunk, Duffy & Webster; 3 - 6 - 2
Burn & Webster; 5 - 9 - 1.8
Dunk & Duffy; 6 - 8 - 1.33
Burn, Veltman & Cucurella; 1 - 1 - 1
Dunk, Duffy & Burn; 5 - 4 - 0.8
Dunk & Webster; 3 - 2 - 0.666666667
Dunk, Burn & Veltman; 1 - 0 - 0
Burn & Veltman; 1 - 0 - 0
Duffy & Veltman; 1 - 0 - 0
Dunk, Veltman & Cucurella; 1 - 0 - 0
Dunk & Veltman 1 - 0 - 0
Of course this is a narrow analysis that doesn't take into account the midfield, goalkeeper, or full backs/wing backs that partnered them. It also doesn't go into the difficulty of the opposition, nor the form of the rest of the team at the time of the game. It's just a snapshot of one aspect of an admittedly much more complicated picture. However, what it does show is that Webster & both Dunk play in three of our four most effective partnerships in terms of points gained, Duffy plays in two of them and Burn and Veltman one. With Dan Burn starting at CB in any formation we averaged 1.11 points per game. With Duffy 1.2, with Webster 1.64, with Dunk 1.04, with Veltman 0.57 & with Cucu 0.5.
Burn's impressive run of eight games covering for Dunk in December & January garnered an impressive 1.375 points per game. However, in the five of those that Adam Webster played alongside him, this rose to 1.8 ppg. Webster's ppg return in game he started without Burn is actually 1.55, an improvement on what they achieved together.
The good news is that on this stat, the most effective performer at CB is still at the club. The challenge, considering that he has started only 48% of our league games this season, is getting him and keeping him fit.
