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From this table taken from Sky Sports Opta analysis shooting accuracy is clearly one of the problems that Arsenal have - but this has been known for a while. Get more shots on target and we score more goals - you can't argue with those numbers.
Our lack of a defensive midfielder with real tackling bite is also evident from the table below.
Fabregas is normally at the top of these two tables, however the little mystro who we have come to rely on has not quite hit top form yet. Also looks like that summer move for Alonso would have really been a good one - he is clearly making Liverpool tick.
| Team | Goals | Shots | On Target | Shot Accuracy | Succ Passes |
| Arsenal | 13 | 111 | 44 | 40% | 3086 |
| Aston Villa | 12 | 60 | 28 | 47% | 1636 |
| Blackburn | 8 | 63 | 27 | 43% | 1950 |
| Bolton | 8 | 71 | 31 | 44% | 1199 |
| Chelsea | 14 | 107 | 48 | 45% | 3261 |
| Everton | 11 | 73 | 27 | 37% | 1897 |
| Fulham | 5 | 62 | 20 | 32% | 1899 |
| Hull | 10 | 54 | 28 | 52% | 1408 |
| Liverpool | 10 | 94 | 33 | 35% | 2797 |
| Man City | 18 | 74 | 40 | 54% | 2457 |
| Man Utd | 8 | 72 | 33 | 46% | 2407 |
| Middlesbrough | 7 | 76 | 35 | 46% | 1666 |
| Newcastle | 7 | 53 | 22 | 42% | 2208 |
| Portsmouth | 9 | 80 | 37 | 46% | 1848 |
| Stoke | 8 | 45 | 15 | 33% | 1046 |
| Sunderland | 7 | 63 | 28 | 44% | 1805 |
| Tottenham | 4 | 74 | 28 | 38% | 2479 |
| West Brom | 7 | 72 | 32 | 44% | 2044 |
| West Ham | 14 | 85 | 35 | 41% | 2240 |
| Wigan | 9 | 85 | 28 | 33% | 1720 |
Our lack of a defensive midfielder with real tackling bite is also evident from the table below.
| Tacklers | Team | Tackles | Success rate |
| Behrami | West Ham | 36 | 67% |
| Butt | Newcastle | 34 | 59% |
| Petrov | Aston Villa | 33 | 67% |
| Malbranque | Sunderland | 31 | 81% |
| Muamba | Bolton | 30 | 83% |
Fabregas is normally at the top of these two tables, however the little mystro who we have come to rely on has not quite hit top form yet. Also looks like that summer move for Alonso would have really been a good one - he is clearly making Liverpool tick.
| Passers | Team | Passes | Accuracy |
| Xabi Alonso | Liverpool | 525 | 85% |
| Denilson | Arsenal | 497 | 85% |
| Lampard | Chelsea | 486 | 84% |
| Parker | West Ham | 443 | 87% |
| Fabregas | Arsenal | 417 | 83% |
| ASSISTS | Team | Assists |
| Arteta | Everton | 4 |
| Ashley Young | Aston Villa | 3 |
| Barry | Aston Villa | 3 |
| Denilson | Arsenal | 3 |
| Ireland | Manchester City | 3 |
| Keane | Liverpool | 3 |
2 comments:
Not paying the extra 2mil for Alonso is killing us now. It's clearly affected cesc negatively. Cesc doesn't have a midfielder he can rely on and the season appears to be slipping away as a result. If Wenger 'hates the thought of buying after a poor performance', maybe a string of poor league results will change his tune... whoops that's already happened.
We could bring in a few players to bolster our squad. Possibilities;
Defence: Zat Knight and Martin Laursen (Aston Villa), David Wheater and Emmanuel Pogatetz (Middlesbrough), Alex (Chelsea), Steve Finnan (Liverpool), Victor Zapata (Velez Sarsfield), Brede Hangeland (Fulham),Steven Taylor and Jonas Gutierrez (Newcastle)
Midfield: James Milner (Aston Villa), Charles N’Zogbia (Newcastle), Stephen Ireland and Michael Johnson (Manchester City), Nigel Reo-Coker (Aston Villa), Mark Noble (West Ham Utd.), Tom Huddlestone and Aaron Lennon (Tottenham), Xabi Alonso (Liverpool), Daniele De Rossi (Roma), George Boateng (Hull City)
Attack: Gabriel Agbonlahor (Aston Villa), Bafe Gomis (Saint-Etienne), Obafemi Martins (Newcastle Utd.), Hatem Ben Arfa (Marseille), Jermaine Defoe and Peter Crouch (Portsmouth), Adriano (Inter Milan), James McFadden (Birmingham City), Alex Pato (AC Milan), Rolando Bianchi (Torino), Mauro Zarate (Lazio)
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