Thar is not how it looked from the stands (though both Bianchi and Mowatt did well) With Cook some of it is the way he just looks so comfortable on the ball. As regards stats I saw someone post on waccoe the stats for Austinm a player most fans think is a liability, his stats showed not only is he the best player at the club but right up there with the best in the league for both tackles and pass completion etc. One thing with stats is they only show part of the story -under Hock we had lots of possession. which looks good on paper but in reality it was mainly pointless possession with the ball being passed sideways and backwards along the back four. Someone like Batty always had 90% + completion rate, not just because he was a good player but because most of his were short easy balls, whereas McAllisters were nowhere near that because he tried difficult match winning passes. As the other poster said, in football the only stat that counts is the scoreline !
Be happy that we are really hopeful of Cook becoming a Leeds great and that his pressnce has led to Rich W giving Bianchi another chance and a re-assessment of him Dave ________________________________ From: Einar Solheim <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>; leedslist <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, 31 August 2014, 8:08 Subject: Re: [LU] Bolton Seeing and hearing all the love Cook is getting after the match, I found it a bit interesting comparing his stats with the other midfielders that completet the match - especially Bianchi. Cook had the lowest pass completed (73% vs Bianchi 88% and Mowatt 87%). He also had the fewest passes in the game, 40 vs. Bianchi 68. Bianchi had 2 crosses, cook 0. Cook succeeded in 4 of his 9 longballs - Bianchi 5 of 7. Cook did have 3 successfull dribbles - Bianchi 0, and we football fans surely love the dribblers. Well - Cook was playing a more defensive role, so perhaps he kicks Bianchis arse in that department. Well - NO. Bianchi had 4 interceptions to Cooks 2. Bianchi had 5 clearances (all considered «effective»), Cook 0. BIanchi even blocked 2 shots - Cook 0. Both had 4 tackles in the game. That said I don¨t doubt he had a great game. At least he must have looked very good doing the few things he did ;) On 30. aug. 2014, at 20:11, Richard Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > > Cook today sat in front of the back four which was highly effective. He > mopped up, started attacks, harried and got forward when he could. He enabled > some good, simple effective pass and move football between Mowatt, Bianchi, > Sloth and the 2 forwards in what for us was a great first half. Ok, we didn't > create that many clear chances and the goal itself was a cross come shot > which sneaked in but we were in control and we battled for every ball. We won > the 50:50s and had good possession. _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER _______________________________________________ Leedslist mailing list Info and options: http://mailman.greennet.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/leedslist To unsubscribe, email [email protected] John 'Grampa' Sykes Rest In Peace old lad 28th Oct 1938 - 12 Nov 2013 MARCHING ON TOGETHER
