His passing accuracy today was very poor for a central midfielder.
Anyone that thinks he can do a Modric type job for us is just buying into hype.
Judging a player based on one completely brick team performance.
Yes, i see how much sense that makes.
I've seen enough of him for Fulham for the last 2 seasons to know what he's like. He's not exactly come in from nowhere.
During the first half there were a raft or posters crying out for him to come on and how our possession would improve when he came on. Then when he does he ends up with the worst passing stats in the team outside of Defoe.
I've seen enough of him for Fulham for the last 2 seasons to know what he's like. He's not exactly come in from nowhere.
During the first half there were a raft or posters crying out for him to come on and how our possession would improve when he came on. Then when he does he ends up with the worst passing stats in the team outside of Defoe.
http://www.eplindex.com/18280/moussa-dembele-modric-replacement-stats-analysis.html
He had a better pass % than Modric last season.
He didn't make as many passes (though Fulham had a lot less possession than us), so he probably won't come looking for the ball as much as Luka did. But the stats show that he is clearly good at keeping possession when he does have it.
This kind of reminds me of when we lost Carrick and got Zokora in and hoped somehow he would not only replace what we lost but even upgrade on it.
So did Livermore and Parker.
Modric completes more passes than almost any player per game. He's always on the ball. He always will create something from nothing through a pass. Dembele played 4 accurate through ball passes all last season according to the stats.
Dembele is never gonna be that player for us. People should thinking he is a Modric replacement or he will get a rough time here.