Midfielders this season

Here are some of the stats for our midfielders this season from Whoscored. Gilmour makes pretty much twice as many passes as all our other midfielders, with higher accuracy. Also makes more tackles.

Rupp and Mclean pretty ineffective at both ends. Cantwell might as well not be on the pitch:

Mclean

Minutes Played: 1395
Passes per game: 35.1
Pass Completion: 76.1%
Key Passes: 0.3
Long Passes: 1.8
Bad Control: 1.3
Tackles: 1.6
Interceptions: 0.7
Clearances: 1.7
Goals: 0
Assists: 0

Gilmour

Minutes Played: 876
Passes per game: 59.6
Pass Completion: 85.2%
Key Passes: 1.5
Long Passes: 4.7
Bad Control: 1
Tackles: 2
Interceptions: 1
Clearances: 1.4
Goals: 0
Assists: 1

Normann

Minutes Played: 707
Passes per game: 33.8
Pass Completion: 68.1%
Key Passes: 0.7
Long Passes: 3.9
Bad Control: 1.4
Tackles: 1.6
Interceptions: 1.0
Clearances: 1.9
Goals: 1
Assists: 1

Rupp

Minutes Played: 475
Passes per game: 25.7
Pass Completion: 85.6%
Key Passes: 0.8
Long Passes: 0.6
Bad Control: 0.9
Tackles: 0.7
Interceptions: 0.8
Clearances: 0.6
Goals: 0
Assists: 0

Cantwell

Minutes Played: 441
Passes per game: 18.9
Pass Completion: 84.1%
Key Passes: 0.3
Long Passes: 0.6
Bad Control: 1.9
Tackles: 1.9
Interceptions: 0.4
Clearances: 0.3
Goals: 0
Assists: 0

Posted By: Mecagoenti on December 15th 2021 at 15:49:19

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Midfielders this season (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Dec 15, 15:49:19
- Normann's isnt anything to write home about based on those stats (n/m) (NCFC) - Azteca, Dec 15, 17:00:11
  - And there lies why stats aren't everything. (NCFC) - stanleh, Dec 15, 17:40:28
    - stats aren't everything, but they can sometimes offer a valid (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Dec 15, 18:07:06
      - Agree. But then Normann seems to control the midfield and play passes into Pukki (NCFC) - NorskyNormann, Dec 15, 19:01:16
- His passing is so sudden and usually back to the person who gave it to him (NCFC) - NorskyNormann, Dec 15, 15:54:28
  - I think less hot potato, and more what he used to playing for Chelsea (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Dec 15, 16:03:49
    - Yep. It looks like hot potato compared to our other players. (NCFC) - NorskyNormann, Dec 15, 18:59:03
    - Rupp’s’bad control’ figure better than Gilmour’s (n/m) (NCFC) - helvegtheowl, Dec 15, 16:58:35
      - I'm not sure it is (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Dec 15, 17:05:19
        
        Why passes ? Isn’t this for control ? (n/m) (NCFC) - helvegtheowl, Dec 15, 17:18:20
        
        True….I suppose however we read it it’s all a bit depressing ☹️ (n/m) (NCFC) - helvegtheowl, Dec 15, 18:54:17
        
        well yeah, but the player making more passes is also receiving (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Dec 15, 18:05:30
    - or everyone play to the tactics that Smith wants. (NCFC) - cardiffgali, Dec 15, 16:40:26

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