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Opta Statman

Very interesting analysis; I especially noted how important Mitchell is to Palace and how impressive his stats are - actually very similar to Munoz. He also very rarely misses a game - no wonder there has been much speculation about his future.

Thanks for sharing; makes a really good read and reinforces how impressive Glasner is as a coach. Palace are fortunate to have him.
 
Great article, and maybe shows that TM isn't as woeful as many will make out:

"A lot of Palace’s creative threat comes from their wing-backs, too. They lead the squad rankings for open-play chances created (Muñoz: 26, Mitchell: 25) ahead of Sarr (24) and Eze (23), while they have fired in 111 open-play crosses between them – 42% of Palace’s total."
 
Interesting that they have Eze as one of the top six midfield pressers in the league. You wouldn’t think that from watching him. I wonder how they measure these things?
 
Davepalace707 said:
Interesting that they have Eze as one of the top six midfield pressers in the league. You wouldn’t think that from watching him. I wonder how they measure these things?
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I think it's a fairly niche stat they've crammed in to make us look more favourable... it's specifically for 'pressures in the middle third of the pitch', which we apparently do more than any other team.

A lot of clubs do their pressing in the final third, or they sit off and engage in their own third - we seem to be one of the few who are somewhere between the two.

I'd be amazed if Eze ranks particularly well for 'pressures applied' as a whole!

Really interesting article though.
 
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CPFCSaturn said:
I think it's a fairly niche stat they've crammed in to make us look more favourable... it's specifically for 'pressures in the middle third of the pitch', which we apparently do more than any other team.

A lot of clubs do their pressing in the final third, or they sit off and engage in their own third - we seem to be one of the few who are somewhere between the two.

I'd be amazed if Eze ranks particularly well for 'pressures applied' as a whole!

Really interesting article though.
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The 'high press' is the fashion, brought about mainly from Klopps press. many teams have simply copied it.
Glasner has not blindly followed it, but taken a good idea and changed it to something he percieves is better - Wait until the ball gets into the midfield 3rd before pressing. This makes a great deal of sense; Sacrifice winning the ball back in a better position, for a higher chance of the press succeeding. Afterall, you can't score if you haven't got the ball no matter where you are on the pitch . (unless you're Raphinha 🤣 )

It's this kind of managerial insight that shows us what a good manager we have right now.
 
CrazyBadger said:
The 'high press' is the fashion, brought about mainly from Klopps press. many teams have simply copied it.
Glasner has not blindly followed it, but taken a good idea and changed it to something he percieves is better - Wait until the ball gets into the midfield 3rd before pressing. This makes a great deal of sense; Sacrifice winning the ball back in a better position, for a higher chance of the press succeeding. Afterall, you can't score if you haven't got the ball no matter where you are on the pitch . (unless you're Raphinha 🤣 )

It's this kind of managerial insight that shows us what a good manager we have right now.
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He actually varies where he uses the press depending on the team we’re playing. The problem with a high press is the only way to keep compact is to play with a high defensive line to stop counterattacking teams playing through the lines. A high defensive line leaves you vulnerable to balls over the top against teams with a quick striker who plays on the line. I can’t remember who we played the first time he went for a midfield press but remember them being confused when we let their back line keep passing the ball back and forth and didn’t press.
 
CrazyBadger said:
The 'high press' is the fashion, brought about mainly from Klopps press. many teams have simply copied it.
Glasner has not blindly followed it, but taken a good idea and changed it to something he percieves is better - Wait until the ball gets into the midfield 3rd before pressing. This makes a great deal of sense; Sacrifice winning the ball back in a better position, for a higher chance of the press succeeding. Afterall, you can't score if you haven't got the ball no matter where you are on the pitch . (unless you're Raphinha 🤣 )

It's this kind of managerial insight that shows us what a good manager we have right now.
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100%

A mid press has a couple of key benefits. Its a bit more energy efficient, which we need to be as we are a low possession team. So will spend more time 'pressing' than e.g. Liverpool.

It also allows us to have better control over the middle. Which is key generally, but more important when we play 2 CM's and a lot of teams play 3.


Thankfully a lot of fans are now coming round to the fact that OG is a very good coach. Tactically very very astute.

Next step is to translate that trust in the manager, to some of the players that he trusts e.g. Kamada. Probably pushing my luck there though!
 
Palacesince64 said:
He actually varies where he uses the press depending on the team we’re playing. The problem with a high press is the only way to keep compact is to play with a high defensive line to stop counterattacking teams playing through the lines. A high defensive line leaves you vulnerable to balls over the top against teams with a quick striker who plays on the line. I can’t remember who we played the first time he went for a midfield press but remember them being confused when we let their back line keep passing the ball back and forth and didn’t press.
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Excellent point. Glasner varied it against Spurs (1-0) where we went with the high press and won the ball back a few times before we scored.
 
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