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Post by Dedrokstar on Sept 15, 2023 12:01:24 GMT
Interesting article on the BBC website assessing Prem teams based on statistical data. There's not much there that's news to any of us but now the general media has picked up on our failings it seems that only the club's management can't spot the flaws. They should study this in detail.
Hearts' possession obsession
Hearts haven't scored since the two they got at St Johnstone on the opening day. An alarming statistic in itself.
Robbie Neilson was sacked as results turned last season, with the chief complaint among Hearts fans that the side played from side to side far too much, with little goal threat.
Unfortunately for them, that has not changed yet this term under the coaching duo of Steven Naismith and Frankie McAvoy.
Hearts have had a staggering 66% of the ball in their opening four matches, a figure only bettered by Celtic. Their passing accuracy is behind only the Old Firm, and yet they are the joint lowest scorers in the Premiership.
No player has had more touches in the opponent's penalty box than Lawrence Shankland (31), and he ranks highly among his peers for shots and shots on target, but only has one league goal so far.
Hearts' chance conversion rate is by far the worst of any team (4%), but more worryingly they are rated seventh on the quality of chances created.
It's early days but Naismith, now back in charge on his own, needs to get Hearts' attack firing.
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Post by MTS on Sept 15, 2023 14:21:42 GMT
For what I’ve seen this season I can’t see Naismith turn this around. I think he is way out of his depth and that’s not been helped by the recruitment team who in my opinion have let the manager down badly.
Quote today from the manager :- "In the last two weeks we have been able to do some really good work, making sure that we play with a freedom and we don’t think twice about playing certain passes."
Not what I expected to hear as we’ve had quite a few players away on international duty.
Hopefully he proves me wrong on Saturday.
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Post by countyjambo on Sept 18, 2023 7:07:58 GMT
Find it interesting that we had less possesion on Sat but created more shots🤷♂️🤷♂️
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Post by baldbobby on Sept 18, 2023 12:55:20 GMT
Find it interesting that we had less possesion on Sat but created more shots🤷♂️🤷♂️ Interesting but not really a surprise coonty. The Dons did not sit in like most other teams. They at least tried to play a wee bit ( shite but still tried) which meant we did not have huge possession numbers but still managed to create some opportunities.
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Post by K19 on Sept 24, 2023 18:35:25 GMT
I think we are missing Ginelly as much as anyone.
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