Sheaf (2 Viewers)

[Cally Fedora]

Sheaf is top notch in this division. The sort of player you realise what he brings when he’s not there.

 

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[Monty]

Looking at whoscored.com player stats for players who have least played the average numer of mins in the Chapionship. Our top player Wright 13th place then Rudoni 29th, MVE 83rd, Sheaf 109th. For context Torp 202nd Eccles 210th and for controversy Simms 339th Bassette 346th.

 

[rob9872]

I think we all get a bit blind when we have an opinion on a player. Those who don't rate him highly still saying he was poor yesterday when he was miles better.

Tbf I'm a bit like that with Collins who I thought was bad again but did see a decent stop on the highlights.

 

[shmmeee]

I think we all get a bit blind when we have an opinion on a player. Those who don't rate him highly still saying he was poor yesterday when he was miles better.

Tbf I'm a bit like that with Collins who I thought was bad again but did see a decent stop on the highlights.

It’s why I like stats. There’s so much room for confirmation bias in football. So many incidents you can view different ways it’s easy to just go with your existing views. But if you say “sheaf gave the ball away all game” and it’s there in black and white that he didn’t there’s not much you can say (though thankfully for Nick we still do)

 

[stupot07]

Sheaf stats from yesterday:
80 touches
60 passes at 93.3% pass completion, which means he only misplaced 4 passes
Completed 3 of 4 long passes
Completed 1 of 2 crosses
2 shots, 1 on target
1 key pass
2 tackles
3 clearances
3 aerials won
Dispossessed 2 times (joint worse with Milan)
3 unsuccessful touches ( milan 3, Sakamoto 4, Rudoni 6)

Slipped a great through ball to Bassette for the penalty.

Hardly giving the ball away "all the time".

He's playing nowhere near the level we all know he can, but some of the ratings yesterday, 5's, are a joke given some of the displays we've seen this season, including from him.

Its also quite clear that Lampard has asked him to sit and not drive forward, especially when Torp and Rudoni are playing, which allows the fullbacks to get forward.

 

[Evo1883]

Sheaf stats from yesterday:
80 touches
60 passes at 93.3% pass completion, which means he only misplaced 4 passes
Completed 3 of 4 long passes
Completed 1 of 2 crosses
2 shots, 1 on target
1 key pass
2 tackles
3 clearances
3 aerials won
Dispossessed 2 times (joint worse with Milan)
3 unsuccessful touches ( milan 3, Sakamoto 4, Rudoni 6)

Slipped a great through ball to Bassette for the penalty.

Hardly giving the ball away "all the time".

He's playing nowhere near the level we all know he can, but some of the ratings yesterday, 5's, are a joke given some of the displays we've seen this season, including from him.

To be fair everybody moans that thomas gives the ball away all the time and he has a 83% pass completion rate

 

[shmmeee]

, 1 on target

The most surprising.

 

[stupot07]

The most surprising.

It was his header.

 

[stupot07]

@Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Lampards first 4 games

Cardiff: Sheaf and Eccles = Drew 2-2
Millwall: Sheaf and Torp = Won 1-0
WBA: Sheaf and Eccles = Lost 2-0
Hull: Sheaf and Torp = Won 2-1

 

[ccfcricoh]

Sheaf is one of the players where when he plays well the team plays well.

Thought the 2nd half at Hull was the best he's been since coming back (not a high bar i appreciate) but he will be a big player for us again this season, as he always has been

 

[Speedies_Chips]

To be fair everybody moans that thomas gives the ball away all the time and he has a 83% pass completion rate

Most of those were a 10 yard pass to his left to Binks.

 

[Captain Dart]

Most of those were a 10 yard pass to his left to Binks.

He was feeding a lot of passes to Milan. Hull were giving MVE so much more space than most teams do.

 

[Evo1883]

Most of those were a 10 yard pass to his left to Binks.

Most of sheafs passes are the same though ? Most players passes are 5-10 yard passes in general aren't they ?

 

[shmmeee]

Most of sheafs passes are the same though ? Most players passes are 5-10 yard passes in general aren't they ?

It’s the direction that bothers me. I thought we moved the ball side to side much quicker and got the benefit of that, possible because the opposition was so poor. I thought we started driving through the middle more but again they were very open.

The proof of the pudding will be the next team that is well organised or sits off. Hopefully we’ve had a few more training sessions and a couple of wins under our belt by then.

 

[fatso]

@Earlsdon_Skyblue1

Lampards first 4 games

Cardiff: Sheaf and Eccles = Drew 2-2
Millwall: Sheaf and Torp = Won 1-0
WBA: Sheaf and Eccles = Lost 2-0
Hull: Sheaf and Torp = Won 2-1

Torp and Eccles worth a go then?