Two stats that stand out this season
Plenty of posts calling for the managers head so I won’t add to that but looking at the stats two things really stood out for me.
The first thing is the most obvious and talked about a lot. We are the worst in the league at conceding from set pieces. I genuinely think this cost us 10+ points this season. We are actually the second best from attacking set pieces largely down to Dom and Van Dijk. I believe we were one of the worst at this by December so there has been massive improvement. Maybe this can be improved by hiring a dedicated defensive set piece coach?
The second one is maybe not talked about enough but we are the team who has been offside more than anyone else. Cody is currently tied with Evanilson for the most individual offsides. He has had a season to forget but there were two clear examples against Villa where he could have had an easy tap in if he stayed onside. To me this suggests a complete lack of chemistry from our players. Maybe it will get better with time as players adapt to each other as we effectively changed our entire forward line?