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Andrew Beasley's avatar

"t’s probably a lot easier to beat your opposite number on the dribble in France or the Netherlands compared to England. Just saying."

Average dribble success rate this season:

France 48.2%

Netherlands 46.1%

England 45.6%

Yep! Only Italy (44.3%) was harder in 2023/24.

https://fbref.com/en/comps/Big5/possession/squads/Big-5-European-Leagues-Stats

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William Miller's avatar

That Olise number is insane

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Al Campbell's avatar

He's a quality player, although as alluded to here, problem is availability...

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William Miller's avatar

I think this season was an outlier for availability and he was rushed back by Roy to play. He played in 37 prem games the year before. Don't think this year should stop us from going all out for him cause this season seems an outlier for availability

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Sherwyn Thys's avatar

Great article Josh. I really do enjoy how the "series pieces" are written to introduce us to the subject matter and each subsequent piece provides more and more information. Great read!

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Josh Williams's avatar

Thanks Sherwyn, glad to hear it.

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Ant Shore's avatar

Great work Josh

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Steve Riley's avatar

Realise its outside of your selected pool but Any consideration for this Dario Osorio lad who’s been linked this week?

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Josh Williams's avatar

I haven’t looked into him yet tbh mate. I’ve seen the rumours though. Will keep an eye out.

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Steven Gillespie's avatar

Excellent as always mate.

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Sam Taylor's avatar

Interesting stuff as always. Shouldn't availability be one of the metrics though?

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Josh Williams's avatar

All in good time 👀

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