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Palace players who should go to the world cup
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 doi209  Fighting for the weak and innocent... 07 May 14 6.41pm |
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Quote Mongo Like Clunge at 07 May 2014 6.31pm
Quote We are goin up! at 07 May 2014 6.26pm
I love Ward but he is not ready to be thrust into a major tournament.
Stats for a team can be played any way you want them to be, but for a player, it's pretty comprehensive and unmistakeable. At one point early in our journey this season (and even under Horroway), Joel had technically not lost a tackle he had attempted. We were a dozen games or so in. You can discount statistics all you like, but that tells a story.
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| EverybodyDannsNow SE19 07 May 14 7.11pm |
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Quote Mongo Like Clunge at 07 May 2014 6.31pm
Quote We are goin up! at 07 May 2014 6.26pm
I love Ward but he is not ready to be thrust into a major tournament.
Stats for a team can be played any way you want them to be, but for a player, it's pretty comprehensive and unmistakeable. At one point early in our journey this season (and even under Horroway), Joel had technically not lost a tackle he had attempted. We were a dozen games or so in. You can discount statistics all you like, but that tells a story. Because a lot of 'statistics' aren't really statistics at all. Using your tackling 'stat'; what constitutes an attempted tackle, and furthermore, what is considered winning a tackle? There's such a grey area in terms like that making it nigh on impossible to define.
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| Shifty97 Croydon 07 May 14 7.21pm |
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We should have a get ward in the England squad campaign
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| Shifty97 Croydon 07 May 14 7.26pm |
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This is who the telegraph (not that I read that crap) are letting people pick from
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Mongo Like Clunge  Bumfuck City, Texas 07 May 14 7.55pm |
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Quote EverybodyDannsNow at 07 May 2014 7.11pm
Wasn't Leon Britton statistically the best midfielder in the world last year?
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| EverybodyDannsNow SE19 07 May 14 8.47pm |
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Quote Mongo Like Clunge at 07 May 2014 7.55pm
Quote EverybodyDannsNow at 07 May 2014 7.11pm
Wasn't Leon Britton statistically the best midfielder in the world last year?
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| Mongo Like Clunge Bumfuck City, Texas 07 May 14 9.24pm |
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Quote EverybodyDannsNow at 07 May 2014 8.47pm
Quote Mongo Like Clunge at 07 May 2014 7.55pm Quote EverybodyDannsNow at 07 May 2014 7.11pm Wasn't Leon Britton statistically the best midfielder in the world last year?
Whoscored.com and many other indexes analyse a vast multitude of different statistics, not simply something in isolation to prove a baseless point on a message board.
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| Johnny Byrne Pinner 07 May 14 9.36pm |
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No one. TP will want a full squad assembled ready for pre-season. We will get a proper pre-season this time around, and with players bought of better quality (I hope). EPL will start later because of World Cup so actually a good long break this season. However, I know Jedi and Guediora are going and that's it, thankfully.
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| blind eagle Covington.Tennessee 07 May 14 10.38pm |
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Quote Mongo Like Clunge at 07 May 2014 6.14pm
In fact statistically, there are a only handful of full backs in the entire world game rated higher than Ward right now and arguably, many of these players play in more advanced positions: Ricardo Rodriguez - Wolfsburg I guarantee that every name above would be starting for their countries if they made it to the World Cup. But I'll bet that Ward isn't even in the squad. England
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Bahrain Eagle  Manama 07 May 14 11.00pm |
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Let's get real - no chance for Ward or any other English player. It's not about big clubs - look at Southampton - it's about ability. Trust in Wroy to make the best decision for his Countwey.
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| EverybodyDannsNow SE19 09 May 14 2.37pm |
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Quote Mongo Like Clunge at 07 May 2014 9.24pm
Quote EverybodyDannsNow at 07 May 2014 8.47pm
Quote Mongo Like Clunge at 07 May 2014 7.55pm Quote EverybodyDannsNow at 07 May 2014 7.11pm Wasn't Leon Britton statistically the best midfielder in the world last year?
Whoscored.com and many other indexes analyse a vast multitude of different statistics, not simply something in isolation to prove a baseless point on a message board.
As I said in my previous post, which you conveniently ignored, stats like 'tackles won' are open to interpretation in terms of what constitutes an attempted/successful tackle. Ward has just played his first full season at this level, and as impressive as he has been, he's not going to be given his international debut at a world cup on the back of that.
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| EverybodyDannsNow SE19 09 May 14 2.44pm |
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Quote Mongo Like Clunge at 07 May 2014 6.14pm
In fact statistically, there are a only handful of full backs in the entire world game rated higher than Ward right now and arguably, many of these players play in more advanced positions: Ricardo Rodriguez - Wolfsburg I guarantee that every name above would be starting for their countries if they made it to the World Cup. But I'll bet that Ward isn't even in the squad. England
Neither start.
Edited by EverybodyDannsNow (09 May 2014 3.11pm)
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