Pace Pace Pace

[Arriba Los Zorros]

Ah thanks for clarifying Babylon, must have been hallucinating all the times I have seen Morgan and Albrighton sprinting at what appeared to be relatively very quick speeds, must have been confusing them all for Schlupp. You should tell EA Sports their stats are all wrong too so they can update them

I think Wes is like Wasyl, fast once he's build up speed, but not fast over a short period because of his size, basic physics.

Albrighton - not super pacy but no slouch. Probably the pacy style we play has put all of our attacking players higher up the chart than they would be otherwise

[MC Prussian]

Those stats are absolute cack, how people can believe that people like Wes and Was are some of the fastest in the league.

Speed for defenders doesn't mean the same as it does for attackers (well, obviously). The use of speed is a different one and also the amount of times defenders accelerate or have to accelerate as opposed to strikers, attacking midfielders or wingers.

 

Morgan's and Wasilewski's built are a bit misleading, as they do can reach high speeds once they've accelerated accordingly.

[Xen]

Speed for defenders doesn't mean the same as it does for attackers (well, obviously). The use of speed is a different one and also the amount of times defenders accelerate or have to accelerate as opposed to strikers, attacking midfielders or wingers.

Morgan's and Wasilewski's built are a bit misleading, as they do can reach high speeds once they've accelerated accordingly.

If I remember right, wasn't Wasilewskis top speed recorded when he was running back from a corner, or something equally bizarre?

[foxes21]

Yeh I think we had a corner, lost the ball & Wasilewski sprinted to the wing and smashed the player and the ball out for a throw

What a legend

[danny.]

Obviously acceleration and top speed are very different things.

 

I still don't think you can reasonably call Morgan and Albrighton "slow", it seems a bit odd to me as they clearly aren't.

[deep blue]

We showed our ability in patches last season with quick interplay in and around the box, the style of play that can be used to open up locked defenses. We need to develop that further next season for when opponents park the bus.

We are well equipped to do this. One of the necessary ingredients is teamwork/understanding. The core of our side is unchanged so the continuity helps here. Another element

I'd fleetness of foot - quick feet, alertness, and speed off the mark which can enable an attacker to steal a yard on the defender. This latter is one aspect of the speed that our attackers have; it can be used in other ways than simply chasing long balls (though it does need decent close control, which our coaches can work on where there is a deficiency).

If we lack for anything in this area it is another player with the quality that Mahrez has to direct this type of play, and we maybe need another player of his type to take the pressure off him and cover for injury etc (but even so, Gray might well develop to fulfil that role).

[Babylon]

Ah thanks for clarifying Babylon, must have been hallucinating all the times I have seen Morgan and Albrighton sprinting at what appeared to be relatively very quick speeds, must have been confusing them all for Schlupp. You should tell EA Sports their stats are all wrong too so they can update them

 

"relatively quick" and being in the top 10 quickest players in the league are somewhat different things. The stats are deceiving because of how they measure them. Phi Jagielka was recorded as the bloody quickest in the league once... absolute cack.

[danny.]

"relatively quick" and being in the top 10 quickest players in the league are somewhat different things. The stats are deceiving because of how they measure them. Phi Jagielka was recorded as the bloody quickest in the league once... absolute cack.

 

I was using that to counter the statement that they were "slow", was never claiming they were the fastest players in the league...

[Babylon]

I was using that to counter the statement that they were "slow", was never claiming they were the fastest players in the league...

Arrrgh... you should have quoted the person who said they were then.

[MC Prussian]

If I remember right, wasn't Wasilewskis top speed recorded when he was running back from a corner, or something equally bizarre?

 

Yeh I think we had a corner, lost the ball & Wasilewski sprinted to the wing and smashed the player and the ball out for a throw

What a legend

Was that Arsenal away when we were down to ten men?

[foxes21]

Was that Arsenal away when we were down to ten men?

Think it was near the end of our great escape, at home. My memory says it was Nathaniel Clyne for Southampton, that Wasyl charged down but cant remember for certain.

[danny.]

Arrrgh... you should have quoted the person who said they were then.

 

I did?

 

[AKCJ]

Those stats are absolute cack, how people can believe that people like Wes and Was are some of the fastest in the league.

 

The thing with pace is that some players are quick off the mark but their top speed is pretty slow (Mahrez) but some players are slow off the mark but their top speed is genuinely quick (Morgan).

[fazzyfox]

Whilst pace has played a huge part in our success beware rating players on pace alone, anyone remember Arsenal's Perry Groves, an Electric, dynamic, like lightning, turbo charged winger, it was only when the spherical leathery thing became involved in the equation that his game would fall apart. Having said that Schlupp is making a fine career for himself despite his "set to random" decision making machine in his head, his pace makes opponents feel fear, fear leads to panic, panic leads to errors, errors lead to chaos, chaos leads to opportunities, opportunities lead to the dark side of the force, sorry, goals, basically he makes things happen even if he, us or the entire match analysis team can't explain how. More than one Schlupp type in a side though would be a difficult thing to watch even if it reaps rewards.