09/11/2013
17:30
Carrow Road
Norwich City vs West Ham United
Goalscorers:
0-1 Ravel Morrison 32'
1-1 Gary Hooper 54'
2-1 Robert Snodgrass 72'
3-1 Leroy Fer 90'
Analysis
I thought that by leaving it an extra day to write about, I'd be less angry and disappointed about this result. As it turns out, I was wrong.
At half time on Saturday, there was nothing at all to suggest we could, would or should capitulate in the manner we did. A clear victory seemed in our fingertips. We dominated Norwich in the first half - restricting the home team to just one attempt on goals in the opening 45.
But in the second half, we had less possession than in the first. We attempted 101 less passes. Our completion rate was worse. We had less shots, and less on target. We conceded more shots on our goal. We attempted less than half the amount of crosses. We were less successful with those we did attempts. We attempted half the amount of take ons. We were less successful with those two. And we won less aerial duels.
The image below gives a little indication of just how different our two displays were.
And yet, despite all of that, it was the stupid individual mistakes that cost us. The team display may have been overwhelmingly awful, but if simple, costly mistakes hadn't been made, we may have just gotten away with it.
I thought that by leaving it an extra day to write about, I'd be less angry and disappointed about this result. As it turns out, I was wrong.
At half time on Saturday, there was nothing at all to suggest we could, would or should capitulate in the manner we did. A clear victory seemed in our fingertips. We dominated Norwich in the first half - restricting the home team to just one attempt on goals in the opening 45.
But in the second half, we had less possession than in the first. We attempted 101 less passes. Our completion rate was worse. We had less shots, and less on target. We conceded more shots on our goal. We attempted less than half the amount of crosses. We were less successful with those we did attempts. We attempted half the amount of take ons. We were less successful with those two. And we won less aerial duels.
The image below gives a little indication of just how different our two displays were.
And yet, despite all of that, it was the stupid individual mistakes that cost us. The team display may have been overwhelmingly awful, but if simple, costly mistakes hadn't been made, we may have just gotten away with it.
Jussi Jaaskelainen broke character from this seasons saviour to be the villain, fumbling an easy ball, and then scrambling for the ball on the floor to concede a penalty. But people make mistakes. Errors happen in football, and Jussi has had a magnificent season so far. One big mistake doesn't change that.
That said, I wasn't impressed with Jussi. Not because of his mistake. But because of his distribution. I've often defended Jaaskelainen's distribution from criticism, suggesting it has been no worse that what Rob Green used to serve us up. But on Saturday it was woeful.
The image below shows Jussi's attempted passes. As you can see, he managed to find a man once out of 14 attempts. Even for a goalkeeper going long regularly, this is an astonishingly poor return.
I don't want to write about this game too much, so I'll end with a small positive.
For me, Razvan Rat was outstanding. Particularly in the first half, but in the second he was the one man who didn't disappear for the Hammers. In that second half, Rat still made one successful tackle, won both his headed duels, made three interceptions, and four clearances.
He also ended the game with an impressive pass completion of 82% (41/50), which is far higher than the totals he has been serving up recently.
But what really impressed was his engine. He really got up and down the left flank like a much younger man.
The image below shows his heat map, and demonstrates just what a shift he put in.
I'll be honest, I don't want to talk about it anymore.
General Play
4-4-1-1 Formation 4-6-0
(-4) John Ruddy - Jussi Jääskeläinen (-92)
(8) Russell Martin - Guy Demel (6)
(9) Michael Turner - James Collins (-12)
(23) Ryan Bennett - James Tomkins (8)
(6) Martin Olsson - Rǎzvan Raţ (-5)
(46) Robert Snodgrass - Mark Noble (19)
(17) Jonny Howson - Jack Collison (19)
(49) Leroy Fer - Stewart Downing (32)
(-4) Anthony Pilkington - Kevin Nolan (11)
(-27) Johan Elmander - Ravel Morrison (38)
(27) Gary Hooper - Joe Cole (11)
(1) Nathan Redmond - Mohamed Diamé (8)
(4) Bradley Johnson - Carlton Cole (-1)
() n/a - Matt Jarvis (0)
Best Performance
(49) Leroy Fer - Ravel Morrison (38)
Worst Performance
(-27) Johan Elmander - Jussi Jääskeläinen (-92)
47% Possession 53%
389 Passes Attempted 444
Leroy Fer 55 Most Attempted 73 Mark Noble
77% Passing Accuracy 81%
66% In Opp. Half 68%
Michael Turner 89% Best Accuracy 100% Joe Cole
59 Long Balls 75
Jonny Howson 6 Most Long Balls (excl. GK) 15 Rǎzvan Raţ
Most Frequent Pass Combination
Bennett to Turner 13 - 12 Collins to Tomkins
14 Aerial Duels Won 14
50% Success 50%
Michael Turner 5 Most Won 4 James Tomkins
Leroy Fer 73 Most Touches 94 Rǎzvan Raţ
Offensive Play
14 Attempts on Goal 12
6 On Target 4
8 Off Target 3
0 Blocked 5
5 From Outside the Box 5
Leroy Fer 3 Most Shots 3 Stewart Downing
12 Key Passes 6
Robert Snodgrass 5 Most Key Passes 3 Rǎzvan Raţ
16 Crosses 22
Robert Snodgrass 5 Most Attempted 11 Rǎzvan Raţ
5 Successful Crosses 7
31% Success 32%
Robert Snodgrass 3 Most Successful 3 Rǎzvan Raţ
Defensive Play
19 Tackles Attempted 17
14 Successful Tackles 15
74% Success 88%
Leroy Fer 7 Most Tackles 4 Mark Noble
30 Clearances 36
Michael Turner 11 Most Clearances 12 James Tomkins
9 Interceptions 8
Jonny Howseon 3 Most Interceptions 2 Jack Collison
5 Shot Blocks 0
Martin Olsson 2 Most Shot Blocks 0
Discipline
12 Fouls 11
2 Most Fouls 4
1 Yellow Cards 1
Norwich City: Michael Turner
West Ham United: Kevin Nolan
0 Red Cards 0
Norwich City: n/a
West Ham United: n/a
Head to Heads
John Ruddy vs Jussi Jääskeläinen
1 Goals Conceded 3
3 Saves 3
2 Claims 4
2 Successful Claims 4
100% Success 100%
18 Total Passes 14
9 Accurate Passes 1
50% Success 7%
15 Long Balls 13
83% % 93%
2 Throw Outs 0
6 Kick from Hand 5
0 Errors Leading to Shot 0
0 Errors Leading to Goal 1
Robert Snodgrass 6 Most Passed To 2 Carlton Cole
Ryan Bennett 5 Most Passes From 3 James Tomkins
Martin Olsson vs Rǎzvan Raţ
2 Aerial Duels 2
0 Duels Won 2
0% Success 100%
1 Tackles Attempted 1
1 Tackles Completed 1
100% Success 100%
5 Clearances 7
2 Interceptions 2
2 Blocks 0
0 6yrd Blocks 0
0 Errors Leading to Shot 0
0 Errors Leading to Goal 0
31 Passes Attempted 53
24 Successful 42
77% Success 79%
3 Crosses Attempted 11
1 Successful 3
33% Success 27%
0 Chances Created 3
0 Attempts on Goal 0
0 On Target 0
0 Goals 0
Nathan Redmond 7 Most Passed To 8 Joe Cole
Jonny Howson 10 Most Passes From 11 James Tomkins
Leroy Fer vs Ravel Morrison
54 Passes Attempted 37
43 Successful 34
80% Success 92%
2 Key Passes 0
0 Assists 0
3 Attempts on Goal 2
1 On Target 1
1 Goals 1
7 Tackles Attempted 1
4 Tackles Completed 1
57% Success 100%
0 Clearances 0
1 Interceptions 0
1 Blocks 0
0 6yrd Blocks 0
0 Errors Leading to Shot 0
0 Errors Leading to Goal 0
Jonny Howson 7 Most Passed To 6 Mark Noble
Jonny Howson 7 Most Passes From 7 Mark Noble
Gary Hooper vs Kevin Nolan
2 Attempts on Goal 3
2 On Target 2
1 Goals 0
2 Key Passes 2
0 Assists 1
29 Passes Attempted 27
22 Successful 22
76% Success 81%
0 Aerial Duels 4
0 Duels Won 0
0% Success 0%
6 Leroy Fer Most Passed To 6 Ravel Morrison
8 Johan Elmander Most Passes From 5 Ravel Morrison
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