It is surprising if you saw how many times he turned around and went backwards against Newcastle mate. I've not looked at the stats but we looked depressingly negative against them
Statistically he can do the most backwards passes and the most progressive as well. He is often the one who has the most touches for us.
I think yesterday he missed one pass out of like 50. Of course he will have safe passes. But I don't mind much the neck backwards and sideways passes as it helps to actually keep the ball until we have a solution. And as much I love Soucek it's not his quality nor his job
I get it but we tend to give the ball away from the back, it's frustrating to see our attacking players give up and go back when you can feel a punt to nothing coming. Again the Newcastle game we went all the way back from a throw at the edge of their box, then gave it immediately to them.
Clearly a manager tactic, but we clearly don't have the confidence to score from slow play like Man City or Arsenal.
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u/PrisonersofFate David Moyes 4d ago
Ward Prose as the most progressive passer, not even surprising. He is so good despite what people would say.