Harry Kane: hardest working player at Spurs

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...t-who-leads-arsenal-chelsea-and-a6863056.html

The most hard working players in the Premier League have been revealed.

Bournemouth midfielder Andrew Surman can claim to be the busiest player in the top flight, after becoming the first to top 300km (303.85km, 188.8miles) this season, according to the EA SPORTS Player Performance Index.

The top 10 features two other of Eddie Howe's Cherries, with Matt Ritchie (7th) and Dan Gosling (9th), also making it into the top 10.

Scroll through the gallery to see the players atr each club who lead their teams in distance covered:
The data throws up some very interesting results.

Midfielders still dominant although the attacking intentions of Arsenal left-back Nacho Monreal and Liverpool right-back Nathaniel Clyne are clear. The only other defenders that leads their teams are Bacary Sagna of Manchester City and Jose Fonte of Southampton.

Tottenham Hotspur star Harry Kane has proven his value is in more than just goals as he leads Spurs. The striker, who has 15 Premier League goals, has risen his game far above just that of goal poacher; the No 10 has operated noticeably deeper this season.


It's a damning verdict that the league's bottom club also has the lowest total number. Tim Sherwood and later Remi Garde have suffered injuries and have been forced to rotate the squad to try and find a combination that works, but the player who has covered the most distance, Idrissa Gueye, has covered just 220km in his 22 matches.

He's played three fewer games but league leading Surman averages 12.12km per game, compared to Gueye's 10.

Southampton have the lowest per-game average. Fonte runs around 9.5kms-per-game, although Ronald Koeman has had some injuries to contend with.

Manchester United's hardest working is surprisingly Juan Mata, although again, he is nowhere close to the league leaders on a per-game basis and runs just shy of 10km per game.

Critics of Cesc Fabregas may be surprised to learn he leads Chelsea, the Spaniard running further than the likes of Willian - always praised for his hard working style - despite playing 90 minutes fewer this season.

TOP 10
Andrew Surman, Bournemouth - 303.85km (188.80m)

Gareth Barry, Everton - 297.64km (184.94m)

Craig Dawson, West Bromwich Albion - 278.57km (173.09m)

Etienne Capoue, Watford - 278.43km (173.00m)

Darren Fletcher, West Bromwich Albion - 271.46km (168.67m)

Mark Noble, West Ham United - 271.31km (168.58m)

Matt Ritchie, Bournemouth - 268.71km (166.96m)

Yann M'Vila, Sunderland - 268.59km (166.89m)

Dan Gosling, Bournemouth - 267.91km (166.47m)

Ross Barkley, Everton - 267.31km (166.09m)

Double post

Nice one Harry.

Eggseptional

Not sure that running around a lot is automatically a good thing (in many ways it could be exceptionally stupid. Efficient movement is better. But that is hard to measure).

Obvious stat is obvious.

greaves said:

Not sure that running around a lot is automatically a good thing (in many ways it could be exceptionally stupid. Efficient movement is better. But that is hard to measure).

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Just about to say that. No surprise that no Spurs players is among the 10 most hard working.

Everlasting Seconds said:

Just about to say that. No surprise that no Spurs players is among the 10 most hard working.

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No team in the top 5 is.

Reckon Mignolet has covered a decent whack of ground with all the times he's had to pick the ball out of his own net

Not sure what this stat seeks to prove. Spurs tend to maintain a lot of posession and therefore have little running unless its short sprints to create space up front or to press when not in posession so our players tend to work effectively. Lots of short sprints are far more tiring than lumbering up and down the pitch though so dont think the article is a fair reflection of effort.

^This... teams at the top don't appear to be working the hardest because they retain possession better and aren't chasing it down all the time. Pretty straight forward.

But Harry is a machine, he's all over the pitch.

Running/pressing at the right time as a team is more effective than a handful of individual runners.

We can see how hard we work on and off the ball so it's all good.

dontcallme said:

Running/pressing at the right time as a team is more effective than a handful of individual runners.

We can see how hard we work on and off the ball so it's all good.

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Agree,

and you don't run so much when you have the ball more. Hence possession wears teams down.

Trust me, I play in an 11 aside league where we have c.15% possession. We're fked at the end of the 90 and the other team don't even need a shower. Unlike Leicester our counter attacks don't work and we are squarely bottom

Here is another stat about work rate....which differs from the one above....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/fo...-fuelling-their-Premier-League-title-bid.html


How Tottenham's 'animals' are fuelling their Premier League title bid
The statistics show Mauricio Pochettino's team work as a unit without the ball and it is producing astonishing results - but can they keep it up?


“It was impossible. They are like animals”, Quique Sanchez Flores’s remarks after his Watford side slipped to defeat at White Hart Lane this weekend suggested a predator-and-prey-like relationship. Ultimately, there would be only one winner.

Tottenham are fast becoming one of the Premier League’s most feared outfits; not because of a long list of galactico-style names on the team sheet, nor because of any sort of rough edge that the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United carried at the turn of the century. They do, however, have a work ethic and team spirit that makes them a force to be reckoned with.

Much has been made of the fitness levels Mauricio Pochettino demands of his players and the results have been plain to see. They hunt in packs, sniffing out potential moments of weakness before pouncing, often to devastating effect.


Their final goal in the win at Norwich last week was as Tottenham as it now gets. Christian Eriksen hustled and harried Martin Olsson until he caught a mere glimpse of the ball – a toe poke later and Harry Kane was clean through and bearing down on Declan Rudd to kill the game off.

Kane clearly believes the squad’s mentality and belief in the cause are playing a significant part.


“Everyone’s together”, Kane said. “There’s no-one who doesn’t want to train or tries to take it easy, because none of the players would let him do that.

“Everyone speaks up and tells each other what needs to be done to reach the top, and that’s why we’ve got a great team. Everyone is chipping in and that’s all we can ask for.”





Furthest run per 90 mins - PL 2015/16 (20+ apps)
Aaron RamseyJames Ward-ProwseJack CorkErik LamelaJames McCleanAdam LallanaChristian EriksenJames MilnerDele AlliDan Gosling0km2km4km6km8km10km12kmDistance per 90 mins: 11.82kmDistance per 90 mins: 11.55kmDistance per 90 mins: 11.55kmDistance per 90 mins: 11.82km
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Spurs’ players are running themselves into the ground. They have covered 115.3 kilometres this season, the second furthest behind Bournemouth. Eddie Howe asks his players to work hard but it is more a result of defending deep and breaking numbers than the pressing Spurs do.

Three Tottenham players rank among the top seven in the Premier League for distance covered per 90 minutes played in Dele Alli, Christian Eriksen and Erik Lamela. The movement of the attacking midfielders behind Kane is crucial to their game and the reason they have all run so far is that they work in groups.

Tottenham give away possession in a central position against Man City

You don’t just watch while a team-mate chases the ball; you help out. Tottenham’s game is collective. It’s measured and it is considered and it works breaking up play. In rooting out opponents they have committed more fouls than any other team in this season’s Premier League, with 312, also registering the most yellow cards, with 48.

Moments later three players win it back on the left flank

They are yet to have a player sent off this season, though, which says not only that recklessness and idiocy are generally not parts of their game (but might well have been in Tottenham teams of recent years) but moreover that the team are so organised that defenders are rarely left isolated or in a position which might be more likely to induce a dismissal.

They are also prepared to deal with conceded free kicks. Despite facing more set-pieces than any other team this season, no one has conceded fewer goals from dead balls this season than Tottenham’s four.

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Spurs also rank fifth in the Premier League for tackles and interceptions, making 38 per game. Considering that they also average nearly 57 per cent possession, the rate at which they work when off the ball is palpable. Leicester, top of the table in terms of points as well as tackles and interceptions, have 41 per cent possession and therefore spend more of their time concentrating on winning it back.





Distance per 90 mins - PL 2015/16
Aston VillaStokeMan CityChelseaSwanseaNorwichEvertonWatfordSunderlandSouthamptonNewcastleCrystal PalaceArsenalLeicesterWest HamMan UtdLiverpoolWest BromTottenhamBournemouth0km20km40km60km80km100km120kmDistance per 90 mins: 106.1kmDistance per 90 mins: 106.1kmDistance per 90 mins: 107.2kmDistance per 90 mins: 107.2km
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Tottenham’s rise has been remarkable. The way in which the players have bought into Pochettino’s ideas has been nothing short of incredible and clearly progress is continuing.

They have won six games on the trot and are up to second in the table despite Jan Vertonghen having missed the last few weeks with injury and whilst rotating the squad too, but the biggest tests are still to come.