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OK, so with the germ of the seed of an idea implanted in my brain by the thread started by @TwanYid about the less obvious reasons for our "success" I thought I'd undertake a major (by my standards) statistical analysis to see if some of my theories for our improved defensively performance held up and make them the subject of the next article for the blog. The article is entirely about Spurs and I think the results were illuminating.
https://forensiconions.wordpress.com/2015/11/11/che-pochs-revolutionary-insurgency-advancing/
The bottom line is the incredibly impressive contribution our most used front four (Kane, Lamela, Eriksen, Dembele) are now consistently making to our defensive solidity. They are literally pissing the rest of the league's front four for graft.
I appreciate that tackles and interceptions are only two aspects of a pressing policy but I believe the upturn in our performance in this area in our front four unit is indicative of Pochettino's philosophy taking hold.
Here's one of the stat spreadsheet's from the article relating to the tackles/interceptions of the front four of all EPL teams:
TT PG = Front Four (F4) Total Tackles per game / TI PG = F4 Total Interceptions per game / AT PP = Average Tackles per person (per F4 player)/ AI PP = Average Interceptions per person (per F4 player) / TCTI PG = F4 Total Combined Tackles & Interceptions per game / TAPP PG = Total Average Combined Tackles & Interceptions per person (per F4 player).
Have a gander, see what you think.
https://forensiconions.wordpress.com/2015/11/11/che-pochs-revolutionary-insurgency-advancing/
The bottom line is the incredibly impressive contribution our most used front four (Kane, Lamela, Eriksen, Dembele) are now consistently making to our defensive solidity. They are literally pissing the rest of the league's front four for graft.
I appreciate that tackles and interceptions are only two aspects of a pressing policy but I believe the upturn in our performance in this area in our front four unit is indicative of Pochettino's philosophy taking hold.
Here's one of the stat spreadsheet's from the article relating to the tackles/interceptions of the front four of all EPL teams:
TT PG = Front Four (F4) Total Tackles per game / TI PG = F4 Total Interceptions per game / AT PP = Average Tackles per person (per F4 player)/ AI PP = Average Interceptions per person (per F4 player) / TCTI PG = F4 Total Combined Tackles & Interceptions per game / TAPP PG = Total Average Combined Tackles & Interceptions per person (per F4 player).
Have a gander, see what you think.
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