Quote Originally Posted by nw6pie View Post
Possession for possession?s sake, with no end product, has been our biggest failing under the Reedtz. I?ll never forget the nightmare that was Notts v Halifax under Ardley where it literally felt like there was a force field keeping us from crossing the halfway line. We had similar problems at times under Burchnall and now they?ve returned with Maynard.

It would actually benefit us if we had a limited amount of time with the ball before having to forfeit possession, like the ?shot clock? rule in basketball.
I totally agree, that having possession for the sake of it is pointless. It is absolutely about what you do with it. I would definitely like us to move the ball quicker and have the odd pot shot when we get into good spaces.

Im not sure many fans celebrate the possession stat over everything else, like Mace was saying last night. But just using that stat is pointless. If you see what that has led to across the season, there is an argument (quite an obvious one) to be made that you are better off having the ball than not.

To summarise what I posted Sunday night, statistically we are Top/Top 5 on attacking and possession metrics and Top/Top 3 on defensive metrics.

The biggest takeaway from them is we create the most chances and miss the most chances (a relatively obvious correlation) and I would say when you apply the eye-test vs statistical analysis, that is an observation most fans would make too.

Again, statistical analysis clearly does not take into consideration the things a lot of us have found frustrating recently, but it gives a solid indication of what is going on.