albionalex
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I think he's saying Bissouma isn't as important as some are making out.
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[Albion] Bissouma Shots
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I think he's saying Bissouma isn't as important as some are making out.
albionalex
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Bissouma finishes the season with a shooting accuracy of 7.1%, which is the 2nd worst in the league. Interestingly, the player who has the worst shooting accuracy is Wilfried Ndidi, who plays a very similar role to Bissouma.
Probably for the best that his shooting has been so bad, if he'd bagged a handful of goals then we'd have an even slimmer chance of keeping him than we already do!
Probably for the best that his shooting has been so bad, if he'd bagged a handful of goals then we'd have an even slimmer chance of keeping him than we already do!
GoingUp
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Biss is a great player but I'm a bit confused as to why he is so highly rated by pundits, is he really ready to be starting for teams at Arsenal's and Liverpool's level?
I think he has the potential to be that good but still needs to improve some until he ready for that big a step up.
I think he has the potential to be that good but still needs to improve some until he ready for that big a step up.
sydney
tinky ****in winky
Raw , young , green , fragile a few bad games and refs decisions against him could see him pilloried at "big" clubs......he's better off here for another year at least in my opinion.
His ability to 'nick' the ball, or win a ball back is incredible. Also just ticks over nicely in midfield, especially in a tight spot is always reliable.
While Bissouma is not great at shooting, a fair amount of his shots are to prevent counter-attacks. Its the same with Ndidi. On set pieces and similar they are often the last/second last man standing and if you get the ball and have no immediate passing options, you usually dont want to dribble a guy and look for the option - you need to get rid of the ball, especially if you are not 100% sure of where all the opponents are. Drop it to the opponent and it is immediatly very dangerous. Take a shot from a bad angle and yes, you are unlikely to score but you'll get time to gather your defense again. Its not sexy but it sometimes must be done.
He is ready, its a top class player. If - against all odds - he would not make it wherever he goes, I'm sure he is welcome back.
Yes he is.
His ability to break up play is extraordinary. He has this incredible knack to just nip the ball away from an opposition player when it looks like he doesn't have any right to be able to win the ball, as well as the more eye-catching perfectly-timed full-blooded tackles he puts in.
His work rate is also right up there with the best - he just keeps on going.
blue-shifted
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Yves epitomises the Brighton way this season of having players who perform very well, but are comically bad in front of goal.
Bissouma, Trossard, Maupay, Connolly, Gross, Lallana, Ali J.
All of their shooting accuracy stats and power generated, if you could measure that, would stack up alongside some of the worst strikers we've ever had at the club. But they've been largely very good outside the box. Go figure that out Graham
Bissouma, Trossard, Maupay, Connolly, Gross, Lallana, Ali J.
All of their shooting accuracy stats and power generated, if you could measure that, would stack up alongside some of the worst strikers we've ever had at the club. But they've been largely very good outside the box. Go figure that out Graham
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Yeh, best tackler i've ever seen. Not just for Brighton
Spot on and I'm so glad that someone else can see the shooting counter attack thing, I thought it was quite obvious. It is weird that he is still under rated by a quite a few of our fans despite this incredible season he has had, I'm astonished it's not totally obvious to everyone how good he is.
This shooting thing is a total fallacy. I can't be bothered to dig it out now but a couple of weeks ago I posted the stats of the players who play a similar role to Biss - Fernandinho, Rice, Fred, Ndidi, Kante etc and they hardly ever score or assist either, it's not what they're there to do. The big clubs don't want him shooting, they want him to win it and lay it off to Foden, Salah, Fernandes etc and in my opinion, there is no one better at that in the league.
GoingUp
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I'm not doubting he is a great player.
I think he is ranked second (or there abouts) in stat like tackles or tackles attempted........ and he makes the game look effortless at times, especially when he does some outrageous piece of skill but I still think a move to Liverpool etc would be a season or two too early.
Reason being he still gives the ball away cheaply at times and I don't think he would play week in, week out at Liverpool etc which he needs at this stage of his career.
blue-shifted
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I'm going to use that one once my Sunday League team starts up again.
"did it on purpose lads ... they can hardly counter attack us if it will take them 15 minutes to fish it out of that hedge"
I think he’s good enough. I can’t think of too many defensive midfielders I’d swap him for. Just the other day he was bossing the midfield vs Man City of all teams. There’s a reason he’s very highly coveted.
But what you and I think is irrelevant. We’ll find out. If City, Utd or Liverpool lay down £50m, it’s safe to say they think he’s good enough.
albionalex
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There's definitely an aspect of this as 21% of his shots have come from corners/set pieces and have an xG per shot of 0.01!
However, his shots from open play aren't much better with an xG per shot of 0.03.
It must be hard for him to restrain the number of shots he takes when he knows he's capable of some absolute worldies. Thinking about it, that goal vs Blackpool is surely our goal of the season.