19-07-2020, 11:07 AM
(19-07-2020, 10:08 AM)Turkish Wrote: Its Ben Watson by a country mile, his legs had gone, shot it, well passed it, groans a plenty anytime he found his way to a starting lineup but this season, the heart of the team Cash and Worrall are in a similar category, Sow and Samba have been outstanding signings Silva not far behind, Figs and Ribero have not put a foot wrong and Ameobi grafts his bollocks off and is never far from changing the game for us
Point is this is the beauty of this team from best to worst there is little difference, there is hardly a player who hasn't done really well, when you have virtually 1/2 the team as strong candidates and the other half you could put up a case for you aren't going far wrong
Watson, best defensive midfield player in the league this season
Well put Turkish. I too believe that Watson has been the best DCM in the league this season. I know that Kalvin Phillips will most likely the heralded as the best but if you look at the stats Watson is better.
1. Both have just over 2000 passes in total and Watson has an accuracy of 83% compared to Phillips' 81,9%.
2. Both players use long passes to initiate attacks and here Watson has an accuracy of 75,9% compared to Phillips who has 73,7% (passes opp. half)
3. Tackles won Watson 64,4% compared to Phillips 62,5% (both involved in 65 tackles)
4. If we look at clearances, blocks and interceptions Watson come out on top with 64, 27 and 72 compared to Phillips with 50, 12 and 52.
5. Watson has 3 goals and Phillips 2
6. Watson has 4 assists and Phillips just 2.
I could have kept on listing stats in favor of Watson but I hope you all get the picture. Watson for Player of The Season.