Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Jose Enrique deserves the right to win his spot back

Whether we bring in another left back or not (hopefully not Moreno though), Jose Enrique has the right to win his place back.  If he can return from knee injury and produce as he did the season prior, he should be our first choice with Flanagan being the 'defensive'/cup option.

year2010-112011-122012-132013-14
clubNewcastleLiverpoolLiverpoolLiverpool
age24252627
app(subs)3633(2)25(4)6(2)
mins312329942257604
p9034.733.325.16.7
goals0020
assist1242
chances3036268
npgp90000.080
gcp900.030.060.240.3
ccp900.871.081.041.19
ap900.030.060.160.3
ccv3.45.615.425.2
pass%7780.676.780.4
bp%--3740.8
sacc%21.123.136.450
shot%009.10
TTI901413.315.611.2
gap9011.050.920.6
gsp901.041.21.911.64
gop900.040.150.991.04
tgop-0.030.130.741.32
tp901.732.072.871.64
tack %--75.353.3
intp901.670.931.391.34
clrp901.761.411.952.99
dribpp900.260.360.360.3
bsp900.350.150.120.15

Even in the short time he saw the pitch last year, he impressed.  His 25.2 chance created value was ridiculously good and even 15.2 from the season before is solid.  His tackle success rate of  75.3% from his second year at LFC is phenomenal as well, basically he succeeded on three out of four tackles attempted.

So how does his season before compare to Flanagan and Moreno from last season?

EnriqueFlanaganMoreno
npgp900.080.050.11
gcp900.240.10.11
ccp901.040.620.71
ap900.160.050
ccv15.48.10
pass%76.783.778.9
bp%3742.636.5
sacc%36.442.917
shot%9.114.313
TTI9015.69.28.5
gap900.921.811.6
gsp901.9131.98
gop900.991.190.38
tgop0.741.320.45
tp902.873.81.94
tack %75.345.739.6
intp901.391.92.72
clrp901.953.61.64
dribpp900.361.90.82
bsp900.120.20.3

Enrique is the only one above who had a goals on pitch average higher than his team and his chance created value is unparalleled.  The damning stat is Enrique's TTI90, 15.7 is dreadful, but in the handful of matches he participated in last season, he had a TTI90 of 11.2.  That's not good, but hopefully it's at least a sign of progress.  Other than that, neither Flanagan nor Moreno offer more than Enrique other than potential and years left of service and that doesn't make the latter worth £20m.

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