briny_ear Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 (edited) The last stats on this I saw showed there are 5 other clubs in the league who play a higher % of long balls than Villa. Think that would be this one from the Daily Mail of 28 December That is Opta's count of the percentage of passes made that are over 35 yards long (apparently the official stats definition of a long ball). I think we're still well up there, even though only 6th! Of course, this doesn't measure how clever or clueless the long balls are and I would say at present our long balls are mostly dumb, hopeful or hopeless. Edited January 16, 2013 by briny_ear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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