Though Blind, a # 15m purchase from Ajax, was second behind Chris Smalling in
league minutes played last season, Mourinho does not believe the Netherlands international possesses the physical stature to be a first - choice in his defence and is well down a hierarchy of central midfielders.
For all of these leagues, we studied the percentage of domestic
league minutes played by footballers under 22 years of age between 1st July 2009 and 31st December 2015.
Roma's Radja Nainggolan tops the list of potential candidates, achieving a stunning 83.9 % transfer match based on a number of factors, including the number of defensive errors leading to a chance (per 90 minutes) alongside other indicators such as their age relative to the peak playing age for that position, the relative status of their club and percentage of possible
league minutes played.
Not exact matches
* Petr Cech is one short of equalling David James» record of 169 Premier
League clean sheets (awarded only in games where goalkeepers
played the full 90
minutes).
Benzema
plays for a team gifted with great passers of the ball, in a
league where its easier to score yet he managed only 15 goals in 29 appearances (2312
minutes).
Despite
playing every
minute of every
league game last season, Terry is now 34 and may no longer be able to
play at that high level every week, with Stones showing with his performances at Goodison Park that he could be ready to make that step up and fill his compatriot's boots at Stamford Bridge.
Perhaps we should also take note of the stats on Squawka.com that show that for the amount of
playing time in the
league this season, Giroud has a better rate of scoring and assisting than Ozil, Alexis and Theo Walcott and Ozil has the lowest of the lot with just 0.13 per 90
minutes.
Obviously his scoring and usage were down, but in that 2007 - 08 season he had the highest FG %, eFG % and TS %, as well as his lowest assist / turnover ratio, while still having his second highest WS year (only behind 2000 - 01)... all of that while
playing all 82 games and leading the
league in
minutes played in his 12th NBA season.
However, some fans were left puzzled as to why manager Arsene Wenger took him off with 20
minutes to go — given he is ineligible to
play in the Europa
League.
The 30 - year - old has
played the second-most
minutes from the squad in the Turkish
league.
One player — Latavious Williams in 2009 — went straight from high school to the development
league, but he wasn't a future lottery pick and never
played a
minute in the NBA.
Ospina was fantastic for us in his first season, his stats per 90
minutes played in the premier
league 2014/15 season were
Then posted stats from the year he averaged 3 blocks a game (# 1 in the
league), tied with Serge Ibaka and was careful to point out he
played 10
minutes less a game than Serge.
The former England defender
played every single
minute of Chelsea's Premier
League title - winning campaign last season, but it remains to be seen how much longer he can perform every week at that outstanding level.
His goals per
minute is only slightly better than Giroud
playing in a Much weaker
league.
I even looked up the stats for Cech in the previous season (2013 - 14) for premier
league games per 90
minutes played and Ospina was better.
Yes, in 1994 he had
played for money with the Perth Wildcats of Australia's National Basketball
League, but not for much ($ 11,100) and not with particular distinction (limited
minutes in only 22 games).
Hopefully, we grind out three points against a tired Lazio side that has been stretched between serie A, Europa
league and 120
minutes of coppa italia while we've
played just once in almost two weeks.
Seabrook and Keith, who've logged big
minutes playing against the
league's top lines, were crucial to Chicago's leading the Western Conference in goal differential in 2009 - 10.
The ageing star shouldn't be as much of a loss for the Gunners this season as he would have been in those gone by, with Rosicky only
playing 19
minutes of Premier
League football so far this campaign.
Since the 2015 - 16 started he has made all 15 starts and
played every
minute for the Gunners in the Premier
League and three full Champions
League fixtures.
The 34 - year - old centre - back was in fine form last season,
playing every
minute of the Premier
League title - winning campaign, but clearly the club legend is in the latter stages of his career and moves to bring in a long - term replacement would appear to be sensible.
The 19 year - old has not yet
played a
League match for Leicester's first team but won the Academy Player of the Year last season and
played a full 90
minutes against Hull in the
League Cup this season.
There's still a whole lot to like here however... They didn't
play nearly their best ball and they still were in the Game with a handful of
minutes remaining with one of the
League's best squads.
The 24 year - old has managed only six
minutes of Premier
League action this season, having been ruled out with injury since last May, and has only recently become available to
play.
«It is kind of a weird one because you want to put all our focus on the Europa
League and it was great to see Joe Willock today and Reiss Nelson the other week — you want to see youngsters, — but at the minute, you can't really play on «we can rotate and have it easy in the league» while thinking about the Europa L
League and it was great to see Joe Willock today and Reiss Nelson the other week — you want to see youngsters, — but at the
minute, you can't really
play on «we can rotate and have it easy in the
league» while thinking about the Europa L
league» while thinking about the Europa
LeagueLeague.
Many pundits have been saying that the Spaniard has been extremely ineffectual this season despite
playing every
minute of every
League game in this campaign, but with an obvious lack of backups since the sales of Matthieu Debuchy (who has been
playing like a genius since joining St Etienne) and Alex Oxlade - Chamberlain (who forced his move to Liverpool), the only option Wenger had was to give his place to Calum Chambers.
Coach Pop not
playing him too many
minutes and sending him to the G
League is the correct decision for both White and the Spurs.
He
played 13 Premier
League minutes.
Play the strongest team available do not underestimate any team in the premier
league especially as every teams squad has been improved.There is absolutely no point in destroying Man U and then losing to Watford due to
playing a weaken team.Get the game won and then make the changes in the last 20
minutes or so.
He
played all 130
minutes of his time in the Orlando Pro Summer
League at the point.
I honestly don't think he would have improved us his overall goal to
minute ratio is not much better than Giroud &
playing in an inferior
league.
The 23 year old winger hasn't
played a single
minute of Premier
League football for Chelsea and has been an unused sub for the past four fixtures and Roberto Di Matteo may well look to offload the pint sized performer as he doesn't appear to be surplus to requirements.
Bournemouth can
play good football and survive relegation,
minute Swansea got promoted they
played attractive passing football, and they're now a regular in this
league.
With the fatigue of their second - leg Europa
League tie in Moscow contributing to some lacklustre play, Newcastle went ahead on 68 minutes through Matt Ritchie and condemned Arsenal to their fifth consecutive road loss in league a
League tie in Moscow contributing to some lacklustre
play, Newcastle went ahead on 68
minutes through Matt Ritchie and condemned Arsenal to their fifth consecutive road loss in
league a
league action.
However, Romelu Lukaku scored his 13th goal of the season in the Premier
League to give Manchester United a vital equaliser on the 39th
minute after superb build - up
play from both Anthony Martial and Alexis Sanchez.
Terry was in superb form in 2014/15,
playing every single
minute of Chelsea's victorious Premier
League campaign, and French youngster Kurt Zouma had previously been considered a successor to the Stamford Bridge legend (via the Daily Mail).
In fact, the first - half v City, in which Firmino, Coutinho and Lallana combined mesmerically and bagged three goals, included one of the best 30
minutes of football Liverpool have
played in the Premier
League era.
The French powerhouse has
played a total of 255
minutes in Serie A and 89 in the Champion
league following his return to action in early May, and he will need to be at his best on Saturday.
Same goes for Derrick White and what's better is, he is
playing minutes in the G -
League compared to what Griffin, Embiid or Simmons did.
A move for the Burnley hot shot would certainly mean that Moroccan international Marouane Chamakh's Arsenal career was all but over, which may well be the case anyway as the 28 year old is yet to
play a single
minute of Premier
League action this season.
The 19 - year - old is a regular for the Liverpool reserves and has been given the number 12 shirt but has
played just seven
minutes of Premier
League football this season.
The 27 - year - old has not missed a single
minute of Tottenham's
league campaign, and the club's other senior central defender — Jan Vertonghen — has not
played since January.
The Gunners star has
played only 72 Premier
League minutes this season because of injury.
Wilshere has
played more than 1100
league match
minutes this term for the Cherries, more than he has had since the beginning of the 14/15 season for our club, and finally looks like he may have turned a corner where his fitness is concerned.
The 27 - year - old has
played every single
minute of
league football in Tottenham's title charge, and Spurs have only conceded more than one goal in four of their 31 top - flight games in the 2015 - 16 season.
Contra Dyke, they concluded that «the proportion, or total amount, of
minutes played five, or ten, years ago by English players in the Premier
League, is unrelated to international performance,» and that «neither Italy, Spain, Germany or England seems to do any better when their citizens are
playing more total
minutes, across the top four
leagues as a whole».
Led by the starting five that
played the second-most
minutes of any group in the
league, they won 54 games and knocked off the Rockets in an epic six - game series.
According to squaka, the stats per 90
minutes played in the premier
league 2014/15 season are
Obviously these figures will change as the season unfolds, but as of now Morata has
played seven more
league minutes than Lacazette and he has been far more productive, registering three goals and two assists compared to the Frenchman's two strikes.