Weston “Royale Avec Fromage” McKennie (120 Viewers)

[Bjerknes]

physical condition makes you a starter - the sad state of our club

meh game by snacks though. offered next to nothing in attack against an open team, lost the majority of his duels, didn't contribute to defense too much. but yeah, he ran a lot, i give him that. he can play much better than this.

He can play better for sure, but he wasn't that bad. We offered nothing in attack until Roma melted down.

 

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[MikeM]

You must have read a different post than mine? I posted only watched the first half.

I'm kidding. It was him who passed it to MDS but it was in an alternate universe where he did nothing all match.

 

[Enron]

To be honest, he had a really good game.

 

[Bjerknes]

To be honest, he had a really good game.

At least he was on the pitch for 90 minutes, unlike Allegri.

 

[Post Ironic]

@Bjerknes

Covers less ground than Locatelli, scores less, assists less, tackles less. Useless. Lol

McPotter also has the worst pass completion percentage in the entire team. 75% has him in 25th place. So bad

 

[DAiDEViL]

@Bjerknes

Covers less ground than Locatelli, scores less, assists less, tackles less. Useless. Lol

McPotter also has the worst pass completion percentage in the entire team. 75% has him in 25th place. So bad

Landucci needs to do more to get the best out of him.

 

[Bjerknes]

@Bjerknes

Covers less ground than Locatelli, scores less, assists less, tackles less. Useless. Lol

McPotter also has the worst pass completion percentage in the entire team. 75% has him in 25th place. So bad

Locatelli is a really good player. Mckennie needs to improve in some areas of the game. I've been saying this consistently throughout the last several months.

But today Mckennie was pretty good.

 

[MikeM]

Landucci needs to do more to get the best out of him.

Landucci found his new position as a LW. So far he's played CF, CAM, RW, LW, CM and DM.

 

[Post Ironic]

PI, what MF have been scoring for Juve? Only saw the first half but thought he made some good forward passes. And I agree with him playing towards goal a lot he does need to score more. I think he has the ability to do so. Can't keep missing those ducks like the one against Napoli.

Locatelli has more goals than him, while playing mostly very deep. We all thought Mckennie would score ~10 goals this season. He certainly is in the box enough to, but he isn’t finishing chances and rarely gets on the end of balls when he does make his runs, and he isn’t doing much else that you’d expect of a midfielder. His best attribute outside the runs he makes for goals is his running, and that it can be disruptive to the other team’s possession at times. He gets the occasional interception because of that, averages around 1/game. However, he’s an awful tackler, doesn’t try often and has bad technique when he does, so it’s not like he’s done impressive ball winner… and he is the worst passer in the team with an anemic 75% completion. He needs to improve a lot, or we should definitely consider using him to raise funds in the summer.

 

[Bjerknes]

Landucci found his new position as a LW. So far he's played CF, CAM, RW, LW, CM and DM.

He can also play RWB if needed. What a gem to have on the side.

 

[DAiDEViL]

Landucci found his new position as a LW. So far he's played CF, CAM, RW, LW, CM and DM.

You owe me at least two goals by now btw.

 

[MikeM]

You owe me at least two goals by now btw.

How about I pay you in expected goals

 

[MrMonkey]

I'm kidding. It was him who passed it to MDS but it was in an alternate universe where he did nothing all match.

LOL cool my brother. So he had a decisive pass in the second half.

 

[MikeM]

LOL cool my brother. So he had a decisive pass in the second half.

Well he forced Smaldini to have to defend and Smaldini failed so I give Wes 0.5 assists.

 

[Alen]

Locatelli has more goals than him, while playing mostly very deep. We all thought Mckennie would score ~10 goals this season. He certainly is in the box enough to, but he isn’t finishing chances and rarely gets on the end of balls when he does make his runs, and he isn’t doing much else that you’d expect of a midfielder. His best attribute outside the runs he makes for goals is his running, and that it can disruptive to the other team’s possession at times. He gets the occasional interception because of that, averages around 1/game. However, he’s an awful tackler, doesn’t try often and bad technique when he does, and he is the worst passer in the team with an anemic 75% completion. He needs to improve a lot, or we should definitely consider using him to raise funds in the summer.

Statistically he's bad, but so is everyone else in our midfield. Bunch of incompetents.
Here are the stats for serie A: Our midfielders this season, vs Pirlo in 2011/12, Vidal in 2012/13, Marchisio in 2014/15, Pogba in 2015/16 and Pjanic in 2016/17, when we actually had midfielders

Passes (per 90 minutes)
1. Pirlo 86.7
2. Marchisio 67.4
3. Pjanic 67.1
4. Arthur 64.4
5. Locatelli 60.5
6. Vidal 57.7
7. Bentancur 55.4
8. Pogba 50.6
9. Rabiot 42.3
10. McKennie 33.2

Tackles (per 90 minutes)
1. Vidal 5.3
2. Marchisio 2.7
3. Pogba 2.3
4. Pirlo 2.1
5. Rabiot 2
6. Bentancur 2
7. Arthur 2
8. Locatelli 1.7
9. Pjanic 1.6
10. McKennie 1.2

Interceptions (per 90 minutes)
1. Marchisio 2.4
2. Pirlo 1.7
3. Bentancur 1.7
4. Vidal 1.6
5. McKennie 1.5
6. Pjanic 1.4
7. Pogba 1.4
8. Locatelli 0.9
9. Rabiot 0.8
10. Arthur 0.3

Created chances (per 90 minutes)
1. Pirlo 3.4
2. Vidal 2.2
3. Pjanic 2
4. Pogba 1.6
5. Marchisio 1.5
6. McKennie 1.1
7. Arthur 1
8. Bentancur 0.8
9. Locatelli 0.7
10. Rabiot 0.5

Goals+assists (total/per 90 minutes)
1. Vidal 18 / 1 g+a in 143 minutes
2. Pogba 20 / 1 goal+assist in 150 minutes
3. Pjanic 14 / 1 g+a in 155 minutes
4. Pirlo 16 / 1 g+a in 207 minutes
5. Locatelli 5 / 1 g+a in 293 minutes
6. Marchisio 9 / 1 g+a in 318 minutes
7. Bentancur 2 / 1 g+a in 492 minutes
8. McKennie 2 / 1 g+a in 526 minutes
9. Rabiot 1 / 1 g+a in 1071 minutes
10. Arthur 0

 

[Boksic]

Mixed game for me. His combinations with Kulu in the first half were soul destroying. But he did some nice plays too.

I don't think he's had particularly good games today or vs Napoli but played his part in a few goals e.g. Loca's he gets himself into the box, which frees Loca to score and against Napoli we aren't scoring that equaliser if he doesn't make the run off the ball to get the long ball. These things don't get credit but are so important and I think shows his improvement in understanding of tactics this season, which is good to see. Hopefully he can improve his passing and keeping possession which let him down at times.

 

[Post Ironic]

Statistically he's bad, but so is everyone else in our midfield. Bunch of incompetents.
Here are the stats for serie A: Our midfielders this season, vs Pirlo in 2011/12, Vidal in 2012/13, Marchisio in 2014/15, Pogba in 2015/16 and Pjanic in 2016/17, when we actually had midfielders

Passes (per 90 minutes)
1. Pirlo 86.7
2. Marchisio 67.4
3. Pjanic 67.1
4. Arthur 64.4
5. Locatelli 60.5
6. Vidal 57.7
7. Bentancur 55.4
8. Pogba 50.6
9. Rabiot 42.3
10. McKennie 33.2

Tackles (per 90 minutes)
1. Vidal 5.3
2. Marchisio 2.7
3. Pogba 2.3
4. Pirlo 2.1
5. Rabiot 2
6. Bentancur 2
7. Arthur 2
8. Locatelli 1.7
9. Pjanic 1.6
10. McKennie 1.2

Interceptions (per 90 minutes)
1. Marchisio 2.4
2. Pirlo 1.7
3. Bentancur 1.7
4. Vidal 1.6
5. McKennie 1.5
6. Pjanic 1.4
7. Pogba 1.4
8. Locatelli 0.9
9. Rabiot 0.8
10. Arthur 0.3

Created chances (per 90 minutes)
1. Pirlo 3.4
2. Vidal 2.2
3. Pjanic 2
4. Pogba 1.6
5. Marchisio 1.5
6. McKennie 1.1
7. Arthur 1
8. Bentancur 0.8
9. Locatelli 0.7
10. Rabiot 0.5

Goals+assists (total/per 90 minutes)
1. Vidal 18 / 1 g+a in 143 minutes
2. Pogba 20 / 1 goal+assist in 150 minutes
3. Pjanic 14 / 1 g+a in 155 minutes
4. Pirlo 16 / 1 g+a in 207 minutes
5. Locatelli 5 / 1 g+a in 293 minutes
6. Marchisio 9 / 1 g+a in 318 minutes
7. Bentancur 2 / 1 g+a in 492 minutes
8. McKennie 2 / 1 g+a in 526 minutes
9. Rabiot 1 / 1 g+a in 1071 minutes
10. Arthur 0

I’d like to see pass completion % there as well. It would be nice to get an idea of types of passes, long balls, percentage of forward passes. Because Pirlo and to a lesser extent Marchisio and Locatelli all play quite a few long passes, and those three were also always playing the ball forward. Arthur is queen of the sideways and backwards 5 meter pass lol

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Well he forced Smaldini to have to defend and Smaldini failed so I give Wes 0.5 assists.

So we making up imaginary assists now? His pass was to Smalling. Not to MdS. It was an inaccurate pass that thankfully Smalling completely botched clearing allowing MdS to score. Assist lol

 

[MikeM]

I’d like to see pass completion % there as well. It would be nice to get an idea of types of passes, long balls, percentage of forward passes. Because Pirlo and to a lesser extent Marchisio and Locatelli all play quite a few long passes, and those three were also always playing the ball forward. Arthur is queen of the sideways and backwards 5 meter pass lol

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So we making up imaginary assists now? His pass was to Smalling. Not to MdS. It was an inaccurate pass that thankfully Smalling completely botched clearing allowing MdS to score. Assist lol

That's the beauty of Wes. Like his "pre-assist" the game before to Morata. Just run and hit the ball somewhere.

 

[Alen]

I’d like to see pass completion % there as well.

Here, but it won't prove much. Bentancur certainly isn't a better passer than Pirlo. He just makes less complicated passes. McKennie's percentage though is really humiliating.

1. Arthur 89.2%
2. Bentancur 87.1
3. Vidal 87
4. Pirlo 86.9
5. Pjanic 86.7
6. Marchisio 86.1
7. Locatelli 86.1
8. Pogba 83.4
9. Rabiot 83.3
10. McKennie 75.3

 

[JuveJay]

Here, but it won't prove much. Bentancur certainly isn't a better passer than Pirlo. He just makes less complicated passes. McKennie's percentage though is really humiliating.

1. Arthur 89.2%
2. Bentancur 87.1
3. Vidal 87
4. Pirlo 86.9
5. Pjanic 86.7
6. Marchisio 86.1
7. Locatelli 86.1
8. Pogba 83.4
9. Rabiot 83.3
10. McKennie 75.3

His passing is easily his biggest weakness, can be shocking at times. But generally I don't mind him.