Total Minutes and % of Total Minutes
I'm slightly surprised to see Carra at the top of this one this season. Given the fact he is getting on a bit, I'm surprised he's not been rested much. Now Skrtel is here, I think he will be getting a few rests before big CL games. Sami has played more than anyone thought he would, but maybe Agger will be back soon as well. Gerrard has also played more than I thought he would - maybe Rafa is too scared to drop him. Kewell has only played in 21% of all minutes, and I can't see him getting many more before he leaves. Surprised Lucas has only played 29% of all minutes, thought he'd played more than that.
Goals and Assists
No surprise that Torres and Gerrard have 35 goals between them. Disappointing return from Kuyt, Crouch and Voronin though. Babel and Benayoun have done alright though. Also disappointing to see not a single goal scored by Pennant, Kewell or Riise and Mascherano to an extent. Given that they play in midfield (Riise has done a bit this season) you'd expect them to score a few.
I work my assists out differently to how they're normally done. I give up to 2 players assists for each goal. Anyway, Gerrard has 23 assists, but I'm surprised to see Torres on 14. I can't recall many of them. Babel has done alright again, and even Voronin has (though 5 of his came in one match) done well.
Goal faults per 90
Itandje doesn't seem that bad to me - I think he's unlucky that all his mistakes lead to goals. I read somewhere about him being the worst keeper we've ever signed, but I don't think he's quite that bad. He's only young as well, so no harm in giving him another season anyway. I don't agree that he should play in every League Cup or FA Cup tie (no complaints against him playing against Barnsley but why play him against Chelsea?) though. Play him against weaker opposition in the league rather than big domestic cup games.
Carragher has had a nightmare by his standards, but he has also played more than any other Liverpool player. So fatigue might be a reason. Anyway, being responsible for 1 goal every 5 games is not good.
Credit to Aurelio for not making a single mistake that's ended up with a goal. I didn't fault him for his OG against Villa. And Mascherano only gives away one goal in 50 games. I faulted him for Bramble's goal against Wigan.
Yellow and red cards
Still only 1 red - that was Pennant. But we all knew he was a "bad boy" when we signed him. Alonso is the dirtiest bastard we have this season though, he gets 0.4 bookings per 90 minutes, that's 1 every 2 and a half games. Which isn't bad really. Credit goes to Steve Finnan who's not been booked all season. And Hyypia gets 1 every 33 games apparently? I need to check that....
Goals per 90
Torres gets a goal every 126 minutes, Gerrard gets one every 166 minutes, not bad at all. Crouch is our next best striker with one every 204 minutes. Interesting that Benayoun is ahead of him with one every 195 minutes. Kuyt gets one every 230 minutes. Voronin, one every 321 minutes...
Assists per 90
This is a bit skewed cos 2 players normally get an assist for each goal. But anyway, I'm surprised that Gerrard, Pennant and Babel are all on 0.73, and Voronin is just behind them. I'm more surprised that Pennant and Babel are involved in so many goals - and there's not many games when you have both of them on either wing.
Attacking value per 90
Just the previous 2 added up - works out who's the most effective in terms of creating and scoring. Gerrard and Torres are in front, both on exactly 1.27. Benayoun and Babel have done well. So has Voronin, who has always come across as a bit shit to me. Shame that our full backs haven't contributed much. Hyypia has done more than all of them. You'd expect Finnan, Arbeloa, Riise and Aurelio to do a bit more I reckon.
Team Scored per 90
This just shows how many goals Liverpool score as a team while each player is on the pitch. Lucas has been top of this all season. Maybe cos he played in slightly easier matches at first. Anyway, Itandje is our second best, so that's a bit mad. Sissoko was our worst player in this case. We hardly scored when he played. And similar with Voronin.
Team Conceded per 90
Itandje is the worst. Voronin is 2nd worst. Then Benayoun - which maybe highlights a lack of defensive ability from him? Agger's stats were the best. We only conceded 1 goal every 3 games when he used to play. That's where our season has gone then...
