Qpr covered the least ground

[Martinmalta]

From statistics published today, the QPR players run the least km of all twenty teams in the Premier. Our players ran 107 km, compared that to Burnley....120km. No wonder they equalized in the 94th minute!

[West London is Rss]

Article here

http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2014/10/10/does-this-explain-qprs-dismal-defeat-to-west-ham/?utm_medium=share%2Bbutton&utm_campaign=social%2Bmedia&utm_content=/en-gb/2014/10/10/does-this-explain-qprs-dismal-defeat-to-west-ham/&utm_source=Twitter

[12321]

Most of the running was down the tunnel

[californiahoop]

its stamina not pace thats the issue,

[Kirill]

OAPs and mercs inevitably run less.

[WeAreQPR12]

Kirill have estonia got a chance of causing an upset sunday? Thinking of making some readys

[brightonr]

Kirill have estonia got a chance of causing an upset sunday? Thinking of making some readys

They will no doubt upset Kirill.

[Kirill]

Kirill have estonia got a chance of causing an upset sunday? Thinking of making some readys

No chance whatsoever.
Could not even draw with Lithuania the other day.

[THE CAT]

Article here


http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2014/...source=Twitter

To be honest I am surprised they even clocked up that much, I texted in the first half to my mates that the players couldn't even be bothered to run.

There was a bit of gentle jogging and that was about it.

It is pretty disgraceful that each player ran over 1km less than the Burnley players though.

Not sure whether it is down to their fitness or laziness

[Abseits]

Meaningless stat.... let the ball do the work is about the only thing I remember from the "coaching" we had at PE when I was a nipper.

[rhysthomsonqpr]

Qpr covered the least ground

just saw on a site that qpr covered the least ground in the prem only 107km as a combined team. is this one of our problems the work rate... interesting stat! i found it at: http://hereisthecity.com/en-gb/2014/...t-to-west-ham/

[THE CAT]

Meaningless stat.... let the ball do the work is about the only thing I remember from the "coaching" we had at PE when I was a nipper.

What about movement into space giving the player with the ball an option to pass to, tracking back, or shutting the other team down not giving them time and space on the ball. All of these need people to run.

If we can't be bothered to do that then we are in trouble, especially when you are playing technically better players, which most teams are in this league.

[QPR Richard]

It's not just about fitness, it's also about maintaining concentration for 90 mins.

After the two week break, I don't want to hear a single excuse from Redknapp about fitness levels.

[Jimmy Floyd Rabbit]

Not surprised in the slightest. Stats can cause misconception but this one is nailed on.

[DeepcutHoop]

Meaningless stat.... let the ball do the work is about the only thing I remember from the "coaching" we had at PE when I was a nipper.

It shouldn't be taken on it's own obviously, performances come down to more than one factor, but it is far, far from a meaningless stat.