According to a study conducted by the "Fink Tank" in The Times. It studied how many passes every player in the league has made and Mackie made the fewest. With him, in fairness, I'm not sure whether it is purely selfishness and how much of it is more like hopelessness. So it wasn't clear for instance whether this was because he attempted the fewest passes or completed the fewest passes. But it was also noticeable that whereas most of the other "selfish" players listed were top goal-scorers such as Defoe (so to some extent their failure to pass was justified), while Mackie has v few goals or assists to his name in the Prem. Anyway, it more than supports the view that Mackie, for all his endeavour, runs into blind alleys with his head down rather than looking up and seeing when to make the pass. A shame because if he could do that he cd potentially have a future as a Prem player, but until he learns to do that - perhaps by learning better control of the ball so he is not constantly worried about losing it - he is never going to amount to a top flight player imho.
-
-
Lets see how he plays vs everton. -
Care to share the stats mate? Seems you have to subscribe to view the fink tankComment
-
Play a striker as a wide midfielder and he'll get frustrated, try and take on defenders, never pass and will try and prove that he is capable upfront. This is Jamie Mackie."When you went to the corner and saw our fans celebrating the way they were you just wanted to be part of it" - Shaun Derry after we beat the scum 1-0Comment
-
SWP the least,he always giving it awayChelmsford City the home of RadioComment
-
like shoot and match ,will?Chelmsford City the home of RadioComment
-
Yes its quite a good alternative take. Written by Daniel Finklestein who normally writes about politics. This column is all about football stats and often has some quite surprising things in it (players you thought were good are shown not to be that effective and visa versa). Obviously stats don't tell the whole story but as in this case I think it does highlight something that a fair few of us suspected but because Mackie is a "battler" a fair number of fans overlook the clear fact that actually he is far more selfish/ indulgent/ whatever you want to call it than our supposed show-boated Adel.Comment
-
god the yoof these daysChelmsford City the home of RadioComment
-
So there's no stats to back it up?
I could easily state "Rowan Vine rated as most consistent and loyal player in the GB football leagues" and say its coz "I fink so"
I hope Mackie plays at some stage tomorrow and bags a couple and shows his usual passion for the shirtI need some time in the sunshine, I gotta slow it right down.Comment
-
The pass he made against arsenal for the winner after beating their f/b was really selfishComment
Comment