But he doesn't lose the ball that often. Abeid under Carver was much worse for that. People here just spout any crap. I provide logic.
If you think Tiote doesn't lose the ball often, your logic is as sound as your opinion of Cabella's towering height.
Tiote - 81.7
Anita - 81.1
He might lose the ball more times a match due to having the ball more. But he doesn't lose it more often.
Is that pass completion? Does that include all the times he holds on to the ball, spins around a bit beofre being tackled?
rates are similar. Tiote gets dispossesed once on average per 90 minutes. Anita 0.8.
Tiote gets "fouled" a lot when he fannies on the ball. And he must make some passes under extreme pressure that don't help build a rhythm.
But Tiote losing the ball often? Myth.
f***ing stats man, just watch the f***ing matches for once and you'll see Anita taking the more ambitious pass and you'll see Tiote passing backwards. See Tiote comit a foul or be out a position and you'll see us having already lost the central battle. You'll also see us being prone to cards and giving away key free kicks that force danger situations in our own half. He hasn't been himself since the first two seasons we had him and it's a another Alan Pardew ruined career.
Howay man, forget what you see with the naked eye; his stats are very good.
it's all about stats if you ask me ;-)