Football

Number of long balls (passes of more than 25 yards) so far this season:

Newcastle 78
Everton 69
Reading 67
Wigan 67
Liverpool 66
Real Madrid 67
Chelsea 65
West Ham 65
Fulham 64
WBA 64
Villa 62
Sunderland 62
Tottenham 61
Norwich 60
QPR 59
Barcelona 59
Manchester United 56
Swansea 55
Manchester City 54
Southampton 51
Arsenal 49

Looks like Rodgers quick short passing game isn't taking hold*.

*Oh, we all knew that all ready.

when the 66 long passes, above, are part of our 500+ passes per game stats the actual percentage is very small

when compared to west hams keeper to striker head down to goal shooter passing, your 65 would be considered a very high percentage

stats can be used to prove pretty much anything

if you could also quote the total number of passes from which the long ball stat was taken i would be interested