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Ireland’s 2011-12 Premier League stat leaders

15 May 2012 1,572 views 19 Comments Written by Ronan

GreenScene looks back at the Ireland players who performed the best statistically in the 2011-12 Barclaycard Premier League season in various categories, including goals scored, assists, pass completion, tackles, and lots more.

Appearances
38 – Jonathan Walters (Stoke)
38 – Stephen Ward (Wolves)
35 – Marc Wilson (Stoke)
33 – James McCarthy (Wigan)
33 – Paddy Kenny (QPR)
33 – Kevin Doyle (Wolves, 7 as a sub)

Goals Scored
8 – Shane Long (WBA)
8 – Anthony Pilkington (Norwich)
7 – Jonathan Walters (Stoke)
5 – James McClean (Sunderland)
4 – Leon Best (Newcastle)
4 – Kevin Doyle (Wolves)
4 – Wes Hoolahan (Norwich)

Assists
7 – Kevin Doyle (Wolves)
7 – Wes Hoolahan (Norwich)
5 – Jonathan Walters (Stoke)
3 – Damien Duff (Fulham)
3 – Stephen Ireland (Aston Villa)

Shots
69 – Jonathan Walters (Stoke)
50 – Kevin Doyle (Wolves)
43 – Anthony Pilkington (Norwich)
42 – Damien Duff (Fulham)
42 – James McClean (Sunderland)

Shots per Game
2.2 – Robbie Keane (Aston Villa)
1.8 – James McClean (Sunderland)
1.8 – Jonathan Walters (Stoke)
1.5 – Kevin Doyle (Wolves)
1.5 – Damien Duff (Fulham)

Key Passes
47 – Wes Hoolahan (Norwich)
38 – Anthony Pilkington (Norwich)
34 – Jon Walters (Stoke)
33 – Kevin Doyle (Wolves)
31 – Damien Duff (Fulham)

Passes attempted
1700 – Stephen Ward (Wolves)
1531 – James McCarthy (Wigan)
1226 – Wes Hoolahan (Norwich)
1223 – Glenn Whelan (Stoke)
1004 – John O’Shea (Sunderland)

Passes completed
1314 – Stephen Ward (Wolves)
1335 – James McCarthy (Wigan)
1056 – Wes Hoolahan (Norwich)
970 – Glenn Whelan (Stoke)
729 – John O’Shea (Sunderland)

Passes per Game
46.4 – James McCarthy (Wigan)
44.7 – Stephen Ward (Wolves)
42.2 – Darron Gibson (Everton)
40.8 – Glenn Whelan (Stoke)
37.2 – Wes Hoolahan (Norwich)

Successful Passing Percentage
87.2 – James McCarthy (Wigan)
86.5 – Damien Duff (Fulham)
85.7 – Samir Carruthers (Aston Villa)
85.7 – Michael Harriman (QPR, played only one game)
84.1 – Darron Gibson (Everton)
83.3 – Anthony Forde (Wolves)

Successful Dribbles
28 – James McClean (Sunderland)
23 – Wes Hoolahan (Norwich)
23 – Stephen Ward (Wolves)
17 – Kevin Doyle (Wolves)
15 – Jon Walters (Stoke)

Accurate Crosses
36 – Anthony Pilkington (Norwich)
35 – James McClean (Sunderland)
34 – Damien Duff (Fulham)
20 – Kevin Doyle (Wolves)
20 – Stephen Hunt (Wolves)
20 – Wes Hoolahan (Norwich)

Accurate Crosses per Game
1.5 – James McClean (Sunderland)
1.2 – Damien Duff (Fulham)
1.2 – Anthony Pilkington (Norwich)
0.9 – Marc Tierney (Norwich)
0.8 – Stephen Hunt (Wolves)

Successful Long Passes
236 – Paddy Kenny (QPR)
186 – Shay Given (Aston Villa)
147 – Glenn Whelan (Stoke)
143 – James McCarthy (Wigan)
135 – Marc Wilson (Stoke)

Successful Long Passes per Game
7.2 – Paddy Kenny (QPR)
6.4 – Keiren Westwood (Sunderland)
5.8 – Shay Given (Aston Villa)
4.9 – Glenn Whelan (Stoke)
4.5 – Darron Gibson (Everton)

Successful Through Balls
4 – Stephen Ireland (Aston Villa)
3 – Simon Cox (West Brom)
3 – Stephen Ward (Wolves)
3 – Glenn Whelan (Stoke)
2 – Robbie Keane (Aston Villa)
2 – James McCarthy (Wigan)

Tackles
81 – Marc Wilson (Stoke)
80 – James McCarthy (Wigan)
64 – Richard Dunne (Aston Villa)
61 – Glenn Whelan (Stoke)
55 – James McClean (Sunderland)
55 – Stephen Ireland (Aston Villa)

Tackles per Game
3.2 – Marc Tierney (Norwich)
2.7 – Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa)
2.4 – James McCarthy (Wigan)
2.4 – James McClean (Sunderland)
2.3 – Richard Dunne (Aston Villa)
2.3 – Stephen Ireland (Aston Villa)
2.3 – Marc Wilson (Stoke)

Interceptions
63 – Stephen Ireland (Aston Villa)
61 – Stephen Ward (Wolves)
58 – John O’Shea (Sunderland)
57 – James McCarthy (Wigan)
56 – Richard Dunne (Aston Villa)

Interceptions per Game
2.6 – Stephen Ireland (Aston Villa)
2.0 – Richard Dunne (Aston Villa)
2.0 – John O’Shea (Sunderland)
1.9 – Ciaran Clark (Aston Villa)
1.9 – Darron Gibson (Everton)

Clearances
252 – Richard Dunne (Aston Villa)
245 – Marc Wilson (Stoke)
165 – John O’Shea (Sunderland)
130 – Stephen Ward (Wolves)
111 – Stephen Kelly (Fulham)

Clearances per Game
9.0 – Richard Dunne (Aston Villa)
7.0 – Marc Wilson (Stoke)
5.6 – John O’Shea (Sunderland)
5.1 – Marc Tierney (Norwich)
4.6 – Stephen Kelly (Fulham)

Blocked Shots
23 – Richard Dunne (Aston Villa)
21 – Glenn Whelan (Stoke)
20 – James McCarthy (Wigan)
19 – Stephen Ward (Wolves)
15 – John O’Shea (Sunderland)

Aerial Duels Won
74 – Shane Long (West Brom)
65 – Jonathan Walters (Stoke)
62 – Richard Dunne (Aston Villa)
51 – Leon Best (Newcastle)
47 – Kevin Doyle (Wolves)

Aerial Duels Won per game
2.8 – Leon Best (Newcastle)
2.3 – Shane Long (West Brom)
2.2 – Richard Dunne (Aston Villa)
1.7 – Jonathan Walters (Stoke)
1.4 – Kevin Doyle (Wolves)

Caught Offside
32 – Shane Long (West Brom)
24 – Leon Best (Newcastle)
16 – Jon Walters (Stoke)
12 – Damien Duff (Fulham)
8 – Stephen Ireland (Aston Villa)

Fouls won per Game
1.6 – Kevin Doyle (Wolves)
1.5 – Wes Hoolahan (Norwich)
1.5 – Jon Walters (Stoke)
1.4 – Leon Best (Newcastle)
1.3 – Shane Long (West Brom)

Fouls against per Game
1.7 – Shane Long (West Brom)
1.3 – Glenn Whelan (Stoke)
1.2 – Richard Dunne (Aston Villa)
1.2 – Jonathan Walters (Stoke)
1.1 – Rory Delap (Stoke)
1.1 – Kevin Doyle (Wolves)

Yellow Cards
8 – Marc Wilson (Stoke)
7 – Richard Dunne (Aston Villa)
7 – James McCarthy (Wigan)
5 – John O’Shea (Sunderland)
5 – Stephen Hunt (Wolves)

Red Cards
1 – Conor Sammon (Wigan)

Own Goals
1 – Kevin Doyle (Wolves)
1 – Richard Dunne (Aston Villa)
1 – Stephen Reid (West Brom)

19 Comments »

John said:

Thanks for compiling all this, Ronan. Where did you get the stats? Opta?

# 15 May 2012 at 11:58 am

Ronan said:

John: Bang on the money, although there could be some typos with me copying them across!

# 15 May 2012 at 12:09 pm

IrishRI said:

I see James McCarthy leading in all the passing stats. Not much use to Ireland though considering that we don’t pass the ball.

# 15 May 2012 at 1:44 pm

Nick said:

ye we mite aswell put paddy kenny centre mid 4 the long passes.hed probs do a beter job than whelan

# 15 May 2012 at 11:25 pm

John said:

First thoughts:

Wow, Long wins a lot in the air, more than Walters surprisingly. Leon Best also won a lot in his short season.

Is Stephen Ward a secret midfielder?

James McCarthy is ready to start at international level. Next twelve months will be the making of him.

Pilklington should be tried out. Have seen him do a job on both wings, up front and in the middle. Great potential.

# 16 May 2012 at 12:53 am

IrishRI said:

I love how Ronan takes the time to put these things together. I wonder if he has enough hits on this site yet for the advertizers to come calling. Time to start making a few bucks for all your hard work.

# 16 May 2012 at 2:00 am

John said:

Yeah, agreed

# 16 May 2012 at 3:55 am

Ronan said:

RI: You can start paying me if you like We’ve had a few nibbles advertising wise, but waiting for a proper bite!

# 16 May 2012 at 1:08 pm

Richie said:

“Is Stephen Ward a secret midfielder?” Quite possibly. He’s arguably done better for Wolves as a striker (his original position for Bohemians), a winger and a centre mid than he has as a fullback. People slate him for his positional errors but he did have some very good games for them last season and the early part of this season in various utility man roles.

# 16 May 2012 at 2:30 pm

IrishRI said:

I like this site sufficiently that I would consider paying a nominal subscription but I don’t know about others so I don’t want to be giving you an ideas. Better to wait for the advertising.

Wardy is a good attacking full back but a bit shakey on defence. We have a lot of weak links in the team. The only good that could come out of us getting out @sses handed to us at the finals is that maybe Trap will wake up and smell the coffee and revamp our team for the WC campaign.

# 16 May 2012 at 5:29 pm

Ronan said:

RI: Definitely won’t be asking you to pay a fee, but if ads come, it’d be nice if people clicked on them!

I think he’ll revamp the team a little anyway as we have a few aging players, and some good young pretenders – the quality in the U19 and U21 squads shows as much.

# 16 May 2012 at 6:03 pm

Propagandhi said:

Funny the amount of abuse Doyle gets from Irish fans, yet he has more goals from open play and assists than Walters and I have also observed that Doyle regularly gets 6 and 7 star ratings in every newspaper I read and Walters gets 5 and 6. But playing with the worst team in the Premier League doesn’t help your cause.

Preferably Keane and Long up front. Prediction is Keane and Doyle up front. Cox might be an option off the bench.

# 18 May 2012 at 6:35 pm

IrishRI said:

I honestly don’t think he’ll decide on a starting 11 until the day before games as usual. The only real places that are in doubt is Long or Doyle and two of McGeady/Duff/McClean. Long is just a better player than Doyle. He’s twice as fast, better in the air and has a nicer first touch. Hope he starts.

# 18 May 2012 at 7:36 pm

Propagandhi said:

I am flabbergasted at the praise Walters gets from certain sections of Irish fans. You can dress it up any way you want, I know he’s made excuses for his form by saying that he isn’t a striker, but the proof is in the pudding and as a striker Walters has been shocking this season. I genuinely think that Doyle has been better and his talents would have been better served by being granted a move to Everton in January.

In saying that, I would have Long ahead of both of them. Long has made a tremendous impact at West Brom, even after being assaulted by Hutton and being diagnosed with a (minor) heart defect. He is a dynamic player and if he stays fit next season, he could genuinely be at a top 6 team before the World Cup in Brazil.

# 18 May 2012 at 7:49 pm

John said:

I reckon Trap will experiment with Long and Keane before the Euros and I wouldn’t be surprised if they start against Croatia. I think Long can play target man, but his distribution stats are actually quite poor. Still our best option at the moment.

Doyle has reminded me of Foley this season. There is no doubt that there is a footballer in there, but how can he be best utilized? Sometimes I think he would be better out wide than as a striker. I think a move to a club like Sunderland or Fulham would work best for him, but there is always the risk that he will become a scapegoat at a bigger club if he’s not scoring. Maybe he could play abroad – a Cascarino circa ’95 style renaissance!

# 19 May 2012 at 3:01 am

Propagandhi said:

I was thinking about who could realistically get a good move out of a good showing at the Euros and I have been left quite disappointed.

Given, Dunne, Duff and Keane are our best players but they are all too old. Hopefully they all continue for one more qualifying campaign, although Duff is one of my favourite players, I can take his retirement.

O’Shea, Ward and Whelan won’t move.

That leaves St Ledger, Andrews, McGeady and Doyle who have the most to gain. Another Championship team most likely beckons for St Ledger.

I would have liked to see continental clubs take an interest in our players but I think McGeady is the only player who could realistically command a move to Serie A, La Liga or Bundesliga.

If he plays and it’s a big if, McClean has the X factor to command a move to a big team but he needs to prove that he wasn’t a one season wonder next season. In fact, Coleman needs to prove himself too.

Roberto Martinez has been linked with the Liverpool job. I wonder if he’ll bring James McCarthy with him? Gerrard is 32. Henderson, Adam and Spearing aren’t good enough. It would be nice to see an Irish player at a big club again.

# 19 May 2012 at 11:15 am

Propagandhi said:

Interesting that this comes out just when I am pondering who has the most to gain from having a good European Championships.

http://espnfc.com/uk/en/news/1073831/window-shopping.html

McClean is one of 10 players who could earn a move to a bigger team, along with Van Der Wiel, Giovinco, Veloso and others.

Of course he has to play first and I staunchly believe that for better or worse, he is behind Duff, McGeady and Hunt in the pecking order.

# 19 May 2012 at 10:21 pm

Propagandhi said:

Trapattoni is unlikely to risk O’Shea against Bosnia. Kelly will probably play.

# 20 May 2012 at 9:00 pm

Nick said:

interesting to see Whelans poor passing stats yet hes in the team as a passer.radiculous