Coolblade
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A few observations from the stats: Hamer, O’Hare & Brooks
Having seen various comments on the effectiveness of Hamer this season, here is a season comparison for Hamer vs O’Hare vs Brooks, our creative three behind Bamford (albeit O’Hare playing more centrally needs to be taken into account)
Overall goal contributions
O'Hare has started 31 games, Brooks 21 games, and Hamer 19 games, so:
Creativity/Passing (per game, successful acts)
Possession (per game)
I have also seen suggestions that Hamer has suffered a bit of a dip since last season, but his stats still outshine the others, not only in creative terms, but also as regards maintaining possession. And checking his 24/25 stats, he had only 0.46 goal contributions per game last year (with similar 1.8 key passes), so arguably he’s stepped up 40% this season.
And as I really like Brooks, please please practice your crossing! And Seriki’s attacking stats are often better than Brooks, so keeping these two together for next season should be our priority.
A couple of final points (as again I’ve seen them both get stick)
- of all players starting more than 15 games in 25/26 Tanganga has our highest statistical contribution per game.
- although he only started 11 games last season, Arblaster was our top contributor per game in 24/25. He’s clearly not close to being back to that level yet, but let’s be patient.
UTB
Having seen various comments on the effectiveness of Hamer this season, here is a season comparison for Hamer vs O’Hare vs Brooks, our creative three behind Bamford (albeit O’Hare playing more centrally needs to be taken into account)
Overall goal contributions
O'Hare has started 31 games, Brooks 21 games, and Hamer 19 games, so:
- Hamer: 2 goals 10 assists (12 goal contributions @ 0.63 per start)
- O'Hare: 8 goals 5 assists (13 goal contributions @ 0.42 per start )
- Brooks: 5 goals 2 assists (7 goal contributions @ 0.33 per start )
Creativity/Passing (per game, successful acts)
- Hamer 1.7 key passes (pass completion 76.2%), 1.3 crosses and 0.6 dribbles.
- O'Hare 1.2 key passes (pass completion 78.3%), 0.1 crosses and 0.4 dribbles.
- Brooks 0.8 key passes (pass completion 74.5%), 0.2 crosses and 1.3 dribbles.
Possession (per game)
- Hamer dispossessed 0.4 times 0.8 unsuccessful touches.
- O'Hare dispossessed 0.8 times 2.2 unsuccessful touches.
- Brooks dispossessed 0.8 times 2.0 unsuccessful touches
I have also seen suggestions that Hamer has suffered a bit of a dip since last season, but his stats still outshine the others, not only in creative terms, but also as regards maintaining possession. And checking his 24/25 stats, he had only 0.46 goal contributions per game last year (with similar 1.8 key passes), so arguably he’s stepped up 40% this season.
And as I really like Brooks, please please practice your crossing! And Seriki’s attacking stats are often better than Brooks, so keeping these two together for next season should be our priority.
A couple of final points (as again I’ve seen them both get stick)
- of all players starting more than 15 games in 25/26 Tanganga has our highest statistical contribution per game.
- although he only started 11 games last season, Arblaster was our top contributor per game in 24/25. He’s clearly not close to being back to that level yet, but let’s be patient.
UTB
