Swansea City: 5 Reasons The Swans Were Wrong To Sack Michael Laudrup

5. Swansea Are The Best Passing Side In The Premier League

Let€™s get things moving on this slideshow with a key stat. The Swans are a popular team and one of the reasons behind that is the style in which they play their football; it€™s a style that sees them playing the passing game better than any other club in the Premier League. This season they have enjoyed 59.9% average possession and 86.4% passing accuracy per match, both of these figures are the best in the league. Critics will say that it€™s about what you do with the ball rather than purely retaining it, but it€™s crazy to suggest that keeping the ball is a bad habit €“ and it€™s something that successful teams generally share. The teams below Swansea in the possession table are Southampton, Man City, Arsenal and Everton; I think we can all agree that they are all having a fine season. The bottom line is that teams that struggle usually don€™t retain the ball very well, the fact that Swansea do suggests that there shouldn€™t have been any real cause for concern.