Joe Willock
Newcastle United · Midfielder · England · 317 min
Ballity Verdict
What makes this player special?
Joe Willock earns his standing through how he shapes phases of play for Newcastle United — not through a single viral trait.
Deployment evidence is thinner than the skill-set read — treat any talk of a “natural” secondary position as hypothesis until the minutes show it.
Sample size still limits how hard you can push the conclusions. The football idea is clear; the confidence should stay honest until a fuller season of minutes confirms it.
Why Ballity says this
- No major weakness flags in the current profile
Receipts
- · Player Profile
- · Role Breadth
- · Deployment · thin
- · Sample · limited
Position
Winger
Appearances
9
Great+ roles
0
Age
26
Preferred foot
Right
Height
186 cm
Ballity insights
Peer context vs wingers — how often they get the ball and what they do with it. Separate from role tiers above. Attackers also split separation into on-ball (dribble-created) and off-ball (movement).
Usage rate
Share of team touches (non-GK) among wingers with match data.
10.1% team touches
Peer band · Low
Pool percentile
32.7%
Also 49.3 touches/90 (season aggregate).
Efficiency
Output quality per action for wingers.
20 score
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
14.8%
On-ball separation
Dribble-created space and self-made shot quality.
35 score
Peer band · Minimal
Pool percentile
22.4%
Off-ball separation
Movement-created space on assisted attempts.
46 score
Peer band · Average
Pool percentile
55.9%
Balance & structural weaknesses
How complete this player is on the position's job board — strengths and holes.
How we define this
Two-way = Great+ on ≥2 complementary axes. One-way = every other route Limited/closed. Weak routes = Average holes on complementary axes.
No Elite/Great axis on this position's job board, so no weakness flag.
Defensive contribution
Proxy only · confidence: proxy — not a role tier
Proxy p80 · Actions p83 within winger peers
Stat profile
Within position peers — percentile shape (not role scores).
Versatility Index
Precise 0–100 score — cross-group breadth (67%) plus within-group depth (33%), quality-scaled by tier. Distinct from the shape card below.
Index
26.0
Breadth 16.8 · Depth 9.3
- ·Wingers: Duelist Winger (Great), Raumdeuter (Good), Wide Runner (Good)
- ·Forwards: Target Man (Good)
Versatility shape
Coarse directional pattern (Specialist / Dual-threat / Generalist) — not the 0–100 Index above.
Unclassified
UnclassifiedDistinct Great+
0 Great+ roles total
Where he plays
Positions with deployment evidence — not statistical guesses.
Natural
None inferred
Role translations
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Role-by-role detail
How each role is scored. Expand a row for a radar of role-shaped stats.
Similar players
Shape match across winger roles — cosine similarity of role scores (domestic leagues only). Slot 1 is the best same-league match; the rest are the next closest from the full pool.
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RaumdeuterΔ6
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- Duelist WingerΔ5
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- Duelist WingerΔ3
- Wide RunnerΔ0
- RaumdeuterΔ1