Quadrophenia wrote:Only one stat matters. The scoreline, that's the only stat that will be taken into account in years to come.
Will people in ten years be arsed that Arsenal twatted us in the 01 cup final? No because the scoreline says 2-1 to Liverpool. Will people in ten years know Liverpool hammered Stoke this year? No because the scoreline says 0-0. That's what goes into the history books, not the meaningless stats about possesion, shots on/off target, successful passes. waste of time.
bigmick wrote:Quadrophenia wrote:Only one stat matters. The scoreline, that's the only stat that will be taken into account in years to come.
Will people in ten years be arsed that Arsenal twatted us in the 01 cup final? No because the scoreline says 2-1 to Liverpool. Will people in ten years know Liverpool hammered Stoke this year? No because the scoreline says 0-0. That's what goes into the history books, not the meaningless stats about possesion, shots on/off target, successful passes. waste of time.
Totally disagree Bill and you're missing my point. Stats in the aftermath are pointless but do provide some useful information which might help you to improve.
How many goals have we conceded when the ball is crossed in from the left in a set piece, as opposed to the right? The numbers won't be the same, and it won't be a coincidence if you measure it over time. On one side or the other, it's quite possibile the front zone works better.
I'm talking about the use of stats not on our team, but on others.I'm talking about the predictive, probability area of stats, and the use of them to anylise performance. they aren't a waste of time there at all.
bigmick wrote:Back to the brother in law, and their extensive use of computers, stats and probabilities. They played against the tournament favourites in the Olmpic semi's, and they game plans worked out for each player. They reckoned that based on probabilities from extensive monitoring, if player A is recieving serve, the pattern that will follow when the game is tight is that the setter (usually a short, for some reason quite hairy bloke at the front who flicks it up for the big guy) is going to set it for player B. They know the names of the players but feck knows, they're Brazillian so we'll call the big guy Pico for the sake of demonstration.
They have a read on Pico which says come the big point, two games all, 22-22 in the decider he likes to go cross court for the power shot or whatever it is. They put two blockers on him and force him to turn his body and try for an unfamiliar down the line thing, and he dumps it onto the net. Tennis players will do it as well, they'll know that at 2 sets each, 5-5 and deuce that such and such is going to serve it down the line. They don't guess, they know what the probability is.
In this area, football has much to learn.
Quadrophenia wrote:Only one stat matters. The scoreline, that's the only stat that will be taken into account in years to come.
Will people in ten years be arsed that Arsenal twatted us in the 01 cup final? No because the scoreline says 2-1 to Liverpool. Will people in ten years know Liverpool hammered Stoke this year? No because the scoreline says 0-0. That's what goes into the history books, not the meaningless stats about possesion, shots on/off target, successful passes. waste of time.
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