Bikey in the Opta stats...

Oi Oi Saveloy · by **Oi Oi Saveloy** » 07 Sep 2007 08:21

These opta stats are rubbish. Anyone with any sense knows Championship Manager is the only proper method of assertaining a players true ability.

Cookie · by **Cookie** » 08 Sep 2007 00:24

Bikey should maybe start instead of Michael

RobRoyale · by **RobRoyale** » 08 Sep 2007 07:01

Cookie Bikey should maybe start instead of Michael

I'd be inclined to agree.

BonBoh · by **BonBoh** » 08 Sep 2007 13:24

I think the stats do give an indication about certain things. They shouldn't be viewed in isolation, that's all.

If a defender has about 90% of tackles won it is an indicator that he is very tough to beat.

Now it may also be that his positional sense is so bad that he doesn't get near enough to tackle a player and is watching players scoring goals from 10 yards away (see Greg Halford's recent games for Sunderland).
If a defender has only made 4 tackles in 5 games then the stats are crap.
If he has made 300 tackles in 5 games his performances are likely to have been good.

Now take a goalkeeper...
Hahnemann has let in a few in the last 2 games but he has probably saved a whole lot more. His percentage of stopping shots, catching crosses, etc. is probably very high.
Perhaps if the whole team defended better, he'd have less to save. If he then saved 1 out of 2 shots on his goal during a game he would only have a 50% rating but we may have won that game 2-1.
However, we may lose a game 3-0 and Hahnemann saved a further 7 shots, which would give him a rating of 70%
Does that make him a better goalkeeper than one with a rating of 50%??

parky · by **parky** » 08 Sep 2007 22:33

Oi Oi Saveloy These opta stats are rubbish. Anyone with any sense knows Championship Manager is the only proper method of assertaining a players true ability.

Agreed

namroyal · by **namroyal** » 09 Sep 2007 16:58

OK, here's a question for you... Reading are playing Man Ure at home. Hunt pops up and scores in the 24th minute. Scholes equalises in the 75th minute, and Doyle nets a 25 yard screamer in the 87th minute. The final score is 2-1.

Who scored the winning goal?

thefruits · by **thefruits** » 09 Sep 2007 21:02

Ok.. I'll fall for the bait...

Doyle scores the winner for Man U.. as Royals are 'playing Man Utd at home'.. hence the winners score would be first..

and thus Man U would win 2-1...

After last nights Doyler special.. a 25 yarder isn't so far fetched.. into his own goal though... yeah right !

Bikey in the Opta stats...

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