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Now up to 10% more rational. Archive for June, 2011. Shot Stopping vs Preventing Shots Revisited. June 16, 2011. In a previous post. The relevant point is that even the most active goalkeepers deal with only a small minority of crosses. In addition to the low volume of aerial contributions there is also the question of how valuable each contribution actually is. Let’s look at it from another angle and ask how valuable is a cross on average? 1 What percentage of the time the cross finds a teammate. In sum...
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Now up to 10% more rational. Can İlkay Gündoğan replace Nuri Şahin? May 10, 2011. For Gündoğan moving to Dortmund will be a large step up in terms of responsibility, both on and off the pitch. Moving from a midtable club, even if that club is Der Club where the players have to carry the weight of the club’s history on their shoulders, to the reigning champions is always a big step, but moving there to replace Şahin will make it doubly so. To further emphasize the difference in responsibility, if we ignor...
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Graph: 2010/11 Premier League Shot Volume vs Efficiency | rational football
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Now up to 10% more rational. Graph: 2010/11 Premier League Shot Volume vs Efficiency. Graph: 2010/11 Premier League Shot Volume vs Efficiency. July 10, 2011. Below is a graph of the goals per shot and shots per 90 minutes ratios of every player who took 40 or more shots in the 2010/11 Premier League season. Data Sources: http:/ www.telegraph.co.uk/. And http:/ www.football-lineups.com/. July 15, 2011 at 19:44. Just found the site. Very interesting, looking forward to future posts! Enter your comment here.
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A Closer Look At Mario Gómez’s Shooting | rational football
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Now up to 10% more rational. A Closer Look At Mario Gómez’s Shooting. A Closer Look At Mario Gómez’s Shooting. June 5, 2011. In total Gómez took 95 shots or 3.50 per 90 minutes. Of those 48 were on target, 26 off target, 16 were blocked, 3 hit the post and 2 hit the crossbar. The majority of his shots, 79, came from open play. 2 came from penalty kicks, 4 from counter attacks, 4 from corners, 1 from a throw-in and 5 from free kick crosses. Given most of his shots come from directly in front of the goal i...
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August | 2011 | rational football
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Now up to 10% more rational. Archive for August, 2011. The Evolution of Michael Carrick. August 4, 2011. I In Which We Are Introduced To Our Hero. I should warn you: this is going to be long. II First Rays of the New Rising Sun. In this and all other heat maps the pitch has been divided into twenty 5.25 metre segments in the y-axis and ten 6.8 metre segments in the x-axis, and the number in each square indicates how many passes were attempted in that section of the pitch. His passes were slightly longer ...
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April | 2011 | rational football
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Now up to 10% more rational. Archive for April, 2011. A Closer Look at Nuri Şahin’s Passing. April 24, 2011. Nuri Şahin was voted the best player of the first half of the Bundesliga season by his fellow players and he is the favourite to win the overall player of the year award. In this post I take a closer look at his passing using statistics gathered from the official Bundesliga website. Opp Half Frwd Pass 63.3% 361/570. Opp Half Side Pass 85.6% 160/187. Opp Half Back Pass 96.4% 132/137. Nuri Şahin 3,61.
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Shot Stopping vs Preventing Shots | rational football
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Now up to 10% more rational. Shot Stopping vs Preventing Shots. Shot Stopping vs Preventing Shots. March 7, 2011. How much more valuable increasing save% is depends on the save%. The take home point is that at any save% above 50% increasing save% by 1% is more valuable than decreasing SoT/match by 1%. At realistic top flight save% levels (c. 60-80%) it ranges from 1.5x to 4x more valuable. June 16, 2011 at 16:27. Shot Stopping vs Preventing Shots Revisited « rational football. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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Manchester United Central Defenders By The Numbers | rational football
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Now up to 10% more rational. Manchester United Central Defenders By The Numbers. Manchester United Central Defenders By The Numbers. June 4, 2011. In this post I will look at the performance of Chris Smalling, Jonny Evans, Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic in the 2010/11 Premier League season using data gathered from the Guardian Chalkboards, but before I do so I feel the need to make a few points. Is there a problem with how the data is gathered? Is it possible the statistic is right and I’m wrong? Needle...
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May | 2011 | rational football
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Now up to 10% more rational. Archive for May, 2011. 2009 Champions League Final: A Tactical Review. May 18, 2011. Giggs played a very advanced role and focused on pressing aggressively high up the pitch. United's first half formation. The result of this was that whenever Barcelona was able to bypass Giggs they had a 3v2 advantage in central midfield. While that in itself was worrying it was made even worse (from a United point of view) by Guardiola’s tactical masterstroke. In a match of two decisive tact...
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