Bad Stats - where we are all getting it wrong when talking about football
The Athletic FC Tactics Podcast
The Importance of Goals in Premier League
Tottenham's Son Heung-min has scored with each of his last seven shots on target in Premier League. I'm just not convinced that a player has any say over whether over the significance of their goal essentially. Solomon Kalu often came on when Chelsea were three and a half and scored a couple of goals but does that make him a good player? Is he almost like flaky players you know almost flat track bullies they just do it when the side overall was playing well. It's a bit like garbage time in basketball basically if there's a huge discrepancy in score and the match is coming to an end without much riding on it many replacement players who don't get a huge amount of
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