I like Mannion, and his kicking is a big part of that. When he pumps it long, hd tends to make the defenders panic, so whether the defender headed it or not, he deserves an "assist"...
Of all the stats that I produce it is the "assists" that leads to controversy, I guess this is partly due to the liberal interpretation I use for gauging an "assist".
You just stay as you are Lancs, you ain't doing anything wrong and we should all appreciate the time and patience you put into this each match, more power to your elbow mate...
I like the way Lancs lad does the assists and to give you an example the super talented Isak last season beat 7 Everton players in a mazy run before crossing the ball and because it diverted off a defender before going to a Newcastle player to score he wasn't given the Assist!
Lancs lad, who is one of our own would've given that assist to Isak, like he has done for TC.
I like the way Lancs lad does the assists and to give you an example the super talented Isak last season beat 7 Everton players in a mazy run before crossing the ball and because it diverted off a defender before going to a Newcastle player to score he wasn't given the Assist!
Lancs lad, who is one of our own would've given that assist to Isak, like he has done for TC.
Keep going Lancs, much appreciated.
Whereas if a Forest defender had tried to clear the ball yesterday, but the ball bounced off Isak's back into the path of Gordon who scored, he would have got the assist
I'm quite happy with Lancs' methodology and am grateful to the effort he puts in. I always think the 'assist' is a bit of a funny stat anyway though. As I understand it, it came about simply as a way of recognising unselfish forwards who would make a pass rather than out-and-out greedy strikers who wouldn't, whereas it seems we often want to use it to describe something else, something rather more creative - perhaps what used to be called 'who made the goal' before 'the assist' became en vogue. In this sense, the twin assumptions that only one person assists and that that person is always the last person to play the ball are highly misleading. Very often the key action in making a goal happens before the final pass, but football's just too wonderful and messy to have any meaningful stat that takes account of all the possible permutations.
Perhaps we need another column noting the person who passed to the player who got the assist.
I'm quite happy with Lancs' methodology and am grateful to the effort he puts in. I always think the 'assist' is a bit of a funny stat anyway though. As I understand it, it came about simply as a way of recognising unselfish forwards who would make a pass rather than out-and-out greedy strikers who wouldn't, whereas it seems we often want to use it to describe something else, something rather more creative - perhaps what used to be called 'who made the goal' before 'the assist' became en vogue. In this sense, the twin assumptions that only one person assists and that that person is always the last person to play the ball are highly misleading. Very often the key action in making a goal happens before the final pass, but football's just too wonderful and messy to have any meaningful stat that takes account of all the possible permutations.
Perhaps we need another column noting the person who passed to the player who got the assist.
Or an eleven column grid that ticks off everyone involved in the move
I'm quite happy with Lancs' methodology and am grateful to the effort he puts in. I always think the 'assist' is a bit of a funny stat anyway though. As I understand it, it came about simply as a way of recognising unselfish forwards who would make a pass rather than out-and-out greedy strikers who wouldn't, whereas it seems we often want to use it to describe something else, something rather more creative - perhaps what used to be called 'who made the goal' before 'the assist' became en vogue. In this sense, the twin assumptions that only one person assists and that that person is always the last person to play the ball are highly misleading. Very often the key action in making a goal happens before the final pass, but football's just too wonderful and messy to have any meaningful stat that takes account of all the possible permutations.
Perhaps we need another column noting the person who passed to the player who got the assist.
Or an eleven column grid that ticks off everyone involved in the move
It is a good point that was made earlier that our keepers are scoring low because they are having much less to do. Not because they are playing rubbish. This is a great development.
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Lancs lad, who is one of our own would've given that assist to Isak, like he has done for TC.
Keep going Lancs, much appreciated.
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We all love your stats LL.