It was the official Premier League website that counted drawn PKs as assists in their statistics, and I think there is a certain logic to that. Actually I feel pretty confident that on average it tells you more about a player's contribution to a goal than an assist does. On the other hand, if you're using assist figures to tell you something about the quality of a player's passing in dangerous positions, then it's probably less useful to lump those figures together.
Does that count every penalty drawn as an assist, or just the ones that are converted? On one hand, you technically can't have an assist if there was no goal, but on the other hand a drawn penalty is a drawn penalty whether or not the taker converts it. On the other other hand, you could say the same thing with pinpoint crosses and breakaway passes. If the player scores, the passer gets an assist, and if they don't, they don't and there's nothing the passer can do after the pass/cross. I guess that's just to say that assist stats are a fickle thing.
For players who are active in the penalty box, causing trouble...is more likely to get fouled and some teams rely on that especially against physical teams. so i think it makes sense its added as an assist
I don't know if this has been posted but I found it interesting. "Not every team in that league tried to play football." Looking at you Tony Pulis.
According to Yanks Abroad Jozy led the PL in penalties drawn. He had 7 PL assists, 4 of them penalties drawn. People forget what a physical man-child beast Jozy was at Hull. He drew many fouls and yellows. Now he's going to be like that plus goals. Ironic that his last PL action was a head butt against Sunderland.
I think it was served when he played in turkey Gorky... not sure if that's 100% correct but I think that other federations do count towards suspensions.
Positive now is that Jozy can create PKs and take them and convert them. Is there a designated PK taker for Sunderland? Can't recall them getting many, if any PKs last season.
I hope SAFC keep Sessegnon. If they have Sess, Johnson, Fletcher, and Larsson supporting Jozy, he shouldn't have a problem finding chances. It's not an ideal move but I'm excited.
This is a fantastic move with one major caveat: can the coach just coach instead of talk to the media? If I were the owner I would hire a front man and not let DC talk to anyone. Pay him a million pounds a year just to shut the hell up. The guy can coach and that's all that matters. My only other fear is that Jozy will be browbeaten into playing with an injury that blows up just prior to WC.
http://www.readytogo.net/smb/showthread.php?t=790207 I love SAFC forums. A new thread is created on jozy everyday,and all of them stay active. they cant stop talking about him. The new topic is a JOZY CHANT song and its funny how much people our told to simply fuick off on those forums daily
Thought this was interesting: http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/onthemove/id/6766?cc=5901 He's one year older than Altidore and scored more goals, the (somewhat biased) consensus here is that Altidore is more versatile, but is Bonyworth 2x the $?
The Black Cat has arrived in sunderland (video proof) http://tyneandwear.sky.com/sunderla...re-arrives-on-wearside-for-sunderland-medical
I believe that Bony has a longer and more consistent track record of scoring than Jozy does....and one has to remember that Jozy has the "failures" to make an impact at Villarreal, Hull, and Xerez on his record. Everyone knows that there are caveats to those "failures", but it gives them reason to discount his value.
Sunderland is paying a lot of money for Jozy, and Swansea is paying insane money for Bony. Seems pretty risky deals given the current transfer climate and it being Eredivisie players, not proven PL or CL players. But most PL teams seem to have more £ than they have time to spend.
Sunderland signed two good (French) CBs in Valentin Roberge and Mobido Diakite. If Sessegnon stays put, we could be looking at a decent squad.
Bony's track record is a little better. However, that track record began at Sparta Prague. It could be argued that while Bony was banging in goals in the Czech league, Jozy was playing in Spain, England, and Turkey which are leagues much higher in stature. When comparing Jozy to Bony prior to the Eredivisie, it's a wash, IMO. Bony was scoring but Jozy was playing at a higher level. I have no idea if that's the way clubs and managers look at it but that's the way I look at it. At the end of the day, though, Bony and Jozy are two different players that bring different intangibles to the table. That factors in their market values. Both are posed for "big money transfers" and both clearly deserve it. I think both will be successful in the EPL but obviously for selfish reasons I hope Jozy outshines Bony.
Yeah... in the Czech league with their national power. Not nearly as many degree of difficulty points.
Both players were free transfers which is always a smart piece of business especially when they could be potential starters. Roberge, I confess, I don't know much about other than what I've read. Diakite is a pretty solid CB that was rebounded extremely well after a broken leg nearly killed his Lazio career before it even started.