It’s the biggest weakness in Suarez’s resume. But let’s remember that he has played very well in a CL-winning campaign (2014-2015), and as you...
I’ve written about this earlier in this thread, so if you search for posts by me in this thread you can find a lot more detailed analysis on this,...
Kroos’s role did change a good bit over time, though his numbers are so much lower there that IMO that seems quite unlikely to fully explain the...
The most interesting thing about this info IMO is what it tells us about how some really old players got their goals and assists. For instance,...
Like the data a lot! One question: Does the “crosses” stat here count assists that are crosses from set pieces or not?
Again, “chances created” and stats based on “chances” is not a very precise stat at all, since it is so overinclusive and underinclusive and is...
Appreciate the time that that must’ve taken, but what’s the actual point here? What “silly argument” is being referred to? As far as I can tell,...
I think this is a bit of an exaggeration. Xavi and Iniesta weren’t just key players like Eto’o. They were the best players on the Spanish team...
I think these are valid points. One query I have for you about this, though: I tend to agree that the quality of teammates is a huge determining...
My response to your post was going to be to basically say I agreed completely with what @Sexy Beast said in response to it, so if you generally...
I think this is very interesting info to see. That said, I do agree that the analysis inherently overlooks a player’s ability to get themselves...
I think “playing well” is all relative here. He’s being judged against the other all-time greats of the sport (as well as compared to his own...
I think suggesting Messi had some inevitable team is incorrect. You can just look at the roster and see that’s not the case. Using them going...
To be clear, I think Cristiano is very high up on an all-time list of “greatness.” And his Champions League performances are a big reason for...
If there’s a ranking of just what they’ve done in the 2023 calendar year, then Messi doesn’t deserve to be very high up the list. The World Cup...
I think the following two things can be (and are) both true at the same time: 1. In this era, on average the standard of play present in the...
Yeah, obviously this is a bump of a very old thread, but that stuck out to me too, particularly with regards to Gerd Muller. I think Muller is...
Great list! I’ve not been really posting, but I’ve been following these threads and am enjoying them! Seems like the grand total of players put...
Ah, okay I had misunderstood your point. I see you weren’t saying he failed to carry relatively inferior teams, but rather that the fact that he...
As to Barcelona 1996-1997 and Inter Milan 1997-1998, you’re talking about domestic success, and of course Zlatan had a ton of that, but I still...
I don’t think there’s almost any players that by themselves make a team a top-tier Champions League contender when the team is otherwise...
I don’t really have a strong opinion on this and probably agree with your bottom-line conclusion so this isn’t actually aimed at making some...
Goal contribution percentages are good information to have, but they always should be contextualized. Context has a huge effect on goal...
I voted Neymar. But Neymar does lose the ball a lot. Hazard was more efficient in that sense, but I think his dribbling wasn’t quite as...
Just as a bit of an amusing update on this subject that was discussed above, that Twitter user that made calculations for La Liga xT from carries...