Please note that if you’re counting beating people with first touch, then I really don’t think you are going by OPTA’s definition, since OPTA’s...
If you’re talking about some sort of broader conception of “beating players,” then you’re no longer talking about just “dribbling.” At that...
I’m no expert on exactly how OPTA counts dribbles (and, by the way, not being an expert in this is a big reason why that random anonymous Twitter...
I don’t disagree with your premise, and I think if I wrote that OP today I’d focus it a bit less on team success (though obviously team success is...
Interesting thoughts! I’m curious what you think the differences are between Messi’s role in, say, 2015 and Maradona’s role in very early Napoli...
The point would be that you said Messi is more one-footed than Maradona. If Messi shot a good deal more with his weak foot than Maradona, that...
I unblocked you long ago, after mods told everyone to cool it such that it didn’t seem necessary anymore. There’s not enough people actively...
Lol, my only interaction with you is to point out that your publicly expressed beliefs on BigSoccer are crazy. It takes some real narcissism to...
They don’t “trigger massive confusion and surprise at first glance,” because the person you are interacting with has spent almost a decade now on...
Yes, this data supports the assertion that Maradona was more likely to use his weak-foot when passing. It is not strong support for that...
I don’t know how many dribbles per game he was producing in his club season. I suspect it probably wasn’t actually much above 2 or 3, to be...
I don’t see why that’s implausible. What you’re referring to is from just a 7-game sample. Why wouldn’t it be possible for R9 to have 1.9...
The thing is that you’re talking about small percentage differences, such that the difference between 83% and 89% is not going to be many passes....
No, it is not obvious at all that WC numbers will be lower. As I explained in my prior post, average number of dribbles per match at club level...
I agree with that but the passing data is still derived from too small a data set to be worth much of anything, even if it’s larger than the shot...
I don’t know why you assume the variance of a low sample size is more likely to mean the real truth would support your point more. It could easily...
I don’t think this says what you’re suggesting. It indicates Maradona used his weak foot more than Messi for passing, but that Messi used his weak...
I think that’s probably the best way to measure finishing ability over smaller samples. That said, I think the added value of looking at xGOT...
This explanation doesn’t make sense when we realize that we do have OPTA dribbling stats from past eras, because we have World Cup data, and there...
These are good finds! In terms of those graphics, I guess I wonder how functionally different Maradona’s role was in those sorts of formations...
I think ultimately the discussion is boiling down to one person saying “This is what my eye test tells me, and you can’t definitively prove it...
If the point is not to compare to the stats from other data sources but rather to look at trends in Zidane’s career while only using this guy’s...
There really is good reason to dismiss it, if the point is to compare to the output of a different source that uses the same labels. It’s not...
Yes, but if they’re compiled by a random person and are a stat like dribbles or big chances created that isn’t entirely mechanical to tally, then...
I think that’s right, though I think @Mizohammer would think to himself that he’s satisfied a burden of proof by reporting what his eye test tells...