I have to say I disagree quite markedly. But that's okay. We all have our opinions. But Kaka and Muller are such different players in almost every...
Peakwise, 06/07 for UCL and maybe 03/04, his first season in at Milan, for Serie A. As I recall, Kaka was already declining physically by maybe...
Kaka is the greater "match-winner" and probably has the highest potential level as well, meaning best form of Kaka > best form of KDB in the...
Glad to hear you like the posts and of course I agree about Pirlo 2006! If you look at the "percentage of team total" stats in my post, you see...
I also found this chart displaying World Cup ball progressions, though it is for all World Cup games and not specific to the ones of my analysis....
Summary Pirlo 2006 Rating: 8.10 (1st of team, 1st for tournament) SofaScore MOTM 4 1 Goal, 3...
I decided to have more fun and statistically compare the best World Cup campaigns of each of Pirlo, Xavi, Kroos, and Modric. Each have a stand out...
So Modric actually has 8PK goals out of 23 NT goals... 35% Pirlo 3 PKs out of 13 NT goals... 23% Xavi 0 PKs out of 12 NT goals... 0% Modric 7 PK...
Yeah, the NT goals per game is very close and there's not that much in it. I'm not sure about the others but I know Pirlo hasn't taken/scored a PK...
I had some fun with stats comparing Modric, Xavi, and Pirlo. Not making a case a for anything, just thought this might be cool for others to look...
Can I ask you two what your impression is of Modric's La Liga level over the years? Modric always comes up with big moments in the UCL it seems....
Yes, but for a player like Xavi though, who created a lot from open play and from set-pieces, it is only a positive and a benefit to the team to...
If a player takes set-pieces and corner kicks, its most often because they are the best on their teams at that skill and deserve to take them....
For longevity, it would be interesting to a make a definitive criteria as to what makes a ""world class" season. I have been pondering this,...
For me 3rd place WC matches are the least relevant of the entire tournament. Wouldn't bother me if they scrapped it one bit.
Robben's performance against Spain 2014 was very impressive, as was his WC 2014 overall. But it was not the Spain team of 2008-2012. Spain was...
How is it "undeniable" that the growing world population, and therefore greater number of competitors in world football, means we shouldn't expect...
Just mentioning Zidane won the official Golden Ball at WC2006, and Cannavaro Silver Ball.
Yeah, that's one of the points in Messi's direction. Argentina 2022 was obviously not the same calibre team as Brazil 1970. Also, that Messi made...
I think it could be interesting to dig into Messi 2022 vs Pele 1970 a bit. They're analogous tournaments in some ways as both players are past...
I think maybe we are agreeing? Unless I misunderstand. I'm saying the key passes statistic can be misleading of the actual value being provided...
Yeah I wasn't speaking in the context of your point about Zidane, but just offering some thoughts on key passes in general. I wasn't trying to say...
About key passes, I think it can be a quite misleading statistic in general. I get the thinking that key passes from set-pieces could be...
Something that isn't always clear is whether it really is the best 100 players in the world today or just those 100 who've had the best year. I...
Well... I took a 36-hour break from comments and it looks like the conversation has gotten away from me lol. Instead of trying to address replies,...