As I watched Champhion league via ESPN. There's the statistics on player's "distance covered". So where can I get the full image of each player in the game?
I guess they just a chip similar to nike + ??? Who knows or they are just guessing and have people actually making rough estimates..
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article722711.ece http://www.sonybiz.net/biz/view/ShowContent.action?site=biz_en_EU&contentId=1175002552921 The second article is really indepth.
It's an interesting stat, Rafa Benitez is a big fan if it (judging from his success, I'd say that's a pretty good endorsement). He had some stats showing Peter Crouch covers more ground than Steven Gerrard or Frank Lampard, which is an incredible feat. It shows a players workrate more than anything, something goals don't always show. For instance Emmanuel Adebayor is a harder worker than Ruud van Nistelrooy, but you'd never know it without a stat like this.
Actually, from watching Arsenal all the time, that is a stat I'm not surprised about. I am surprised about the Crouch/Gerrard stat.
van Nistelrooy and Adebayor are different types of striker though. Adebayor often acts as a link up player and target man, whereas van Nistelrooy is a 6 yard box player and while he does score outside the box from time to time, the majority of his goals come from in the box. I recall in the whole of his time at Man U he scored one goal outside the box.
Actually, RVN is not supposed to track back too far into his own field. I am surprise with Gerrard and Crouch. Gerrard should be running more. Crouch should be running less since he is the target man. his job is to stay close to the goal.... not running around the field.