If only the English mattered

[Skeleton Crew]

New York Times has ran a piece showing the standings if ONLY goals scored by English players counted.

Quite the picture.

I now endorse the Financial Fair play. Onto Champions league.

 

[bluelife]

New York Times has ran a piece showing the standings if ONLY goals scored by English players counted.

Quite the picture.

I now endorse the Financial Fair play. Onto Champions league.

Seen that table all over the place (spread by kopites no doubt) and it's a bit silly. We'd have to discount all non english goalkeeper saves, assists, the goalscorer is far from everything...

 

[neil999]

complete nonsense and a waste of time

 

[Huyton Layne]

It's so UKIP. Why not include the home nations? It's not like the English league was solely English players before the influx of foreigners with the Premiership

 

[Skeleton Crew]

Seen that table all over the place (spread by kopites no doubt) and it's a bit silly. We'd have to discount all non english goalkeeper saves, assists, the goalscorer is far from everything...

"Goalscorer is far from everything"... Except the scoreline which is what the piece is calculating and what determines the winning team.

 

[RaleighBlue]

It's also inaccurate. Has us with 19 goals scored by Englishmen - I count 17.
Ross - 6
Bainesy - 5
Barry - 3
Osman - 3

 

[Bungle]

I'm just waiting for the "League table based on number of cannibals" and "League table based on number of YNWA Knuckle tattoo's" now, they'll win it somehow goddamn it

 

[SteRobbo84]

If ONLY goals scored by players who describe weather conditions as "Very very wind" counted. We'd be champions.

 

[Jacko93]

"Goalscorer is far from everything"... Except the scoreline which is what the piece is calculating and what determines the winning team.

Has to be more encompassing. What would the league look like with only English Strikers? A few would look worse off, as the assists from foriegn strike partners would also have to be taken off. How about penalties conceded by foreign defenders?

The league is as the league is, because of the the players that played in it. These are ridiculous.

Thanks though.

 

[bluelife]

"Goalscorer is far from everything"... Except the scoreline which is what the piece is calculating and what determines the winning team.

That's a ridiculous statement, the scoreline would be nothing like it is without the rest of the team?

 

[neil999]

based on their logic -

------rooney
suarez van persie remy lukaku
----aguero yaya toure
strurridge bony giroud
-------dzeko

 

[Eric Djemba-Djemba]

If only goals scored by Everton players counted we'd have won the league...

 

[SteRobbo84]

if ONLY goals scored by English players counted...then the league would be garbage and no one would watch because of all the disallowed goals

 

[bluemangroup]

I'm just waiting for the "League table based on number of cannibals" and "League table based on number of YNWA Knuckle tattoo's" now, they'll win it somehow goddamn it

It'd be beautiful if they still managed to lose that.

 

[Moomin]

If the team with the most celeb nobheads as supporters won the league, Libpewl fussball cult would walk it.