Possession Stat ... useless apparently

[njligernj]

http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/...n-stat-not-based-on-time-on-number-of-passes/ Thought this was interesting and hadn't heard this before.

Oh and drones who insist on polluting any thread which mentions stats by mentioning how they don't care about stats (which somehow makes them sound more boring than people who constantly quote stats) can maybe just not bother?

 

[Desaparecido]

That, apparently has nothing to do with Opta’s calculations. In fact, Graham’s research suggests Opta doesn’t even run a clock, which may be why they never report possession in terms of time. Instead, the relation between reported possession and total passes suggests Opta just uses passes. As Graham found out, if you take a team’s pass attempts a divide it by the game’s total attempted passes, you have Opta’s possession stat.​

I was wrong in my assumptions too.

Misled!

 

[dholliday]

drones who insist on polluting any thread which mentions stats by mentioning how they don't care about stats (which somehow makes them sound more boring than people who constantly quote stats) can maybe just not bother?

how much do you want for the stats, mate?

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

99.9999999999998735% of stats are completely made up.

 

[Muggins]

99.9999999999998735% of stats are completely made up.

That's what Ijjysmith says 76.347% of the time.

 

[Woolly Blue]

That's what Ijjysmith says 76.347% of the time.

82% of stats are made up on the spot

http://prosoccertalk.nbcsports.com/...n-stat-not-based-on-time-on-number-of-passes/ Thought this was interesting and hadn't heard this before.

Oh and drones who insist on polluting any thread which mentions stats by mentioning how they don't care about stats (which somehow makes them sound more boring than people who constantly quote stats) can maybe just not bother?

Nice avatar by the way

 

[peteblue]

32% of posters agree with this proposition.......the other 79% have no mathematic skills.......