It is always interesting whenever Barcelona and Real Madrid play each other because they are two of the biggest clubs in the world, both teams are full of world-class players, they both score lots of goals and play attractive attacking football. The most recent match had everything a fan could ask for and Barcelona finished …
Possession Football or Direct Play, something to think about. I’ve spent the past couple of years analysing goal scoring patterns in professional football as part of my research degree at University of Canberra. There are a number of very interesting things to come out of the research (thankfully) but the evidence has made me wonder …
Possession football or Direct Play, something to think about. Read More »
Should young players be able to play in an older age group? This is a contentious topic, which has been talked about for as long as I can remember. Discussion on the topic has resurfaced recently because in some State Federations (if not all) young players are not allowed to play in an older age …
Should young players be allowed to play in an older age group? Read More »
Is “Playing Out from the Back” emphasized too much in football? I’m not saying it’s not important but is more attention given to playing out from the back, than play in other areas of the field? Playing out can be quite difficult when opponents press high and quickly, but that doesn’t happen throughout a whole …
Is “Playing out from the back” emphasised too much? Read More »
Hyundai A League Scoring Patterns after 9 Rounds I am interested in the predictability of events in football because I think we should be able to learn from patterns of behaviour. I have been identifying scoring patterns in the Hyundai A League and this time I have compared a number of aspects after the completion …
Hyundai A League Scoring patterns after 9 Rounds Read More »