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Most saves in a season

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  1. daib0

    daib0 Well-Known Member

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    Most saves in the Premier League this season are    :

    58 Robert Green (QPR), 52 Tom Heaton (Burnley), Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), 49 Adrian (West Ham), 48 Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester City), 47 David de Gea (Man United), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), 46 Lukasz Fabianski (Swansea), 45 Ben Foster (West Brom), 38 Simon Mignolet (Liverpool), Julian Speroni (Crystal Palace), 33 Joe Hart (Manchester City), 33 Tim Howard (Everton), Allan McGregor (Hull City), 32 Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea), 30 Wojciech Szczesny (Arsenal), Vito Mannone (Sunderland), 29 Fraser Forster (Southampton), 28 Tim Krul (Newcastle), 26 Asmir Begovic (Stoke), 25 Costel Pantilimon (Sunderland).


    Opta have only been keeping records on saves since the start of the 2003-4 season, but in that time Green is also in top spot for the most saves in a season with 178 for Norwich during 2004-5. Norwich went on to be relegated at the end of that campaign.
    Another current top flight 'keeper features next with Ben Foster making 170 saves during Birmingham’s 2010-2011 campaign, while Jussi Jaaskelainen pulled off 166 stops for West Ham during the 2012-13 season.


    So ...

    Most saves in a season since 2003-04 season:

    178 Robert Green (Norwich 2004-5), 170 Ben Foster (Birmingham 2010-11), 166 Jussi Jaaskelainen (West Ham 2012-13), 165 Wayne Hennessey (Wolves 2011-12), 164 Marcus Hahnemann ( Reading 2006-7), 161 Robert Green (West Ham 2010-11), 158 Edwin van der Sar (Fulham 2003-4), 153 Brad Friedel (Blackburn 2006-7), David Marshall (Cardiff 2013-14), 151 Marcus Hahnemann (Reading 2007-8), Gabor Kiraly (Crystal Palace 2004-5).



    Just for your info guys!!
     
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    daib0, Dec 17, 2014
  2. Quill

    Quill Bastard

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    Oh. Thanks. Though most stats are generally useless in the real world, they are still interesting to read.
     
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  3. AKCJ

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    How many games has McGregor played for you this season? Wasn't he injured early on?

    Makes stats like these irrelevant really.
     
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  4. daib0

    daib0 Well-Known Member

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    yeah I know, but my cousin sent me this and it sort of caught my eye!



    What about the other one to hand right now?!!:


    Most Premier League goals without a header


    Damien Duff (54), Ashley Young (41), Patrik Berger (38), Samir Nasri (32), James Milner (31), Adam Johnson (27), Leighton Baines (26), Aaron Lennon (25), Marc Overmars (25) and Sebastian Larsson (25)
     
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  5. AKCJ

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    It's interesting nonetheless.
     
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    ellewoods Well-Known Member

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    It is. You said irrelevant but what I would guess you meant is that they are without context.
     
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    ellewoods, Dec 17, 2014
  7. Ernie Shackleton

    Ernie Shackleton Well-Known Member

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    Unless you introduce some sort of save quality coefficient, these stats mean very little.

    How do you define a save?

    Some saves are beyond the abilities of most players ('Ol One Eyed Banksie in 70 and Jim 'Im sa brad Mackam tha' nay facka'll ifva unnastan a fackin wad' im sain' Montgomery in 73 spring to mind.)

    Others are so straightforward that your Granny could make them.

    So unless you're going to rate them, it's hardly worth counting them.
     
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    Ernie Shackleton, Dec 17, 2014
  8. Josh-LUFC

    Josh-LUFC Well-Known Member

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    I personally don't see this as a way of rating a goalkeeper when I read these stats, doubt anyone will claim that Rob Green is the best goalkeeper the prem has seen since 2003-04
     
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    Josh-LUFC, Dec 17, 2014
  9. TONY_WARNERS_FACE.

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    Unless somebody can be arsed to work out the saves/shots ratio these statistics are largely useless.
     
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    TONY_WARNERS_FACE., Dec 17, 2014
  10. Steven Toast

    Steven Toast Well-Known Member

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    If a keeper has more saves to make, does that not highlight his teams defensive weaknesses? Rob Green has lots of saves to make, but only because he plays for QPR, if he was at Spurs or Arsenal, he wouldn't have nearly as much to do. That said, I suppose he's judged on his ability to save shots.
     
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    Steven Toast, Dec 18, 2014

  11. fickle

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    Useless stats much like Davies last season the stats favour keepers under pressure. Top 3 keepers right now are clearly courtois, david de gea and joe hart
     
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    fickle, Dec 18, 2014

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