Midfield Heaven ??

Foredeckdave · Jul 15, 2011

FreeFool said: ↑

Goods points.

I remember games when Gerrard used to knock balls over the top for a speedy Michael Owen to use his pace in order to create a chance. A lot of these were hopeful balls and not always calculated passes to Owen. At the end of the day an assist can be a perfectly placed peach of a ball or a defenders clearance or punt upfield.

I was trying to think of an example and for some reason i thought of Ronny Rosenthals classic open goal miss against Villa. I googled it, the chance came about from a David James punt upfield and some poor defending. Now the chance wasnt missed due to the potential assist being poor, it was poor finishing.

Likewise, Beck's pass to Owen at France '98, it was a simple pass and most likely wasnt meant as an assist.

Each goal or missed chance has a number of variables as to why it was or wasnt converted, be it a great pass, puddle, beach ball or whatever.

I think we can agree on the fact that some stats dont really mean that much.
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