borussia plays without a soul. nothing is planned all attacks are so random. hummels is the only one who's looking good. kampl way too overeager should bring mkhitaryan for the second half, a very boring game overall

Liquid`Drone

Norway28916 Posts

January 31 2015 18:20 GMT

#10682

On February 01 2015 02:51 Ferrose wrote:

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This is the kind of discussion makes me wish football had more stat tracking. It'd be great to be able to look up how many direct and indirect free kicks (and corners) both players have taken, how many goals and assists they've gotten from them, accuracy, positions they've been taken from, etc.

Opta tracks every trackable&imaginable stat. I don't really know how to navigate their site or whether it's all publicly available, but the datamining isn't the problem.

I think direct free kicks is one of few aspects of the game where you actually can compare players via statistics - but two players with reasonably equal stats can't be distinguished as the sample size is never all that big.

fbs

United Kingdom2476 Posts

January 31 2015 18:26 GMT

#10683

On February 01 2015 02:24 Pandemona wrote:

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Happy Birthday fbs, dream birthday with Chelsea on :3

lol thanks

RvB

Netherlands6324 Posts

January 31 2015 18:43 GMT

#10684

Does anyone have a good steaming site for me? I've taken a break from watching football after the wc only wachting a few games but now I want to watch it again. Don't have my old bookmarks anymore though =/.

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

January 31 2015 18:45 GMT

#10685

It's on Afreeca if you like Korean.

NuclearJudas

6546 Posts

January 31 2015 18:48 GMT

#10686

Missed the first half, saw replays of the goals. Decent game? Thought Courtois looked a bit shaky on the Fernandinho header.

Skynx

Turkey7150 Posts

January 31 2015 18:57 GMT

#10687

drakulastream is quite decent RVB

Mensol

14536 Posts

January 31 2015 19:00 GMT

#10688

David Silva is everywhere in the pitch.

NuclearJudas

6546 Posts

January 31 2015 19:03 GMT

#10689

Silva with a hilarious little dive, there.

Guess both teams are okay with a draw. Not too much probing going on.

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

January 31 2015 19:03 GMT

#10690

Here he comes.

Undead1993

Germany17651 Posts

January 31 2015 19:08 GMT

#10691

poor immobile, it was a decent showing worked a lot, couldn't quite reward himself.

ZapRoffo

United States5544 Posts

January 31 2015 19:17 GMT

#10692

Man, Chelsea really went for the bus park here

1-1 game at home 4 months before the end of the season

Stratos_speAr

United States6959 Posts

January 31 2015 19:20 GMT

#10693

That game was just awful all around. A complete bore and really nothing positive to speak of from either side.

malcram

2752 Posts

January 31 2015 19:23 GMT

#10694

welp, chelsea really laboured for the draw right there. man city looked way better. happy with a draw i guess.

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

January 31 2015 19:26 GMT

#10695

It often happens that top of the table clashes turn in to tense cagey defensive affairs and with good reason. Both teams have far to much to lose from a defeat and a draw isn't a bad result for either. There was enough good football and entertainment for my liking even if it wasn't a firecracker of a game.

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

January 31 2015 19:30 GMT

#10696

Awesome result! Perfect considering how poor we were. Not due to football ways just due to we looked absolutely fucked and City had 7 days clear to prepare for this game.

I'll take 1-1 and 5 points clear. City made some daft decisions offensively but still were good and worthy winners but as usual Chelsea grind out a result and onwards we go. 5 points clear and now a nice welcomed 7 day break :D

smr

Germany4808 Posts

January 31 2015 19:32 GMT

#10697

Even though we're now dead last and achieved the lowest passing accuracy since the beginning of data tracking, I'm okay with a 0-0.
We lost 7 away games this season so keeping a clean sheet against one of Bundesliga's deadliest teams might feel good and give some confidence to the team.

sharkie

Austria18764 Posts

January 31 2015 19:39 GMT

#10698

On February 01 2015 04:32 smr wrote:
Even though we're now dead last and achieved the lowest passing accuracy since the beginning of data tracking, I'm okay with a 0-0.
We lost 7 away games this season so keeping a clean sheet against one of Bundesliga's deadliest teams might feel good and give some confidence to the team.

It's a very good point. BVB need to keep clean sheets as much as possible. The goals will come again once confidence returns. Stability is most important at that point

Mensol

14536 Posts

January 31 2015 20:45 GMT

#10699

Greg_J

China4409 Posts

January 31 2015 21:21 GMT

#10700

Bournemouth won yesterday at Watford and Middlesbrough scrapped an away win at Brentford. So the pressure was on Derby and Ipswich to keep the heat up on the Promotion places.

Derby came away with a comfortable away victory at Cardiff City but Ipswich where unable to beat a Wigan who are desperate for any points they can get been as they are 7 points from safety.

1 54 pts AFC Bournemouth
2 54 pts Derby County
3 53 pts Middlesbrough
4 51 pts Ipswich Town
5 49 pts Brentford
Could be a close race right to the wire for those all important Premier League tickets

On February 01 2015 05:45 Mensol wrote:
https://twitter.com/Cuadrado/status/561576103937343488

That's a sugestive tweet.

edit: Oh right the deals done.