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Post by striker 9 on Sept 12, 2006 11:24:10 GMT 10
interesting stats from the top 3 leagues in Europe last weekend:
League Ave. Score
Italy 3.1
Spain 2.4
England 1.7
Who said Italy doen't play attacking football?
In comparison, the A-League av is about 2.5 for the season.
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Post by marinermick on Sept 12, 2006 11:41:11 GMT 10
interesting stats from the top 3 leagues in Europe last weekend: League Ave. Score Italy 3.1 Spain 2.4 England 1.7 Who said Italy doen't play attacking football? In comparison, the A-League av is about 2.5 for the season. one swallow don't maketh a summer let's have a look whether those stats hold up for the season |
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Post by dibo (pron. "DIB-OH") on Sept 12, 2006 11:55:03 GMT 10
interesting stats from the top 3 leagues in Europe last weekend: League Ave. Score Italy 3.1 Spain 2.4 England 1.7 Who said Italy doen't play attacking football? In comparison, the A-League av is about 2.5 for the season. can also just imply that italian football is lopsided. plus we're talking about only one round which had parma and reggina play out a 7 goal belter. they aren't going to come by every week. so when we look at the averages, we'll need a bigger sample. take the whole 2005/6 season for example: serie a averaged 2.6 goals per game. epl and la liga both averaged 2.5. i'm sure the crowds (such as there are) were thrilled to bits by that 0.1 goals more they saw. to put that into perspective, if you went to all 19 of your team's home matches, you might expect to see 2 more goals. WOW! furthermore, you'd have to do statistical tests (which ones i can't remember because it's 4 years since i've touched stats) to see whether these results are different to a statistically significant degree, because it might just be a chance variation in this particular season. this allow us to take into account that some years you have some absolute dog-awful teams. remember as well that in italy you have match-fixing going on, which screws the numbers up. |
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Post by striker 9 on Sept 12, 2006 14:01:05 GMT 10
match fixing? that was last year! it's all fixed now
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Post by dibo (pron. "DIB-OH") on Sept 12, 2006 14:39:15 GMT 10
match fixing? that was last year! it's all fixed now what year's figures did i quote, numbnuts? ;D |
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Post by striker 9 on Sept 12, 2006 14:50:40 GMT 10
I taking the piss - dickhead!
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Post by dibo (pron. "DIB-OH") on Sept 12, 2006 15:16:08 GMT 10
I taking the piss - dickhead! what, no smiley?  |
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Post by striker 9 on Sept 12, 2006 15:19:52 GMT 10
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Post by dibo (pron. "DIB-OH") on Sept 12, 2006 15:34:33 GMT 10
ah, that's better!  |
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Post by striker 9 on Sept 13, 2006 15:25:58 GMT 10
Dibo - you may find this article interesting:
Vietnamese chief baffled by new match-fixing tactic
HANOI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Vietnam's soccer chief admits he
is facing a headache about a new kind of match-fixing for which
there is no law to prevent, a report said on Wednesday.
Nguyen Trong Hy, the chairman of the Vietnam Football
Federation, said that unlike the common practice of fixing
scorelines in return for cash, league sides were deliberately
losing matches to help other teams stave off relegation, the
Thanh Nien daily reported.
Hy described the practice as "immoral philanthropy" but
admitted it was a test to existing legislation as no money had
changed hands.
Games were being deliberately lost as a result of close
ties between managers and owners of different clubs, who were
exchanging favours to guarantee survival in Vietnam's top
flight, the daily quoted him as saying.
Police have launched a probe into mid-table Danang's 2-0
loss to bottom side Tien Giang on Aug. 13, which they described
as the most dubious game of the season, the report said.
Vietnam has been tainted by a string of match-fixing
scandals, the most high-profile taking place during last year's
Southeast Asian Games in the Philippines.
Eight current and former national team players have been
charged with ensuring Vietnam beat minnows Myanmar by a goal to
nil in return for 500 million dong ($31,000) each -- an outcome
which attracted favourable odds.
Police said another player, the alleged ringleader Ly Quoc
Ky, has gone on the run.
Gambling is illegal in Vietnam, although widespread police
corruption allows underground betting rings to flourish.
A Vietnamese government official on Tuesday said the
country may legalise soccer betting by mid 2007, which the
Asian Football Confederation said could help to rid the game of
match-fixing.
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Post by dibo (pron. "DIB-OH") on Sept 13, 2006 15:30:03 GMT 10
interesting - philanthropy and football aren't all that common. though our german friends at 1.FCN have a 'fanfreunde' relationship with Schalke 04 so it might perhaps be possible for one or the other to manipulate a result there? not really sure.
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Post by striker 9 on Sept 13, 2006 15:49:09 GMT 10
interesting - philanthropy and football aren't all that common. ......... true, unless these philanthropists have selfish motivation? |
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