Recent content by Ockham

Murdered them, Really?????? Bayern-Barcelona 2-0 Goal attempts 13-18 Possession 47-53 Inter-Barcelona 1-0 Goal attempts 5-7 Possession 28-72 Barcelona-Inter 3-3 Goal attempts 25-11 Possession 62-38 Barcelona-Bayern 0-3 Goal attempts 9-14 Possession 52-48 The last game Barcelona had to...

For crying out loud. Lewandowski has twice the goals/game ratio in CL knockoutgames of Benzema/Suarez. And no. Bundesliga is not arguably worse than Ligue 1 and never has been which also the UEFA coefficient system can give you proof of.

Like England would be favorites going into a final with an injury-free Argentina.

They have kept a clean sheet in 20 of the last 30 games so........ In this WC they are the team that have conceded the least shots against. Saudiaarabia scored with their only two shots on goal. The Netherlands scored with their only two shots on goal. Australias deflected freak goal was their...

While I'm a huge fan of both the Real Ronaldo and Maradona it is just baffling that anyone puts them ahead of Messi if we are talking about a defined absolute level of performance/skills. Messi is/was a better goalscorer, a better assistprovider, a better through ball provider, and a better...

Not that many probably since Messi had as high assistratio after Xavi and Iniesta left with his record year for assists being 2019/20 (22 assists). Furthermore Messi is by far the player that has scored most goals unassisted so it is fair to assume that he is also the player that has assisted...

Yeah! This is a fair statement. Counting goal/ratio from Ronaldos early years is not fair to Ronaldo. Goalwise I think you almost can say that they are equals which is still an amazing achievement by Messi considering the advantage Ronaldo has in the air. But what separates them in the GOAT...

France and Brazil have by far the most depth in their squads and together with Spain the best individual starting eleven. I would still say Argentina is as good of a team as them. Argentina are a much tougher and physical team, havs a bigger winning mentality and a cynical approach which...

If any bookie in the world have The Netherlands as a favorite I would be stunned. Argentina has lost one of their 40 last games and in that game they had 15-3 in goal attempts and 70-30 in possession. And they don't play shit teams regularly in the WC-qualification like in Europe. Argentina had...

Which games are you talking about?

No they aren't anywhere near their prime. They are still top top players though. Ronaldo is rightly ditched by Man Utd. Doesn't fit Ten Hags playing style at all. Still Top 5 scorer in the world for sure If you just were looking for goals. Nunez, Haaland and Mitrovic the only ones ahead, wouldn't...

Absolutely ridicolous statement! Messi dominated Copa america 2021. Top scorer, most assists, best player awards. If we take opta stats he has the second best rating in CL 2019/2020. Best rating in CL 2020/2021. 8th best rating in CL 2021/2022. Best rating so far in 2022/2023. So he has been...

What exactly is the proof of Messi not been at the very highest level for a good few years now? Is it the fact that he was the top goalscorer in LaLiga 2020/2021 with 30 goals in 34 games which was 7 goals ahead of Benzema? Is it his overwhelming first place rating at whoscored.com in CL...

He scored 42 goals in 46 starts as a midfielder. He scored 8 of United 20 goals in CL, 3 out of Uniteds 7 in the KO stages and the only goal in the final. And yeah. He won Ballon d'or with 446 votes with Rooney on 13th place with 11 votes and Giggs and Scholes got no votes. I absolutely hate...

8 shots (Normally you are amongst top five players in all big European leagues if you average 4 shots a game) 1 hit in woodwork 1 assist 7.7 rating Sofa Score (second best on pitch) 7.7 rating Whoscored.com (second best on pitch) Based on that Ronaldo is finished? Ronaldo sure isn't the future...