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Interesting convo taking place on twitter between Fabregas and Owen.
I think creating chances is harder.
I think creating chances is harder.
The fact that he's Michael Owen makes me think creating is more difficult.
How hard is a tap in? Ask all the strikers who never seem to be in the right place to tap them in.
If creating goals is not that difficult then why aren't strikers always picking up the ball deep, dribbling past the midfield/defence and then finishing?
Fact of the matter is, they're both equally important. If you don't create chances, you don't score. If you don't score, then chances created alone don't win you points.
you can ask plenty who are in the right place as wellHow hard is a tap in? Ask all the strikers who never seem to be in the right place to tap them in.
Goals & Assists Season 2020-21 |
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Goalscorers | 246 |
Credited Goals | 894 |
Own Goals | 36 |
Assisting Players | 232 |
Total Credited Assists | 622 |
Surely Fabregas is right for the very simple reason that goals are way more common than assists?
Goals & Assists Season 2020-21
Goalscorers 246 Credited Goals 894 Own Goals 36 Assisting Players 232 Total Credited Assists 622
Football is about scoring goals. Goals are clearly harder in my opinion. Even a tap in you have to be in the right place.
you can score a goal without an assist.
You can’t have an assist without a goal.
No, it means you need the goal, the thing which is hardest to get before you even start talking about the assistSo that means it’s harder to get an assist.
Also as rare is players who have advanced movement in and around the box that make it incredibly hard to predict and still always in the perfect place to score.You know what's the rarest - players who have those advanced decision making abilities, who see play developing as I happens, who in an instant make the right choice leaving you surprised by the said choice. It's subjective but those are the ones I find hardest to understand because it's seems impossible.
Sometimes, often, the thing that makes the goal possible is neither the goal nor the assist.
30 yard cutting pass to the 1st striker, 1st striker taps it to the 2ns striker who slots it home
The 30 yard cutting pass got the goal but doesn't get credited.
I prefer chicken but this isn't a food thread.Egg or chicken?
I want to say creating chances but surely its scoring goals.
There are more chances created than goals scored. Fabregas could create three goal scoring opportunities in a game and that wouldn't be seen as anything so special. If Owen was to score a hattrick that's a lot more meaningful.
Now is it easier to be Fabregas or Owen is another question but goal scoring is definitely harder.
Creating chances is harder... if you're creating a chance all the scorer has to do is kick the ball accurately. If you're dribbling and then scoring, the dribbling is considered creating a chance and harder than the finish / last touch / shot
The scorer who puts himself in a position to score is also creating the chance. The notion that only the guy on the ball is creating the chance is very wrong and sadly very extended among Internet fans.
Yeah he kind of shot himself in the foot thereSo that means it’s harder to get an assist.
you can ask plenty who are in the right place as well