Boris_Ignatievich
Boris_Ignatievich t1_iyta449 wrote
Reply to comment by tuctrohs in Average goals scored per game played at the World Cups — there used to be more goals in the past; since 1962 no World Cup averaged at more than 3 goals per game [OC] by ikashnitsky
The early 60s was when the back 4 became prevalent as a tactic, rather than the wm or variations thereof, so my suspicion is that's driven the change, but I might be forgetting another factor
Boris_Ignatievich t1_iyp5137 wrote
Reply to comment by SMS_Scharnhorst in [OC] Birth months of FIFA World Cup players. The top three are January, February and March, possibly due to the "Relative age effect" by desfirsit
I don't mean that everywhere in Europe does it, but quite a few places do, some of which are in europe (eg the UK)
Boris_Ignatievich t1_iym8d5e wrote
Reply to [OC] Birth months of FIFA World Cup players. The top three are January, February and March, possibly due to the "Relative age effect" by desfirsit
I assume that September spike is the places in eg Europe that group on school year for youth games?
Boris_Ignatievich t1_iyv7rnf wrote
Reply to comment by pluslinus in Average goals scored per game played at the World Cups — there used to be more goals in the past; since 1962 no World Cup averaged at more than 3 goals per game [OC] by ikashnitsky
It's very good - I've only read the first edition that stops around 2008 with Spallettis striker less Roma side, so can't comment on the newer editions and how they handle the rise of tiki taka etc, but the historic stuff is excellent