Tag: Euro 2012

• July 10, 2013

  The Key to Key Passes

  There have been many many interesting articles in the analytics community recently, most of which can be seen here. Much has been said about crosses and headers and why style matters. It’s all been discussed to death on Twitter too. It got us thinking here at Differentgame that by using the current version of the…
• August 6, 2012

  What’s a Goalkeeper Worth to His Team?

  While hunting the internet for football myths to dispel, Differentgame remembered a question from @thegingerpiglet in relation to whether a goalkeeper is ‘worth’ more than a forward to his team. It’s an interesting question. You’ll often find managers and fans lamenting the loss of their main forward, citing it as a reason for being unable…